WGM Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) again drew WGM Eva Moser (Austria) in the second game of the first round in the World Women's Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia. Thus the main part of the Mkrtchian - Moser match ended 1:1. On August 31, Mkrtchian and Moser will meet for additional rapid and, if needed, blitz games. The winner of this match will continue the struggle in the second round where she will encounter WFM Anna Gasik (Poland).

WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) lost to WGM Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine). The match ended 1:1. On August 31, Rohonyan and Zhukova will meet for additional games. The winner of this match will continue the struggle in the second round where she will encounter WGM Inna Gaponenko (Ukraine).
 

The first half (17 rounds) of the Tal Memorial Blitz Final in Moscow, Russia, was held. The games of the second half will be played on August 30, 2008.

Final Standing (34 games)
1. Ivanchuk Vassily Ukraine 23,5
2. Kramnik Vladimir Russia 22,5
3. Carlsen Magnus Norway 21
16. Movsesian Sergei Slovakia 12,5
Total 18 participants
 

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) drew WGM Eva Moser (Austria) in the first game of the first round in the World Women's Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia. WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) beat WGM Natalia Zhukova  (Ukraine).

The second games of the first round will be held on August 30, 2008.
 

The first half (17 rounds) of the Tal Memorial Blitz Final in Moscow, Russia, was held. The games of the second half will be played on August 30, 2008.

Standing after Round 17 (of 34)
 1. Kramnik Vladimir Russia 11
 2. Carlsen Magnus Norway 10,5
 3. Ivanchuk Vassily Ukraine 10,5
 4. Gelfand Boris Israel 10
 5. Grischuk Alexander Russia 9,5
13. Movsesian Sergei Slovakia 8
Total 18 participants
 

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) participates in the World Women's Chess Championship held from August 29, 2008, in Nalchik, Russia. Another Armenian chess player WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) plays in the event, too.

In the first round Mkrtchian encounters WGM Eva Moser (Austria), and Rohonyan's opponent is WGM Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine).

The championship is held by a knock-out system, and each match consists of two games.
 

Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) has scored 12,5 points of 18 and shared the 1st-2nd places with Grischuk (Russia) in the semi-final of the Tal Blitz Cup in Moscow, Russia.

Gabriel Sargissian finished the 12th with 11 points, and Tigran L. Petrosian took the 14th place with 10,5 points. Sergey Grigoriants (Russia) scored 7 points.

Movsesian, Grischuk, as well as Karjakin, Eljanov (Ukraine) and Grachev (Russia) are now entitled to participate in the final held on August 29 and 30, 2008. The world's top Grandmasters perform here, too. In total 18 players play.
 

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) participates in the 9th round-robin International Tournament in Montreal, Canada. Ten tough chess players play in the event.

Akobian has so far scored 3,5 points of 5 and is now the second. GM Yuri Shulman (USA) is leading with 4 points.

Four rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
 

60 Grandmasters participate in the semi-final of the Tal Blitz Cup held in Moscow, Russia. Five winners of the tournament will have the right to take part in the final.

On the first day of the event eight rounds were played. Now Tigran L. Petrosian has 4 points and is the 32nd. Gabriel Sargissian is on the 34th place with 3,5 points. Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) has scored 5 points and is the 11th. Sergey Grigoriants (Russia) has 2,5 points.

The leader is Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) with 6,5 points.

On August 28, the final day of the semi-final, ten more rounds will be held.
 

IM Pavel Govciyan scored 6 points of 11 and shared the 4th-5th places in the round-robin French Championship (Tournament B) held in Pau. Govciyan was only half a point behind the winner IM Jean-Pierre Le Roux.
 

IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6 points of 9 and took the 10th place in the 35th open held in Manresa, Spain. Mekhitarian was one point behind the winner GM Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba).

91 chess players participated in the event.
 

