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31-Oct-2008 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan's Success
 

15 year-old Samvel Ter-Sahakyan achieved a great success in the World U18 Championship held in Vung Tau, Vietnam. He scored 8 points of 11 with no loss and shared the 1st-5th places, ending the 4th by tiebreak.
 
31-Oct-2008 Mnatsakanian in the World Senior Championship
 
Armenian IM Eduard Mnatsakanian scored 2,5 of 3 in the World Senior Championship held in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. Mnatsakanian is half a point behind the leaders.
 
30-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 11
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name               FED Group
Petrosyan Manuel     ARM ½ - ½ Savenkov Konstantin RUS Open 10
Ebeling Daniel       FIN 0 - 1 Harutyunian Tigran  ARM Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir   ARM 1 - 0 Benidze Gigla       GEO Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H    ARM 1 - 0 Malureanu Costin G. ROU Open 14
Karayev Assylkhan    KAZ 1 - 0 Petrosyan Hovhannes ARM Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel  ARM ½ - ½ Saric Ivan          CRO Open 18
Rosberg Simon        SWE 0 - 1 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM Open 18
Menzi Nezihe Ezgi    TUR ½ - ½ Ghukasyan Siranush  ARM Girls 10
Breedt Shade         RSA 0 - 1 Davtyan Marina      ARM Girls 10
Tran Le Dan Thuy     VIE 0 - 1 Gaboyan Susanna     ARM Girls 12
Ivekovic Tihana      CRO 1 - 0 Gevorgyan Maria     ARM Girls 14
Vu Thien Tram Anh    VIE ½ - ½ Khalikyan Astghik   ARM Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan       ARM 1 - 0 Newrkla Katharina   AUT Girls 16
Anandajeyarajah T.   ENG 0 - 1 Mnatsakanyan Diana  ARM Girls 18
Goh Yi-Jie Jonathan  SIN ½ - ½ Nazaryan Armenak    ARM Open 08

Final Standing
Name                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Pts. Rk. Group
Petrosyan Manuel    1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½  0  ½  7,0  12  Open 10
Harutyunian Tigran  1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½  0  1  5,5  44  Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir  0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1  0  1  5,5  51  Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H   1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½  ½  1  7,0  13  Open 14
Petrosyan Hovhannes 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0  1  0  5,5  32  Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1  ½  ½  8,0   4  Open 18
Hovhannisyan Robert ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 1  ½  1  6,5  23  Open 18
Davtyan Marina      0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0  1  1  4,5  57  Girls 10
Ghukasyan Siranush  0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0  ½  ½  5,0  45  Girls 10
Gaboyan Susanna     0 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1  0  1  6,5  19  Girls 12
Gevorgyan Maria     1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1  0  0  5,0  48  Girls 14
Khalikyan Astghik   ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0  ½  ½  4,5  57  Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan      0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0  ½  1  7,0   9  Girls 16
Mnatsakanyan Diana  0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0  ½  1  5,0  31  Girls 18
Nazaryan Armenak    1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0  0  ½  5,5  42  Open 08
 
30-Oct-2008 Vishvanatan Anand Defends His World Champion Title
 
Vishvanatan Anand (India) beat Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 6,5:4,5 in Bonn, Germany, thus defending his title of the World Champion.
 
29-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 10
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name               FED Group
Lorpari Zangeneh     IRI 1 - 0 Petrosyan Manuel    ARM Open 10
Harutyunian Tigran K ARM 0 - 1 Jiang Tianci        CHN Open 12
Enkhbaatar Enkhnar   MGL 1 - 0 Kanjaryan Vladimir  ARM Open 12
Ankit R Rajpara      IND ½ - ½ Grigoryan Karen H   ARM Open 14
Petrosyan Hovhannes  ARM 1 - 0 Lovik Lasse Ostebo  NOR Open 16
Le Quang Liem        VIE ½ - ½ Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM Open 18
Hovhannisyan Robert  ARM ½ - ½ Kulakov Viacheslav  RUS Open 18
Davtyan Marina       ARM 1 - 0 Shah Sita           KEN Girls 10
Ghukasyan Siranush   ARM ½ - ½ Revita Samantha Glo PHI Girls 10
Gaboyan Susanna      ARM 0 - 1 Saduakassova Dinara KAZ Girls 12
Gevorgyan Maria      ARM 0 - 1 Nguyen Thao Han     VIE Girls 14
Khalikyan Astghik    ARM ½ - ½ Hapala Lisa         AUT Girls 14
Niji A               IND ½ - ½ Shakryan Zozan      ARM Girls 16
Mnatsakanyan Diana   ARM ½ - ½ Alavi Homa          IRI Girls 18
Nazaryan Armenak     ARM 0 - 1 Jeet jain           IND Open 08
 
29-Oct-2008 The Anand vs Kramnik Match Online
 
Game days: October 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, tiebreak November 2, 2008.

