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30-Nov-2006

Armenian Chess Players at Solin Tournament

Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) had a new victory in the 6th round at 14th International Grandmaster Tournament held in Solin. Croatia. Movsesian has 4,5 points and is still on the 2nd place after 6 rounds. GM Malakhov (Russia) has 5 points and is the leader.

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian has 1, 5 points.

Three rounds are left before the end of the tournament.

29-Nov-2006

Armenian Chess Players at Solin Tournament

Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) and WGM Lilit Mkrtchian take part at 14th International Grandmaster Tournament held in Solin, Croatia. Movsesian has 3,5 points and is on the 2nd place after five rounds. Mkrtchian has 1 point.

GM Malakhov (Russia) has 4 points and is the leader.

Four rounds are left before the end of the tournament.

28-Nov-2006

Karen Movsziszian at Ibiza Tournament

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 5 points of 9 and took the 5th place at Paisos Catalans Tournament held in Ibiza, Spain. Movsziszian was behind the winner GM Borges Mateos (Cuba) with 0,5 point.

27-Nov-2006

Armenian Championships: Selection Tournaments

Armenian Men and Women Championships' Selection Tournaments in Yerevan came to their end. IMs Artur Chibukhchian, David Karatorossian (Men Tournament) and Liana Aghabekian, Ani Darbinyan (Women Tournament) got the right to take part in Armenian Championships High Leagues which will take place in January, 2007.

25-Nov-2006

Aronian and Sargissian at Corus Tournament

Armenian GMs Levon Aronian and Gabriel Sargissian will take part in the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands on 12th-28th January 2007.

We present the lists of the two groups.

A Group:
Kramnik, Topalov, Anand, Svidler, Morozevich, Aronian, Radjabov, Shirov, Ponomariov, Carlsen, Tiviakov, Van Wely, Karjakin, Motylev.

B Group:
Jakovenko, Bu Xiangzhi, Sargissian, Eljanov, Nijboer, L’Ami, Atalik, Vachier-Lagrave, Stellwagen, Werle, Kosteniuk, V.Georgiev, Smeets, T. Kosintseva

24-Nov-2006

Vladimir Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz Match

Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a win in the match doubling his starting fee.

Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006, Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006, Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006, Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006, Game 5: Sunday 03.12.2006, Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006

23-Nov-2006

Armen Tonoian's Success

Armenian FM Armen Tonoian (Russia) won the first prize in the open held in Moscow where the representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Peru have been taking part. Tonoian gained 9 points of 12.

22-Nov-2006

Tigran Gharamian's Success

Armenian IM Tigran Gharamian (France) gained 8,5 points of 9 and won the first place at Rapid Tournament held in Boulonnais, France.

50 chess players were taking part at the tournament.

21-Nov-2006

Giorgi Bagaturov's Success

Armenian GM Giorgi Bagaturov (Georgia) gained 6,5 points of 8 and shared the 1-4 places in the open held in Adana (Turkey). Georgian chess players GM Mchedlishvili, GM V. Gaprindashvili and Morchiashvili showed the equal results.

90 chess players were taking part at the tournament.

20-Nov-2006

Aronian is the Second in Tal Blitz Memorial

Armenian GM Levon Aronian won the second prize in Mikhail Tal Blitz Memorial. This tournament was being held in Moscow after the main Tal Memorial. 18 famous grandmasters were taking part in the competitions which was being held in Double Round Robin. Aronian gained 21 points of 34. The first prize went to GM Anand (India) who gained 23 points.

18-Nov-2006

Sadvakasov-Andriasian Match

Armenian chess player, World U20 Champion Zaven Andriasian will have a match with GM Darmen Sadvakasov (Kazakhstan) on December 17-21, 2006 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The chess players will play two classic and two rapid rounds.

It is the third time that Sadvakasov's matches are organized in Kazakhstan. Sadvakasov's previous two competitors were Korchnoi and Karpov.

17-Nov-2006

Aronian Among the Tal Memorial Winners

Armenian GM Levon Aronian gained 5,5 points of 9 and became one of Mikhail Tal Memorial winners held in Moscow, Russia.

GMs Leko (Hungary) and Ponomariov (Ukraine) shared 1-3 places with Aronian.

17-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Final Standings

1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2741	5.5
2.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2703	5.5
3.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	5.5
4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2733	5
5.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2728	4.5
6.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	4.5
7.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2710	4
8.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2720	3.5
9.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2698	3.5
10.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2747	3

16-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 9, 16.11.2006

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Gelfand	Aronian	1/2-1/2
Ponomariov	Leko	1/2-1/2
Grischuk	Carlsen	1/2-1/2
Morozevich	Shirov	1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov	Svidler	1/2-1/2

16-Nov-2006

Varuzhan Akobian in Santo Domingo Tournament

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) gained 5,5 points and took the 11th place in tournament held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

GM Jaan Ehlvest (USA) won the first prize with 6,5 points.