Armenian GMs Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian participate in the semi-final of the Tal Blitz Cup on August 27 and 28, 2008, in Moscow, Russia. The winners of this selection tournament will play in the final where a number of the world's top chess players will perform, too.
 

Armenian GM Zaven Andriasian scored 6,5 points of 9 and took the 4th place in the Najdorf Memorial Open held in Warsaw, Poland. GM Avetik Grigoryan gained 5,5 points. The first prize went to GM Grzegorg Gajewski (Poland) with 7 points.

108 chess players participated in the event.
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6,5 points of 9 and took the 8th place in the 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Open Tournament held in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. GM Lazaro Bruzon took the first prize with 7,5 points.

248 chess players participated in the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Levon Aronian will participate in the Chess Grand Slam Final to be held from September 2 to 13, 2008, in Bilbao, Spain. Aronian's opponents will be GMs Anand, Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Topalov and Radjabov. This will be a double round tournament.

You can follow the games of the Grand Slam Final from September 2 to 13, 2008, starting from 20:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Armenian GM Rafael Vaganian scored 2 points of 3 and is now on the third place in the InventiChess GM round-robin tournament held in Antwerp, Belgium. The leader is GM Bu Xiangzhi (China) with 3 points.

Six rounds are still ahead before the end of the tournament.

You can follow the games of the Antwerp Tournament on our website till August 31, 2008, starting from 17:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Armenian IM Ashot Nadanian scored 8 points of 11 and shared the 3rd-7th places in the 5th Dato' Artur Tan Open held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. GM Li Chao (China) took the first place with 9 points.

112 chess players participated in the event.
 

Armenian WGM Elina Danielian scored 6,5 points of 9 and shared the 3rd-6th places in the Acropolis Open held in Athens, Greece. GM Tigran Kotanjian took the 20th place with 5,5 points.

GMs Ilia Smirin (Israel) and Mircea Parligras (Romania) shared the 1st-2nd places with 7 points.

84 chess players participated in the event.
 

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian scored 7 points of 9 and took the second place in the 17th Open held in La Pobla de Lillet, Spain. GM Azer Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) took the first place.

64 chess players participated in the tournament.
 

The team of young Armenian chess players took the 5th place with 24 points of 40 in the World U16 Chess Olympiad held in Mersin, Turkey. The winner was India with 28,5 points.

26 teams participated in the event.
 

The Armenian team beat England 4:0 in the 7th round of the World U16 Chess Olympiad held in Mersin, Turkey.

Up to now young Armenian chess players have beat the teams of Turkey-Isek (4:0), Greece (3,5:0,5), Turkey-A (3:1), India (3:0), drawn with Philippines (2:2) and lost to Russia (0:4).

Now the Armenian team has 19,5 points of 28 and shares the 1st-2nd places with India. The Philippines has 19, Russia 18,5, Azerbaijan 18, Turkey-A 17,5, Georgia 16 points.

In total 26 teams participate. Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament.

The central matched of the 8th round are: Azerbaijan - Armenia, Turkey-A - India, England - Philippines, Russia - Sri Lanka.
 

Armenian GM David Markosian scored 6 points of 7 and took the clear first place in the open held in Davos, Switzerland.

22 chess players participated in the event.
 

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) will participate in the World Women's Chess Championship to be held from August 29, 2008, in Nalchik, Russia. Another Armenian chess player WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) will play in the event, too.

In the first round Mkrtchian will encounter WGM Eva Moser (Austria), and Rohonyan's opponent will be WGM Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine).

The championship will be held by a knock-out system, and each match will consist of two games.

You can follow the games of the World Women's Championship on our website from August 29 to September 18, 2008. Online
 

Armenian GM Rafael Vaganian participates in an international round-robin tournament held August 23-31, 2008, in Antwerp, Belgium.

Vaganian's opponents are GMs Bu Xiangzhi (China), Miroshnichenko, Lahno (Ukraine), Werle, Timman (Netherlands), Gyimesi (Hungary), Schebler (Germany), IMs Michiels, Van der Stricht (Belgium).

