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21-May-2013 |
Mher Hovhanisian’s Success
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Armenian IM Mher Hovhanisian scored 5,5 points out of 7 and shared 1st-5th places at the open that was held in Limburg, Netherlands. By the tie-break Hovhanisian took the second prize.
The winner of the tournament was GM Vladimir Dobrov (Russia).
101 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
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20-May-2013 |
Mher Hovhanisian in Limburg
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Armenian IM Mher Hovhanisian has scored 2,5 points after 3 rounds at the open that is being held in Limburg, Netherlands. He is half a point behind the sole leader - GM Vladimir Dobrov (Russia).
101 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
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19-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Federation Conference
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Armenian Chess Federation Conference took place in Yerevan at the Chess House after Tigran Petrosian. The conference summarized the work of the federation within the previous two years.
Elections of the federation governing bodies were held. The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was re-elected the President of the Armenian Chess Federation.
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18-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2864.3
2. Aronian 2813.1
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Anand 2785.7
5. Topalov 2784.4
6. Nakamura 2784.0
7. Karjakin 2782.0
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18-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
9th Round
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Aronian - Carlsen 1/2
Karjakin - Topalov 1/2
Wang - Anand 1-0
Hammer - Nakamura 0-1
Radjabov - Svidler 1/2
Final standing
Rk. Name Pts. TB1
1. Karjakin, Sergey 6 24
2. Carlsen, Magnus 5½ 22,75
3. Nakamura, Hikaru 5½ 21,25
4. Svidler, Peter 5 21,5
5. Aronian, Levon 5 20,5
6. Anand, Viswanathan 5 19,25
7. Wang, Hao 4½ 21,5
8. Topalov, Veselin 4 18
9. Radjabov, Teimour 3 10,75
10. Hammer, Jon Ludvig 1½ 6,5
You can follow the games of the tournament in Stavanger on our website on May 7 (blitz, since 19:00), 8-10, 12-15, 17-18, 2013, starting at 14:00 (Yerevan time)
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18-May-2013 |
Robert Aghasaryan Fulfilled Grandmaster Norm
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19-year-old Armenian chess player Robert Aghasaryian fulfiied Grandmaster norm in the 14th European Individual Championship that was held in Legnica, Poland.
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17-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2865.1
2. Aronian 2812.3
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Anand 2791.3
5. Topalov 2784.8
6. Karjakin 2781.6
7. Nakamura 2781.2
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17-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
8th Round
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Topalov - Aronian 1/2
Carlsen - Wang 0-1
Anand - Hammer 1-0
Svidler - Karjakin 1-0
Nakamura - Radjabov 1-0
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17-May-2013 |
Sergei Movsesian and Hrant Melkumyan in World Cup
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GMs Sergei Movsesian and Hrant Melkumyan got rights to take part in the World Cup 2013 that will start on August 4, 2013 in Tromso, Norway. They reached that success by the results of the 14th European Individual Championship in Legnica, Poland.
Before that GMs Levon Aronian and Vladimir Akopian were already eligible to participate in the World Cup.
