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9-Feb-2010	Sergei Movsesian's Club is the First
	Chess club "Baden-Baden" with Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian in its composition, is leading the German Bundesliga Championship with perfect result - 18 points out of 18 after 9 rounds. 6 rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
8-Feb-2010	David Shahinyan's Great Success
	16-year-old David Shahinyan from Vanadzor (Armenia) had brilliant success in the B tournament of the Moscow Open which was held in the capital of Russia. He scored 8,5 points out of 9 and solely took the first prize among the 400 chess players of the tournament. It is worthy to emphasize that Armenian junior's result was also the best among the 1226 participants of the festival.
8-Feb-2010	Hrair Simonian - Rapid Chess Champion
	GM Hrair Simonian took the title of Armenian 2010 rapid chess champion. He scored 7 points out of 8 in the championship which was held in Yerevan and solely took the 1st place among the 30 participants (including 6 GMs).
8-Feb-2010	Hrair Simonian's Success in the Internet-Tournament
	GM Hrair Simonian took the 2nd prize in the blitz internet tournament which was organized by the FIDE and received a right to take part in the next stage of the World's blitz championship.
7-Feb-2010	Levon Aronian in Linares
	Levon Aronian will take part in the traditional supertournament which is to be held in Linares, Spain, from February 12 to 25, 2010. Armenian GM's opponents will be GMs Veselin Topalov, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Grischuk, Vugar Gashimov and Fransisco Vallejo Pons. The event of Linares is one of the tournaments of Grand Slam. You can follow the games of the Linares tournament on our website from February 12 to 25, 2010. Online
6-Feb-2010	Armenian Chess Players in Moscow Open
	Traditional Moscow Open, which is being held with several groups, is coming near its end. GM Artur Gabrielian (Russia) has scored 4,5 points in tournament A after the 7 rounds that have passed. GM Krishnan Sashikiran (India) is leading with 6 points. David Shahinyan (Armenia) is playing excellently in the B tournament. He is the sole leader with the 100 % result of 7 points. Tigran Simonian (Armenia) is sharing the 2nd place with 6 points. WGM Lilit Galojan (Armenia) and WIM Karine Ambartsumova (Russia) have scored 5 points each in the C, women's tournament. They are one point behind the leader, WGM Elizabeth Paehtz (Germany). Armenian GM Igor Zaitsev (Russia) has scored 5,5 points in the D tournament, which is seniors' tournament. He is only half a point behind the leader GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Russia).
6-Feb-2010	Gibraltar Tournament
	GM Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) scored 7,5 points out of 10 in the open which was held in Gibraltar. He shared the 1st-7th places with GMs Jan Gustaffson (Germany), Michael Adams (England), Fransisco Vallejo Pons (Spain), Chanda Sandipan (India), Gata Kamsky (USA) and Etienne Bacrot (France). According to the regulations, the four chess players which had better indices (Gustaffson, Adams, Vallejo Pons and Sandipan) had additional matches as a result of which Adams received the main prize.
5-Feb-2010	Armenian Chess Players in Aeroflot-Open
	22 Armenian chess players taking part in the Aeroflot-Open chess festival to be held from February 9 to 17 in Moscow, Russia. GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Zaven Andriasian, Hrant Melkumyan (Armenia), Sergey Grigoriants (Russia), Yuriy Ajrapetjan (Ukraine) are taking part in the main, the A1 tournament. GMs Tigran Kotanjian, Davit G. Petrosian (Armenia), Melikset Khachiyan (USA), Artur Gabrielian and FM Pogos Nakhapetiane (Russia) are among the participants of the A2 tournament. You can follow the games of the Aeroflot Open on our website from February 9 to 17, 2010 starting at 16:00 (Yerevan time). Online
4-Feb-2010	Sergei Movsesian Pretends to the First Prize
	Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian won the game with Stelios Halkias (Greece) in the last but one round of the open which is being held in Gibraltar. Movsesian is currently sharing the first place with GMs Fransisco Vallejo Pons (Spain), Michael Adams (England) and Jan Gustaffson (Germany) with 7 points out of 9. The question of the first prize-holder will be decided in the Gustaffson-Movsesian and Vallejo Pons-Adams games of the last round.