You can follow the games of the Antwerp Tournament on our website till August 31, 2008, starting from 17:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Young Armenian chess player Hrant Melkumyan achieved a Grandmaster norm in the World U20 Chess Championship held in Gaziantep, Turkey. This was the third time Hrant attains such a success. Up to now Melkumyan has achieved the GM norm in the Mazovian Chess Festival (Poland, 2007) and 4th Cup Rectors (Belgorod, Russia, 2008).
 

Armenian IM Mher Hovhanisian scored 6 points of 9 and shared the 1st-2nd places with GM Jan Plachetka (Slovakia) in a round-robin tournament held in Charleroi, Belgium. IM Tigran Gharamian (France) took the 5th place with 5 points.

In a simultaneously held open tournament, Ruben Akhayan (Belgium) scored 6,5 points of 9 and came the 7th. The first prize went to IM Vincent Colin (France) with 7,5 points. 115 chess players participated in this event.
 

In the 34th Sitges Open in Spain, Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian scored 7 points of 9 and shared the 1st-8th places with IM Pakleza (Poland), IM Papp, IM Banusz (Hungary), IM Konguvel (India), GM Jankovic (Croatia), IM Cuartas (Columbia), GM Barsov (Uzbekistan).

186 chess players participated in the event.
 

GM Zaven Andriasian scored 6,5 points of 9 and took the 4th place in the Najdorf Memorial Open held in Warsaw, Poland. He was only half a point behind the winner GM Grzegorz Gajewski (Poland). GM Avetik Grigoryan scored 5,5 points.

108 chess players performed in the memorial.
 

Armenian IM Mikael Agopov (Finland) scored 7 points of 8 and took the second place in the Heart of Finland Open held in Jyvaeskylae, Finland. GM Kaido Kulaots (Estonia) won with 8 points.

89 chess players participated in the tournament.
 

 

The prize giving. Levon Aronian(Armenia) took clear first place.

Results
Aronian, Levon       - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry    - Cheparinov, Ivan    1-0
Karjakin, Sergey     - Radjabov, Teimour   0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily    - Wang Yue            1/2
Gashimov, Vugar      - Svidler, Peter      0-1
Navara, David        - Kamsky, Gata        0-1
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Gelfand, Boris      1/2

Final Standing
 1. Aronian, Levon      8,5
 2. Radjabov, Teimour    8
 3. Wang Yue            7,5
 4. Kamsky, Gata        7,5
 5. Svidler, Peter       7
 6. Jakovenko, Dmitry    7
 7. Karjakin, Sergey     7
 8. Ivanchuk, Vassily   6,5
 9. Gashimov, Vugar     6,5
10. Grischuk, Alexander  6
11. Cheparinov, Ivan     6
12. Gelfand, Boris      5,5
13. Navara, David        4
14. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 4

You can follow the games of the Sochi event on our website till August 14, 2008. Online
 

Results
Radjabov, Teimour   - Aronian, Levon       1/2
Wang Yue            - Navara, David        1/2
Kamsky, Gata        - Gashimov, Vugar      1/2
Grischuk, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily    1/2
Cheparinov, Ivan    - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1/2
Svidler, Peter      - Jakovenko, Dmitry    1-0
Gelfand, Boris      - Karjakin, Sergey     1/2
 

Results
Aronian, Levon       - Gelfand, Boris      1-0
Wang Yue             - Kamsky, Gata        1/2
Karjakin, Sergey     - Cheparinov, Ivan    1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry    - Gashimov, Vugar     1-0
Ivanchuk, Vassily    - Radjabov, Teimour   1/2
Navara, David        - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Svidler, Peter      0-1
 

