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2-Sep-2010 Levon Aronian in the Grand Slam Tournament
 
Armenian GM Levon Aronian is taking part in the Grand Slam Chess Masters tournament which is being held in Shanghai, China, from September 3rd to 8th, 2010. Aronian's opponents are GMs Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Alexey Shirov (Spain) and Wang Hao (China).

Two winners of the Shanghai tournament, together with GMs Viswanathan Anand (India) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway), will take part in the Grand Slam Final tournament in Bilbao, Spain from October 9th to 15th, 2010.

You can follow the games of the Shanghai tournament on our website from September 3 to 8, 2010, starting at 10:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 
2-Sep-2010 Andriasian's Excellent Victory
 
Armenian GM Zaven Andriasian scored 7 points out of 9 and solely took the first prize in the Kalamaria Open which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Vahe Baghdasaryan scored 5,5, Aghasi Inants - 3 points.
 
2-Sep-2010 Armenian Championship. 1st League
 
The tournament of the 1st League of the Armenian 71st Championship is being held in Vanadzor, Armenia. Its 14 participants are fighting for the three permissions to the Highest League. The tournament is devoted to the memory of the Armenian chess veteran Artsrun Sargsyan.

After the four rounds Karen H. Grigoryan is leading the tournament with 3,5 points. GMs Ara Minasian, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Davit G. Petrosian have got 3 points each.
 
2-Sep-2010 Kotanjian in Campomanes Memorial
 
GM Tigran Kotanjian has scored 3,5 points out of 7 in the Campomanes 1st Memorial which is being held in Manila, Philippines. Chinese GM Zhao Jun is solely leading the tournament with 6 points.
 
1-Sep-2010 FIDE Rating List by September 1, 2010
 
The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st September 2010.

The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link Ratings by September 1, 2010.
 

1-Sep-2010 Olympic Champions' Final Preparations
 
On September 1st twice Olympic Champion Armenian national team started its final preparations in Jermuk before the 39th World Olympiad to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Members of the team GMs Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Avetik Grigoryan, leaded by the senior coach of the team GM Arshak Petrosian, will have preparations for two weeks in Jermuk. Only the leader of the team GM Levon Aronian is absent because these days he is taking part in the most important stage of the Grand Slam tournaments in Shanghai, China.

Our strongest women chess players are also having preparations in Jermuk, leaded by the senior coach of Armenian women's national team GM Ashot Anastasian. We remind that the team is going to arrive in Khanty-Mansiysk with the following composition: WGMs Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelly Aginian, WFM Anahit Kharatyan.
 
1-Sep-2010 Gabriel Sargissian's Team - Vice-Champion of Spain
 
GM Gabriel Sargissian took the title of the vice-champion of Spain in the composition of "Linex-Magic" in the club championship of Spain. "Linex-Magic" reached to the final of the championship and only there lost a match to the team "Kasparov Marcote", which finally became the champion.
 
1-Sep-2010 Andriasian is the Sole Leader
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 6,5 points out of 8 and is solely leading the table before the last round of the Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Vahe Baghdasaryan has scored 5,5, Aghasi Inants - 3 points.

You can follow the games of the Kalamaria Open on our website till September 1, starting at 20:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
1-Sep-2010 Kotanjian in Campomanes Memorial
 
GM Tigran Kotanjian has scored 3,5 points out of 6 in the Campomanes 1st Memorial which is being held in Manila, Philippines. Chinese GM Zhao Jun is solely leading the tournament with 5,5 points.
 
31-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Thessaloniki
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 5,5 points out of 7 and is leading the table with GM Atalik (Turkey) in the Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Vahe Baghdasaryan has scored 4,5, Aghasi Inants - 3 points.

You can follow the games of the Kalamaria Open on our website till September 1, starting at 20:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
31-Aug-2010 Kotanjian in Campomanes Memorial
 
GM Tigran Kotanjian has scored 3 points out of 4 in the Campomanes 1st Memorial which is being held in Manila, Philippines. Armenian chess player is one point behind the leader, Chinese GM Zhao Jun.
 
