News July, 2007
| 30-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM, Olympic Champion Gabriel Sargissian participates in Politiken Cup tournament, held on July 21-29 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
You may follow Politiken Cup tournament beginning 18:00 (Yerevan time) at our website online Final Standings
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| 25-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM, World Juniors Champion Zaven Andriasian will take part in the 43rd Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival, held on August 17-26, 2007 in Polanica Zdryj, Poland.
You may follow Rubinstein Chess Festival, 2007 at our website online
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| 23-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GMs Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian will take part in Chess Classic Mainz, 2007 in Germany.
You may follow Chess Classic Mainz, 2007 at our website online
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| 21-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) got the right to participate in the World Cup, which will be held on November-December, 2007 in Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia. Akobian gained 8 points of 11 and shared the 1-4th places with GMs Granda Zuniga (Peru), A. Ivanov (USA) and Lima (Brazil) in American Continental Championship, held in Cali, Colombia.
Another Armenian chess player IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) gained 6,5 points.
116 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 21-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) got the right to participate in the World Women's Championship, 2008. Rohonyan gained 6,5 points of 9 and shared the 2-3rd places with WGM Anna Zatonskih in the USA Women's Championship, held in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Rohonyan stayed behind the champion WGM Irina Krush only with 0,5 point.
3 of the 10 participants of the Championship were Armenians. Besides Rohonyan they were WFM Tatev Abrahamyan and WFM Chouchanik Airapetian. |
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| 20-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) is one of the leaders in American Continental Championship, held in Cali, Colombia. Akobian has 7,5 points of 10 and before the last round he shares the 1-4th places with GMs Granda Zuniga (Peru), A. Ivanov (USA) and Lima (Brazil).
Another Armenian chess player IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has 6,5 points. 116 chess players take part in the tournament.
The seven winners of the tournament will get the right to participate in the World Cup, which will be held on November-December, 2007 in Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia. |
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| 20-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian WGM Katerina Rohonyan has 6 points of 8 and before the last round shares the 1-2nd places with WGM Irina Krush in the USA Women's Championship, held in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
3 of the 10 participants of the Championship are Armenians. Besides Rohonyan they are WFM Tatev Abrahamyan and WFM Chouchanik Airapetian.
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| 19-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) is the leader in American Continental Championship, held in Cali, Colombia. Akobian has 7 points of 9. Another Armenian chess player IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has 5,5 points.
Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
116 chess players take part in the tournament. |
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| 18-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) is one of the leaders in American Continental Championship, held in Cali, Colombia. Akobian has 6 points of 8. Another Armenian chess player IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) stays behind the leaders with one point.
116 chess players take part in the tournament. |
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| 17-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Tigran L. Petrosian became ICC Chess960 Champion. In the 1/4 Petrosian had a victory over GM I. Sokolov Netherlands (3:0), in the 1/2 over GM Kir. Georgiev, Bulgaria (3:0) and in the final over GM Kamsky, USA (4:2).
Tigran l. Petrosian got the right to participate in Mainz Festival in Germany which will be held on August 15-20, 2007. |
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| 17-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian chess player David Zakarian gained 7 points of 9 and shared the 3-9th places in Ikaros Festival, held in Agios Kirykos, Greece. Zakarian stayed behind the winners GMs Shneider (Ukraine) and Zagrebelny (Uzbekistan) only with 0,5 point.
182 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 16-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian IM Tigran Gharamian (France) once more fulfilled a grandmaster norm. He gained 6,5 points of 9 and shared the 3-7th places in Kaupthing Open, held in Luxemburg. Gharamian was behind the winners GMs Humpy Koneru (India) and Hannes Stefansson (Island) only with 0,5 point.
86 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 16-Jul-2007 |
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Foreign Team won China Team with score 17:15. This event was held in Taiyuan, China.
Armenian GM Karen Asrian ended in a draw all his eight games. |
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| 14-Jul-2007 |
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Final Ranking
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| 13-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian FM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan gained 10,5 points of 14 and won the 1st place on the first board in Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial, held in Moscow, Russia. Another Armenian chess player Vahe Baghdasaryan took the 3rd place on the third board.