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16-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the European Championship
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Name |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Pts. |
Rk. |
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GM |
AKOPIAN Vladimir |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
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6.5 |
76 |
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GM |
MOVSESIAN Sergei |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
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8 |
7 |
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GM |
SARGISSIAN Gabriel |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
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7 |
31 |
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GM |
PETROSIAN Tigran L. |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
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7 |
39 |
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GM |
MELKUMYAN Hrant |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
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8 |
10 |
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GM |
GRIGORYAN Avetik |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
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6 |
109 |
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GM |
ANDRIASIAN Zaven |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
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6.5 |
68 |
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GM |
HOVHANNISYAN Robert |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
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6.5 |
65 |
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GM |
PASHIKIAN Arman |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
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6.5 |
58 |
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IM |
GRIGORYAN Karen H. |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
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5.5 |
150 |
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GM |
GABUZYAN Hovhannes |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
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5.5 |
136 |
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GM |
DANIELIAN Elina |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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5.5 |
157 |
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FM |
AGHASARYAN Robert |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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6.5 |
63 |
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POGOSIAN Vladimir |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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4 |
237 |
Final standing
Rk. Name Pts. TB1
1. MOISEENKO Alexander 8 2643
2. ALEKSEEV Evgeny 8 2639
3. ROMANOV Evgeny 8 2637
4. BELIAVSKY Alexander G 8 2629
5. LUPULESCU Constantin 8 2624
6. VALLEJO PONS Francisco 8 2613
7. MOVSESIAN Sergei 8 2606
8. NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian 8 2596
9. DREEV Aleksey 8 2594
10. MELKUMYAN Hrant 8 2551
11. KOROBOV Anton 7.5 2629
12. LYSYJ Igor 7.5 2622
13. SHIMANOV Aleksandr 7.5 2620
14. ARESHCHENKO Alexander 7.5 2615
15. ELJANOV Pavel 7.5 2615
16. KRAVTSIV Martyn 7.5 2614
17. DUBOV Daniil 7.5 2611
18. RAGGER Markus 7.5 2606
19. HRACEK Zbynek 7.5 2591
20. POPOV Ivan 7.5 2583
21. BRUNELLO Sabino 7.5 2575
22. FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 7.5 2573
23. POSTNY Evgeny 7.5 2568
Total: 281 players
You can follow the games of the European Individual
Chess Championship 2013 on our website on May 5-11, 13-16, 2013,
starting at 16:00 (Yerevan time)
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16-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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Armenian GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 7 points out of 11 in the American Continental Championship that was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He took the 13th place among 92 participants.
The winner of the championship with 9,5 points was GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru).
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16-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2871.8
2. Aronian 2812.6
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Anand 2788.6
5. Karjakin 2786.6
6. Topalov 2784.5
7. Grischuk 2779.0
8. Nakamura 2776.6
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15-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
7th Round
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Wang - Aronian 1/2
Hammer - Carlsen 0-1
Radjabov - Anand 0-1
Svidler - Topalov 1/2
Karjakin - Nakamura 1-0
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15-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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Armenian GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 6,5 points out of 10 in the American Continental Championship that is being held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Before the last round GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) is leading with 8,5 points.
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15-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2870.0
2. Aronian 2813.6
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Topalov 2784.8
5. Anand 2784.1
6. Nakamura 2781.7
7. Karjakin 2781.5
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14-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
6th Round
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Aronian - Hammer 1-0
Carlsen - Radjabov 1-0
Anand - Karjakin 1/2
Topalov - Wang 1/2
Nakamura - Svidler 1/2
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14-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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Armenian GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 5,5 points after nine rounds in the American Continental Championship that is being held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The leader with 7,5 points is GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru).
Two rounds are ahead till the end of the tournament.
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14-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2866.7
2. Aronian 2811.2
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Topalov 2785.5
5. Anand 2784.3
6. Nakamura 2781.8
7. Karjakin 2781.3
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13-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
5th Round
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Radjabov - Aronian 1/2
Karjakin - Carlsen 0-1
Svidler - Anand 1/2
Nakamura - Topalov 1/2
Hammer - Wang 1-0
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13-May-2013 |
Tatev Abrahamian - Bronze Medal Holder
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Armenian WGM Tatev Abrahamian scored 6,5 points out of 9 and became the bronze medal holder in the USA Women’s Championship that was held in Saint Louis.
IM Irina Krush took the champion title with 8 points.
In the USA Men’s Championship Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian scored 5, FM Samuel Sevian - 4, GM Melikset Khachiyan - 3 points out of 9.
GM Gata Kamsky and GM Alejandro Ramirez shared the 1st-2nd places with 6,5 points each. Additional games will be held between them to determine the champion.
You can follow the games of the USA Championships on our website on May 3-7, 9-12, 2013, starting at 22:00 (Yerevan time)
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13-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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Armenian GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 5,5 points after eight rounds in the American Continental Championship that is being held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Mekhitarian is one point behind the four leaders.
