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30-Jun-2006

The Jermouk International Tournament commences

The Youth International Tournament organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia commences in the city of Jermouk tomorrow. It will be held by Swiss system, 9 rounds.

About 50 chess players are expected to participate in the event. In particular, a big delegation of young players has arrived from Iran.

29-Jun-2006

Memorable golden coin dedicated to Olympic Champions

The victory of the Armenian National Chess Team at the Turin Olympiad will be celebrated in Armenia also with a golden coin.

The Central Bank of Republic of Armenia has announced a competition for designing a golden coin dedicated to the Olympic Champions. The results of the competition will be summed up on July 28, 2006.

The value of one coin will be 10.000 Armenian drams (about 24 USD).

28-Jun-2006

Postage stamps dedicated to Olympic Champions

The Ministry of Transport and Communication of Republic of Armenia prepares a series of stamps dedicated to the chess players of the Armenian National Team, Champions of the 37th World Chess Olympiad.

In all, four types of stamps are intended to be issued.

27-Jun-2006

Aronian will struggle for world title

Armenian GM Levon Aronian will struggle for Chess 960 ("Fischer Chess") world title with GM Peter Svidler (Russia). The match will be held from August 15 to 20, 2006, within the frame of the Mainz Chess Festival (Germany).

Presently it's Svidler who bears the world title of Chess 960. Aronian once fought for this title with Svidler in 2004 and lost with minimal scores, 3,5:4,5. Last year Aronian again took the first place in Mainz, at Candidates' Tournament, and gained the right to play a match with the present champion one more time.

26-Jun-2006

Melikset Khachiyan - a Grandmaster

FIDE awarded Armenian chess player Melikset Khachiyan with a GM title.

Khachiyan is 36 years old. He is an alumnus of the Armenian chess organization. He lives in Los Angeles, CA, USA, for the recent years. Melikset is occupied in coaching activities along with his practical play.

24-Jun-2006

The Voronezh Chess Festival

Armenian IM Artur Gabrielian (Russia) gained 6 points of 9 and among 121 players shared the 11-21st places at the 10th Voronezh Chess Festival.

GM Denis Khismatullin (Russia) took the first place with 7 points.

23-Jun-2006

The Olympic Cup in Yerevan

The Hamilton-Russell challenge cup, awarded
to winners of the World Chess Olympiads, has
arrived in Yerevan for two years.

Armenian chess fans hope the valuable trophy
will stay longer in our country.

22-Jun-2006

Karen Asrian will play in Taiyuan

Armenian GM, Olympic Champion Karen Asrian will participate in a big International Tournament to be held from July 9 to 22, 2006, in Taiyuan, China.

Among Asrian's opponents are Jakovenko (Russia), Jobava (Georgia), Dominguez (Cuba), Berkes (Hungary), Vescovi (Brazil), Bu Xiangzhi, Zhang Pengxiang, Zhang Zhong, Ni Hua, Wang Yue, Wang Hao (China).

21-Jun-2006

Sergey Kasparov's first prize

Armenian IM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) took solely the first place at the Spiltan & Pelaro Tournament in Goteborg, Sweden. Kasparov had no loss and gained 6,5 points of 9.

At this round robin tournament, chess players representing Belarus, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Sweden participated.

20-Jun-2006

Varuzhan Akobian's new victory

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) wins in the second tournament after the Turin Olympiad. At the National Open held in Las Vegas, Akobian gained 5 points of 6 and shared the 1st-5th places with GMs Wojtkiewicz (USA), Mitkov (Macedonia), Gagunashvili (Georgia), Ftachnik (Slovakia).

104 chess players participated in the event.

19-Jun-2006

International Youth Open Tournament in Armenia

An International Youth Open Tournament will be held from June 30 to July 10, 2006, in Jermouk, Armenia, where chess players under 8-18 can participate. The event is organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia.

For further details you can contact the organizers at email jermuk@mail.ru and telephone (374)10-520246.

17-Jun-2006

The "Mika" club will play in European Youth Team Championship

The "Mika" Yerevan club will participate in the European U-18 Team Championship to be held from July 11 to 20, 2006, in Balatonlelle, Hungary. Five boys and three girls are in the team composition.

17-Jun-2006

Vladimir Akopian will play in Amsterdam

Armenian GM, Olympic Champion Vladimir Akopian will perform at the Third Chess Tournament to be held from July 15 to 23, 2003, in Amsterdam, Holland.

Tens of famous GMs are expected to participate in this event.

15-Jun-2006

Levon Aronian will play in Dortmund

Armenian GM, Olympic Champion Levon Aronian will participate in a great tournament to be held from July 29 to August 6, 2006, in Dortmund (Germany).

