YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: Thousands of Armenians and tens of senior government officials gathered early morning on June 6 in a downtown Yerevan Freedom square to give a hearty welcome to Armenian men chess players who have won the gold of the Turin Chess Olympiad.
The six men are Levon Aronyan, Vladimir Hakobian, Gabriel Sarkisian, Artashes Minasian, Smbat Lputian and Karen Asryan. They were taken from the airport to the square and driven through the crowd by a Soviet time Chayka car.
Addressing the crowd defense minister Serzh Sarkisian who is also president of the Armenian Chess Federation said. “Our chess players have managed to justify our nation’s hopes.” Thirty-three years thousands of Armenians had been on this very square to welcome Tigran Sarkisian, after he won the world chess championship. The today’s welcome ceremony was followed by a concert and a firework.
The 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin ended on Sunday. Rapid draw by the Armenian men’s team against Hungary assured it Olympic Gold. China took Silver in the men’s section and USA Bronze.
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