Three rounds are ahead till the end of the tournament.
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13-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2863.1
2. Aronian 2812.1
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Topalov 2785.8
5. Karjakin 2784.9
6. Anand 2784.5
7. Nakamura 2781.5
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12-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
4th Round
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Aronian - Karjakin 0-1
Carlsen - Svidler 1/2
Anand - Nakamura 0-1
Topalov - Hammer 1/2
Wang - Radjabov 1/2
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12-May-2013 |
Alik Tikranian - Champion of Netherlands!
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Armenian chess player Alik Tikranian got the title of U16 Champion of Netherlands. He scored 6,5 points out of 9 and solely took the first prize in the championship that was held in Sneek.
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12-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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WGM Tatev Abrahamian has scored 5,5 points out of 8 and is taking the 3rd place before the last round of the USA Women’s Championship that is being held in Saint Louis. The leader with 7,5 points is IM Irina Krush.
At the men’s tournemanet GM Varuzhan Akobian has 4, FM Samuel Sevian - 3,5, GM Melikset Khachiyan - 2,5 points out of 8. The leader with 6 points is GM Gata Kamsky.
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12-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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Armenian GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 5 points after six rounds in the American Continental Championship that is being held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Mekhitarian is only half a point behind the leader - GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru).
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11-May-2013 |
Attention!
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On May 12, 2013 Gaguik Oganessian’s chess program on the Armenian National TV will start earlier than usual - at 10:50 a.m.
You can also follow all the programs of “Chess-64” on the internet:
http://www.1tv.am/hy/Man-vs-Wild
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11-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2864.5
2. Aronian 2817.7
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Anand 2789.6
5. Topalov 2788.2
6. Karjakin 2779.3
7. Grischuk 2779.0
8. Nakamura 2776.4
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11-May-2013 |
Roudolph Grigorian - Champion of France!
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Armenian chess player Roudolph Grigorian got the title of U18 Champion of France. He scored 7,5 points out of 9 and solely took the first prize in the championship that was held in Saint-Paul-Trois Châteaux.
Another Armenian chess player Gary Giroyan was only half a point behind the winner and shared 2nd-4th places among 83 participants. By the tie-break Giroyan was the 4th.
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11-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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WGM Tatev Abrahamian has scored 5,5 points after 7 rounds in the USA Women’s Championship that is being held in Saint Louis. The leader with 6,5 points is IM Irina Krush. In the penultimate 8th round Abrahamian plays with whites against Krush.
At the men’s tournemanet GM Varuzhan Akobian and FM Samuel Sevian each have 3, GM Melikset Khachiyan - 2 points out of 7. The leader with 5,5 points is GM Gata Kamsky.
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11-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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Armenian GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 4 points after five rounds in the American Continental Championship that is being held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The leader with 5 points is GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru).
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10-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
3rd Round
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Svidler - Aronian 1/2
Anand - Topalov 1-0
Karjakin - Wang 1-0
Nakamura - Carlsen 1/2
Radjabov - Hammer 1-0
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10-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2865.8
2. Aronian 2818.3
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Topalov 2793.3
5. Anand 2784.5
6. Grischuk 2779.0
7. Nakamura 2775.1
8. Karjakin 2774.6
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10-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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WGM Tatev Abrahamian has scored 5 points after 6 rounds in the USA Women’s Championship that is being held in Saint Louis. She is only half a point behind the leader - IM Irina Krush.
At the men’s tournemanet GM Varuzhan Akobian has 3, GM Melikset Khachiyan and FM Samuel Sevian - 2 points each. The leader with 5 points is GM Gata Kamsky.
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10-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 3,5 points after four rounds at the American Continental Championship that is being held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He is only half a point behind the three leaders.