31-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Istanbul
 
GM Giorgi Bagaturov and Armen Grigoriev (Georgia) scored 7,5 points each out of 9 and shared the 2nd-8th places in the open which was held in Istanbul, Turkey. Another Armenian chess player, Sarven Chakmak from Istanbul scored 6,5 points.

GM Andrey Sumets (Ukraine) scored 8 points and took the first prize among the 350 participants.
 
30-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Thessaloniki
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 5 points out of 6 and is leading the table with GM Atalik (Turkey) in the Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Vahe Baghdasaryan has scored 3,5, Aghasi Inants - 3 points.
 
29-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in European Championships
 
47 representatives of Armenia are going to take part in the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 European Youth (boys, girls) Championships which are going to be held in Batumi, Georgia from 19 to 29 September, 2010. A group of coaches are going to help Armenian chess players in the tournaments. The head of the delegation is the senior coach of the Armenian youth national team, Olympic Champion Artashes Minasian.
 
28-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Thessaloniki
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 2,5 points out of 3 in the Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Andriasian is only half a point behind the leaders, GM Atalik (Turkey) and WGM Zdebskaja (Ukraine). Aghasi Inants and Vahe Baghdasaryan have scored 1,5 points each.
 
27-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Thessaloniki
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 2 points out of 2 and is leading the tournament with a group of participants in the Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Aghasi Inants and Vahe Baghdasaryan have scored 1 point each.
 
26-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Thessaloniki
 
GM Zaven Andriasian, Aghasi Inants and Vahe Baghdasaryan had victories in the 1st round of the Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece.
 
26-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Abu Dhabi Blitz
 
GMs Avetik Grigoryan and Ashot Anastasian scored 7 points each out of 9 and took the 2nd and 3rd places respectively among the 74 participants of the blitz tournament which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

GM Gadir Guseinov (Azerbaijan) took the first prize with 7,5 points.
 
25-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Thessaloniki
 
GM Zaven Andriasian, young chess players Aghasi Inants and Vahe Baghdasaryan are taking part in the 7th Kalamaria Open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from August 25 to September 1, 2010.
 
24-Aug-2010 Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad
 
FM Pogos Nakhapetiane (Russia), GMs Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia) and Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6,5 points each out of 9 and shared the 1st-3rd places in the Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad which was held in Yerevan, Armenia. Nakhapetiane was awarded the 1st prize in the tie-break.

WGM Diana Arutyunova (Ukraine) had the best result among the women - 5 points. WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) was the second with similar result. WIM Siranush Andriasian (Armenia) took the 3rd prize with 4,5 points and was ahead of WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) in the tie-break.

The team of CIS (GM Arutinian, GM Y. Ajrapetjan, Pogosian, WGM Doluhanova), which scored 21 points, won among the 10 teams. The second were the representatives of Yerevan (GM T. L. Petrosian, GM Kotanjian, GM D. G. Petrosian, WFM A. Hairapetian) with similar result. The teams of Europe and Armenia scored 19 points each. The representatives of Europe (GM Mirumian, Inants, Giroyan, WGM Arutyunova) took the third place in the tie-break.
 
24-Aug-2010 International Norms in the Pan-Armenian Olympiad
 
Several participants of the Pan-Armenian Olympiad received international norms. WFM Tatev Abrahamyan fulfilled the norm of Women's Grandmaster, Diana Arutyunova - Men's International Master, FM Pogos Nakhapetiane, Manuel Petrosyan and FM Ovik Hayrapetian - International Master.
 
24-Aug-2010 The Open in Yerevan
 
The open which was being held simultaneously with the Pan-Armenian Olympiad finished in Yerevan. GM Levon Babujian took the first prize with 8 points out of 9.
 
23-Aug-2010 Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad
 
Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad is coming to the end in Yerevan. Before the last round FM Pogos Nakhapetiane (Russia) and GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) are leading the tournament with 6 points each out of 8. GMs Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), David Arutinian (Georgia) and Yuriy Ajrapetjan (Ukraine) are behind with half a point each.

The team of CIS (GM Arutinian, GM Y. Ajrapetjan, Pogosian, WGM Doluhanova), which has scored 19 points, is leading among the 10 teams. The representatives of Yerevan (GM T. L. Petrosian, GM Kotanjian, GM D. G. Petrosian, WFM A. Hairapetian) are half a point behind.
 