3-Feb-2010	Sergei Mevsesian in Gibraltar Tournament
	Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) has scored 6 points after the eight rounds of the big open which is being held in Gibraltar and is currently sharing the 2nd place with a group of participants. Movsesian is only half a point behind the sole leader, GM Jan Gustafsson (Germany). Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament
2-Feb-2010	Armenian Chess Players in European Championship
	A lot of Armenian chess players are going to take part in the European Individual Championships which are going to be held in Rijeka, Croatia from March 5 to 19, 2010. The list is as follows: Men - Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Avetik Grigoryan, Tigran L. Petrosian, Zaven Andriasian, Artashes Minasian, Robert Hovhannisyan, Hrant Melkumyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Davit G. Petrosian, Vahe Baghdasaryan. Women - Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelly Aginian, Anahit Kharatyan.
1-Feb-2010	Armenian Olympic Teams
	All the members of Armenian Chess Olympic teams were determined after the end of Armenian Championships. Men - Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Avetik Grigoryan Women - Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelly Aginian, Anahit Kharatyan
30-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 9*
	Final ranking crosstable Rk. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1. Grigoryan Avetik * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.5 30 0 6 2. Petrosian Tigran L ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 5.5 24 0 3 3. Andriasian Zaven ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 21.25 0 3 4. Minasian Artashes 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 20.25 0 5 5. Hovhannisyan Robert 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 1 5 19.5 0 4 6. Melkumyan Hrant 0 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 16 0 2 7. Chibukhchian Artur ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 4 15.5 0 2 8. Kotanjian Tigran 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 3.5 14 0 2 9. Kalashian David 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 2.5 11 0 1 10. Petrosian Davit G 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 2 7 0 0 Annotation TB1: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points) TB1: The results of the players in the same point group#results against TB2: The greater number of victories Results Hovhannisyan Robert - Andriasian Zaven ½ - ½ Chibukhchian Artur - Melkumyan Hrant ½ - ½ Kalashian David - Minasian Artashes 0 - 1 Petrosian Davit G - Grigoryan Avetik 0 - 1 Kotanjian Tigran - Petrosian Tigran L ½ - ½ You can follow the games of Armenian Championships on our website from January 22 to 30, 2010, starting at 15:00. Online
30-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 9*
	Anahit Kharatyan, Women's Champion of Armenia All Women's Champions of Armenia Final ranking crosstable Rk. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1. Kharatyan Anahit * 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 24.5 0 6 2. Martirosyan Lia 1 * 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 5.5 24 0 5 3. Andriasian Siranush 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 5.5 22.25 0 5 4. Gasparian Mariana 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 18.5 0 5 5. Khanamiryan Ani 1 1 ½ 1 * 0 0 0 ½ ½ 4.5 22 0 3 6. Movsisian Naira 1 1 0 0 1 * ½ 0 0 1 4.5 20.25 0 4 7. Hayrapetian Anna 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4.5 18.75 0 3 8. Gasparian Narine 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ * 0 1 4 16 0 3 9. Karapetyan Lusine 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 * 0 3.5 16.25 0 3 10. Kalashyan Varduhi 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 2 8 0 1 Annotation TB1: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points) TB1: The results of the players in the same point group#results against TB2: The greater number of victories Results Gasparian Narine - Karapetyan Lusine 0 - 1 Andriasian Siranush - Kharatyan Anahit 0 - 1 Movsisian Naira - Gasparian Mariana 0 - 1 Kalashyan Varduhi - Khanamiryan Ani ½ - ½ Hayrapetian Anna - Martirosyan Lia 1 - 0
30-Jan-2010	Levon Aronian Won't Play in Astrakhan
	As is well known, Armenian GM Levon Aronian has already won the FIDE Grand Prix, regardless of the results of the last, the 6th stage of this event. On this occasion Aronian and Armenian Chess Federation applied to the FIDE, suggesting that the Armenian chess player doesn't take part in the 6th tournament of the Grand Prix to be held in Astrakhan, Russia in May, 2010. FIDE has confirmed. Aronian can now concentrate on the preparation and participation in other big events.
