VTB Bank (Armenia) team took the 2nd place in the 8th Amateur Chess Blitz Championship in the Armenian banking system, the Bank's press-office told ArmInfo.
VTB Bank (Armenia) team comprised 12 staff members from the head office and branches. The team collected 14.5 points and took the 2nd place in the team event.
The Amateur Chess Blitz Championship was held at the Chess House after Tigran Petrosyan and was timed to the Bank Official Day on Nov 22. The event involved 78 representatives of Armenia's financial organizations. The first place went to Central Bank team, the third place - to Araratbank team. Unibank's employee took the first place in the individual championship, Central Bank's employee was on the second place and Areximbank-GPB's representative took the third place. The Best Player among women title went to Central Bank's employee. ArmSwissbank's representative was recognized the best veteran-player. All the participants received certificates and money prizes.