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Armenia refuses to participate in Baku Chess Olympiad

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Armenia's Chess Federation has not submitted a bid to the International Chess Federation to participate in the Baku Chess Olympiad in September. The deadline for applications ends on July 31 and the federation is to pay € 100 for each participant in case the Armenian side decides to participate in the 42nd Chess Olympiad. Vice-President of the Armenian Chess Federation Smbat Lputyan told A1+’s sports journalist that they are not going to submit an application. Thus, our chess teams will not participate in Baku Chess Olympiad 2016 to be held from September 1 to 14.