22-Aug-2010 Levon Aronian in Chess Masters
 
Olympic champion GM Levon Aronian will take part in the Grand Slam Chess Masters tournament which is going to be held in Shanghai, China, from September 3rd to 8th, 2010. His opponents will be GMs Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Alexey Shirov (Spain) and Wang Hao (China).

Two winners of the Shanghai tournament, together with GMs Viswanathan Anand (India) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway), will take part in the Grand Slam Final Chess Masters to be held in Bilbao, Spain from October 9th to 15th, 2010.

You can follow the games of the Shanghai tournament on our website from September 3 to 8, 2010. Online
 
21-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Abu Dhabi
 
GMs Ashot Anastasian and Avetik Grigoryan scored 5,5 points each out of 9 and took the 4th and 5th places respectively among the 26 participants of the open which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Hovhannes Gabuzyan was the 17th with 4 points.

GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine) took the first prize with 6,5 points.
 
20-Aug-2010 Almira Skripchenko-Aghababian - Champion of France
 
Armenian WGM Almira Skripchenko-Aghababian took the title of the France Women's Champion 2010 in the championship which was held in Belfort.
 
19-Aug-2010 Elina Fulfilled Men's Grandmaster's Norm
 
The leader of the Armenian national women's team Elina Danielian had wonderful success in the big open which was held in Kavala, Greece. Armenian chess player, who has the title of women's grandmaster, fulfilled also men's grandmaster's norm. Elina has had such a success for the third time and FIDE will soon award the highest title to Danielian.
 
18-Aug-2010 Vahe Baghdasaryan's GM Norms
 
17-year-old chess player Vahe Baghdasaryan had brilliant success in the two big opens which were held in the cities of Kavala and Chalkida in Greece. Armenian young chess player, whose FIDE international rating is only 2229, fulfilled GM norms in both of the tournaments.
 
16-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 13
 
Juniors
Fodor        - Hovhannisyan 0-1
Ter-Sahakyan - Dvirnyy      0-1
Simonian     - Potapov      ½-½


Final standings

 1. Andreikin    10
 2. Sjugirov     10
 3. Swiercz       9
18. Hovhannisyan  8
33. Simonian      7,5
44. Ter-Sahakyan  7

Total: 122 participants
 
Girls
Newrkla - Khanamiryan 1-0

Final standings
 1. Muzychuk    11
 2. Girya       10,5
 3. Padmini     10
57. Khanamiryan  5,5

Total: 81 participants
 
16-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 12
 
Juniors
Hovhannisyan - Andersen     1-0
Golichenko   - Ter-Sahakyan 0-1
Ponizil      - Simonian     0-1

 
Girls
Khanamiryan - Lach 0-1
 
15-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 11
 
Juniors
Cori         - Hovhannisyan 1-0
Simonian     - Negi         0-1
Ter-Sahakyan - Yilmaz       0-1

 
Girls
Gosciniak - Khanamiryan ½-½
 
14-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 10
 
Juniors
Hovhannisyan - Simonian ½-½
Ter-Sahakyan - Dimitrov 1-0

 
Girls
Guadamuro - Khanamiryan ½-½
 
13-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 9
 
Juniors
Blomqvist - Hovhannisyan 1-0
Simonian  - Stupak       0-1
Arnold    - Ter-Sahakyan ½-½

 
Girls
Khanamiryan - Anu, Bayar 1-0
 
12-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 8
 
Juniors
Hovhannisyan - Volodin   ½-½
Thavandiran  - Simonian  0-1
Ter-Sahakyan - Fernandez 1-0

 
Girls
Lis, Marcelina - Khanamiryan 0-1
 
11-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 7
 
Juniors
Baryshpolets - Hovhannisyan ½-½
Narmontas    - Ter-Sahakyan ½-½
Simonian     - Bajarani     1-0

 
Girls
Khanamiryan - Mareckova 0-1
 
10-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 6
 
Juniors
Hovhannisyan - Anwesh       1-0
Panjwani     - Ter-Sahakyan 1-0
Dimitrov     - Simonian     0-1

 
Girls
Andrenko - Khanamiryan 1-0
 
9-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian scored 6 points out of 9 and took the 17th place in the open which was held in Tromsø, Norway. GMs Mikhail Kobalia (Russia) and Manuel Leon Hoyos (Mexico) shared the 1st-2nd places with 7,5 points each. Kobalia won in the tie-break.
 
