Today at Le Grande Plaza Hotel in Tashkent city the Asian Championship is starting with colorful opening ceremony. Dignitaries such as Mr. Bat-Erdene Chimeddorj, President of Asian Draughts Confederation, Mr. Amindjonov Yunus, President of Uzbekistan Draughts Federation attended at the ceremony and gave speeches for the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The championship is starting with 64-square draughts programs as well as Turkish draughts standard program. Totally around 300 players from 10 Asian countries are representing at the 2-weeks long continental championship. Mr. Bat-Erdene expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Sports of Uzbekistan and the National Federation for the hosting of the championship for 4th time for last 8 years. He emphasized the successes of Asian young players who won World championship titles in recent years by beating players from Europe and the other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The championship starts with 64-Classic program at 3pm by Tashkent time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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