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9-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
2nd Round
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Aronian - Nakamura 1-0
Carlsen - Anand 1/2
Hammer - Karjakin 0-1
Wang - Svidler 1-0
Topalov - Radjabov 1/2
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9-May-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian in the American Continental Championship
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GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) is among the participants of the American Continental Championship 2013 which has started in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The Armenian chess player has scored 1,5 points after two rounds.
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8-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger.
1st Round
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Anand - Aronian 1/2
Carlsen - Topalov 1/2
Nakamura - Wang 1-0
Svidler - Hammer 1-0
Karjakin - Radjabov 1-0
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8-May-2013 |
Karen Grigoryan and Hovik Hayrapetyan - Grandmasters!
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FIDE awarded Armenian chess players Karen H. Grigoryan and Hovik Hayrapetyan with the titles of Grandmaster.
Congratulations!
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8-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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GM Varuzhan Akobian has scored 2,5, GM Melikset Khachiyan - 2, FM Samuel Sevian - 1,5 points after 5 rounds in the USA Championship that is being held in Saint Louis.
The leader with 4,5 points is GM Gata Kamsky.
WGM Tatev Abrahamian has scored 4 points in the Women’s Championship. She is one point behind the leader - WGM Irina Krush.
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7-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger
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Today a blitz tournament took place in Stavanger. The results are:
1. Karjakin, Sergey 6.5
2. Carlsen, Magnus 6
3. Anand, Viswanathan 6
4. Nakamura, Hikaru 6
5. Svidler, Peter 5.5
6. Radjabov, Teimour 5
7. Hammer, Jon Ludvig 3.5
8. Wang, Hao 3
9. Aronian, Levon 2.5
10. Topalov, Veselin 1
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7-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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GMs Varuzhan Akobian and Melikset Khachiyan have scored 2 points each after 4 rounds in the USA Championship that is being held in Saint Louis. FM Samuel Sevian has 1,5 points.
The leader with 4 points is GM Gata Kamsky.
WGM Tatev Abrahamian has scored 3,5 points in the Women’s Championship. She is only half a point behind the leader - WGM Irina Krush.
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7-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Stavanger
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Levon Aronian is going to take part in a super tournament to be held on May 7-18, 2013 in Stavanger, Norway.
The rivals of Aronian will be Anand, Carlsen, Svidler, Radjabov, Karjakin, Topalov, Nakamura, Wang Hao and Hammer.
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6-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Mallorca
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GM Karen Movsziszian (Armenia) scored 7 points out of 9 and shared 1st-4th places together with GMs Salvador Del Rio De Angelis (Spain), Vladimir Petkov (Bulgaria) and Stanislav Savchenko (Ukraine) at the open that was held on Mallorca Island, Spain. By the tie-break Movsziszian was the 4th. The winner or the tournament was Del Rio De Angelis.
GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) finished the tournament with 6 points.
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6-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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GM Varuzhan Akobian has scored 2 points after 3 rounds in the USA Championship that is being held in Saint Louis. GM Melikset Khachiyan has 1,5, FM Samuel Sevian - 1 point.
WGM Tatev Abrahamian has scored 2,5 points and is taking the 2nd place in the Women’s Championship. Abrahamian is half a point behind the leader - WGM Irina Krush.
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5-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Mallorca
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GM Karen Movsziszian (Armenia) has scored 6,5 points out of 8 before the last round of the open that is being held on Mallorca Island, Spain. Movsziszian is leading together with GM Salvador Del Rio De Angelis (Spain). In the last round Karen plays with whites against his main rival.
GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) is half a point behind the leaders.
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5-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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GMs Varuzhan Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan and FM Samuel Sevian have scored 1 point each out of 2 in the USA Championship that is being held in Saint Louis. In the second round Sevian ended in a draw with blacks against GM Yury Shulman.
WGM Tatev Abrahamian took a victory over WGM Camilla Baginskaite in the Women’s Championship. Now Tatev has 2 points and is leading together with WGMs Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush.
