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28-Feb-2007

Chibukhchian Fulfilled a Grandmaster Norm

Armenian chess player Artur Chibukhchian fulfilled a Grandmaster norm in the Aeroflot-Open, 2007 held in Moscow, Russia.

Another Armenian chess player Gevorg Harutjunyan fulfilled an International Master norm in the Aeroflot-Open.

27-Feb-2007

International Tournament Jermuk-2007

The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing an International Open Chess Tournament from June 24 (the day of arrival) to July 3 (the day of departure) in the resort town of Jermuk. Participants (boys and girls) will be from 8 to 18 years old. The winner of the tournament will receive an invitation to participate in the Sevan-2007 International Tournament. The total prize fund of the tournament is 1 860 000 AMD /Armenian dram/.

The Tournament Regulations may be found on http://www.chessacademy.am/index.php?Page=Jermuk&Lang=1

26-Feb-2007

Levon Aronian in Morelia-Linares

Armenian GM Levon Aronian takes part in the super tournament Morelia-Linares which is held from February 17 till March 10, 2007.

GMs Topalov, Anand, Leko, Svidler, Morozevich, Ivanchuk and Carlsen are Aronian's opponents.

The first part of the tournament is held on February 17-25 in Morelia (Mexico) and the second part on March 2-10 in Linares (Spain).

The rounds in Morelia are held on February 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25 .

You may follow the games of Morelia-Linares Tournament on our website beginning 01:30 (Yerevan time) online

23-Feb-2007

Armenian Chess Players in Aeroflot Open

Olympic champions Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Karen Asrian, Artashes Minasian and other Armenian strong grandmasters take part in Aeroflot Open tournament which is held on February 14-22, 2007 in Moscow, Russia.

You may follow the games on our website beginning 16:00 (Yerevan time) online

Final Standings:
Tournament A1
1 Alekseev, Evgeny GM 2661 RUS 7.0
2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM 2624 RUS 6.5
3 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM 2691 RUS 6.5
4 Wang, Yue GM 2644 CHN 6.5
5 Ni, Hua GM 2632 CHN 6.5
6 Almasi, Zoltan GM 2669 HUN 6.0
7 Jobava, Baadur GM 2650 GEO 6.0
8 Sutovsky, Emil GM 2629 ISR 6.0
9 Volkov, Sergey GM 2636 RUS 6.0
10 Minasian, Artashes GM 2595 ARM 5.5
11 Akopian, Vladimir GM 2700 ARM 5.5
12 Sargissian, Gabriel GM 2658 ARM 5.5
13 Areshchenko, Alexander GM 2644 UKR 5.5
14 Khalifman, Alexander GM 2619 RUS 5.5
15 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM 2679 ESP 5.5
16 Asrian, Karen GM 2634 ARM 5.5
17 Riazantsev, Alexander GM 2629 RUS 5.5
18 Laznicka, Viktor GM 2593 CZE 5.5
19 Novikov, Stanislav GM 2535 RUS 5.5
20 Predojevic, Borki GM 2587 BIH 5.5
21 Zhou, Jianchao GM 2551 CHN 5.5
22 Bocharov, Dmitry GM 2602 RUS 5.5
23 Efimenko, Zahar GM 2616 UKR 5.5
24 Wang, Hao GM 2619 CHN 5.5
25 Jussupow, Artur GM 2599 GER 5.0
26 Sadvakasov, Darmen GM 2615 KAZ 5.0
27 Nguyen, Ngoc Truongson GM 2528 VIE 5.0
28 Korotylev, Alexey GM 2615 RUS 5.0
29 Balogh, Csaba GM 2616 HUN 5.0
30 Grigoriants, Sergey GM 2592 RUS 5.0
31 Moiseenko, Alexander GM 2627 UKR 5.0
32 Timofeev, Artyom GM 2663 RUS 5.0
33 Movsesian, Sergei GM 2637 SVK 5.0
34 Smirin, Ilia GM 2654 ISR 5.0
35 Sasikiran, Krishnan GM 2700 IND 5.0
36 Volokitin, Andrei GM 2645 UKR 5.0

All Standings:
Tournament_A1 Tournament_A2 Tournament_B Tournament_C

13-Feb-2007

Karen Movsziszian in Soller Tournament

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 5,5 points of 9 and won the 2nd place in the tournament held in Soller, Spain. IM Pontus Carlsson (Sweden) won the 1st place with 6,5 points.

12-Feb-2007

Tigran Kotanjian's Success

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian gained 9 points of 11 and shared the 1-3rd places with GM Ghaem Maghami Eshan and IM Mahjoob Morteza (both Iran) in the International Open, held in Ahwaz, Iran.

Gevorg Harutjunyan (Armenia), GM Giorgi Bagaturov (Georgia) gained 8,5 points each, GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) - 8, Arman Hayrapetian (Armenia) - 7 points.

240 chess players were taking part in the tournament.

8-Feb-2007

Karen Movsziszian in Sevilla Tournament

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 6,5 points of 9 and shared the 10-25th places in the Open held in Sevilla, Spain. GMs Van Der Weide (Netherlands) and Campora Sivori (Argentina) shared the 1-2nd places with 7,5 points each.

228 chess players were taking part in the tournament.

6-Feb-2007

Aronian's and Sargissian's Victories in Bundesliga

Armenian GMs Levon Aronian and Gabriel Sargissian who play in the team Kreuzberg in German Bundesliga, had a victory over strong chess players in the match with Werder Bremen. Aronian won GM Luke McShane (England) and Sargissian - GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine).

6-Feb-2007

New Titles for Armenian Chess Players

FIDE gave new titles to Armenian chess players. Arman Pashikian obtained the title of grandmaster, Hrant Melkumyan and Avetik Grigoryan obtained the title of international master, Ashot Nadanian obtained the title of FIDE trainer.

FIDE also gave the title of grandmaster to Armenian chess player Sergey Kasparov (Belarus).

2-Feb-2007

Vladimir Akopian Won in Gibraltar

The 5th Gibtelecom Masters Tournament ended with Armenian GM Vladimir Akopian's excellent victory. Akopian gained 7,5 points of 9 and won the clear first place.

GM Kuzubov (Ukraine) had the same results as Akopian before the last round. But Armenian Grandmaster defeated his main opponent and passed ahead with one point.

Final Standings:

1 Akopian, Vladimir ARM g 2700 7½

2 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR g 2644 7
3 Nakamura, Hikaru USA g 2651 7
4 Sutovsky, Emil ISR g 2629 7

5 Adams, Michael ENG g 2735 6½
6 Al-Modiahki, Mohamed QAT g 2556 6½
7 Efimenko, Zahar UKR g 2616 6½
8 Ehlvest, Jaan USA g 2610 6½
9 Gurevich, Mikhail TUR g 2635 6½
10 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR g 2554 6½
11 Milov, Vadim SUI g 2665 6½
12 Pavlovic, Milos g 2521 6½
13 Rendle, Thomas ENG m 2366 6½
14 Ris, Robert NED m 2403 6½
15 Roiz, Michael ISR g 2605 6½
16 Sandipan, Chanda IND g 2561 6½
17 Sokolov, Ivan NED g 2652 6½

175 chess players took part in the tournament..