8-Aug-2010 Mainz. World Rapid Chess Championship
 
6th round
GM Inarkiev,Ernesto - GM Aronian,Levon    ½-½
WGM Zhukova,Natalia - GM Movsesian,Sergei 0-1


7th round
GM Aronian,Levon    - GM Kamsky,Gata    0-1
GM Movsesian,Sergei - GM Fridman,Daniel ½-½

8th round
IM Brunner,Nicolas - GM Aronian,Levon    0-1
GM Tregubov,Pavel  - GM Movsesian,Sergei ½-½

9th round
GM Aronian,Levon    - GM Ghaemmaghami,Ehsan 1-0
GM Movsesian,Sergei - GM Jaracz,Pawel       ½-½

10th round
GM Kempinski,Robert - GM Aronian,Levon    0-1
GM Szabo,Krisztian  - GM Movsesian,Sergei ½-½

11th round
GM Aronian,Levon    - GM Zvjaginsev,Vadim 1-0
GM Movsesian,Sergei - IM Schneider ,Ilja  1-0

Final standing
     Name                 Pts  TB1  TB2
 1. GM Kamsky,Gata        10,0 64,5 73,5
 2. GM Gashimov,Vugar      9,5 62,0 70,5
 3. GM Aronian,Levon       9,5 58,0 69,5
 4. GM Bareev,Evgeni       9,5 58,0 68,0
 5. GM Karjakin,Sergey     9,0 59,0 75,5
 6. GM Kempinski,Robert    9,0 58,0 70,0
 7. GM Grischuk,Alexander  9,0 57,5 69,5
 8. GM Shirov,Alexey       9,0 55,0 69,5
 9. GM Naiditsch,Arkadij   9,0 50,0 62,0
10. GM Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 8,5 58,5 69,0
15. GM Movsesian,Sergei    8,5 55,0 68,0

Total: 701 participants

You can follow the games of the Mainz tournament on our website on August 7th, starting from 17:00 and on August 8th, starting from 14:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
8-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Zaven Andriasian, Hrant Melkumyan and WGM Elina Danielian scored 6,5 points each out of 9 and shared the 3rd-8th places in the open which was held in Kavala, Greece. Vahe Baghdasaryan scored 5,5, WGM Nelly Aginian – 4,5 points.

GMs Adam Tukhaev (Ukraine) and Abhijeet Gupta (India) shared the 1st-2nd places with 7 points. Tukhaev won in the tie-break.
 
8-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian has scored 5 points out of 8 before the last round of the open which is being held in Tromsø, Norway. The leaders are GMs Loek Van Wely (Netherlands) and Manuel Leon Hoyos (Mexico) with 7 points each.
 
8-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 5
 
Juniors
Firat        - Hovhannisyan ½-½
Ter-Sahakyan - Kanarek      ½-½
Simonian     - Ivanov       1-0

 
Girls
Khanamiryan - Tsirulnik 0-1
 
7-Aug-2010 Mainz. World Rapid Chess Championship
 
1st round
GM Aronian,Levon    - Gass,Ulrich       1-0
GM Movsesian,Sergei - Neiß,Josef Martin 1-0


2nd round
Kirschbaum,Gunnar - GM Aronian,Levon    0-1
CM Wenner,Tobias  - GM Movsesian,Sergei 0-1


3rd round

GM Aronian,Levon    - Bargan 1-0
GM Movsesian,Sergei - Lutke  1-0

4th round
GM Del Rio de Angelis - GM Aronian,Levon    0-1
GM Polzin,Rainer      - GM Movsesian,Sergei ½-½


5th round
GM Aronian,Levon    - GM Pelletier,Yannick 1-0
GM Movsesian,Sergei - IM Hirneise,Tobias   1-0
 
7-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Zaven Andriasian, Hrant Melkumyan and WGM ElinaDanielian have scored 6 points each out of 8 and are sharing the 3rd-7thplaces before the last round of the open which is being held in Kavala,Greece. Armenian chess players are only half a point behind the leaders,GMs Tukhaev (Ukraine) and Gupta (India). Vahe Baghdasaryan has scored 5,WGM Nelly Aginian – 4,5 points.
 