You can follow the games of the Anand vs Kramnik match on our website starting from 18:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
28-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 9
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name               FED Group
Petrosyan Manuel     ARM ½ - ½ Xu Yi               CHN Open 10
Butchak Bogdan       UKR ½ - ½ Harutyunian Tigran  ARM Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir   ARM 1 - 0 Ng Isaac            AUS Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H    ARM ½ - ½ Meskovs Nikita      LAT Open 14
Csirik Andras        HUN 1 - 0 Petrosyan Hovhannes ARM Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel  ARM 1 - 0 Nguyen Ngoc Truong  VIE Open 18
Hovhannisyan Robert  ARM 1 - 0 Rian Kapriaga       INA Open 18
Imanly Magrura Qizi  AZE 1 - 0 Davtyan Marina      ARM Girls 10
Uuriintuya Uurcaix   MGL 1 - 0 Ghukasyan Siranush  ARM Girls 10
Bagirova Khatun      AZE 0 - 1 Gaboyan Susanna     ARM Girls 12
Sabli Ira Kartika    BRU 0 - 1 Gevorgyan Maria     ARM Girls 14
Pritchard Abigail    ENG 1 - 0 Khalikyan Astghik   ARM Girls 14
Docena Jedara        PHI 1 - 0 Shakryan Zozan      ARM Girls 16
Laurusaite Brigita   LTU 1 - 0 Mnatsakanyan Diana  ARM Girls 18
He Tommy O           USA 1 - 0 Nazaryan Armenak    ARM Open 08
 
28-Oct-2008 Karen Movsziszian's Success
 
Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian scored 5,5 points of 10 and took the second place in a round-robin tournament held in Can Picafort, Spain. Karen was only half a point behind the winner, GM Viktor Moskalenko (Ukraine).
 
27-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 8
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name               FED Group
Petrosyan Manuel     ARM 1 - 0 Vavulin Maksim      RUS Open 10
Harutyunian Tigran K ARM 0 - 1 Le Huu Thai         VIE Open 12
Filatov Semen        RUS ½ - ½ Kanjaryan Vladimir  ARM Open 12
Juhasz Kristof       HUN ½ - ½ Grigoryan Karen H   ARM Open 14
Petrosyan Hovhannes  ARM 1 - 0 Vlasak Lukas        CZE Open 16
Aitbayev Aslan       KAZ 0 - 1 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM Open 18
Ton That Nhu Tung    VIE 0 - 1 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM Open 18
Davtyan Marina       ARM 0 - 1 Redjepova Renata    UZB Girls 10
Ghukasyan Siranush   ARM 1 - 0 Majkovski Sarah     AUT Girls 10
Gaboyan Susanna      ARM 1 - 0 Yigit Aleyna        TUR Girls 12
Gevorgyan Maria      ARM 1 - 0 Powell Samantha     CAN Girls 14
Khalikyan Astghik    ARM 0 - 1 Orlova Yelizaveta   CAN Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan       ARM 1 - 0 Hejazipour Mitra    IRI Girls 16
Mnatsakanyan Diana   ARM 0 - 1 Hannes Diana        GER Girls 18
Nazaryan Armenak     ARM 1 - 0 Ayazbayev Danat     KAZ Open 08
 
26-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 7
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name               FED Group
Vorontsov Pavlo      UKR ½ - ½ Petrosyan Manuel    ARM Open 10
Pon Matt             RSA 0 - 1 Harutyunian Tigran  ARM Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir   ARM 0 - 1 Xu Xianliang        GER Open 12
Navalgund Niranjan   IND 0 - 1 Grigoryan Karen H   ARM Open 14
Pascua Haridas       PHI 1 - 0 Petrosyan Hovhannes ARM Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel  ARM ½ - ½ Tomczak Jacek       POL Open 18
Solo Muzenda         RSA 0 - 1 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM Open 18
Liao Rui             CHN 1 - 0 Ghukasyan Siranush  ARM Girls 10
Revita Samantha Glo  PHI ½ - ½ Davtyan Marina      ARM Girls 10
Moradi Kimia         IRI 1 - 0 Gaboyan Susanna     ARM Girls 12
Neuhauser Salome     FRA 1 - 0 Khalikyan Astghik   ARM Girls 14
Bakri Alia Anin Azwa MAS 1 - 0 Gevorgyan Maria     ARM Girls 14
Savola Laura         FIN 0 - 1 Shakryan Zozan      ARM Girls 16
Preethi R            IND 1 - 0 Mnatsakanyan Diana  ARM Girls 18
Veklich Igor         RUS 0 - 1 Nazaryan Armenak    ARM Open 08
 
24-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 6
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name                 FED Group
Petrosyan Manuel     ARM ½ - ½ Wang Yi Ye            CHN Open 10
Harutyunian Tigran K ARM 0 - 1 Vuong Trung Hieu      VIE Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir   ARM ½ - ½ Le Huu Thai           VIE Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H    ARM ½ - ½ Moussard Jules        FRA Open 14
Petrosyan Hovhannes  ARM ½ - ½ Soors Stef            BEL Open 16
Delorme Axel         FRA 0 - 1 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel   ARM Open 18
Hovhannisyan Robert  ARM 0 - 1 Ye Ling Feng          CAN Open 18
Ghukasyan Siranush   ARM 1 - 0 Tandogan Buket        TUR Girls 10
Katanova Marina      RUS 1 - 0 Davtyan Marina        ARM Girls 10
Khademalsharieh S.   IRI 1 - 0 Gaboyan Susanna       ARM Girls 12
Gevorgyan Maria      ARM 0 - 1 Iwanow Anna           POL Girls 14
Khalikyan Astghik    ARM 1 - 0 Kralova Klaudia       SVK Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan       ARM 1 - 0 Lvova Yulia           BLR Girls 16
Mnatsakanyan Diana   ARM 1 - 0 Richard Emma          FRA Girls 18
Nazaryan Armenak     ARM 0 - 1 Gulsoy Mustafa Alpago TUR Open 08
 