At the Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Peter Svidler, Michael Adams, Boris Gelfand, Arkadij Naiditsch and Baadur Jobava will also play.

14-Jun-2006

Armenian representatives as FIDE officials

At the FIDE Congress held in Turin, Honorary President of the Armenian Chess Federation Mr. Vanik Zakarian was re-confirmed on his post of FIDE Honorary Vice President.

General Secretary of the Armenian Chess Federation Mr. Gaguik Oganessian was again elected as President of FIDE European Zone 1.5. The zone includes Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Malta, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey.

13-Jun-2006

Varuzhan Akobian's victory in San Marino

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) gained 7,5 points of 9 and shared the first-second places with GM Vadim Milov (Switzerland) at the 2nd Open in San Marino. Akobian left behind more than 30 GMs.

148 players participated in the event.

We remind that Akobian took the bronze medal within the composition of the USA Team at the World Chess Olympiad in Turin which ended several days ago.

12-Jun-2006

New titles to Armenian chess players

The FIDE Congress held in Turin awarded young Armenian chess player Tigran Kotanjian with a Grandmaster title. This decision will enter in force after Kotanjian's rating reaches 2500.

FIDE also awarded International Master titles to Armenian chess players Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) and Pavel Govciyan (France).

10-Jun-2006

Monetary prizes to Olympic Champions

By a decree of the government of Republic of Armenia dated 8 June, 2006, Turin Olympiad Champions, members and coaches of the Armenian National Chess Team, will be awarded with monetary prizes, 7,5 million drams (near $18.000) each.

9-Jun-2006

A new monument of Tigran Petrosian in Yerevan

In Yerevan, in the street named after Tigran Petrosian, a new bust to the 9th World Champion was erected on June 7, 2006. During the solemn ceremony the honor of opening of the bust was given to the Turin Olympiad Champions, members of the Armenian National Chess Team.

This is the third monument to the prominent Grandmaster in Armenia. Up to now there has been a bust next to the T. Petrosian Chess House in Yerevan, and a memorial in the city of Aparan, in the central square again named after Petrosian.

8-Jun-2006

Olympic Champions received government awards

Further to a decree of President of Republic of Armenia, members of the Armenian National Team, Champions of World Chess Olympiad Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian, Smbat Lputian, Gabriel Sargissian, Artashes Minasian, coaches Arshak Petrosian, Tigran Nalbandian received governmental high awards, Movses Khorenatsi Medals.

The medals were handed to the chess players by President of Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharian.

In the picture: members of Armenian National Team with President of RA Robert Kocharian (in the center) and Minister of Defense of RA, President of Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsian (first from the right).

7-Jun-2006

Return of the Olympiad Champions to Yerevan

6-Jun-2006

Armenia Wins Turin Olympiad!

5-Jun-2006

Games of Armenian players at the Olympiad online

The 37th World Chess Olympiad will be held from May 21 to June 4, 2006, in Turin, Italy. You can follow the games of the Armenian chess players on our website every day starting from 13:00 (Yerevan time). Live Games View_M View_W

Men
Final Standings
Rk. SNo Team            Team Games + = - TB1 TB2   TB3
1   3    Armenia         ARM   13    10 3 0 36.0 397.0 23
2   12   China           CHN   13    8 1 4 34.0 393.0 17
3   7    USA             USA   13    9 3 1 33.0 392.5 21
4   6    Israel          ISR   13    9 3 1 33.0 380.5 21
5   16   Hungary         HUN   13    7 4 2 32.5 386.5 18
6   1    Russia          RUS   13    7 2 4 32.0 410.5 16
7   5    France          FRA   13    7 5 1 32.0 396.0 19
8   4    Ukraine         UKR   13    8 2 3 32.0 390.5 18
9   10   Bulgaria        BUL   13    7 2 4 32.0 385.0 16
10 11   Spain           ESP   13    7 4 2 32.0 377.5 18
11 20   Czech Republic CZE   13    7 4 2 31.0 399.0 18
12 8    Netherlands     NED   13    8 1 4 31.0 396.0 17
13 30   Uzbekistan      UZB   13    6 4 3 31.0 389.5 16
14 17   Georgia         GEO   13    9 2 2 31.0 388.0 20
15 14   Germany         GER   13    7 0 6 31.0 381.0 14
16 18   Cuba            CUB   13    7 3 3 30.5 386.0 17
17 31   Sweden          SWE   13    6 4 3 30.5 381.0 16
18 23   Moldova         MDA   13    7 1 5 30.5 376.5 15
19 13   England         ENG   13    8 2 3 30.5 366.0 18
20 25   Denmark         DEN   13    8 2 3 30.0 396.0 18
21 21   Poland          POL   13    7 1 5 30.0 381.0 15
22 22   Greece          GRE   13    7 2 4 30.0 379.0 16
23 32   Slovenia        SLO   13    8 2 3 30.0 378.5 18
24 9    Azerbaijan      AZE   13    7 2 4 30.0 377.5 16
25 28   Croatia         CRO   13    6 3 4 30.0 373.5 15
26 15   Romania         ROM   13    5 4 4 30.0 372.0 14
27 29   Switzerland     SUI   13    5 5 3 30.0 367.5 15
28 42   Latvia          LAT   13    6 2 5 30.0 357.5 14
29 50   Australia       AUS   13    7 0 6 30.0 351.0 14
30 2    India           IND   13    6 3 4 29.5 391.5 15