Young chess players from eight countries took part in the tournament. The Chinese were the 1st among the teams. Armenian team took the 4th place. |
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| 13-Jul-2007 |
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Seven rounds have been held in Lake Sevan-2007 International Tournament, being held in Martuni, Armenia. GM Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) and IM Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) are the leader with 4,5 points. GMs Tigran L. Petrosian, Arman Pashikian (Armenia) and IM G.N. Gopal (India) have 4 points each.
Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
You may follow the Lake Sevan Tournament beginning 15:00 (Yerevan time) at our website
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| 13-Jul-2007 |
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Foreign Team wins China Team with score 15,2:12,5 after seven rounds. This event is being held in Taiyuan, China.
Armenian GM Karen Asrian ended in a draw all his seven games.
One round is left before the end of the match. |
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| 12-Jul-2007 |
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Six rounds have been held in Lake Sevan-2007 International Tournament, being held in Martuni, Armenia. IM G.N. Gopal (India) is the leader with 4 points. GMs Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland), IM Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) and Li Chao (China) have 3,5 points each.
Three rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
You may follow the Lake Sevan Tournament beginning 15:00 (Yerevan time) at our website
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| 12-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian young player Hakob Makarian (France) gained 5 points of 6 and shared the 2-3rd places in a Rapid Tournament, held in Nice, France.
31 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 11-Jul-2007 |
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Five rounds have been held in Lake Sevan-2007 International Tournament, being held in Martuni, Armenia.IM G.N. Gopal (India) is the leader with 3,5 points. GMs Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) and IM Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) have 3 points each.
Four rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
You may follow the Lake Sevan Tournament beginning 15:00 (Yerevan time) at our website
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| 11-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian IM Mher Hovhannisian gained 6 points of 9 and took the 2nd place in Belgium Championship, held in Namur. Hovhannisian was behind the champion GM Alexandre Dgebuadze only with 0,5 point.
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| 10-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 6,5 points of 9 and shared the 1-6th places with GMs Fedorchuk, Baklan (both Ukraine), Spraggett (Canada), Strikovic (Serbia) and IM Flores (Argentina) in Narciso Yepes Memorial, held in Lorca, Spain.
63 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 10-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian IM Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) gained 6 points of 7 and shared the 1-3rd places in the San Paulo Championship.
116 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 10-Jul-2007 |
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Four rounds have been held in Lake Sevan-2007 International Tournament, being held in Martuni, Armenia. GM David Arutinian (Georgia), IMs Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) and G.N. Gopal (India) are the leaders with 2,5 points each.
Five rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
You may follow the Lake Sevan Tournament beginning 15:00 (Yerevan time) at our website
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| 10-Jul-2007 |
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Foreign Team wins China Team with score 11:9 after five rounds. This event is being held in Taiyuan, China.
Armenian GM Karen Asrian ended in a draw all his five games. |
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| 9-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Tigran Nalbandian gained 7 points of 9 and won the first prize in the Open Tournament held in Dortmund, Germany.
88 chess players took part in the tournament. |
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| 9-Jul-2007 |
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Three rounds have been held in Lake Sevan-2007 International Tournament, being held in Martuni, Armenia. IM Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) is the leader with 2,5 points. GM Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) and IM G.N. Gopal (India) have 2 points each.
Six rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
You may follow the Lake Sevan Tournament beginning 15:00 (Yerevan time) at our website
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| 9-Jul-2007 |
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The score of Foreign and China Teams' Match is 6:6 after three rounds. This event is being held in Taiyuan, China.
Armenian GM Karen Asrian ended in a draw all his three games. |
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| 9-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian gained 6 points of 9 in VII Aratovsky Memorial, held in Saratov, Russia. Sargissian was behind the 9 winners with 0.5 point and shared the 10-21st places.
128 chess players as well as 55 grandmasters took part in the tournament. |
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| 7-Jul-2007 |
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Lake Sevan-2007 International Tournament is being held on July 6-15 in Martuni, Armenia. The participants are GMs T.L. Petrosian, Kotanjian, Pashikian (Armenia), Macieja (Poland), Arutinian (Georgia), IMs Vovk (Ukraine), Li Chao (China), Grigoryan, Melkumyan (Armenia), Gopal (India).