7-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian has scored 5 points out of 7 in the open which is beingheld in Tromsø, Norway. The leader is GM B. Socko (Poland) with 6,5points.
 
7-Aug-2010 Aronian Will Defend the Title of the World Champion
 
Levon Aronian will defend the title of the World Rapid Chess Champion, which he achieved in 2009 in Mainz, Germany, in the open tournament which is to be held in Mainz on the 7th and 8th of August, 2010.

11 rounds will be played in the swiss system tournament which is to have hundreds of chess players, including tens of famous Grandmasters. In each game the participants will have 20 minutes, plus 5 seconds for each move.

You can follow the games of the Mainz tournament on our website on August 7th, starting from 17:00 and on August 8th, starting from 14:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
7-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 4
 
Juniors
Hovhannisyan - Fernandez    1-0
Lomsadze     - Ter-Sahakyan 0-1
Duba         - Simonian     ½-½

 
Girls
Khanamiryan - Saduakassova 1-0
 
6-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Zaven Andriasian, Hrant Melkumyan, WGM Elina Danielian and Vahe Baghdasaryan have scored 5 points each out of 7 in the open which is being held in Kavala, Greece. Armenian chess players are one point behind the leader, GM Tukhaev (Ukraine). WGM Nelly Aginian has scored 3,5 points.
 
6-Aug-2010 Sevag Mekhitarian in Dieren
 
GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian scored 6,5 points out of 9 in the open which was held in Dieren, the Netherlands. Armenian chess player was one point behind the winner, GM Fargere (France).
 
6-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian has scored 5 points out of 6 in the open which is being held in Tromsø, Norway. Armenian chess player is only half a point behind the leaders, B. Socko (Poland), Sandipan (India) and Berg (Sweden).
 
6-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 3
 
Juniors
Swapnil      - Hovhannisyan ½-½
Ter-Sahakyan - Debashis     0-1
Simonian     - Kasyan       0-1

 
Girls
Butuc - Khanamiryan 0-1
 
5-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 2
 
Juniors
Kanmazalp    - Simonian     1:0
Hovhannisyan - Pavlidis     1:0
Thavandiran  - Ter-Sahakyan 0:1

 
Girls
Khanamiryan - Ozturk 1/2
 
5-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 5 points out of 6 in the open which is being held in Kavala, Greece. Andriasian is leading the table with GMs Bakre (India), Rychagov (Russia) and Tukhaev (Ukraine). GM Hrant Melkumyan has scored 4,5, GM Gabriel Sargissian, WGM Elina Danielian and Vahe Baghdasaryan - 4 points each, WGM Nelly Aginian - 2,5 points.
 
5-Aug-2010 Sevag Mekhitarian in Dieren
 
GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian has scored 6 points out of 8 before the last round of the open which is being held in Dieren, the Netherlands. Armenian chess player is one point behind the leader, GM Fargere (France).
 
5-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian has scored 4 points out of 5 in the open which is being held in Tromsø, Norway. Armenian chess player is one point behind the leader, Socko (Poland).
 
4-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in World U20 Championships. Round 1
 
Juniors
Kantans      - Hovhannisyan 1/2
Ter-Sahakyan - Straka       1/2
Simonian     - Soors        1:0


Girls
Olsarova - Khanamiryan 1:0
 
4-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 4,5 points out of 5 in the open which is being held in Kavala, Greece. Andriasian is leading the table with GMs Bakre (India) and Rychagov (Russia). GMs Hrant Melkumyan and Gabriel Sargissian have scored 3,5 points each, WGM Elina Danielian and Vahe Baghdasaryan - 3 points each, WGM Nelly Aginian - 2,5 points.
 
4-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian has scored 4 points out of 4 in the open which is being held in Tromsø, Norway. Armenian chess player is leading the tournament with five other participants.
 
