Results
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA ½-½ Gelfand, Boris ISR
Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano ITA
Shirov, Alexei ESP 0-1 Svidler, Peter RUS
Laznicka, Viktor CZE 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE
Karjakin, Sergey UKR ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita RUS
So, Wesley PHI ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
Bacrot, Etienne FRA ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
Grischuk, Alexander RUS ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
 

GM Karen Movsziszian scored 6 points out of 9 and took the 18th place among the 156 participants of the tournament which was held in Palma de Majorca, Spain.

GM Andrey Sumets (Ukraine) took the first place with 7,5 points.
 

Total results of round3
MSco White FED - Black FED
1.5-3.5 Polgar, Judit HUN - Gelfand, Boris ISR
3.5-1.5 Gashimov, Vugar AZE - Li, Chao b CHN
3-5 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER - Svidler, Peter RUS
3.5-1.5 Laznicka, Viktor CZE - Bologan, Viktor MDA
1.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - Sakaev, Konstantin RUS
1.5-0.5 So, Wesley PHI - Kamsky, Gata USA
0.5-1.5 Motylev, Alexander RUS - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
5-3 Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Jobava, Baadur GEO
2-4 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR - Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
1.5-3.5 Wang, Yue CHN - Bacrot, Etienne FRA
4-1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - Eljanov, Pavel UKR
4-1 Karjakin, Sergey UKR - Navara, David CZE
0.5-1.5 Wang, Hao CHN - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE
1.5-0.5 Shirov, Alexei ESP - Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS
2.5-3.5 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - Caruana, Fabiano ITA
0.5-1.5 Yu, Yangyi CHN - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1-1 Polgar, Judit HUN 1-0 Gelfand, Boris ISR
1-1 Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½-½ Li, Chao b CHN
1-1 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER ½-½ Svidler, Peter RUS
1-1 Laznicka, Viktor CZE ½-½ Bologan, Viktor MDA
1.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS ½-½ Sakaev, Konstantin RUS
1.5-0.5 So, Wesley PHI ½-½ Kamsky, Gata USA
0.5-1.5 Motylev, Alexander RUS ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
1-1 Grischuk, Alexander RUS ½-½ Jobava, Baadur GEO
1-1 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
1-1 Wang, Yue CHN ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne FRA
1-1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½-½ Eljanov, Pavel UKR
1-1 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 1-0 Navara, David CZE
0.5-1.5 Wang, Hao CHN ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE
1.5-0.5 Shirov, Alexei ESP 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS
1-1 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano ITA
0.5-1.5 Yu, Yangyi CHN ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA
 

Results
Gelfand, Boris ISR 1-0 Polgar, Judit HUN
Li, Chao b CHN ½-½ Gashimov, Vugar AZE
Svidler, Peter RUS ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij GER
Bologan, Viktor MDA ½-½ Laznicka, Viktor CZE
Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 0-1 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS
Kamsky, Gata USA 0-1 So, Wesley PHI
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 1-0 Motylev, Alexander RUS
Jobava, Baadur GEO ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander RUS
Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 1-0 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR
Bacrot, Etienne FRA ½-½ Wang, Yue CHN
Eljanov, Pavel UKR ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
Navara, David CZE 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey UKR
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 1-0 Wang, Hao CHN
Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS ½-½ Shirov, Alexei ESP
Caruana, Fabiano ITA ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny RUS
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 1-0 Yu, Yangyi CHN
 