Results
Cheparinov, Ivan    - Aronian, Levon       0-1
Gashimov, Vugar     - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1-0
Radjabov, Teimour   - Navara, David        1-0
Kamsky, Gata        - Jakovenko, Dmitry    1/2
Grischuk, Alexander - Wang Yue             1/2
Gelfand, Boris      - Ivanchuk, Vassily    1-0
Svidler, Peter      - Karjakin, Sergey     0-1
 

Results
Wang Yue             - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0
Aronian, Levon       - Svidler, Peter    1/2
Ivanchuk, Vassily    - Cheparinov, Ivan  1/2
Grischuk, Alexander  - Kamsky, Gata      1/2
Karjakin, Sergey     - Gashimov, Vugar   1/2
Navara, David        - Gelfand, Boris    1/2
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2
 

Results
Cheparinov, Ivan  - Navara, David        1/2
Radjabov, Teimour - Grischuk, Alexander  1/2
Gashimov, Vugar   - Aronian, Levon       1/2
Kamsky, Gata      - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Karjakin, Sergey     1/2
Svidler, Peter    - Ivanchuk, Vassily    0-1
Gelfand, Boris    - Wang Yue             0-1
 

Results
Aronian, Levon      - Jakovenko, Dmitry    1/2
Radjabov, Teimour   - Kamsky, Gata         1/2
Wang Yue            - Cheparinov, Ivan     1/2
Grischuk, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris       1/2
Ivanchuk, Vassily   - Gashimov, Vugar      1/2
Karjakin, Sergey    - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1-0
Navara, David       - Svidler, Peter       1/2
 

Results
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Aronian, Levon      0-1
Cheparinov, Ivan     - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Gashimov, Vugar      - Navara, David       1-0
Svidler, Peter       - Wang Yue            1/2
Kamsky, Gata         - Karjakin, Sergey    1/2
Jakovenko, Dmitry    - Ivanchuk, Vassily   1/2
Gelfand, Boris       - Radjabov, Teimour   0-1
 

Results
Radjabov, Teimour   - Cheparinov, Ivan     1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter       1/2
Gelfand, Boris      - Kamsky, Gata         1/2
Wang Yue            - Gashimov, Vugar      1/2
Ivanchuk, Vassily   - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1/2
Aronian, Levon      - Karjakin, Sergey     1/2
Navara, David       - Jakovenko, Dmitry    1/2
 

Results
Kamsky, Gata         - Aronian, Levon      1/2
Cheparinov, Ivan     - Gelfand, Boris      1/2
Gashimov, Vugar      - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2
Jakovenko, Dmitry    - Wang Yue            1/2
Svidler, Peter       - Radjabov, Teimour   1-0
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Navara, David       1-0
Karjakin, Sergey     - Ivanchuk, Vassily   1/2
 

Results
Ivanchuk, Vassily   - Aronian, Levon       1-0
Cheparinov, Ivan    - Kamsky, Gata         1-0
Radjabov, Teimour   - Gashimov, Vugar      1/2
Grischuk, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry    1/2
Gelfand, Boris      - Svidler, Peter       1/2
Wang Yue            - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1/2
Navara, David       - Karjakin, Sergey     1/2
 

Results
Aronian, Levon       - Navara, David       1-0
Kamsky, Gata         - Ivanchuk, Vassily   1-0
Gashimov, Vugar      - Gelfand, Boris      1/2
Jakovenko, Dmitry    - Radjabov, Teimour   1/2
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2
Svidler, Peter       - Cheparinov, Ivan    0-1
Karjakin, Sergey     - Wang Yue            1/2
 

Results
Grischuk, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey     1-0
Radjabov, Teimour   - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 1-0
Cheparinov, Ivan    - Gashimov, Vugar      1/2
Gelfand, Boris      - Jakovenko, Dmitry    1/2
Navara, David       - Ivanchuk, Vassily    1/2
Svidler, Peter      - Kamsky, Gata         1/2
Wang Yue            - Aronian, Levon       1/2