4-Aug-2010 Sevag Mekhitarian in Dieren
 
GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian has scored 5,5 points out of 7 in the open which is being held in Dieren, the Netherlands. Armenian chess player is one point behind the leader, GM Fargere (France).
 
3-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GMs Zaven Andriasian and Hrant Melkumyan have scored 3,5 points each out of 4 in the open which is being held in Kavala, Greece. Armenian chess players are only half a point behind the leader, GM Tejas Bakre (India). GM Gabriel Sargissian has scored 3 points, WGM Elina Danielian and Vahe Baghdasaryan - 2 points each, WGM Nelly Aginian - 1,5 pointsG.
 
3-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Avoine
 
GM Sergey Galdunts and FM Thomas Saatdjian scored 6,5 points each out of 9 and took the 12th and 15th places respectively among the 355 participants of the open which was held in Avoine, France.

The winner was IM Hugo Tirard (France) with 7,5 points.
 
3-Aug-2010 Levon Babujian in Tromsø
 
GM Levon Babujian has scored 3 points out of 3 in the open which is being held in Tromsø, Norway. Armenian chess player is leading the tournament with 10 other participants.

164 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 
3-Aug-2010 Sevag Mekhitarian in Dieren
 
GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian has scored 4,5 points out of 6 in the open which is being held in Dieren, the Netherlands. Armenian chess player is one point behind the leader, GM Francois Fargere (France).
 
2-Aug-2010 Aronian Will Play in "Chess Masters"
 
Levon Aronian will take part in the "Chess Masters" tournament which is going to be held in Shanghai, China, from September 3rd to 8th, 2010. His opponents will be Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Alexey Shirov (Spain) and Wang Hao (China).

Two winners of the Shanghai tournament, together with Viswanathan Anand (India) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway), will take part in the Final of "Chess Masters" to be held in Bilbao, Spain from October 9th to 15th, 2010.

Further details are in "Chess in Armenia" Magazine.
 
2-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Kavala
 
GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 3 points out of 3 and is leading the table with three other participants of the open which is being held in Kavala, Greece. GMs Gabriel Sargissian and Hrant Melkumyan have scored 2,5 points each, WGM Elina Danielian and Vahe Baghdasaryan - 2 points each, Nelly Aginian - 1,5 points.

94 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 
2-Aug-2010 Sevag Mekhitarian in Dieren
 
GM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian has scored 3,5 points out of 5 in the open which is being held in Dieren, the Netherlands. The leader is GM Francois Fargere (France).
 
2-Aug-2010 Armenian Chess Players in Pardubice
 
GMs Sergey Grigoriants and Artur Gabrielian scored 7 points each out of 9 and shared the 2nd-6th places in the open which was held in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Armenian chess players were one point behind the winner, GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine). GM Sergey Kasparov scored 5,5, WIM Karina Ambartsumova - 4,5 points.
 
1-Aug-2010 New Book about "Mika"
 

"Chess in Armenia" has published a new book by Gaguik Oganessian - "Chess "Mika" in gold, silver and bronze". It is dedicated to the appearances of "Mika" chess team in European Club Cups. Not only the coverage of Saint Vincent, Fuegen, Kemer, Kalitea, Ohrid tournaments found place in the book, but also the games played by "Mika" chess players, including Aronian, Akopian, Sargissian, Pashikian, Petrosian, Andriasian, numerous photos, additional informative materials which summarize the history of the European Club Cup.

Chess lovers, who wish to get this book, can contact us with armchess@arminco.com
 

Chess in Armenia
Weekly Magazine in Armenian

Contents
Panarmenian Chess Olympiad, Yerevan, 2010
World Rapid Chess Championship, Mainz, 2010
Grand Slam, Shanghai, 2010
Interview with WGM Katerina Rohonyan
Interview with Albert Harutyunov
Chess Humor
Chess Calendar
Baby and Miniature Problems

The Golden Champions
of Dresden

This book by Gaguik Oganessian (Yerevan, 2009) is dedicated to the wonderful victory of Armenian National Team in 38th World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, 2008.

All the games played by Armenian Men’s and Women’s Teams’ chess players in Dresden, numerous photos, informative and important materials which represent the history of world olympiads found place in this book .

     
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