Women
Final Standings
Rk. SNo Team                 Team Games + = - TB1 TB2   TB3
1   2    Ukraine              UKR   13    12 1 0 29.5 299.0 25
2   1    Russia               RUS   13    9 3 1 28.0 306.0 21
3   6    China                CHN   13    8 3 2 27.5 307.5 19
4   5    USA                  USA   13    7 5 1 24.5 307.0 19
5   4    Hungary              HUN   13    8 1 4 24.5 306.0 17
6   3    Georgia              GEO   13    7 3 3 24.5 305.5 17
7   18   Netherlands          NED   13    7 3 3 24.5 276.5 17
8   7    Armenia              ARM   13    7 4 2 24.0 299.0 18
9   17   Slovenia             SLO   13    7 2 4 24.0 286.0 16
10 22   Czech Republic       CZE   13    8 0 5 24.0 270.5 16
11 8    Germany              GER   13    6 5 2 23.5 287.5 17
12 9    India                IND   13    7 2 4 23.0 305.0 16
13 10   Bulgaria             BUL   13    7 3 3 23.0 302.0 17
14 11   Romania              ROM   13    7 2 4 23.0 294.0 16
15 23   Vietnam              VIE   13    5 3 5 23.0 283.5 13
16 26   Cuba                 CUB   13    7 3 3 23.0 279.0 17
17 25   Latvia               LAT   13    7 2 4 23.0 263.0 16
18 15   France               FRA   13    5 4 4 22.5 299.5 14
19 14   Greece               GRE   13    8 2 3 22.5 297.0 18
20 12   Poland               POL   13    8 1 4 22.5 293.0 17
21 32   Belarus              BLR   13    6 3 4 22.5 293.0 15
22 16   Slovakia             SVK   13    8 1 4 22.5 292.0 17
23 13   Lithuania            LTU   13    7 1 5 22.0 286.5 15
24 41   Turkey               TUR   13    6 4 3 22.0 273.0 16
25 19   Serbia & Montenegro SCG   13    5 3 5 22.0 272.5 13
26 60   Philippines          PHI   13    6 3 4 22.0 271.5 15
27 37   Iran                 IRI   13    5 3 5 22.0 271.0 13
28 24   Spain                ESP   13    5 4 4 21.5 286.0 14
29 20   Israel               ISR   13    7 2 4 21.5 281.5 16
30 36   Croatia              CRO   13    5 4 4 21.5 281.0 14

4-Jun-2006

The 13th round. All Games in PGN: Men Women

GM Levon Aronian

Men
No. Team                Pts.  Res. :   Res. Pts. Team
1    Armenia             34    2    :   2     30½   Hungary
2    China               31½   2½   :   1½    29½   Netherlands
3    Russia              31    1    :   3     30    Israel
4    Bulgaria            29½   2½   :   1½    30½   France
5    USA                 29½   3½   :   ½     29    Norway
6    Ukraine             29    3    :   1     29    Poland
7    Malaysia            25½   0    :   4     25½   Italy A
8    Spain               29    3    :   1     29    Denmark
9    Cuba                28½   2    :   2     29    Georgia
10   Czech Republic      28½   2½   :   1½    28½   Greece
11   Uzbekistan          28½   2½   :   1½    28½   Azerbaijan
12   FYROM               28    1½   :   2½    28½   Germany
13   Moldova             28    2½   :   1½    28    Canada
14   Romania             28    2    :   2     28    Latvia
15   Serbia & Montenegro 27½   1½   :   2½    28    England
16   Slovenia            27½   2½   :   1½    27½   Lithuania
17   Sweden              27½   3    :   1     27½   Estonia
18   Italy B             27    1½   :   2½    27    India
19   Bosnia Herzegovina 27    2    :   2     27    Belarus
20   Iran                27    1    :   3     27    Switzerland