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4-May-2013 |
Armen Proudian’s Success
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19-year-old Armenian chess player Armen Proudian (Brazil) raised his rating with 14,7 points and fulfilled FIDE Master Norm at the FIDE Zonal 2.4 Tournament that was held in Manaus, Brazil.
Proudian scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the 9th place among 84 participants.
Armenian GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) was the 4th with the same results.
GMs Rafael Leitao and Alexandr Fier (Brazil) scored 7,5 points each and got rights to take part in the World Cup 2013.
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4-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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GMs Varuzhan Akobian and Melikset Khachiyan ended in a draw playing with each other in the first round of the USA Championship which is being held in Saint Louis. 12-year-old FM Samuel Sevian ended in a draw with GM Alejandro Ramirez.
WGM Tatev Abrahamian began with a victory against WGM Sabina Foisor in the USA Women’s Championship.
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4-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Mallorca
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GM Karen Movsziszian (Armenia) has scored 5,5 points after seven rounds and is only half a point behind the leader – GM Salvador Del Rio De Angelis (Spain) at the open that is being held on Mallorca Island, Spain.
GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) has 5 points.
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3-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the USA Championships
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Three Armenian chess players – GMs Varuzhan Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan and FM Samuel Sevian are among the 24 participants of the USA Championship that will start on May 3, 2013 in Saint Louis.
WGM Tatev Abrahamian is among the 10 participants of the USA Women’s Championship also to be held in Saint Louis.
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3-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Mallorca
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GM Karen Movsziszian (Armenia) has scored 5 points after six rounds and is leading together with five other participants at the open that is being held on Mallorca Island, Spain.
GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) is half a point behind the leaders.
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3-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players at the Zonal Tournament
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GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 6 points after eight rounds at the World Championship Zonal 2.4 Tournament that is being held in Ponta Negra, Brazil. Mekhitarian is only half a point behind the leaders - GMs Rafael Leitao, Alexandr Fier and IM Diego Rafael Di Bernardino (Brazil).
CM Armen Proudian (Brazil) has 5,5 points.
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2-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian - Winner of Alekhine Memorial!
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Levon Aronian took the first prize at Alekhine Memorial.
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2-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players at the Zonal Tournament
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GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 5,5 points after seven rounds at the World Championship Zonal 2.4 Tournament that is being held in Ponta Negra, Brazil. Mekhitarian is only half a point behind the leaders - GMs Rafael Leitao and Alexandr Fier (Brazil).
CM Armen Proudian (Brazil) has 4,5 points.
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2-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Mallorca
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GMs Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) and Karen Movsziszian (Armenia) have scored 4 points each after five rounds at the open that is being held on Mallorca Island, Spain. They are half a point behind the four leaders.
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2-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2814.2
3. Kramnik 2803.2
4. Topalov 2793.0
5. Anand 2782.9
6. Grischuk 2779.0
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1-May-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
9th Round |
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Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave 1-0
Gelfand - Anand 1/2
Adams - Kramnik 0-1
Vitugov - Ding Liren 1/2
Svidler - Fressinet 1/2
Final standing
1. Aronian, Levon 5½
2. Gelfand, Boris 5½
3. Anand, Viswanathan 5
4. Vitiugov, Nikita 4½
5. Fressinet, Laurent 4½
6. Kramnik, Vladimir 4½
7. Adams, Michael 4½
8. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 4½
9. Ding, Liren 3½
10. Svidler, Peter 3
You can follow the games of Alekhine Memorial on our website on April 21-25, since 16:00, April 28 - May 1, 2013, since 13:00 (Yerevan time)
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1-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Mallorca
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GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) has scored 2,5 points after three rounds at the open that is being held on Mallorca Island, Spain. Kasparov is half a point behind the leaders.
GM Karen Movsziszian (Armenia) has 2 points.
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1-May-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players at the Zonal Tournament
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GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 3,5 points after 5 rounds at the World Championship Zonal 2.4 Tournament that is being held in Ponta Negra, Brazil. CM Armen Proudian (Brazil) has 3 points.
GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil) and WGM Cori Deysi (Peru) are leading with 4,5 points each.
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1-May-2013 |
FIDE Rating List by May 1, 2013 |
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The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st May 2013.
The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link
Ratings by May 1, 2013.
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1-May-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2810.4
3. Kramnik 2799.2
4. Topalov 2793.0
5. Anand 2783.5
6. Grischuk 2779.0
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30-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
8th Round |
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Fressinet - Aronian 1/2
Anand - Svidler 1/2
Kramnik - Gelfand 1/2
Ding Liren - Adams 1/2
Vachier-Lagrave - Vitugov 0-1
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30-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players at the Zonal Tournament
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GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian and CM Armen Proudian (Brazil) have scored 3 points each after 4 rounds at the World Championship Zonal 2.4 Tournament that is being held in Ponta Negra, Brazil. They are one point behind the leader – GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil).
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30-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2812.2
3. Kramnik 2800.2
4. Topalov 2788.1
5. Anand 2784.0
6. Grischuk 2779.2
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29-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
7th Round |
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Vitugov - Aronian 1/2
Adams - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2
Anand - Fressinet 1-0
Svidler - Kramnik 1/2
Gelfand - Ding Liren 1-0
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29-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players at the Zonal Tournament
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Armenian chess players GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian and CM Armen Proudian (Brazil) are taking part in the World Championship Zonal 2.4 Tournament that is being held in Ponta Negra, Brazil.
After three rounds Mekhitarian has 2,5, Proudian – 2 points.
84 chess players from Brazil, Bolivia and Peru are participating in the tournament.
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29-Apr-2013 |
Vahram Mezhlumyan – FIDE Master
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FIDE awarded Armenian chess player Vahram Mezhlumyan with the title of FIDE Master.
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29-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2813.5
3. Kramnik 2801.0
4. Topalov 2783.1
5. Anand 2780.1
6. Caruana 2779.5
7. Grischuk 2779.2
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28-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
6th Round |
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Aronian - Adams 1/2
Vachier-Lagrave - Gelfand 1/2
Fressinet - Vitugov 1/2
Ding Liren - Svidler 1/2
Kramnik - Anand 1/2
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26-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2814.6
3. Kramnik 2801.3
4. Anand 2779.8
5. Karjakin 2779.5
6. Grischuk 2779.2
7. Topalov 2778.4
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25-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
5th Round |
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Gelfand - Aronian 1/2
Adams - Vitugov 1/2
Anand - Ding Liren 1-0
Svidler - Vachier-Lagrave 0-1
Kramnik - Fressinet 0-1
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25-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2815.6
3. Kramnik 2807.6
4. Karjakin 2780.8
5. Grischuk 2779.2
6. Topalov 2778.9
7. Caruana 2775.9
8. Anand 2775.8
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24-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
4th Round |
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Aronian - Svidler 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave - Anand 1/2
Ding Liren - Kramnik 1/2
Fressinet - Adams 1/2
Vitugov - Gelfand 1/2
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24-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2811.5
3. Kramnik 2808.9
4. Karjakin 2780.8
5. Grischuk 2779.2
6. Topalov 2778.6
7. Anand 2776.6
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23-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
3rd Round |
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Anand - Aronian 1/2
Ding Liren - Fressinet 1/2
Gelfand - Adams 1-0
Kramnik - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2
Svidler - Vitugov 1/2
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23-Apr-2013 |
National Rapid Ratings
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We publish the current National Rapid Ratings of the Armenian Chess Players.
Here
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22-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
2nd Round |
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Aronian - Kramnik 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave - Ding Liren 1-0
Adams - Svidler 1-0
Vitugov - Anand 1/2
Fressinet - Gelfand 1/2
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22-Apr-2013 |
Vanik Zakarian – Chairman of the Appeals Committee
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FIDE appointed the Honorary President of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Honorary Vice-President of FIDE Vanik Zakarian as the chairman of the Appeals Committee at the Women’s Grand Prix tournament that will be held on May 2-16, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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21-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial.
