Armenian IM Pavel Govciyan won the first prize at the I'Accession tournament of France Championship. Govciyan gained 9 points of 11.

Another Armenian IM Thierry Manouck took the 18th place with 6,5 points.

80 chess players were participating at the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 6,5 points of 9 and took the 7th place at open tournament held in Tarragona, Spain.

GMs Kevin Spraggett (Canada) and Mircea Parligras (Romania) shared 1-2 places each with 7,5 points.
 

Armenian GM Smbat Lputian has suffered in a car accident which took place nearby Yerevan. His family members were also in the car. Lputian, his wife, sister and one of the children have got injuries of different degrees.

Now Lputian and his relatives are in one of Yerevan hospitals. According to doctors their state is satisfactory now. It is considered that Smbat Lputian will be discharged from the hospital in 1-2 weeks.
 

The Organizing Committee of World U-20 Juniors & Girls Chess Championships informs all national chess federations that the payment deadline is the September 8, 2006.
 

Armenian IMs Tigran Gharamian (France) and Mher Hovhanisian (Armenia) gained 7 points of 9 each and shared the 1-6 places with GM Rafael Leitao (Brazil) and some other chess players at the tournament held in Charleroi, Belgium.

129 chess players were participating in the competition.
 

Armenian IM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) gained 6.5 points of 9 and shared 8-14 places with GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) and with some other chess players at Rapid Tournament held in Banyoles, Spain.

GM Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine) won the first prize with 8 points.

154 chess players were participating in the competition.
 

17 Armenian chess players will participate in European Youth Championship (boys and girls U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18) on September 9-20 in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. A group of Armenian coaches will also go to Herceg Novi.
 

Aleksan Manukian (Gyumri) became Armenian Senior's Champion, 2006. Manukian took the first place in the additional tournament of championship's three winners. IM Eduard Mnatsakanian took the second place and Styopa Balaian took the third place.
 

Armenian GM Rafael Vaganian will participate in a tournament which will be held on August 28-September 2 on the ship. The ship will make a cruise by Odessa-Istanbul-Odessa route during the days.

GMs Ivanchuk, Tukmakov, Gaprindashvili, Lerner, Palatnik and many other famous chess players will be Vaganian's opponents in this interesting tournament.
 

IM Eduard Mnatsakanian, Styopa Balaian and Aleksan Manukian gained 7 points of 9 each shared the 1-3 places in the Armenian Senior's Championship, 2006.

An additional tournament will be held among them to decide the champion of Armenia.
 

Garry Kasparov came back to active chess after 1,5 year's break. The chess event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse featured Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Kortschnoi and Judit Polgar, playing an exhibition blitz tournament in Zurich, Switzerland. It was won by Kasparov and Karpov.

Final Round 6 Standings: 1. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2812 4.5; 2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 4.5; 3. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2710 2.5; 4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2600 0.5.
Games in PGN
 

Armenian Senior's 2006 Championship is being held in Yerevan. 41 chess players are participating at the tournament.

Levon Baghdasarian is leading with 6 points after the 7th round. The former Armenian champions Adolf Demirkhanian and Albert Harutyunov have 5,5 points each. Armenian former champion IM Eduard Mnatsakanian and some other participants have 5 points each.

Two rounds are left before the end of championship.
 

Armenian GM Ashot Anastasian gained 6.5 points of 9 at the tournament held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Anastasian shared the 1-2 places with GM Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan).

Armenian GM Sergey Grigoriants (Russia) gained 6 points.

64 chess players were participating at the tournament.
 

Armenian WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) became Pan American champion among girls U18. Abrahamyan gained 9 points of 9 at the championship held in Cuenca, Ecuador.

Another Armenian chess player Maria Sarquis (Argentina) took the second place with 7.5 points.
 

Armenian WGM Elina Danielian took the second place at women's "Acropolis" tournament held in Athens, Greece. Danielian gained 6.5 points of 9. WGM Salome Melia (Georgia) took the first prize with 7 points.

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian gained 6 points in Open tournament and took the 9th place among 68 participants. GM Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia) took the first prize with 7 points.
 

Armenian GM Levon Aronian won GM Peter Svidler (Russia) with score 5:3 at match held in Mainz, Germany and became Chess960 World Champion.

August 20,  beginning 23:00 Round 8 Online   PGN
August 20,  beginning 21:30 Round 7 Online   PGN

August 19,  beginning 23:00 Round 6 Online   PGN
August 19,  beginning 21:30 Round 5 Online   PGN

August 18,  beginning 23:00 Round 4 Online   PGN
August 18,  beginning 21:30 Round 3 Online   PGN

August 17,  beginning 23:00 Round 2 Online   PGN
August 17,  beginning 21:30 Round 1 Online   PGN
 

Armenian GM Ashot Anastasian is leading before the last round at Abu Dhabi, UAE tournament. Anastasian has 6 points of 8. Anastasian had a victory over GM Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) at the 8th round. Armenian GM Sergey Grigoriants (Russia) had a victory over IM Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan). GM Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) also has 6 punts, equal to Anastasian's now.

Anastasian plays with whites against Gashimov at the last round.
 

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian Has 5 points after 8 rounds at "Acropolis" tournament held in Athens, Greece. GM Fernando Peralta (Argentina) is leading with 6,5 points.

Armenian WGM Elina Danielian has 5,5 points at women's tournament. WGM Salome Melia (Georgia) is leading with 6,5 points.
 