3   Armenia (ARM)      Rtg  -  16  Hungary (HUN)  Rtg  2 : 2

GM  Aronian Levon      2756 -  GM  Almasi Zoltan  2657 ½ - ½

GM  Akopian Vladimir   2706 -  GM  Gyimesi Zoltan 2614 ½ - ½

GM  Asrian Karen       2646 -  GM  Berkes Ferenc  2593 ½ - ½

GM  Sargissian Gabriel 2612 -  GM  Balogh Csaba   2576 ½ - ½


Women
No.  Team            Pts.  Res. :  Res.  Pts.  Team
1    Ukraine         28    1½   :  1½    22½   Armenia
2    India           22    1    :  2     26    Russia
3    China           25    2½   :  ½     22    Belarus
4    Germany         22    1½   :  1½    23    USA
5    Poland          22    ½    :  2½    22    Georgia
6    Hungary         22    2½   :  ½     22    Greece
7    Italy A         18½   2½   :  ½     18½   Norway
8    Czech Republic  21½   2½   :  ½     22    France
9    Philippines     21½   ½    :  2½    21½   Slovenia
10   Cuba            21½   1½   :  1½    21½   Vietnam
11   Mongolia        21    0    :  3     21½   Netherlands
12   Bulgaria        21    2    :  1     21    Serbia & Montenegro
13   Romania         21    2    :  1     21    Iran
14   Slovakia        20½   2    :  1     20½   Israel
15   IBCA            15½   2    :  1     15½   Japan
16   Turkey          20½   1½   :  1½    20    Sweden
17   Moldova         20    1    :  2     20    Lithuania
18   Croatia         20    1½   :  1½    20    Spain
19   Latvia          20    3    :  0     20    Ecuador
20   Switzerland     19½   1½   :  1½    19½   Estonia

2   Ukraine (UKR)           Rtg  - 7   Armenia (ARM)   Rtg  1½:1½

IM  Lahno Katerina          2468 - IM  Mkrtchian Lilit 2453 ½ - ½

IM  Yanovska-Gaponenko Inna 2430 - IM  Danielian Elina 2422 ½ - ½

WGM Ushenina Anna           2397 - WGM Aginian Nelli   2332 ½ - ½

3-Jun-2006

The 12th round. All Games in PGN: Men Women

GM Karen Asrian

Men
No. Team              Pts. Res. :   Res. Pts.  Team
1 France             28½   2   :   2    32    Armenia
2 Czech Republic     27½   1   :   3    28½   China
3 Russia             28    3   :   1    27½   Cuba
4 Israel             27½   2½  :   1½   28    USA
5 Ukraine            27½   1½  :   2½   27    Netherlands
6 Germany            27    1½  :   2½   26½   Norway
7  Dominican Republic 23½   2   :   2    23½   Italy
8 Georgia            26½   2½  :   1½   26½   Moldova
9 Denmark            26½   2½  :   1½   26½   Romania
10 Greece             26½   2   :   2    26½   Uzbekistan
11 Slovenia           26½   1   :   3    26½   Bulgaria
12 Hungary            26½   4   :   0    26    Iceland
13 Poland             26    3   :   1    26    Slovakia
14 Spain              26    3   :   1    25½   Turkey
15 Canada             25½   2½  :   1½   25½   India
16 Belarus            25½   1½  :   2½   25½   FYROM
17 England            25½   2½  :   1½   25½   Iran
18 Azerbaijan         25½   3   :   1    25½   Vietnam
19 Sweden             25    2½  :   1½   25    Croatia
20 Philippines        25    2   :   2    25    Switzerland

5  France (FRA)           Rtg  - 3  Armenia (ARM)      Rtg  2 : 2

GM Bacrot Etienne         2708 - GM Aronian Levon      2756 ½ - ½

GM Sokolov Andrei         2628 - GM Akopian Vladimir   2706 ½ - ½

GM Fressinet Laurent      2633 - GM Asrian Karen       2646 ½ - ½

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2576 - GM Sargissian Gabriel 2612 ½ - ½


