Ulaanbaatar
Amateur chess players to compete for national title
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Parliamentary Office and the Mongolian Chess Federation are cooperating to organize the finals of annual National Chess Championship of Unprofessional players at the State Palace on January 7-8.
It’s a tradition to hold the championships under the auspices of the Speaker of Parliament in connection with the anniversary of the new Constitution which is marked on January 13.
Eligible to partake in the championships are those whose ratings by Mongolian Chess Federation haven’t been above 2,000 for the last two years, who don’t have a title in chess sport and aged above 18.
Held in every soum and district last November, the first round of the championships attracted more than 5 thousand unprofessional chess players. And the semi-finals were participated by 987 players on province and capital city level in early December, 2016.
For the final round, 90 finalists including 18 male and 9 female players from the capital city and the rest being selected representatives of all provinces have been qualified to enter. In addition, 30 chess players representing state and public organizations and Parliament will be joining them to compete for the national title.