29-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 8*
	GM Avetik Grigoryan, Champion of Armenia Results Andriasian Zaven - Kotanjian Tigran ½ - ½ Petrosian Tigran L - Petrosian Davit G 1 - 0 Grigoryan Avetik - Kalashian David 1 - 0 Minasian Artashes - Chibukhchian Artur 1 - 0 Melkumyan Hrant - Hovhannisyan Robert 0 - 1
29-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 8*
	Results Karapetyan Lusine - Hayrapetian Anna 0 - 1 Martirosyan Lia - Kalashyan Varduhi 1 - 0 Khanamiryan Ani - Movsisian Naira 0 - 1 Gasparian Mariana - Andriasian Siranush 0 - 1 Kharatyan Anahit - Gasparian Narine 1 - 0
29-Jan-2010	Arshak Ramazian - FIDE Candidate Master
	World Chess Federation has awarded the title of FIDE Candidate Master to Arshak Ramazian from Vanadzor, Armenia.
28-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 7*
	Hrant Melkumyan - Zaven Andriasian Results Melkumyan Hrant - Andriasian Zaven ½ - ½ Hovhannisyan Robert - Minasian Artashes 1 - 0 Chibukhchian Artur - Grigoryan Avetik ½ - ½ Kalashian David - Petrosian Tigran L 1 - 0 Petrosian Davit G - Kotanjian Tigran ½ - ½
28-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 7*
	Lusine Karapetyan - Anahit Kharatyan Results Kharatyan Anahit - Karapetyan Lusine 1 - 0 Gasparian Narine - Gasparian Mariana 0 - 1 Andriasian Siranush - Khanamiryan Ani ½ - ½ Movsisian Naira - Martirosyan Lia 1 - 0 Kalashyan Varduhi - Hayrapetian Anna ½ - ½
28-Jan-2010	Two Brothers & Their Sister - International Masters
	One of the decisions made at the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Bursa can be recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Two brothers & their sister, Armenian chess players Gor, Gevorg and Tatevik Airapetians who live in Lipetsk, Russia, were at the same time awarded the title of International Master.
27-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 6*
	Tigran Kotanjian - David Kalashian Results Andriasian Zaven - Petrosian Davit G 1 - 0 Kotanjian Tigran - Kalashian David 1 - 0 Petrosian Tigran L - Chibukhchian Artur ½ - ½ Grigoryan Avetik - Hovhannisyan Robert 1 - 0 Minasian Artashes - Melkumyan Hrant 0 - 1
27-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 6*
	Lia Martirosyan - Siranush Andriasian Results Karapetyan Lusine - Kalashyan Varduhi 0 - 1 Hayrapetian Anna - Movsisian Naira ½ - ½ Martirosyan Lia - Andriasian Siranush 1 - 0 Khanamiryan Ani - Gasparian Narine 0 - 1 Gasparian Mariana - Kharatyan Anahit 0 - 1
26-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 5*
	Results Minasian Artashes - Andriasian Zaven 1 - 0 Melkumyan Hrant - Grigoryan Avetik 0 - 1 Hovhannisyan Robert - Petrosian Tigran L 0 - 1 Chibukhchian Artur - Kotanjian Tigran 1 - 0 Kalashian David - Petrosian Davit G ½ - ½
26-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 5*
	Results Gasparian Mariana - Karapetyan Lusine 1 - 0 Kharatyan Anahit - Khanamiryan Ani 0 - 1 Gasparian Narine - Martirosyan Lia ½ - ½ Andriasian Siranush - Hayrapetian Anna 1 - 0 Movsisian Naira - Kalashyan Varduhi 1 - 0
26-Jan-2010	Gift to Foreign Subscribers