Women
No. Team        Pts.  Res. :   Res.  Pts.  Team
1   Ukraine     25½   2½   :   ½     21½   India
2   Russia      24½   1½   :   1½    20½   France
3   USA         21½   1½   :   1½    23½   China
4   Armenia     20½   2    :   1     21    Georgia
5   Netherlands 20    1½   :   1½    20½   Hungary
6   Belarus     20    2    :   1     20    Bulgaria
7   Italy A     16½   2    :   1     16    Australia
8   Romania     20    1    :   2     20    Poland
9   Greece      19½   2½   :   ½     19½   Latvia
10  Slovenia    19½   2    :   1     19½   Slovakia
11  Germany     19½   2½   :   ½     19½   Croatia
12  Iran        19    2    :   1     19    Lithuania
13  Philippines 19    2½   :   ½     19    Estonia
14  Sweden      18½   1½   :   1½    19    Israel
15  IBCA        15½   0    :   3     15½   Brazil
16  Vietnam     18½   3    :   0     18½   Austria
17  Kazakhstan  18½   0    :   3     18½   Czech Republic
18  Mexico      18    0    :   3     18½   Cuba
19  Peru        18    0    :   3     18    Mongolia
20  Ecuador     18    2    :   1     18    Turkmenistan

7   Armenia (ARM)       Rtg  - 3  Georgia (GEO)      Rtg  2 : 1

IM  Mkrtchian Lilit     2453 - IM Khurtsidze Nino    2426 1 - 0

IM  Danielian Elina     2422 - IM Dzagnidze Nana     2454 0 - 1

WIM Andriasian Siranush 2237 - IM Javakhishvili Lela 2410 1 - 0

2-Jun-2006

The 11th round. All Games in PGN: Men Women

GM Vladimir Akopian

Men
No. Team         Pts. Res. : Res. Pts. Team
1    Armenia      29    3     : 1     26½   Czech Republic
2    China        27    1½    : 2½    26    France
3    USA          25½   2½    : 1½    26½   Russia
4    Uzbekistan   25    1½    : 2½    25    Cuba
5    Romania      24½   2     : 2     24½   Georgia
6    Azerbaijan   24½   1     : 3     24½   Ukraine
7    Italy A      21½   2     : 2     21½   Italy B
8    Hungary      24½   2     : 2     24½   Denmark
9    India        24½   1     : 3     24½   Israel
10   Netherlands 24    3     : 1     24    Philippines
11   Germany      24    3     : 1     24    Croatia
12   Poland       24    2     : 2     24    Spain
13   Greece       24    2½    : 1½    24    Iran
14   Estonia      23½   1     : 3     23½   Slovenia
15   Vietnam      23½   2     : 2     23½   Belarus
16   Moldova      23½   3     : 1     23½   Serbia & Montenegro
17   Switzerland 23    2     : 2     23    Sweden
18   Colombia     23    1     : 3     22½   FYROM
19   Bulgaria     22½   4     : 0     22½   Morocco
20   Norway       22½   4     : 0     22½   Peru

3  Armenia (ARM)      Rtg  -  20 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg  3 : 1

GM Aronian Levon      2756 -  GM Navara David         2658 1 - 0

GM Akopian Vladimir   2706 -  GM Hracek Zbynek        2593 ½ - ½

GM Asrian Karen       2646 -  GM Babula Vlastimil     2583 1 - 0

GM Sargissian Gabriel 2612 -  GM Laznicka Viktor      2551 ½ - ½


Women
No.  Team           Pts.  Res.  :  Res.  Pts.  Team
1    Bulgaria       19½   ½     :  2½    23    Ukraine
2    Georgia        20    1     :  2     22½   Russia
3    China          20½   3     :  0     19½   Greece
4    India          19½   2     :  1     19    Romania
5    USA            19    2½    :  ½     19    Slovenia
6    France         19    1½    :  1½    19    Armenia
7    Finland        15    1½    :  1½    15    Italy A
8    Hungary        18½   2     :  1     18½   Croatia
9    Poland         18½   1½    :  1½    18    Latvia
10   Netherlands    18    2     :  1     17½   Vietnam
11   Lithuania      17½   1½    :  1½    17½   Philippines
12   Sweden         17½   1     :  2     17½   Germany
13   Belarus        17½   2½    :  ½     17½   Ecuador
14   Czech Republic 17½   1     :  2     17½   Slovakia
15   Wales          14    1½    :  1½    14    IBCA
16   Estonia        17    2     :  1     17    Mexico
17   Israel         17    2     :  1     17    Turkey
18   Iran           17    2     :  1     17    Argentina
19   Moldova        16½   1     :  2     16½   Kazakhstan
20   Mongolia       16½   1½    :  1½    16½   El Salvador

15  France (FRA)       Rtg  -  7   Armenia (ARM)   Rtg 1½ :1½

IM  Skripchenko Almira 2423 -  IM  Mkrtchian Lilit 2453 ½ - ½

WGM Milliet Sophie     2330 -  IM  Danielian Elina 2422 ½ - ½

WGM Lallemand Roza     2243 -  WGM Aginian Nelli   2332 ½ - ½