Lilit Mkrtchian
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Lilit Mkrtchian is an Armenian
grandmaster and four-times Armenian Women's champion
.
Mkrtchian won the silver medal
in the European Individual Chess Championship in Varna
, Bulgaria, scoring 8.5/11 points. She participated in the European Team Chess Championship 2003 in Plovdiv
, Bulgaria, helping Armenia
win the gold medal
. She took the bronze medal
at the seventh European Individual Championship 2006 held in Kuşadası
, Turkey, scoring 7½/11 points.
In December 2009, she took tenth position in the list of best sportspeople of Armenia in 2009.
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
grandmaster and four-times Armenian Women's champion
Armenian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was played in 1934, when Armenia was a part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. Championships were held sporadically in the Armenian SSR until 1945, when they became contested every year; this has continued today...
.
Mkrtchian won the silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
in the European Individual Chess Championship in Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, Bulgaria, scoring 8.5/11 points. She participated in the European Team Chess Championship 2003 in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, Bulgaria, helping Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
win the gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
. She took the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
at the seventh European Individual Championship 2006 held in Kuşadası
Kusadasi
Kuşadası is a resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast and the center of the seaside district of the same name in Aydın Province. Kuşadası lies at a distance of to the south from the region's largest metropolitan center of İzmir, and from the provincial seat of Aydın situated inland. Its primary...
, Turkey, scoring 7½/11 points.
In December 2009, she took tenth position in the list of best sportspeople of Armenia in 2009.