24-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 7
 
Men Tournament
Beer Sheba Chess Club - MIKA Chess Club    2½:3½
Huzman Alexander      - Carlsen Magnus     0 - 1
Rodshtein Maxim       - Aronian Levon      1 - 0
Greenfeld Alon        - Gelfand Boris      ½ - ½
Khmelniker Ilya       - Sargissian Gabriel 0 - 1
Nabaty Tamir          - Petrosian Tigran L 1 - 0
Vydeslaver Alik       - Pashikian Arman    0 - 1

Bank King          - Werder Bremen    3½:2½
Vaganian Rafael A  - Meier Georg      + - -
Lputian Smbat G    - Nyback Tomi      0 - 1
Arutinian David    - Babula Vlastimil ½ - ½
Kotanjian Tigran   - Fish Gennadij    1 - 0
Anastasian Ashot   - Meins Gerlef     ½ - ½
Chibukhchian Artur - Lichmann Peter   ½ - ½

Gambit-Peksim Skopje - FIMA               1 : 5
Dancevski Orce       - Andriasian Zaven   0 - 1
Mitkov Marjan        - Melkumyan Hrant    ½ - ½
Andonovski Ljubisa   - Grigoryan Avetik   0 - 1
Ilic Ljubomir        - Hayrapetian Arman  ½ - ½
Simjanovski Saso     - Hambardzumian Yuri 0 - 1
Vladimirov Vladimir  - Khalikian Hovik    0 - 1

Final standing
Rk. Team                     Games + = - TB1 TB2  TB3
 
1. URAL Sverdlovskaya         7   6 0 1  12 32,0 159,0
 2. OSG Baden-Baden e.V.       7   5 2 0  12 27,5 185,0
 3. PVK Kiev Chess             7   4 3 0  11 30,0 168,0
 4. CC "Bosna" Sarajevo        7   5 1 1  11 30,0 157,5
 5. Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov  7   5 1 1  11 28,0 178,0
 6. TPS Saransk                7   5 1 1  11 28,0 166,5
 7. Bank King                  7   5 0 2  10 27,5 139,5
 8. Ashdod Illit Chess Club    7   4 2 1  10 27,0 186,0
 9. FINEK Gazprombank          7   5 0 2  10 26,0 168,5
10. 1. Novoborsky SK           7   5 0 2  10 25,5 152,0
11. SV Muelheim Nord           7   5 0 2  10 25,0 169,5
12. MIKA Chess Club            7   5 0 2  10 24,0 186,0
13. CC Zagreb                  7   5 0 2  10 22,5 184,5
14. Alkaloid                   7   4 1 2   9 27,0 134,0
15. Vilnius Chess-Bridge Club  7   4 1 2   9 25,0 137,5
16. Beer Sheba Chess Club      7   4 1 2   9 24,0 168,5
17. Clichy Echecs 92           7   3 3 1   9 23,5 161,0
18. Linex Magic                7   4 0 3   8 28,0 152,5
19. ASD Circolo Scacchi        7   4 0 3   8 27,0 137,5
20. FIMA                       7   4 0 3   8 25,5 138,0
21. Iretza Gros                7   4 0 3   8 24,0 146,5
22. Betsson.com                7   3 2 2   8 23,0 146,0
23. SK Advisory Invest Baden   7   4 0 3   8 22,5 159,5
24. Werder Bremen              7   4 0 3   8 21,5 178,5
25. Rochade Eupen              7   4 0 3   8 21,5 160,5
26. SK Hohenems                7   3 2 2   8 21,0 164,0
27. Schachfreunde Reichenstein 7   4 0 3   8 21,0 140,5
28. Haladas-Szova Szombathely  7   4 0 3   8 20,0 163,0
29. Eynatten                   7   4 0 3   8 19,0 172,0
30. Siroki Brijeg - Hering     7   4 0 3   8 17,5 186,5
Total 64 teams

Women Tournament
Finek St. Petersburg - MIKA Yerevan    1 : 3
Korbut Ekaterina     - Danielian Elina ½ - ½
Cmilyte Viktorija    - Lahno Kateryna  0 - 1
Zhukova Natalia      - Mkrtchian Lilit ½ - ½
Demina Julia         - Khurtsidze Nino 0 - 1

