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31-Aug-2005

Karen Movsziszian shared 1st place in La Pobla de Lillet

Armenian GM Karen Movsziszian gained 7,5 points of 9 and shared the 1st-2nd places with GM Viktor Moskalenko (Ukraine) at the 15th Open La Pobla de Lillet, Spain. Movsziszian raised his rating with 12 points.

88 chess players participate in the tournament.

30-Aug-2005

"Blue Sevan" Chess Tournament

The "Blue Sevan" International Chess Tournament ended in the city of Sevan, Armenia. The event was organized by the Chess Academy directed by GM Smbat Lputian. Ten chess players representing Armenia, Georgia, Iran and Russia participated in the tournament.

The results of the tournament are:

1. Levon Babujian (ARM) 7

2. FM Giorgi Margvelashvili (GEO) 6,5

3-4. IM Zaven Andriasian (ARM) 6

3-4. IM Artur Chibukhchian (ARM) 6

5. Avetik Grigorian (ARM) 5,5

6. IM Norik Kalantarian (ARM) 4,5

7. FM Arash Roghani (IRI) 3,5

8. WGM Khukhashvili Sopiko (GEO) 3

9. IM Eduard Mnatsakanian (ARM) 2,5

10. WIM Naira Movsesian (RUS) 0,5

Babujian, Margvelashvili and Grigorian fulfilled IM norms.

29-Aug-2005

Levon Aronian's great achievements

Armenian GM Levon Aronian performed perfectly at the Spanish Team Championship held in Merida. Leading the C.A. Magic Merida club, he beat GM Bologan, GM Macieja, and drew with GM I. Sokolov and GM Gelfand.

Before that Aronian played excellently at the Meinz festival in Germany. He took the first place in the FiNet Chess960 (Fischer Chess) thanks to which Aronian was entitled to hold a match with Svilder for Chess960 World Champion title.

27-Aug-2005

Armenian chess players at the American Continental Championship

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) performed successfully at the American Continental Championship held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Akobian gained 7,5 points of 11 and shared the 9th-16th places in the tournament where 152 chess players took part. Akobian was short of only half a point to be entitled for the World Cup.

Young Armenian chess player Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) had several sensational victories. He beat GMs Arencibia, Vera (Cuba), Gonzalez Zamora (Mexico). After five rounds Mekhitarian was among the leaders. Finally he yielded his tournament position, however raising his rating with 20 points.

26-Aug-2005

Sergey Grigoriants won in the Abu Dhabi blitz tournament

Armenian GM Sergey Grigoriants (Russia) took the first prize in the blitz tournament of the 15th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival. He beat Safarli (Azerbaijan), GM Aleksandrov (Belarus), GM Potkin (Russia), GM Chernyshov (Russia), GM Kurnosov (Russia) in the knock-out system competition.

32 chess players participated in the tournament.

25-Aug-2005

Ashot Anastasian's brilliant victory in Abu Dhabi

The 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival ended with the cogent victory of Armenian Champion GM Ashot Anastasian. In the main competition (Master Tournament) of the festival Anastasian had no loss, gained 7 points of 9 possible and clearly took the first prize.

Anastasian beat five competitors, including grandmasters Guseinov (Azerbaijan), Ghaem Maghami (Iran), Aleksandrov (Belarus).

66 chess players, including 26 GMs, participated in the tournament.

19-Aug-2005

Naira Movsisian fulfilled a Grandmaster norm

Armenian chess player WIM Naira Movsisian has fulfilled a Women Grandmaster norm twice, at the "Admiral Kuznetsov-100" and "Vladivostok Winter - 2005" tournaments. The young chess player has played all the necessary 28 games in the two tournaments and now waits for FIDE's confirmation.

17-Aug-2005

Armen Tonoian's success in Nice

Armenian chess players FM Armen Tonoian (Russia) played very successfully in the Nice Open, France. Tonoian gained 5,5 points of 7 possible and stayed behind the winners GM Vladislav Tkachiev and IM Aurelien Dunis (France) only with half a point.

Another Armenian player Pavel Govciyan (France) performed well, too, gaining 5 points.

159 chess players participated in the tournament.

15-Aug-2005

Igor Divljan at the Guelph Tournament

Armenian chess player FM Igor Divljan performed well at the Guelph International Tournament in Canada. Divljan gained 5,5 points of 9 possible and shared the 7th-11th places.

The winner was GM Sergei Shipov (Russia) with 6,5 points.

35 chess players took part in the tournament.