	The subscription of "Chess in Armenia" weekly newspaper for 2010 is currently going on. Foreign subscribers of 2010 will be given a gift - one of the following books published by "Chess in Armenia" (author: G. Oganessian) by their choice. *(in English)* 100 Chess Sacrifices of Kasparov, 1996 Tigran Petrosian in Pictures, Attacks, Aphorisms, 2004 *(in Armenian)* Armenian Chess Team in Bled Olympiad, 2003 111 Chess Smiles, 2004 111 Baby Twomovers, 2004 222 Baby Threemovers, 2005 222 Baby Multi-Movers, 2006 222 Baby Endgames, 2007 Life and Activity of Tigran Petrosian in Pictures, Attacks, Aphorisms, 2004 Armenian Chess Team in World Championships, 2006 111 Chess Jokes, 2006 The Golden Champions of Torino, 2006 Aronian – Kramnik: the Cupholder against the Champion, 2007 Aronian – Kramnik: the Duel of Giants, 2007 Chess Giants, 2008 The Silver and Bronze Heraklion, 2008 Asrian Memorial, 2008 Karen Asrian. Unfinished Game, 2008 The Golden Champions of Dresden, 2009 "Mika" Chess Team in The European Club Cup, 2009 France-Armenia. Armavia Chess Trophy, 2009 Foreign readers can apply to the publishers of the newspaper for their subscription at armchess@arminco.com
26-Jan-2010	David Arutinian in Georgian Championship
	Armenian GM David Arutinian scored 8,5 points out of 13 and took the bronze medal in the Georgian Championship which was held in Tbilisi. Arutinian was only half a point behind GMs Merab Gagunashvili and Tamaz Gelashvili who shared the 1st-2nd places.
26-Jan-2010	Sevag Mekhitarian in Campinas
	Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 7,5 points out of 13 and took the 7th place in the round-robin tournament which was held in Campinas, Brazil. GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil) took the first prize with 9 points. Representatives of Spain, Serbia, Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay also took part in the tournament.
26-Jan-2010	Valentin Panbukchian in Blagoevgrad
	Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian (Bulgaria) scored 6 points out of 9 and took the 9th place among the 58 participants of Kirov Memorial which was held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Panbukchian was only half a point behind the winner, bulgarian GM Evgeni Janev. Representatives of Greece, Macedonia and Slovenia also took part in the tournament.
25-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 4*
	Results Andriasian Zaven - Kalashian David 1 - 0 Petrosian Davit G - Chibukhchian Artur ½ - ½ Kotanjian Tigran - Hovhannisyan Robert 1 - 0 Petrosian Tigran L - Melkumyan Hrant 1 - 0 Grigoryan Avetik - Minasian Artashes 1 - 0
25-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 4*
	Results Karapetyan Lusine - Movsisian Naira 1 - 0 Kalashyan Varduhi - Andriasian Siranush 0 - 1 Hayrapetian Anna - Gasparian Narine ½ - ½ Martirosyan Lia - Kharatyan Anahit 1 - 0 Khanamiryan Ani - Gasparian Mariana 1 - 0
24-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 3*
	Results Grigoryan Avetik - Andriasian Zaven ½ - ½ Minasian Artashes - Petrosian Tigran L ½ - ½ Melkumyan Hrant - Kotanjian Tigran 1 - 0 Hovhannisyan Robert - Petrosian Davit G 1 - 0 Chibukhchian Artur - Kalashian David 1 - 0
24-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 3*
	Results Khanamiryan Ani - Karapetyan Lusine ½ - ½ Gasparian Mariana - Martirosyan Lia 0 - 1 Kharatyan Anahit - Hayrapetian Anna 1 - 0 Gasparian Narine - Kalashyan Varduhi 1 - 0 Andriasian Siranush - Movsisian Naira 1 - 0