Final standing
Rk. Team                      Games + = - TB1 TB2  TB3
 
1. Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo 7   5 2 0  12 19,0 114,5
 2. Spartak Vidnoe              7   4 2 1  10 19,5 107,5
 3. T-com Podgorica             7   4 2 1  10 19,0 111,5
 4. Economist SGSEU Saratov     7   4 2 1  10 16,5 111,5
 5. MIKA Yerevan                7   4 1 2   9 17,5 112,5
 6. EPAM                        7   3 3 1   9 16,0 116,5
 7. CS Cotnari-Politehnica Iasi 7   4 0 3   8 17,5  89,0
 8. Rudar Ugljevik              7   4 0 3   8 15,0  85,0
 9. Aspropirgos Attikis         7   4 0 3   8 12,5 105,0
10. Finek St. Petersburg        7   3 1 3   7 16,0 107,0
11. Radnicki Rudovci            7   3 1 3   7 14,0  92,0
12. Panevezys Chess Club        7   3 0 4   6 15,0  87,0
13. Madatech Haifa Chess Club   7   2 2 3   6 12,5  90,5
14. SK Gross-Lehna              7   2 1 4   5 12,0  87,0
15. Vandoeuvre Echecs           7   2 1 4   5 11,5  95,0
16. Herzliya Chess Club         7   2 0 5   4  9,0  85,5
17. Bischwiller                 7   1 0 6   2  4,5  85,0
18. Galaxias Thessaloniki       7   0 0 7   0  5,0  82,0
Total 18 teams

You can follow the games of the ECC 2008 on our website starting from 16:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 

23-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 5
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name                 FED Group
Suleymanli Ramazan   AZE 0 - 1 Petrosyan Manuel      ARM Open 10
Shiau Suen-Wen       TPE 0 - 1 Kanjaryan Vladimir    ARM Open 12
Adelberg David       USA 1 - 0 Harutyunian Tigran K  ARM Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H    ARM 1 - 0 Lin Chieh-Sheng Jason TPE Open 14
Nguyen Van Thanh     VIE ½ - ½ Petrosyan Hovhannes   ARM Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel  ARM ½ - ½ Darini Pouria         IRI Open 18
Ponizil Cyril        CZE 1 - 0 Hovhannisyan Robert   ARM Open 18
Davtyan Marina       ARM 0 - 1 Pham Thanh Phuong     VIE Girls 10
Rodionova Daria      RUS 1 - 0 Ghukasyan Siranush    ARM Girls 10
Gaboyan Susanna      ARM 1 - 0 Balzano Filli         ITA Girls 12
Cherry Ann Mejia     PHI 0 - 1 Gevorgyan Maria       ARM Girls 14
Khalikyan Astghik    ARM 1 - 0 Neo Xiuwen Christabel SIN Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan       ARM ½ - ½ Kovaliova Valeria     UKR Girls 16
Maroroa Sue          NZL ½ - ½ Mnatsakanyan Diana    ARM Girls 18
Yao Winston Yow-Jen  NZL ½ - ½ Nazaryan Armenak      ARM Open 08
 
23-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 6
 
Men Tournament
TPS Saransk       - MIKA Chess Club    3½:2½
Ivanchuk Vassily  - Carlsen Magnus     1 - 0
Volokitin Andrei  - Aronian Levon      0 - 1
Sakaev Konstantin - Gelfand Boris      ½ - ½
Najer Evgeniy     - Sargissian Gabriel 0 - 1
Volkov Sergey     - Jobava Baadur      1 - 0
Kobalia Mikhail   - Petrosian Tigran L 1 - 0

Haladas-Szova Szombathely - Bank King          2½:3½
Hera Imre Jr              - Lputian Smbat G    ½ - ½
Kovacs Gabor              - Arutinian David    ½ - ½
Nemeth Miklos             - Kotanjian Tigran   ½ - ½
Rachela Milan             - Anastasian Ashot   0 - 1
Ruck Tamas                - Minasian Artashes  0 - 1
Csonka Attila             - Chibukhchian Artur 1 - 0

FIMA               - SK Advisory Invest Baden 2½:3½
Andriasian Zaven   - Socko Bartosz            ½ - ½
Melkumyan Hrant    - Balogh Csaba             0 - 1
Grigoryan Avetik   - Rausis Igor              0 - 1
Hayrapetian Arman  - Siebrecht Sebastian      0 - 1
Hambardzumian Yuri - Brandner Stefan          1 - 0
Khalikian Hovik    - Sulyok Michael           1 - 0

Women Tournament
MIKA Yerevan       - Panevezys Chess Club 4 : 0
Chiburdanidze Maia - Ciuksyte Dagne       1 - 0
Danielian Elina    - Daulyte Deimante     1 - 0
Lahno Kateryna     - Makka Ioulia         1 - 0
Mkrtchian Lilit    - Limontaite Simona    1 - 0
 