1st Round |
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Ding Liren - Aronian 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave - Fressinet 1/2
Anand - Adams 0-1
Kramnik - Vitugov 1-0
Svidler - Gelfand 1/2
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21-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial
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According to the draw, the participants of Alekhine Memorial are situated as follows:
1. Vachier-Lagrave, 2. Ding Liren, 3. Kramnik, 4. Anand, 5. Svidler, 6. Gelfand, 7. Adams, 8. Vitugov, 9. Aronian, 10. Fressinet.
Today in the first round Aronian will play with blacks against Ding Liren.
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20-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian in Alekhine Memorial
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GM Levon Aronian is going to take part in Alekhine Memorial to be held from April 21 till May 1, 2013 in Paris, France and Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The rivals of Aronian will be Anand, Kramnik, Svidler, Gelfand, Adams, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren, Fressinet, Vitugov.
The first five rounds of the tournament will be held on April 21-25, 2013 at the Louvre Museum in Paris and the final four - from April 28 till May 1, 2013 at the Russian State Museum in Saint Petersburg.
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20-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Lille
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GM Tigran Gharamian (France) scored 6,5 points out of 9 and shared 3rd-8th places among 179 participants at the open that was held in Lille, France. By the tie-break Gharamian was the 6th.
WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova (Armenia) took the 29th place with 5,5 points.
GM Andrey Zhigalko (Belarus) took the first prize with 7,5 points.
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19-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Lille
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GM Tigran Gharamian (France) and WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova (Armenia) have scored 5,5 points each out of 8 before the last round of the open that is being held in Lille, France.
The leaders with 6,5 points each are GMs Suri Vaibhav (India) and Andrey Zhigalko (Belarus).
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17-Apr-2013 |
Mher Hovhanisian in Prinsenstad
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Armenian IM Mher Hovhanisian scored 4,5 points out of 6 and shared 2nd-7th places among 56 participants at the open that was held in Prinsenstad, Netherlands.
GM Erwin L’Ami (Netherlands) took the first prize with 5,5 points.
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16-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GMs Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargissian scored 6,5 points each out of 9 and took accordingly the 10th and 13th places among 192 participants at the open that was held in Dubai, UAE.
IM Hovik Hayrapetyan scored 6, GM Tigran L. Petrosian and WGM Lilit Galojan - 5 points each.
The winner of the tournament with 7,5 points was GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia).
You can follow the games of Dubai Tournament on our website on April 7-11, 13-15, 2013, starting at 17:30 (Yerevan time)
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15-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GMs Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargissian have scored 6 points each out of 8 before the last round of the open that is being held in Dubai, UAE. They are one point behind the leader - GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia).
IM Hovik Hayrapetyan has 5,5, GM Tigran L. Petrosian - 5 points.
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14-Apr-2013 |
Sergei Movsesian is a Russian Champion
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Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian in the composition of Saint Petersburg Team got a champion title in the Russian Chess Team Championship that was held in Loo.
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14-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GM Vladimir Akopian has scored 5,5 points after seven rounds at the open that is being held in Dubai, UAE. Akopian is half a point behind the six leaders.
GMs Gabriel Sargissian and GM Tigran L. Petrosian have 5 points each.
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13-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GM Tigran L. Petrosian scored 7 points out of 9 and shared 3rd-5th places among 90 participants at the blitz tournament that was held within the framework of Dubai Chess Festival. Petrosian was only half a point behind the winner - GM Salem Saleh (UAE).
The result of IM Hovik Hayrapetyan is 6 points.
GMs Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargissian didn’t take part in the blitz tournament.
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13-Apr-2013 |
Success of Andriasian and Simonian
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GMs Zaven Andriasian and Hrair Simonian in the composition of Samotsveti Team took the first place at the internet blitz tournament.
Andriasian scored 8 and Simonian - 7,5 points out of 9.