23-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 2*
	Results Andriasian Zaven - Chibukhchian Artur 1 - 0 Kalashian David - Hovhannisyan Robert ½ - ½ Petrosian Davit G - Melkumyan Hrant ½ - ½ Kotanjian Tigran - Minasian Artashes 0 - 1 Petrosian Tigran L - Grigoryan Avetik ½ - ½
23-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 2*
	Results Karapetyan Lusine - Andriasian Siranush 1 - 0 Movsisian Naira - Gasparian Narine 0 - 1 Kalashyan Varduhi - Kharatyan Anahit 0 - 1 Hayrapetian Anna - Gasparian Mariana 0 - 1 Martirosyan Lia - Khanamiryan Ani 0 - 1
22-Jan-2010	70th Armenian Championship. *Round 1*
	List of players No. Name Rtg 1 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2627 10 GM Andriasian Zaven 2613 4 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2583 3 GM Minasian Artashes 2561 9 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2537 2 GM Grigoryan Avetik 2534 8 GM Petrosian Davit G 2501 6 GM Chibukhchian Artur 2498 5 IM Hovhannisyan Robert 2473 7 IM Kalashian David 2451 Results Petrosian Tigran L - Andriasian Zaven ½ - ½ Grigoryan Avetik - Kotanjian Tigran 1 - 0 Minasian Artashes - Petrosian Davit G 1 - 0 Melkumyan Hrant - Kalashian David ½ - ½ Hovhannisyan Robert - Chibukhchian Artur 1 - 0
22-Jan-2010	65th Armenian Women's Championship. *Round 1*
	List of players No. Name Rtg 6 WIM Andriasian Siranush 2224 9 WFM Hayrapetian Anna 2204 5 WIM Gasparian Narine 2122 7 WGM Movsisian Naira 2122 4 Kharatyan Anahit 2096 1 Martirosyan Lia 2094 3 Gasparian Mariana 2080 8 Kalashyan Varduhi 2064 2 Khanamiryan Ani 1996 10 Karapetyan Lusine 1903 Results Martirosyan Lia - Karapetyan Lusine 1 - 0 Khanamiryan Ani - Hayrapetian Anna 0 - 1 Gasparian Mariana - Kalashyan Varduhi 1 - 0 Kharatyan Anahit - Movsisian Naira 0 - 1 Gasparian Narine - Andriasian Siranush 0 - 1
21-Jan-2010	Armenian 2010 Championships
	The highest league tournaments of the 70th men's and 65th women's Armenian Championships are being held in Yerevan from 22 to 31 January, 2010. You can follow the games of Armenian Championships on our website from January 22 to 30, 2010, starting at 15:00. Online
21-Jan-2010	Academy After Tigran Petrosian
	Chess Academy of Tallin, Estonia was named in honor of the world's 9th champion Tigran Petrosian.
20-Jan-2010	Sergei Movsesian in Gibraltar
	Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian will take part in the Gibtelecom Festival which is going to be held in Gibraltar, from January 26 to February 4, 2010. Such famous GMs as Bacrot, Fressinet, Vallejo Pons, Adams, Kamsky, Cheparinov, Rojz, Fridman are among Armenian chess player's opponents. You can follow the games of Gibtelecom Festival on our website from January 26 to February 4, 2010, starting at 18:00. Online
19-Jan-2010	Levon Aronian in Amber Tournament
	Armenian GM Levon Aronian will take part in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament which is to be held in Nice, France from 12 to 25 March, 2010. Aronian's opponents will be Carlsen, Kramnik, Gelfand, Gashimov, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Ponomarjov, Morozevich, Karjakin, Dominges, Smits.