23-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 4
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name                   FED Group
Petrosyan Manuel     ARM 1 - 0 Schroeder Jan-Christian GER Open 10
Harutyunian Tigran K ARM 1 - 0 Li Chang He             CAN Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir   ARM ½ - ½ Markoja Sebastijan      SLO Open 12
Garcia Jan Emmanuel  PHI 1 - 0 Grigoryan Karen H       ARM Open 14
Petrosyan Hovhannes  ARM ½ - ½ Raznikov Danny          ISR Open 16
Ashwin Jayaram       IND ½ - ½ Ter-Sahakyan Samvel     ARM Open 18
Hovhannisyan Robert  ARM 1 - 0 Valli Frans             FIN Open 18
Sadykova Yasmin      KAZ 0 - 1 Davtyan Marina          ARM Girls 10
Ghukasyan Siranush   ARM 0 - 1 Vasova Mariya           BUL Girls 10
Rathore Sonakshi     IND ½ - ½ Gaboyan Susanna         ARM Girls 12
Dizdarevic Barbara   SRB 1 - 0 Khalikyan Astghik       ARM Girls 14
Gevorgyan Maria      ARM 0 - 1 Gagare Shalmali         IND Girls 14
Pon N Krithika       IND 1 - 0 Shakryan Zozan          ARM Girls 16
Mnatsakanyan Diana   ARM 1 - 0 Lokunarangoda Yashmada  SRI Girls 18
Nazaryan Armenak     ARM ½ - ½ Sun Raymond             USA Open 08
 
22-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008. Round 3
 
Results for ARM
Name                 FED Result Name               FED Group
Ghosh Diptayan       IND 1 - 0 Petrosyan Manuel    ARM Open 10
Yang Darwin          USA 1 - 0 Harutyunian Tigran  ARM Open 12
Ostrovskiy Aleksandr USA 1 - 0 Kanjaryan Vladimir  ARM Open 12
Nguyen Duc Viet Hn   VIE 0 - 1 Grigoryan Karen H   ARM Open 14
Jorczik Julian       GER 1 - 0 Petrosyan Hovhannes ARM Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel  ARM 1 - 0 Bonafede Alessandro ITA Open 18
Tran Manh Tien       VIE 1 - 0 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM Open 18
Davtyan Marina       ARM 0 - 1 Tandogan Buket      TUR Girls 10
Shah Sita            KEN 0 - 1 Ghukasyan Siranush  ARM Girls 10
Gaboyan Susanna      ARM 1 - 0 Hansen Erle Andrea  NOR Girls 12
Khalikyan Astghik    ARM ½ - ½ Matlin Anna         USA Girls 14
Wu Katherine         USA 0 - 1 Gevorgyan Maria     ARM Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan       ARM 1 - 0 Gunther Marcella    NED Girls 16
Agrest Inna          SWE 1 - 0 Mnatsakanyan Diana  ARM Girls 18
Nazaryan Armenak     ARM 1 - 0 Do Duc Viet         VIE Open 08
 
22-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 5
 
Men Tournament
MIKA Chess Club    - OSG Baden-Baden e.V.   2½:3½
Carlsen Magnus     - Svidler Peter          ½ - ½
Aronian Levon      - Bacrot Etienne         ½ - ½
Gelfand Boris      - Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ½ - ½
Sargissian Gabriel - Naiditsch Arkadij      0 - 1
Petrosian Tigran L - Vallejo Pons Francisco 1 - 0
Pashikian Arman    - Harikrishna P          0 - 1

Eynatten          - Bank King              1 : 5
Vaganian Rafael A - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime ½ - ½
Lputian Smbat G   - Landa Konstantin       0 - 1
Arutinian David   - Fridman Daniel         0 - 1
Kotanjian Tigran  - Potkin Vladimir        ½ - ½
Anastasian Ashot  - Saltaev Mihail         ½ - ½
Minasian Artashes - Schebler Gerhard       1 - 0

Mendrisio          - FIMA               1½:4½
Godena Michele     - Andriasian Zaven   ½ - ½
Bellini Fabio      - Melkumyan Hrant    1 - 0
Sedina Elena       - Grigoryan Avetik   0 - 1
Mantovani Renzo    - Hayrapetian Arman  0 - 1
Patuzzo Fabrizio   - Hambardzumian Yuri 0 - 1
Pedrini Pier Paolo - Khalikian Hovik    0 - 1

Women Tournament
Economist SGSEU Saratov - MIKA Yerevan       2½:1½
Ushenina Anna           - Chiburdanidze Maia ½ - ½
Harika Dronavalli       - Danielian Elina    1 - 0
Paehtz Elisabeth        - Lahno Kateryna     ½ - ½
Kovanova Baira          - Khurtsidze Nino    ½ - ½
 

21-Oct-2008 The Anand vs Kramnik Match Online
 
Game days: October 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, tiebreak November 2, 2008.

You can follow the games of the Anand vs Kramnik match on our website starting from 18:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
21-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008
 
Results of the 2nd round for ARM
Name                FED Result Name                    FED Group
Petrosyan Manuel    ARM 1 - 0  Vojdani Siavosh         IRI Open 10
Harutyunian Tigran  ARM 1 - 0  Khurelchuluun Bayarkhuu MGL Open 12
Kanjaryan Vladimir  ARM 1 - 0  Mikes Jan               CZE Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H   ARM 0 - 1  Zhou Yang-Fan           ENG Open 14
Petrosyan Hovhannes ARM 1 - 0  Ivekovic Zvonimir       CRO Open 16
Hovhannisyan Robert ARM ½ - ½  Nestor Kaarel           EST Open 18
Zaslavsky Michael   ISR ½ - ½  Ter-Sahakyan Samvel     ARM Open 18
Ghukasyan Siranush  ARM 1 - 0  Redjepova Renata        UZB Girls 10
Lu Yu-An            TPE 0 - 1  Davtyan Marina          ARM Girls 10
Torres Rosas Rita   MEX 0 - 1  Gaboyan Susanna         ARM Girls 12
Gevorgyan Maria     ARM 0 - 1  Qurbonboeva Sarvinoz    UZB Girls 14
Yu Sally            AUS ½ - ½  Khalikyan Astghik       ARM Girls 14
Hohluka Arina       LAT 0 - 1  Shakryan Zozan          ARM Girls 16
Karayaylali Pinar   TUR 0 - 1  Mnatsakanyan Diana      ARM Girls 18
Kim Sungmin         KOR 1 - 0  Nazaryan Armenak        ARM Open 08
 
