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News January, 2009

31-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 12
	Results Carlsen, Magnus - Smeets, Jan 1-0 Aronian, Levon - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 Karjakin, Sergey - Adams, Michael 1-0 Movsesian, Sergei - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 Van Wely, Loek - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 Stellwagen, Daniël - Wang Yue 1/2
31-Jan-2009	Armenian Chess Players in Moscow Open
	GM Gabriel Sargissian, GM Rafael Vaganian and several other Armenian chess players participate in the International Chess Festival from January 31 to February 8, 2009, in Moscow, Russia. You can follow the games of the Moscow Open on our website from January 31 to February 8, 2009, starting 17:00 (Yerevan time). Online
30-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 11
	Results Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Aronian, Levon 1-0 Smeets, Jan - Stellwagen, Daniël 1/2 Kamsky, Gata - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Van Wely, Loek - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 Adams, Michael - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Wang Yue - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2
28-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 10
	Results Aronian, Levon - Adams, Michael 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 Carlsen, Magnus - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0 Radjabov, Teimour - Smeets, Jan 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei - Wang Yue 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Stellwagen, Daniël - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2
27-Jan-2009	Serzh Sargsyan is Again Armenian Chess Federation President!
	President of Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was again elected the President of Armenian Chess Federation in Armenian Chess Federation Conference on January 26, 2009.
27-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 9
	Results Karjakin, Sergey - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Stellwagen, Daniël 1-0 Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Smeets, Jan - Wang Yue 1/2 Adams, Michael - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 Kamsky, Gata - Aronian, Levon 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2
25-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 8
	Results Movsesian, Sergei - Smeets, Jan 1/2 Aronian, Levon - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 Radjabov, Teimour - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 Carlsen, Magnus - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Stellwagen, Daniël - Adams, Michael 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Wang Yue - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
25-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 13
	GM Arman Pashikian Final Standing Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 1 Pashikian Arman 8.5 51.5 7 2 Kotanjian Tigran 8.5 50.5 6 3 Andriasian Zaven 8 51.25 3 4 Chibukhchian Artur 8 49 5 5 Minasian Artashes 7.5 45.5 5 6 Babujian Levon 7 48 6 7 Grigoryan Avetik 7 42.75 4 8 Petrosian Tigran L. 7 39.25 5 9 Anastasian Ashot 6.5 39.25 3 10 Melkumyan Hrant 6 32.75 4 11 Danielian Elina 5 32 4 12 Nalbandian Tigran 4.5 24.5 3 13 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 4 24.5 1 14 Minasian Ara 3.5 24.75 1 Annotation TB1: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points) TB2: The greater number of victories Results Chibukhchian Artur - Anastasian Ashot 1-0 Danielian Elina - Babujian Levon 1-0 Nalbandian Tigran - Andriasian Zaven 1/2 Minasian Ara - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1/2 Kotanjian Tigran - Grigoryan Avetik 1-0 Melkumyan Hrant - Minasian Artashes 1/2 Pashikian Arman - Petrosian Tigran L. 1-0 You can follow the games of the 69th Armenian Championship on our website till January 25, 2009, starting 15:00 (Yerevan time) Online
25-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 9
	WIM Lilit Galojan Final Standing Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Galojan Lilit 7.5 28.75 0 6 2 Andriasian Siranush 7 29.5 0 6 3 Hairapetian Anna 7 25.5 0 6 4 Gasparian Narine 4.5 14.75 0 4 5 Movsisian Naira 4.5 12.75 0 4 6 Khanamiryan Ani 3.5 13.75 0 2 7 Shakryan Zozan 3.5 13.25 0 2 8 Martirosyan Lia 3 14 0 3 9 Gasparian Mariana 3 8 0 2 10 Kharatyan Anahit 1.5 5.25 0 1 Annotation TB1: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points) TB2: The results of the players in the same point group#results against TB2: The greater number of victories Results Movsisian Naira - Gasparian Mariana 1-0 Gasparian Narine - Khanamiryan Ani 1-0 Galojan Lilit - Hairapetian Anna 1/2 Kharatyan Anahit - Andriasian Siranush 0-1 Shakryan Zozan - Martirosyan Lia 0-1
24-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 7