19-Jan-2010	Khachiyan's and Matikozian's Success
	GM Melikset Khachiyan (USA) and IM Andranik Matikozian (Armenia) scored 4 points each out of 5 and took the first and second places respectively in the open which was held in Los Angeles. 37 chess players took part in the tournament.
18-Jan-2010	Levon Babujian's GM Title
	FIDE Presidential Board meeting which was held in Bursa, Turkey awarded GM title to Armenian chess player Levon Babujian.
17-Jan-2010	Pavel Govchian in Nice Tournament
	Armenian IM Pavel Govchian (France) scored 5,5 points out of 7 and took the 7th place in the tournament held in Nice, France. Govchian was only half a point behind the winner, GM Miguel Llanes (Spain). 139 chess players took part in the tournament.
16-Jan-2010	Varuzhan Akobian in Corus Festival
	Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) is taking part in the "B" tournament of Corus Chess Festival which is being held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from 16 to 31 January, 2010. You can follow the games of the Corus Chess Festival on our website on January 16-19, 21-24, 26-27, 29-31, starting at 16:30 (Yerevan time). Online
16-Jan-2010	Karen Movsziszian's Success
	GM Karen Movsziszian, scoring 5,5 points out of 7, took the 2nd prize in the tournament which was held in Mondariz, Spain. Movsziszian was only half a point behind the winner, GM Aleksa Strikovic (Serbia). 34 chess players took part in the tournament.
16-Jan-2010	Tigran Gharamian in Bethoune Tournament
	Armenian GM Tigran Gharamian (France) scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the 6th place in the tournament held in Bethoune, France. Gharamian was only half a point behind the winner, GM Vladimir Burmakin (Russia). 138 chess players took part in the tournament.
15-Jan-2010	World Championship: Armenian Chess Players' Medals
	Four members of Armenian national team were awarded medals for the individual results they had in the World Team Championship which was held in Bursa, Turkey. Levon Aronian received a silver, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian - bronze medals.
13-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 9*
	Final standing Rank Team Gam. + = - MP Pts. 1. RUSSIA 9 7 1 1 15 24 2. USA 9 6 1 2 13 21½ 3. INDIA 9 6 1 2 13 21 4. AZERBAIJAN 9 5 2 2 12 22 5. ARMENIA 9 5 2 2 12 20½ 6. GREECE 9 4 0 5 8 18 7. ISRAEL 9 3 1 5 7 17 8. BRAZIL 9 2 0 7 4 12½ 9. EGYPT 9 1 1 7 3 12 10. TURKIYE 9 1 1 7 3 11½ Results EGYPT - ARMENIA 1:3 Adly Ahmed : Aronian Levon 0-1 Amin Bassem : Akopian Vladimir 0-1 Ezat Mohamed : Pashikian Arman 0-1 Abdel Razik Khaled : Petrosian Tigran L 1-0 ISRAEL - RUSSIA 1:3 BRAZIL - INDIA ½:3½ GREECE - TURKIYE 2½:1½ USA - AZERBAIJAN 2:2 You can follow the games of the World Team Championship on our website on January 5-13, 2010, starting at 12:00 (Yerevan time). Online1 Online2
12-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 8*
	Results ARMENIA - USA 2½:1½ Aronian Levon : Nakamura Hikaru 1-0 Akopian Vladimir : Onischuk Alexander ½-½ Pashikian Arman : Shulman Yuri ½-½ Petrosian Tigran L : Akobian Varuzhan ½-½ AZERBAIJAN - GREECE 3:1 TURKIYE - BRAZIL 1½:2½ INDIA - ISRAEL 2½:1½ RUSSIA - EGYPT 3½:½