You may follow the Lake Sevan Tournament beginning 15:00 (Yerevan time) at our website
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| 6-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (California, USA) won the 35th Annual World Open which took place in the Valley Forge Radisson & Convention Plaza, King of Prussia, PA, USA. Akobian had no losses and gained 6,5 of 9. Eight more GMs showed the same result. But Akobian was the best in the playoff. In the final armageddon speed playoff game Akobian won GM Alexander Stripunsky (USA).
92 chess players as well as 36 grandmasters took part in the World Open's main section.
Another Armenian chess player Sevan Toroussian (California, USA) gained 8,5 points of 9 and won the first place in the World Open Under 2000 Section. 236 chess players took part in this tournament. |
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| 6-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Karen Asrian takes part in the event held in Scheveningen system in Taiyuan, China. A Team of 4 Foreign GMs (Zvjaginsev, Asrian, Balogh, Cheparinov) plays against a Team of 4 Chinese GMs (Wang Yue, Ni Hua, Zhang Pengxiang, Wang Hao).
After two rounds Foreign Team wins with score 4,5:3,5
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| 6-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian won GM Tihonov (Belarus) in the 7th round of the VII Aratovsky Memorial, being held in Saratov, Russia. Now Sargissian has 5 points of 7 and is behind the leaders GMs Sutovsky (Israel), Fedorov (Belarus), Evdokimov (Russia) and IM Deviatkin (Russia) with 0.5 point.
Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament. |
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| 5-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian has 4 points of 6 in VII Aratovsky Memorial, being held in Saratov, Russia. Sargissian is behind the leaders GM Alexander Evdokimov and IM Andrei Deviatkin (both Russia) with 1 point.
Three rounds are left before the end of the tournament. |
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| 5-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian chess players Karen Hovhannisyan (U10) with 8 points, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (U14) with 9, IM Hrant Melkumyan (U18) with 8,5 are the first prize holders of the International Youth Tournament, being held in Jermuk, Armenia.
Melkumyan got the right to participate in the Tournament "Lake Sevan", which starts on July 5 in Martuni, Armenia. |
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| 3-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian International Chess Organizer Gaguik Oganessian has been appointed the Chairman of FIDE CHIPS Committee by FIDE Presidential Board.
At the same time Oganessian is a member of FIDE Executive Board and the President of European 1.5 Zone. |
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| 3-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian ended in a draw with GM Denis Khismatullin (Russia) in the 4th round of VII Aratovsky Memorial, being held in Saratov, Russia. Sargissian has 3 points of 4. The leader is GM Alexander Evdokimov (Russia) with 4 points.
Five rounds are left before the end of the tournament. |
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| 3-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian WGM Elina Danielian gained 2 points in the first two rounds in the China Club Championship. Danielian plays in the composition of "Thianzin" Team.
Ten clubs take part in the China Championship. The teams will meet twice. |
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| 3-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian chess players Karen Hovhannisyan (U10) with 7 points, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (U14) with 8, IM Hrant Melkumyan (U18) with 7,5 are the leaders after eight rounds in the International Youth Tournament, being held in Jermuk, Armenia.
Ter-Sahakyan has guaranteed the first prize in his group. |
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| 2-Jul-2007 |
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The Elista FIDE Office announces publication on the 1st July 2007 FIDE Rating List effective 1st July to 30th September.
The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link Ratings by July 1, 2007. |
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| 2-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian takes part in VII Aratovsky Memorial, being held in Saratov, Russia. In the first three rounds Sargissian had victories over GMs Tunik, Yandemirov (both Russia) and ended in a draw with GM Dvoyris (Russia). Now Sargissian has 2,5 points and is behind the leaders - GM Evdokimov and FM Gubajdullin (both Russia) with 0,5 point.
128 chess players, especially 55 GMs, take part in the tournament.
Six rounds are left before the end of the tournament. |
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| 2-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian GM Tigran L. Petrosian played on the first board in the Cairo (Egypt) Club which was participating in the Arabian Countries Championship, held in Sudan. Petrosian's Club became the champion. Armenian grandmaster gained 7 points of 9.
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| 2-Jul-2007 |
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Armenian chess players Arsen Aghadjanyan and Karen Hovhannisyan (U10) with 6 points each, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (U14) with 7, IM Hrant Melkumyan (U18) with 6,5 are the leaders after seven rounds in the International Youth Tournament, being held in Jermuk, Armenia.
Two rounds are left before the end of the tournaments. |
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