21-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 4
 

Mika Yerevan
Men Tournament

URAL Sverdlovskaya - MIKA Chess Club    2½:3½
Radjabov Teimour   - Carlsen Magnus     ½ - ½
Kamsky Gata        - Aronian Levon      0 - 1
Shirov Alexei      - Gelfand Boris      ½ - ½
Grischuk Alexander - Sargissian Gabriel ½ - ½
Malakhov Vladimir  - Jobava Baadur      1 - 0
Motylev Alexander  - Pashikian Arman    0 - 1

Eynatten          - Bank King         1 : 5
Swinkels Robin    - Vaganian Rafael A 0 - 1
Dambacher Martijn - Lputian Smbat G   ½ - ½
Roeder Matthias   - Arutinian David   0 - 1
Hammes Michael    - Kotanjian Tigran  0 - 1
Schulz Klaus      - Anastasian Ashot  ½ - ½
Coenen Norbert    - Minasian Artashes 0 - 1

FIMA     - CE Gambit Luxembourg-Bonnevoie 6 : 0
Andriasian Zaven   - Upton Timothy J      1 - 0
Melkumyan Hrant    - Bednarich Jan        1 - 0
Grigoryan Avetik   - Filipovic Slobodan J 1 - 0
Hayrapetian Arman  - Ocantos Manuel       1 - 0
Hambardzumian Yuri - Stern Geoffrey       1 - 0
Akopian Gagik      - Mikulskas Arnoldas   1 - 0

Women Tournament
MIKA Yerevan       - Cotnari-Politehnica Iasi 2½:1½
Chiburdanidze Maia - Peptan Corina-Isabela    ½ - ½
Danielian Elina    - Cosma Elena Luminita     1 - 0
Mkrtchian Lilit    - Motoc Alina              0 - 1
Khurtsidze Nino    - Paulet Iozefina          1 - 0
 

20-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008
 
Results of the 1st round for ARM
Name                FED Result Name                    FED Group
Pichot Anh Trung    VIE 0 - 1  Petrosyan Manuel        ARM Open 10
Georgiadis Nico     SUI 1 - 0  Kanjaryan Vladimir      ARM Open 12
Gu Zichen           CHN 0 - 1  Harutyunian Tigran K    ARM Open 12
Grigoryan Karen H   ARM 1 - 0  Modi Jaishil            RSA Open 14
Dubessay Bastien    FRA 0 - 1  Petrosyan Hovhannes     ARM Open 16
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 1 - 0  FM Ton That Nhu Tung    VIE Open 18
Rajapakse R M C M   SRI ½ - ½  Hovhannisyan Robert     ARM Open 18
Goryachkina Alek.   RUS 1 - 0  Ghukasyan Siranush      ARM Girls 10
Davtyan Marina      ARM 0 - 1  Sidorova Anna           RUS Girls 10
Gaboyan Susanna     ARM 0 - 1  Kahramanova Mohinur     UZB Girls 12
Khalikyan Astghik   ARM ½ - ½  Haitovich Avital        ISR Girls 14
Vu Thien Tram Anh   VIE 0 - 1  Gevorgyan Maria         ARM Girls 14
Shakryan Zozan      ARM 0 - 1  WIM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO Girls 16
Mnatsakanyan Diana  ARM 0 - 1  WGM Golubenko Valentina CRO Girls 18
Savic Mihailo       SRB 0 - 1  Nazaryan Armenak        ARM Open 08

You can follow the games of the World Youth Championship on our website starting from 07:00 and 12:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

20-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 3
 

Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand

Men Tournament

MIKA Chess Club    - CC "Bosna" Sarajevo 3½:2½
Carlsen Magnus     - Movsesian Sergei    0 - 1
Aronian Levon      - Predojevic Borki    ½ - ½
Gelfand Boris      - Timofeev Artyom     ½ - ½
Sargissian Gabriel - Bologan Viktor      ½ - ½
Jobava Baadur      - Ivanisevic Ivan     1 - 0
Pashikian Arman    - Stojanovic Dalibor  1 - 0

FIMA               - SV Muehlheim Nord      ½ :5½
Andriasian Zaven   - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime ½ - ½
Melkumyan Hrant    - Landa Konstantin       0 - 1
Grigoryan Avetik   - Fridman Daniel         0 - 1
Hayrapetian Arman  - Potkin Vladimir        0 - 1
Hambardzumian Yuri - Saltaev Mihail         0 - 1
Akopian Gagik      - Hausrath Daniel        0 - 1