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12-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GMs Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargissian have scored 4,5 points each after five rounds at the open that is being held in Dubai, UAE. They are only half a point behind the leader - GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia).
GM Tigran L. Petrosian and IM Hovik Hayrapetyan have 4 points each.
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11-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GM Gabriel Sargissian has scored 4 points after four rounds and is leading together with GMs Sergey Volkov, Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia), Jaan Ehlvest (USA) at the open that is being held in Dubai, UAE.
GMs Vladimir Akopian and Tigran L. Petrosian have 3,5 points each.
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10-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GMs Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargissian have scored 3 points each after three rounds and are leading together with a group of other chess players at the open that is being held in Dubai, UAE. GM Tigran L. Petrosian has 2,5 points.
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9-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GMs Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, IM Hovik Hayrapetyan have scored 2 points each after two rounds at the open that is being held in Dubai, UAE. GM Tigran L. Petrosian has 1,5 points.
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9-Apr-2013 |
Sevag Mekhitarian’s Victory
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Armenian GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian scored 6 points out of 7 and took the first prize at the open that was held in Florianopolis, Brazil.
22 chess players took part in the tournament.
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8-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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GMs Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian, WGM Lilit Galojan, IM Hovik Hayrapetyan started the tournament in Dubai with victories.
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7-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in the Russian Championship
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Olympic champion Sergei Movsesian and a few other Armenian chess players are going to take part in the Russian Team Championship to be held on April 7-13, 2013 in Loo.
You can follow the games of the Russian Team Championship on our website on April 7-13, 2013, starting at 15:00 (Yerevan time)
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6-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Dubai
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Olympic champions Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian and a group of other Armenian chess players are going to take part in the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship - Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup that will be held in Dubai, UAE.
You can follow the games of Dubai Championship on our website on April 7-11, 13-15, 2013, starting at 17:30 (Yerevan time)
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5-Apr-2013 |
Elina Danielian in Grand Prix
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FIDE confirmed the schedule of the Women’s Grand Prix Tournaments 2013-2014.
GM Elina Danielian will play at the following four tournaments: Dilijan (June 15-29, 2013), Tashkent (September 17 - October 1, 2013), Khanty-Mansiysk (May 2-16, 2014), Tbilisi (June 18 – July 2, 2014).
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4-Apr-2013 |
Armenian Chess Players in Los Angeles
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IM Andranik Matikozian (Armenia) scored 6 points out of 10 and took the second prize at the 25th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational 2013 that was held in Los Angeles, USA. Matikozian was only half a point behind the winner – IM Zhanibek Amanov (Kazakhstan).
IM Norik Kalantarian (Armenia) and FM Harutyun Akopyan (USA) ended the tournament with 4,5 points each.
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2-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2868.0
2. Aronian 2813.4
3. Kramnik 2811.1
4. Karjakin 2786.0
5. Anand 2783.0
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1-Apr-2013 |
Levon Aronian at the Candidates Tournament.
14th Round |
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Aronian - Radjabov 1-0
Carlsen - Svidler 0-1
Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1-0
Gelfand - Grischuk 1/2
Final standing
1. Carlsen Magnus 8½
2. Kramnik Vladimir 8½
3. Svidler Peter 8
4. Aronian Levon 8
5. Gelfand Boris 6½
6. Grischuk Alexander 6½
7. Ivanchuk Vassily 6
8. Radjabov Teimour 4
You can follow the games of the Candidates Tournament on our website on March 15-17, 19-21, 23-25, 27-29, 31, April 1, 2013, starting at 17:00 (Yerevan time).
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1-Apr-2013 |
FIDE Rating List by April 1, 2013 |
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The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st April 2013.
The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link
Ratings by April 1, 2013.
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1-Apr-2013 |
Live Chess Ratings
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1. Carlsen 2874.7
2. Kramnik 2816.7
3. Aronian 2808.6
4. Karjakin 2786.0
5. Anand 2783.0
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