	Results Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon 1/2 Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Wang Yue 1/2 Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 Adams, Michael - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 Kamsky, Gata - Stellwagen, Daniël 1/2 Morozevich, Alexander - Smeets, Jan 1-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1
24-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 12
	Results Anastasian Ashot - Pashikian Arman 1/2 Petrosian Tigran L. - Melkumyan Hrant 1/2 Minasian Artashes - Kotanjian Tigran 1-0 Grigoryan Avetik - Minasian Ara 1/2 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Nalbandian Tigran 0-1 Andriasian Zaven - Danielian Elina 1-0 Babujian Levon - Chibukhchian Artur 1-0
24-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 8
	Results Gasparian Mariana - Shakryan Zozan 1/2 Martirosyan Lia - Kharatyan Anahit 0-1 Andriasian Siranush - Galojan Lilit 1/2 Hairapetian Anna - Gasparian Narine 1-0 Khanamiryan Ani - Movsisian Naira 0-1
23-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 6
	Results Radjabov, Teimour - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 Smeets, Jan - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 Stellwagen, Daniël - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 Wang Yue - Adams, Michael 0-1
23-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 11
	Results Babujian Levon - Anastasian Ashot 1-0 Chibukhchian Artur - Andriasian Zaven 1/2 Danielian Elina - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 0-1 Nalbandian Tigran - Grigoryan Avetik 1/2 Minasian Ara - Minasian Artashes 0-1 Kotanjian Tigran - Petrosian Tigran L. 1/2 Melkumyan Hrant - Pashikian Arman 0-1
23-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 7
	Mariana Gasparian - Anna Hairapetian Results Khanamiryan Ani - Gasparian Mariana 1/2 Movsisian Naira - Hairapetian Anna 0-1 Gasparian Narine - Andriasian Siranush 0-1 Galojan Lilit - Martirosyan Lia 1-0 Kharatyan Anahit - Shakryan Zozan 0-1
23-Jan-2008	Armenian Chess Players' Success
	Armenian WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova (Ukraine) scored 6 points of 9 and took the first prize in the "Peter's Rook" 69th International Chess Festival held in Peterhof, Russia. With the same result another Armenian chess player Alina Balaian (Russia) took the second prize in this event.
22-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 5
	Results Karjakin, Sergey - Stellwagen, Daniël 1-0 Aronian, Levon - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Kamsky, Gata - Wang Yue 1/2 Van Wely, Loek - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 Adams, Michael - Smeets, Jan 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2
22-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 10
	Hrant Melkumyan - Tigran Kotanjian Results Anastasian Ashot - Melkumyan Hrant 0-1 Pashikian Arman - Kotanjian Tigran 1-0 Petrosian Tigran L. - Minasian Ara 1-0 Minasian Artashes - Nalbandian Tigran 1-0 Grigoryan Avetik - Danielian Elina 1-0 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Chibukhchian Artur 1/2 Andriasian Zaven - Babujian Levon 1-0
22-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 6
	Results Gasparian Mariana - Kharatyan Anahit 1-0 Shakryan Zozan - Galojan Lilit 0-1 Martirosyan Lia - Gasparian Narine 0-1 Andriasian Siranush - Movsisian Naira 1-0 Hairapetian Anna - Khanamiryan Ani 1/2
21-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 9
	Results Andriasian Zaven - Anastasian Ashot 1/2 Babujian Levon - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1-0 Chibukhchian Artur - Grigoryan Avetik 1/2 Danielian Elina - Minasian Artashes 1-0 Nalbandian Tigran - Petrosian Tigran L. 0-1 Minasian Ara - Pashikian Arman 0-1 Kotanjian Tigran - Melkumyan Hrant 1-0
20-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 4
	Results Radjabov, Teimour - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 Smeets, Jan - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1/2 Stellwagen, Daniël - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Wang Yue - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1/2
20-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 8
	Arman Pashikian - Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Results Anastasian Ashot - Kotanjian Tigran 1/2 Melkumyan Hrant - Minasian Ara 1-0 Pashikian Arman - Nalbandian Tigran 1-0 Petrosian Tigran L. - Danielian Elina 1-0 Minasian Artashes - Chibukhchian Artur 1/2 Grigoryan Avetik - Babujian Levon 0-1 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Andriasian Zaven 1/2
20-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 5
	Results Hairapetian Anna - Gasparian Mariana 1-0 Khanamiryan Ani - Andriasian Siranush 0-1 Movsisian Naira - Martirosyan Lia 1-0 Gasparian Narine - Shakryan Zozan 0-1 Galojan Lilit - Kharatyan Anahit 1-0
19-Jan-2008	The Golden Champions of Dresden