LSG               - Bank King          1½:4½
Wiersma Eelke     - Vaganian Rafael A  0 - 1
Van Der Werf Mark - Lputian Smbat G    ½ - ½
Bosman Michiel    - Arutinian David    0 - 1
Van Wessel Rudy   - Anastasian Ashot   ½ - ½
Van Ketel Raoul   - Minasian Artashes  0 - 1
Kleijn Christov   - Chibukhchian Artur ½ - ½

Women Tournament
EPAM Rtg          - MIKA Yerevan       2½:1½
Hoang Thanh Trang - Chiburdanidze Maia ½ - ½
Zatonskih Anna    - Danielian Elina    1 - 0
Atalik Ekaterina  - Lahno Kateryna     1 - 0
Matveeva Svetlana - Mkrtchian Lilit    0 - 1
 

20-Oct-2008 World Youth Championship 2008
 
The World Youth Chess Championship is held from October 20 to 31, 2008, in Vung Tau, Vietnam.

15 boys and girls represent Armenia in the event.
 

19-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 2
 
Men Tournament
MIKA Chess Club    - ESTH Thessaloniki        4 : 2
Carlsen Magnus     - Mastrovasilis Dimitrios  1 - 0
Gelfand Boris      - Mastrovasilis Athanasios 1 - 0
Sargissian Gabriel - Iotov Valentin           ½ - ½
Jobava Baadur      - Shavtvaladze Nikoloz     ½ - ½
Petrosian Tigran L - Zakarian David           0 - 1
Pashikian Arman    - Pambalos Panayiotis      1 - 0


FIMA
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov - FIMA               4 : 2
Alekseev Evgeny           - Andriasian Zaven   ½ - ½
Tomashevsky Evgeny        - Melkumyan Hrant    ½ - ½
Roiz Michael              - Grigoryan Avetik   1 - 0
Galkin Alexander          - Hayrapetian Arman  ½ - ½
Andreikin Dmitry          - Hambardzumian Yuri 1 - 0
Khairullin Ildar          - Akopian Gagik      ½ - ½

Bank King         - Siroki Brijeg - Hering 2½:3½
Vaganian Rafael A - Brkic Ante             0 - 1
Lputian Smbat G   - Fercec Nenad           ½ - ½
Arutinian David   - Bogut Zeljko           ½ - ½
Kotanjian Tigran  - Zivkovic Vjekoslav     0 - 1
Anastasian Ashot  - Rade Miroslav          ½ - ½
Minasian Artashes - Galic Ivan             1 - 0

Women Tournament
T-com Podgorica        - MIKA Yerevan       2 : 2
Muzychuk Anna          - Chiburdanidze Maia ½ - ½
Maric Alisa            - Danielian Elina    ½ - ½
Gaponenko Inna         - Lahno Kateryna     ½ - ½
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina - Khurtsidze Nino    ½ - ½
 

18-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008. Round 1
 
Men Tournament
Panevezys Chess Club - MIKA Chess Club     1½:4½
Pileckis Emilis      - Aronian Levon       ½ - ½
Beinoras Mindaugas   - Gelfand Boris       0 - 1
Starostits Ilmars    - Sargissian Gabriel  ½ - ½
Zickus Simonas       - Jobava Baadur       0 - 1
Bucinskas Valdas     - Petrosian Tigran L  ½ - ½
Zapolskis Antanas    - Pashikian Arman     0 - 1

HMC Calder         - Bank King          0 : 6
De Jong Jan-Willem - Vaganian Rafael    0 - 1
Abeln Michiel      - Lputian Smbat      0 - 1
Broekmeulen Jasper - Arutinian David    0 - 1
Muhren Bianca      - Kotanjian Tigran   0 - 1
Muhren Willem      - Anastasian Ashot   0 - 1
Huizer Mark        - Minasian Artashes  0 - 1

Phibsboro Chess Club - FIMA                1 : 5
Brady Stephen        - Andriasian Zaven    ½ - ½
Jessel Stephen       - Melkumyan Hrant     0 - 1
O'donovan Richard    - Grigoryan Avetik    0 - 1
Butler Kevin         - Hayrapetian Arman   0 - 1
Salter David         - Hambardzumian Yuri  0 - 1
Rosse Sebastian      - Akopian Gagik       ½ - ½


Madatech Haifa  - MIKA Yerevan
Women Tournament

MIKA Yerevan    - Madatech Haifa     3 : 1
Danielian Elina - Pitam Ella         ½ - ½
Lahno Kateryna  - Igla Bella         1 - 0
Mkrtchian Lilit - Vovinkina Natalia  1 - 0
Khurtsidze Nino - Porat Maya         ½ - ½

 

18-Oct-2008 The Anand vs Kramnik Match Online
 
Game days: October 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, tiebreak November 2, 2008.

You can follow the games of the Anand vs Kramnik match on our website starting from 18:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 
17-Oct-2008 European Club Cup 2008
 
The European Club Cup will be held from October 17 to 23, 2008, in Kallithea, Greece. Four Armenian teams to participate are Mika, Bank King, FIMA (men's) and Mika (women's).