13-Aug-2005

Vahagn Voskanyan shared the first place in Quebec

Armenian chess player FM Vahagn Voskanyan shared the first place at the 58th Open Championship, Quebec, Canada. Voskanyan gained 6,5 points of 9 possible.

45 chess players were participating in the event.

10-Aug-2005

Varuzhan Akobian took the first prize in Alajuela

Armenian chess player GM Varuzhan Akobian won the first prize at the International Chess Tournament held in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Akobian gained 8 points of 9 possible.

Akobian was ahead of GMs Mikhalevski, Delgado, Zapata, in particular.

177 chess players participated in the tournament.

9-Aug-2005

Andranik Matikozian - Champion of Southern California

Armenian chess player IM Andranik Matikozian won the title of Champion of Southern California at the tournament held in Century City, CA, USA. Matikozian gained 5 points of 7 possible.

IM Cyrus Lakdawala and another Armenian chess player IM Melikset Kachiyan ended the tournament with the same result and took the 2nd and 3rd places accordingly.

9-Aug-2005

European Chess Team Championship 2005

Final Ranking
Men

Rank	Team	+	=	-	MP	Pts.	BH.
1	Netherlands	6	3	0	15	22	191½
2	Israel	6	2	1	14	23½	179½
3	France	6	1	2	13	21½	184
4	Greece	5	3	1	13	21½	166½
5	Ukraine	6	0	3	12	23½	162
6	Poland	4	4	1	12	21½	177½
7	Georgia	5	2	2	12	19½	183½
8	Germany	4	3	2	11	20	178½
9	Azerbaijan	4	3	2	11	19½	185½
10	Czech Republic	5	1	3	11	19½	179½
11	Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	3	11	19	172
12	Armenia	4	2	3	10	23	166
13	England	4	2	3	10	21	159½
14	Russia	4	2	3	10	20½	167½
15	Sweden 1	4	2	3	10	20	149
16	Romania	4	2	3	10	19	178½
17	Hungary	4	2	3	10	19	178
18	Croatia	5	0	4	10	19	165
19	Switzerland	4	2	3	10	19	162
20	Slovenia	4	2	3	10	18	170½
21	Denmark	3	3	3	9	21½	155½
22	Spain	4	1	4	9	19	158½
23	Sweden 2	4	1	4	9	18	160
24	Finland	3	2	4	8	18	148½
25	Norway	3	2	4	8	17	154½
26	Macedonia	3	2	4	8	17	151
27	Estonia	4	0	5	8	15	170½
28	Austria	3	1	5	7	17	146
29	Lithuania	2	3	4	7	16½	174
30	Iceland	3	1	5	7	16½	164
31	Italy	3	1	5	7	15½	143½
32	Ireland	2	3	4	7	15	149½
33	Turkey	3	1	5	7	15	131
34	Sweden 3	3	1	5	7	14½	165½
35	Bulgaria	1	4	4	6	17½	162
36	Luxemburg	2	2	5	6	15	127½
37	Belgium	2	2	5	6	14½	144½
38	Scotland	2	1	6	5	13½	146
39	Wales	2	0	7	4	11	131½
40	Cyprus	0	0	9	0	3½	140½

Women

Rank	Team	+	=	-	MP	Pts.	BH.
1	Poland	6	3	0	15	23	185
2	Georgia	5	4	0	14	21½	184
3	Russia	5	2	2	12	22	182
4	Bulgaria	4	4	1	12	21	169½
5	Romania	5	1	3	11	21½	163½
6	Armenia	5	1	3	11	21	167½
7	Ukraine	5	1	3	11	20½	187½
8	Hungary	4	2	3	10	20	169½
9	Serbia and Montenegro	3	4	2	10	19½	176
10	Netherlands	4	2	3	10	19½	175½
11	Greece	4	2	3	10	19	171½
12	Israel	4	2	3	10	18	172
13	England	3	3	3	9	20½	138
14	Germany	3	3	3	9	19½	164½
15	Lithuania	3	3	3	9	19½	159
16	France	3	3	3	9	19	159½
17	Sweden 1	4	1	4	9	18½	151
18	Slovenia	3	3	3	9	17	154½
19	Czech Republic	4	0	5	8	19	154½
20	Turkey	3	2	4	8	19	132
21	Spain	4	0	5	8	17½	171
22	Croatia	4	0	5	8	16	143
23	Switzerland	3	0	6	6	11	153
24	Sweden 2	2	0	7	4	11	145
25	Iceland	0	1	8	1	7	143½
26	Austria	0	1	8	1	7	140