	This book by Gaguik Oganessian (Yerevan, 2009) is dedicated to the wonderful victory of Armenian National Team in 38th World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, 2008. All the games played by Armenian Men’s and Women’s Teams’ chess players in Dresden, numerous photos, informative and important materials which represent the history of world olympiads found place in this book. Chess lovers, who wish to get this book, can contact us with armchess@arminco.com
19-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 3
	Results Karjakin, Sergey - Wang Yue 1/2 Kamsky, Gata - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 Aronian, Levon - Stellwagen, Daniël 1/2 Adams, Michael - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 Van Wely, Loek - Smeets, Jan 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1
19-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 4
	Results Gasparian Mariana - Galojan Lilit 0-1 Kharatyan Anahit - Gasparian Narine 1/2 Shakryan Zozan - Movsisian Naira 1/2 Martirosyan Lia - Khanamiryan Ani 1-0 Andriasian Siranush - Hairapetian Anna 1-0
18-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 7
	Tigran Nalbandian, Elina Danielian and Arbiter Anushavan Arakelian Results Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Anastasian Ashot 1/2 Andriasian Zaven - Grigoryan Avetik 1/2 Babujian Levon - Minasian Artashes 1/2 Chibukhchian Artur - Petrosian Tigran L. 1/2 Danielian Elina - Pashikian Arman 1-0 Nalbandian Tigran - Melkumyan Hrant 0-1 Minasian Ara - Kotanjian Tigran 1/2
18-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 2
	Results Smeets, Jan - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei - Adams, Michael 1-0 Stellwagen, Daniël - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon 1/2 Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Morozevich, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 Wang Yue - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1
18-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 3
	Results Andriasian Siranush - Gasparian Mariana 1-0 Hairapetian Anna - Martirosyan Lia 1-0 Khanamiryan Ani - Shakryan Zozan 1-0 Movsisian Naira - Kharatyan Anahit 1-0 Gasparian Narine - Galojan Lilit 0-1
17-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 2
	Results Gasparian Mariana - Gasparian Narine 0-1 Galojan Lilit - Movsisian Naira 1-0 Kharatyan Anahit - Khanamiryan Ani 0-1 Shakryan Zozan - Hairapetian Anna 0-1 Martirosyan Lia - Andriasian Siranush 1-0
17-Jan-2009	71st Corus Chess tournament. Round 1
	Results Karjakin, Sergey - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Aronian, Levon - Wang Yue 1/2 Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 Kamsky, Gata - Adams, Michael 1/2 Stellwagen, Daniël - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 Van Wely, Loek - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Smeets, Jan 0-1
17-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 6
	Tigran Kotanjian - Levon Babujian Results Anastasian Ashot - Minasian Ara 1-0 Kotanjian Tigran - Nalbandian Tigran 1-0 Melkumyan Hrant - Danielian Elina 1-0 Pashikian Arman - Chibukhchian Artur 0-1 Petrosian Tigran L. - Babujian Levon 1-0 Minasian Artashes - Andriasian Zaven 0-1 Grigoryan Avetik - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1/2
16-Jan-2008	64th Armenian Women's Championship. Round 1
	List of players No. Name Rtg 7 WIM Galojan Lilit 2316 2 WIM Andriasian Siranush 2262 3 Hairapetian Anna 2177 6 WIM Gasparian Narine 2131 8 Kharatyan Anahit 2129 5 WGM Movsisian Naira 2120 1 Martirosyan Lia 2109 10 Gasparian Mariana 2078 4 Khanamiryan Ani 2001 9 Shakryan Zozan 1969 Results Martirosyan Lia - Gasparian Mariana 0-1 Andriasian Siranush - Shakryan Zozan 1/2 Hairapetian Anna - Kharatyan Anahit 1-0 Khanamiryan Ani - Galojan Lilit 1/2 Movsisian Naira - Gasparian Narine 0-1
16-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 5
	Ashot Anastasian - Artashes Minasian Results Grigoryan Avetik - Anastasian Ashot 1/2 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Minasian Artashes 0-1 Andriasian Zaven - Petrosian Tigran L. 1/2 Babujian Levon - Pashikian Arman 1-0 Chibukhchian Artur - Melkumyan Hrant 1-0 Danielian Elina - Kotanjian Tigran 0-1 Nalbandian Tigran - Minasian Ara 1-0
16-Jan-2009	Aronian and Movsesian at Corus-2009
	GMs Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) participate in the main tournament of the Corus Chess 2009 from January 17 to February 1, 2009, in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. GMs Morozevich (Russia), Ivanchuk, Karjakin (Ukraine), Carlsen (Norway), Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Wang Yue (China), Adams (England), Kamsky (USA), Dominguez (Cuba), van Wely, Stellwagen, Smeets (Netherlands) also participate in the event. You can follow the games of the Corus Chess 2009 tournament on our website from January 17 to February 1, 2009, starting 16:30 (Yerevan time). Online
15-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 4