You can follow the games of the ECC 2008 on our website starting from 16:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 
14-Oct-2008 The Anand vs Kramnik Match Online
 
On October 14, 2008, the World Chess Championship match between Anand and Kramnik starts in Bonn, Germany.

You can follow the games of the Anand vs Kramnik match on our website till November 2, 2008, starting from 18:00 (Yerevan time).
 
14-Oct-2008 The Winterthur Tournament
 
Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6,5 points of 9 and shared the 3rd-5th places in an open tournament held in Winterthur, Switzerland. Mekhitarian was one point behind the winners, GMs Howell (England) and Bachmann (Paraguay).

54 chess players participated in the event.
 
13-Oct-2008 Tigran Kotanjian's Success
 
GM Tigran Kotanjian (Armenia) scored 8 points of 9 and took the clear first place in the Beirut Open.

The results of the other Armenian chess players are as follows: WIM Knarik Mouradian (Lebanon) 6, Razmig Oknayan (Lebanon) 5 (1st under 18), Raffi Jigerian (Palestine) 5, Jirayr Oknayan (Lebanon) 5 (2nd under 18), Hovig Aramali (Lebanon) 4,5, Suzan Mouradian (Lebanon) 4 points.
 
11-Oct-2008 Subscription to the Chess in Armenia Magazine
 
Chess lovers from any country of the world can subscribe to and receive at their home address the issues of the Shakhmatayin Hayastan (Chess in Armenia, in Armenian) Weekly Magazine. For further details please contact us at armchess@arminco.com
 
10-Oct-2008 Armenian Chess Players in Beirut Open
 
GM Tigran Kotanjian (Armenia) scored 5 points of 6 in the Beirut Open. He is half a point behind the leader IM Sami Khader (Jordan).

The results of the other Armenian chess players are as follows: WIM Knarik Mouradian (Lebanon) 4,5, Raffi Jigerian (Palestine) 4, Razmig Oknayan (Lebanon) 4, Hovig Aramali (Lebanon) 3,5, Suzan Mouradian (Lebanon) 3, Jirayr Oknayan (Lebanon) 2 points.

Three rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
 
9-Oct-2008 Winterthur Tournament
 
Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 3,5 points of 6 in an open tournament held in Winterthur, Switzerland. The leader is GM Bachmann (Paraguay) with 5,5 points.

Three rounds are still ahead before the end of the tournament.
 
8-Oct-2008 Armenian Chess Players in Beirut Open
 
A number of Armenian chess players participate in an open held in Beirut, Lebanon. GM Tigran Kotanjian (Armenia) and Hovig Aramali(Lebanon) scored 3 points of 4 each. WIM Knarik Mouradian (Lebanon) has 2,5 points. The leader is IM Sami Khader (Jordan) with 4 points.

59 chess players participate in the tournament.
 
7-Oct-2008 Sevag Mekhitarian in the Winterthur Tournament
 
Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 2,5 points of 4 in an open tournament held in Winterthur, Switzerland. Mekhitarian is one point behind the leaders, GM Bachmann (Paraguay), IM Ballmann (Switzerland) and IM Hajnal (Hungary).

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

56 chess players participate in the event.
 
6-Oct-2008 Mnatsakanian in the World Senior Championship
 
Many-time Armenian Champion IM Eduard Mnatsakanian will participate in the 18th World Senior Chess Championship to take place from October 28 to November 8, 2008, in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. Mnatsakanian's opponents will be over 300 chess players, including GMs Uhlmann, Jansa, Suba, Tseshkovsky, Vasiukov, Cebalo, Gutman, Tseitlin, Butnorius, Westerinen, Klovans, etc.
 
4-Oct-2008 The Chess in Armenia Books
 
Chess lovers can acquire the books and bulletins published by the Chess in Armenia Magazine in English, Armenian, Russian. You can find the complete list of publications here

To find out the terms of purchase, please contact us at armchess@arminco.com
 

3-Oct-2008 Vaganian in the World Blitz Championship
 
The World Blitz Championship will be held from November 7 to 8, 2008, in Almati, Kazakhstan. The tournament will be a round-robin of 16 top players.

GM Rafael Vaganian (Armenia), will be among the participants. His opponents will be GMs Morozevich, Rublevsky, Svidler, Grischuk (Russia), Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Gelfand (Israel), J. Polgar (Hungary), Tkachiev (France), Domingues Perez (Cuba), Kazhgaleev (Kazakhstan). 4 more players will be announced.

The prize fund is 280.000 Swiss Francs, with the 64.000 Swiss Francs going to the winner.
 

2-Oct-2008 Davit Petrosian's Achievement
 
IM Davit Petrosian scored 8,5 points of 11 and took the first place in the Alushta Autumn 2008-1 held in the Ukraine. Another Armenian chess players Gevorg Harutjunyan shared the 3rd-5th places with 7 points.

In another tournament held in Alushta (Autumn 2008-3) Harutjunyan scored 9,5 of 13 and shared the 2nd-3rd places.

Davit Petrosian achieved a Grandmaster norm twice in these tournaments.
 

1-Oct-2008 1st October 2008 FIDE Rating List
 
The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st October 2008.

The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link Ratings by October 1, 2008.
 

 
   

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