48 chess players took part in the tournament.

15-Nov-2006

Tigran Gharamian in Touquet Tournament

Armenian IM Tigran Gharamian (France) gained 6,5 points of 9 and took the 5th place in the 21st Le Touquet Open, France.

GM Vladimir Epishin (Russia) won the first place with 7 points.

76 chess players were taking part in the tournament.

15-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 8, 15.11.2006

Aronian	Grischuk	1/2-1/2
Leko	Mamedyarov	1/2-1/2
Svidler	Morozevich	1-0
Shirov	Gelfand	1/2-1/2
Carlsen	Ponomariov	1/2-1/2

14-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 7, 14.11.2006

Ponomariov	Aronian	1/2-1/2
Carlsen	Leko	1/2-1/2
Grischuk	Shirov	1-0
Gelfand	Svidler	1-0
Morozevich	Mamedyarov	1/2-1/2

14-Nov-2006

Movses Movsisyan's Victory

Armenian FM Movses Movsisyan (USA) gained 4,5 points of 5 and won the clear first place in the open held in Stillwater, USA.

28 chess players were taking part in the tournament.

13-Nov-2006

Armenian Chess Days in Lyon

Armenian chess days, dedicated to Armenia's year in France, have been held in Lyon. The main event of the program was the international chess tournament where 94 chess players took part.

Armenian GM Tigran L. Petrosian gained 8,5 points of 9 and won the first prize.

12-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 6, 12.11.2006

Aronian	Carlsen	1-0
Leko	Morozevich	1-0
Mamedyarov	Gelfand	1/2-1/2
Svidler	Grischuk	0-1
Shirov	Ponomariov	1/2-1/2

11-Nov-2006

Armenian young chess players' achievements

Armenian chess players won not only gold and silver medals in World Youth Championship held in Batumi, Georgia. World silver medal winner Hrant Melkumyan (B18) and Yuri Hambartsumian (B18) fulfilled International Master's norms.

11-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 5, 11.11.2006

Aronian	Leko	1/2-1/2
Carlsen	Shirov	1/2-1/2
Ponomariov	Svidler	1/2-1/2
Grischuk	Mamedyarov	1/2-1/2
Gelfand	Morozevich	1/2-1/2

10-Nov-2006

Aronian's and Sargissian's Team-Spain Champion

Linex-Magic club where Armenian GMs Levon Aronian and Gabriel Sargissian play, became Spain team champion. Linex-Magic had a victory over Cuna De Dragones-Ajoblanco with score 4,5:1,5 in the final match. GMs Ponomariov, Shirov, Karjakin, Rublevsky and IM Perez Candelario were playing together with Sargissian in this match. Aronian did not play in the final match as he was acting in Tal Memorial in Moscow these days.

10-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 4, 10.11.2006

Shirov	Aronian	0-1
Leko	Gelfand	1-0
Morozevich	Grischuk	1-0
Mamedyarov	Ponomariov	1/2-1/2
Svidler	Carlsen	1/2-1/2

9-Nov-2006

Rafael Barhudarian's success

Armenian chess player Rafael Barhudarian became one of the 14th Chigorin Memorial's winners, which was being held in St-Petersburg, Russia. Barhudarian gained 7,5 points of 9 and shared 1-2 places with Andrey Davydov (Russia) in Tournament B.

110 chess players were taking part in the tournament.

8-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 3, 08.11.2006

Aronian	Svidler	0-1
Shirov	Leko	1/2-1/2
Carlsen	Mamedyarov	1/2-1/2
Ponomariov	Morozevich	1-0
Grischuk	Gelfand	1/2-1/2

7-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 2, 07.11.2006

Mamedyarov	Aronian	1/2-1/2
Grischuk	Leko	1/2-1/2
Gelfand	Ponomariov	1/2-1/2
Morozevich	Carlsen	1/2-1/2
Svidler	Shirov	1/2-1/2

6-Nov-2006

Tal Memorial. Round 1, 06.11.2006

Aronian	Morozevich	1-0
Svidler	Leko	1/2-1/2
Shirov	Mamedyarov	1/2-1/2
Carlsen	Gelfand	0-1
Ponomariov	Grischuk	1-0

4-Nov-2006

Levon Aronian will play in Tal Memorial

Armenian GM Levon Aronian will play in Mikhail Tal Memorial which starts on November 5 in Moscow, Russia. The competitors of Aronian will be GMs Svidler (Russia), Morozevich (Russia), Leko (Hungary), Gelfand (Israel), Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Shirov (Spain), Grischuk (Russia), Ponomariov (Ukraine), Carlsen (Norway) in the tournament of the 20th rank.

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