Levon Aronian passes 8 games against Peter Svidler in Chess960 World Championship. The game time conditions are 25min/ game + 10s/ move. The match is held from August 17 to 20. Two rounds are held every day, beginning 21:30 h and 23:00 h (Yerevan time). You may follow the games online.
 

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian has 4 points of 6 at the "Acropolis" tournament which is taking place in Athens, Greece. Ioannis Georgiadis (Greece), GM Fernando Peralta (Argentina), GM Zhu Chen (Qatar) are leading each with 5 points.

Armenian WGM Elina Danielian has 4 points at women's tournament. WGM Salome Melia (Georgia) is leading with 5,5 points
 

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian gained 4 points of 5 at "Acropolis" tournament which is taking place in Athens (Greece). GM Svetushkin (Moldova) is leading with 4.5 points.

Armenian WGM Elina Danielian has 3.5 point in women's tournament. WGM Melia (Georgia) is the first with 4.5 points.
 

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 7 points of 10 and took the 12th place at 11th Balaguer Open, Spain.

GM Aleksander Delchev (Bulgaria) won the first prize with 8 points.

131 chess players were participating in the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian gained 6 points of 7 and took the 10th place in the 15th Kavala Open (Greece).

Dmitry Svetushkin (Moldova), Stelios Halkias (Greece) and Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine) shared the 1-3 places each with 7 points.

172 chess players were participating in the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Rafael Vaganian gained 6.5 points of 9 and took the 14th place among 261 participants in Politiken Cup Tournament which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

GMs Vadim Malakhatko (Ukraine), Nigel Short (England) and Jonny Hector ( Sweden) shared 1-3 places each with 7.5 points.
 

Armenian GM David Arutinian took the third place in the main tournament in 9th Olomouc Chess Summer. Arutinian did not have any defeat and gained 7.5 points of 11.

IMs Yuriy Kryvoruchko ( Ukraine) and Konstantin Maslak (Russia) shared 1-2 places each with 8 points.
 

Armenian IM Andranik Matikozian with IM Enrico Sevillano(USA) tied for first in the 2006 Southern California Championship. The tournament was hold in Los Angeles.

Matikozian did not have any defeat and gained 4.5 points of 7.
 

Armenian IM Mikael Agopov (Finland) won the first place in Finland Open. Agopov gained 8 points of 9.

109 chess players were participating in the tournament.
 

Armenian IM Sergey Kasparov took the second place in the tournament which was hold in Villa de Benasque ( Spain). Kasparov gained 8 points of 10. The first prize went to GM Oleg Korneev (Russia).

364 chess players were participating in the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Levon Aronian beginning August 15-20, 2006 in Mainz, Germany will participate in Chess 960 World Championship. Aronian will pass a match with the present Chess 960 World Champion Russian GM Peter Svidler.
 

Armenian GM Karen Asrian in Usi participated in China Club Championship,1st league. Asrian who was playing on the part of "Shandong" gained 8.5 points of 9.
 

Armenian GM Giorgi Bagaturov from Georgia shared the 1-3 places with Ninov (Bulgaria) and Tirard (France) in the 5th La Fere Open (France). Bagaturov gained 7 points of 9.

142 chess players were participating in the tournament.
 

Final Standings:

1. Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2743	4.5
2. Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2742	4.5
3. Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2732	4
4. Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2738	4
5. Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2729	4
6. Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2664	3.5
7. Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2761	2
8. Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2651	1.5

Round 7.   Games in PGN  Live Games
Gelfand – Aronian 1-0
Kramnik – Leko 1-0
Naiditsch – Jobava 1-0
Svidler – Adams 1/2
 

Round 6.   Games in PGN  Live Games
Aronian – Svidler 0-1
Adams – Naiditsch 1/2
Jobava – Kramnik 0-1
Leko – Gelfand 1/2
 

Round 5.   Games in PGN  Live Games
Leko – Aronian 1-0
Gelfand – Jobava 1-0
Kramnik – Adams 1/2
Naiditsch – Svidler 1/2
 

Round 4.   Games in PGN  Live Games
Aronian – Naiditsch 1/2
Svidler – Kramnik 1/2
Adams – Gelfand 1-0
Jobava – Leko 1/2
 

Round 3.   Games in PGN  Live Games
Jobava – Aronian 1/2
Leko – Adams 1/2
Gelfand – Svidler 1/2
Kramnik – Naiditsch 1/2
 

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#	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score	Place
1	Zhu Chen	QAT	GM	2476		1	0.5	0.5	1	0.5	1	0	0.5	1	6	2
2	Lilit Mkrtchian	ARM	GM	2459	0		0.5	1	1	0.5	1	0	0.5	0.5	5	4
3	Svetlana Matveeva	RUS	GM	2454	0.5	0.5		0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.5	2	10
4	Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	GM	2520	0.5	0	1		0.5	1	1	0.5	0.5	0	5	5
5	Yifan Hou	CHN	FM	2488	0	0	0.5	0		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	3	8
6	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	GM	2449	0.5	0.5	1	0.5	0.5		1	1	1	1	7	1
7	Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	GM	2479	0	0	1	0	0.5	0		0.5	0.5	0	2.5	9
8	Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	GM	2472	1	1	1	0.5	0.5	0	0.5		0.5	0.5	5.5	3
9	Maia Chiburdanidze	GEO	GM	2504	0.5	0.5	1	0.5	0.5	0	0.5	0.5		1	5	6
10	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	GM	2476	0	0.5	0.5	1	0.5	0	1	0.5	0		4	7