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Kh.Itgelt triumphs at international chess tournament in Hungary
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Budapest Spring Festival 2017, an international chess tournament and festival took place in Budapest, Hungary on March 18-26.
In the group “B” /1800-2199 ELO/, Mongolian young chess player of “Monchess” club Kh.Itgelt triumphed over 140 players of more than 40 countries. Under the training of Ts. Batsaikhan, 11-year-old National Master of Mongolia won 126 rating points against players who are at least 30 years his senior in average.
The Budapest Spring Festival is one of the biggest cultural events in Europe. The grand Chess Festival takes place in one of the most modern, imposing exhibition hall named Balna (The Whale). The tournament took place in 3 groups of different set of skills with a prize HUF 1 million for group A, HUF 100 thousand for group B and special prizes for group C.