11-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 7*
	Results RUSSIA - ARMENIA 2:2 Grischuk Alexander : Aronian Levon ½-½ Morozevich Alexander : Akopian Vladimir 0-1 Tomashevsky Evgeny : Sargissian Gabriel 1-0 Malakhov Vladimir : Pashikian Arman ½-½ EGYPT - INDIA 1½:2½ ISRAEL - TURKIYE 1½:2½ BRAZIL - AZERBAIJAN ½:3½ GREECE - USA 1½:2½
10-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 6*
	Results ARMENIA - GREECE 1:3 Aronian Levon : Kotronias Vasilios ½-½ Akopian Vladimir : Papaioannou Ioannis 0-1 Sargissian Gabriel : Banikas Hristos ½-½ Petrosian Tigran L : Halkias Stelios 0-1 USA - BRAZIL 3:1 AZERBAIJAN - ISRAEL 2:2 TURKIYE - EGYPT 2:2 INDIA - RUSSIA 1½:2½
9-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 5*
	Results INDIA - ARMENIA 2:2 Sasikiran Krishnan : Aronian Levon 1-0 Harikrishna P : Akopian Vladimir 0-1 Ganguly Surya Shekhar : Sargissian Gabriel ½-½ Geetha Narayanan Gopal : Petrosian Tigran L ½-½ RUSSIA - TURKIYE 3½:½ EGYPT - AZERBAIJAN 1:3 ISRAEL - USA 1½:2½ BRAZIL - GREECE 1:3
8-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 4*
	Results ARMENIA - BRAZIL 2½:1½ Aronian Levon : Vescovi Giovanni 1-0 Akopian Vladimir : Leitao Rafael ½-½ Sargissian Gabriel : Fier Alexandr ½-½ Pashikian Arman : Milos Gilberto ½-½ GREECE - ISRAEL 1½:2½ USA - EGYPT 3:1 AZERBAIJAN - RUSSIA 1½:2½ TURKIYE - INDIA 1:3
7-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 3*
	Results TURKIYE - ARMENIA ½:3½ Erdogdu Mert : Aronian Levon ½-½ Yilmaz Mustafa : Akopian Vladimir 0-1 Can Emre : Sargissian Gabriel 0-1 Esen Baris : Pashikian Arman 0-1 INDIA - AZERBAIJAN 2½:1½ RUSSIA - USA 3:1 EGYPT - GREECE 2½:1½ ISRAEL - BRAZIL 2½:1½
6-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 2*
	Results ARMENIA - ISRAEL 2½:1½ Aronian Levon : Gelfand Boris 1-0 Akopian Vladimir : Roiz Michael ½-½ Sargissian Gabriel : Smirin Ilia ½-½ Petrosian Tigran L : Rodshtein Maxim ½-½ BRAZIL - EGYPT 2½:1½ GREECE - RUSSIA 2½:1½ USA - INDIA 3:1 AZERBAIJAN - TURKIYE 3:1
5-Jan-2010	World Team Championship. *Round 1*
	Results AZERBAIJAN - ARMENIA 2½:1½ Gashimov Vugar : Aronian Levon ½-½ Radjabov Teimour : Akopian Vladimir ½-½ Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : Pashikian Arman 1-0 Mamedov Rauf : Petrosian Tigran L ½-½ TURKIYE - USA 1:3 INDIA - GREECE 2½:1½ RUSSIA - BRAZIL 2½:1½ EGYPT - ISRAEL 1:3
5-Jan-2010	Armenian National Team in the World Championship
	Armenian chess national team is taking part in the World Championship which is being held in Bursa, Turkey from January 5 to 13, 2010. You can follow the games of the World Team Championship on our website on January 5-13, 2010, starting at 17:00 (Yerevan time). Online1 Online2
1-Jan-2010	1st January 2010 FIDE Rating List
	The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st January 2010. The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link Ratings by January 1, 2010.

“Chess in Armenia“
Weekly Magazine in Armenian


*Contents* Corus Tournament, Wijk aan Zee, 2010 Gibtelecom Festival, Gibraltar, 2010 World Team Championship, Bursa, 2010 Interview with Mrs. Seda Aronian Interview with IA Robert Buniatian 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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