Ulaanbaatar
State Amateur Chess Tournament selects winners
Sports
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ The
State Amateur Chess Tournament which is annually organized under the auspice of
the Parliament Speaker selected its winners on January 6 after a two-day final
round contest held at State House.
Commenced
nationwide on November 10, the 7th edition of tournament was
conducted through three stages. The first round or soum and district-level
tournaments were run on November 10-11 in all soums and districts at the same
time. The semi-final or provincial and Ulaanbaatar city’s tournaments were run
on December 8-9.
A total of 134 amateur
players competed in the final round. As a result, A.Zoljargal aged18 from
Orkhon aimag won in men’s event, scoring 7.0. He was followed by B.Nasanjargal
from Chingeltei district of Ulaanbaatar and G.Munkhsukh from Dornogobi aimag.
In women’s tournament 34
people competed, of whom U.Uyanga from Bayanzurkh district of Ulaanbaatar won a
gold medal with a score 7.0, followed by G.Ariunbayar /6.5/ from Nalaikh and
D.Baasanjargal /6.0/ from Tuv aimag.
In addition, B.Duurenbayar
and G.Tsegmed were named the best senior chess players. Moreover, leading three
men and women players qualified to obtain ‘Candidate Master’ of chess sport.