	Results Anastasian Ashot - Nalbandian Tigran 1-0 Minasian Ara - Danielian Elina 0-1 Kotanjian Tigran - Chibukhchian Artur 1-0 Melkumyan Hrant - Babujian Levon 0-1 Pashikian Arman - Andriasian Zaven 1/2 Petrosian Tigran L. - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1-0 Minasian Artashes - Grigoryan Avetik 0-1
14-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 3
	Results Minasian Artashes - Anastasian Ashot 1/2 Grigoryan Avetik - Petrosian Tigran L. 1-0 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Pashikian Arman 0-1 Andriasian Zaven - Melkumyan Hrant 1/2 Babujian Levon - Kotanjian Tigran 1/22 Chibukhchian Artur - Minasian Ara 1/2 Danielian Elina - Nalbandian Tigran 1/2
13-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 2
	Results Anastasian Ashot - Danielian Elina 1/2 Nalbandian Tigran - Chibukhchian Artur 0-1 Minasian Ara - Babujian Levon 1-0 Kotanjian Tigran - Andriasian Zaven 1/2 Melkumyan Hrant - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1/2 Pashikian Arman - Grigoryan Avetik 1-0 Petrosian Tigran L. - Minasian Artashes 0-1
13-Jan-2009	Aronian and Movsesian at Corus-2009
	GMs Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) participate in the main tournament of the Corus Chess 2009 from January 17 to February 1, 2009, in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. GMs Morozevich (Russia), Ivanchuk, Karjakin (Ukraine), Carlsen (Norway), Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Wang Yue (China), Adams (England), Kamsky (USA), Dominguez (Cuba), van Wely, Stellwagen, Smeets (Netherlands) also participate in the event. You can follow the games of the Corus Chess 2009 tournament on our website from January 17 to February 1, 2009, starting 17:30 (Yerevan time). Online
12-Jan-2008	69th Armenian Championship. Round 1
	List of players No. Name Rtg 1 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2623 13 GM Pashikian Arman 2621 11 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2568 5 GM Andriasian Zaven 2564 14 GM Anastasian Ashot 2559 2 GM Minasian Artashes 2557 12 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2519 6 IM Babujian Levon 2518 3 GM Grigoryan Avetik 2506 4 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2506 8 IM Danielian Elina 2496 10 GM Minasian Ara 2477 9 GM Nalbandian Tigran 2471 7 IM Chibukhchian Artur 2444 Results Petrosian T. L. - Anastasian 0:1 Minasian Art. - Pashikian 1/2 Grigoryan - Melkumyan 1:0 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel - Kotanjian 0:1 Andriasian Z. - Minasian Ara 1/2 Babujian - Nalbandian 0:1 Chibukhchian - Danielian Elina 1:0
7-Jan-2009	Aronian and Movsesian at Corus-2009
	GMs Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) will participate in the main tournament of the Corus-2009 to be held from January 16 to February 1, 2009, in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. GMs Morozevich (Russia), Ivanchuk, Karjakin (Ukraine), Carlsen (Norway), Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Wang Yue (China), Adams (England), Kamsky (USA), Dominguez (Cuba), van Wely, Stellwagen, Smeets (Netherlands) will also participate in the event. You can follow the games of the Corus-2009 tournament on our website from January 16 to February 1, 2009. Online
6-Jan-2009	Sargissian's Team - Asian Club Champion
	The Al Ain Chess Club A (UAE) scored 12 points of 14 and became Asian Club Champion. GM Gabriel Sargissian played for this club and took his gold medal along with GMs Karjakin, Efimenko, Jobava and Li Chao B. Two other Armenian GMs, Tigran L. Petrosian and Arman Pashikian, who were in the composition of the Fajr Shams Chess Club (Iran), became bronze medal holders. This team scored 11 points. Pashikian showed the best individual result with 6 points of 7. The Asian Club Championship was held in Al Ain, UAE.
6-Jan-2009	Danielian's First Prize
	WGM Elina Danielian scored 5,5 points of 9 and took the first prize among women in the open tournament held in Groningen, the Netherlands. Danielian ended the 16th among all 68 chess players of the tournament (both men and women). GM Gagunashvili (Georgia) was the 1st with 7 points.
6-Jan-2009	Armenian Chess Players in Las Vegas Tournament
	GM Melikset Khachiyan (USA) scored 5,5 points of 7 and took the third place in the 18th North American Open held in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Khachiyan was only half a point behind the winner, GM Kacheishvili (Georgia). IM Andranik Matikozyan (Armenia) took the 14th place with 4,5 points. 89 chess players participated in the event. In the U1500 section of the North American Open Armenian chess player Melik Melikyan (USA) scored 6,5 points of 7 and took the first prize.
1-Jan-2009	1st January 2009 FIDE Rating List
	The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st January 2009. The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link Ratings by January 1, 2009.

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