Total results of round2
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1.5-0.5 Gelfand, Boris ISR - Amonatov, Farrukh TJK
0.5-1.5 Zhou, Jianchao CHN - Gashimov, Vugar AZE
3.5-1.5 Svidler, Peter RUS - Nyback, Tomi FIN
2-0 Laznicka, Viktor CZE - Morozevich, Alexander RUS
0.5-1.5 Radjabov, Teimour AZE - Sakaev, Konstantin RUS
1.5-0.5 So, Wesley PHI - Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
4-2 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - Akobian, Varuzhan USA
0.5-1.5 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA - Grischuk, Alexander RUS
2-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - Sandipan, Chanda IND
0-2 Savchenko, Boris RUS - Wang, Yue CHN
3.5-2.5 Eljanov, Pavel UKR - Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS
2.5-3.5 Timofeev, Artyom RUS - Karjakin, Sergey UKR
2-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - Milov, Vadim SUI
1-4 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR - Shirov, Alexei ESP
2.5-3.5 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - Caruana, Fabiano ITA
0.5-1.5 Bartel, Mateusz POL - Yu, Yangyi CHN
3.5-2.5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - Meier, Georg GER
1.5-3.5 Fressinet, Laurent FRA - Alekseev, Evgeny RUS
3.5-2.5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - Khalifman, Alexander RUS
0-2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND - Wang, Hao CHN
3.5-2.5 Navara, David CZE - Shabalov, Alexander USA
1.5-3.5 Smirin, Ilia ISR - Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
2-0 Bacrot, Etienne FRA - Sasikiran, Krishnan IND
3.5-2.5 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR - Rublevsky, Sergei RUS
1.5-0.5 Jobava, Baadur GEO - Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN
0.5-1.5 Najer, Evgeniy RUS - Motylev, Alexander RUS
1.5-0.5 Kamsky, Gata USA - Zhou, Weiqi CHN
3.5-4.5 Milos, Gilberto BRA - Vitiugov, Nikita RUS
4-2 Bologan, Viktor MDA - Cheparinov, Ivan BUL
0.5-1.5 Onischuk, Alexander USA - Naiditsch, Arkadij GER
3.5-4.5 Pelletier, Yannick SUI - Li, Chao b CHN
3.5-4.5 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU - Polgar, Judit HUN
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1.5-0.5 Gelfand, Boris ISR 1-0 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK
0.5-1.5 Zhou, Jianchao CHN 0-1 Gashimov, Vugar AZE
1-1 Svidler, Peter RUS 1-0 Nyback, Tomi FIN
2-0 Laznicka, Viktor CZE 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander RUS
0.5-1.5 Radjabov, Teimour AZE ½-½ Sakaev, Konstantin RUS
1.5-0.5 So, Wesley PHI ½-½ Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
1-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½-½ Akobian, Varuzhan USA
0.5-1.5 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander RUS
2-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 1-0 Sandipan, Chanda IND
0-2 Savchenko, Boris RUS 0-1 Wang, Yue CHN
1-1 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS
1-1 Timofeev, Artyom RUS ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey UKR
2-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 1-0 Milov, Vadim SUI
1-1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 1-0 Shirov, Alexei ESP
1-1 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano ITA
0.5-1.5 Bartel, Mateusz POL ½-½ Yu, Yangyi CHN
1-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA ½-½ Meier, Georg GER
1-1 Fressinet, Laurent FRA ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny RUS
1-1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS ½-½ Khalifman, Alexander RUS
0-2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 0-1 Wang, Hao CHN
1-1 Navara, David CZE ½-½ Shabalov, Alexander USA
1-1 Smirin, Ilia ISR ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
2-0 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND
1-1 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR ½-½ Rublevsky, Sergei RUS
1.5-0.5 Jobava, Baadur GEO 1-0 Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN
0.5-1.5 Najer, Evgeniy RUS ½-½ Motylev, Alexander RUS
1.5-0.5 Kamsky, Gata USA ½-½ Zhou, Weiqi CHN
1-1 Milos, Gilberto BRA ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita RUS
1-1 Bologan, Viktor MDA ½-½ Cheparinov, Ivan BUL
0.5-1.5 Onischuk, Alexander USA ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij GER
1-1 Pelletier, Yannick SUI 0-1 Li, Chao b CHN
1-1 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU ½-½ Polgar, Judit HUN
 

Results
 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) - Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½-½
 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) - Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) ½-½
 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) - Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0
 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) - Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 0-1
 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1-0
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) - So, Wesley (PHI) 0-1
 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) - Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½-½
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) 1-0
 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) - Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 0-1
 Wang, Yue (CHN) - Savchenko, Boris (RUS) 1-0
 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) - Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 1-0
 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½-½
 Milov, Vadim (SUI) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 0-1
 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 1-0
 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) - Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½-½
 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) - Bartel, Mateusz (POL) 1-0
 Meier, Georg (GER) - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½-½
 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) - Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) ½-½
 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½
 Wang, Hao (CHN) - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 1-0
 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) - Navara, David (CZE) ½-½
 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) - Smirin, Ilia (ISR) ½-½
 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) - Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 0-1
 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) - Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) ½-½
 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) - Jobava, Baadur (GEO) ½-½
 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) - Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) 1-0
 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) - Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0-1
 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) - Milos, Gilberto (BRA) ½-½
 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) - Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½-½
 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) - Onischuk, Alexander (USA) 1-0
 Li, Chao b (CHN) - Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) 0-1
 Polgar, Judit (HUN) - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) ½-½
 

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) won GM Pavel Tregubov (Russia) with total score of 9:7 after the tie-break in the 1st round of the World Cup which is being held in Khanty-Mansiysk and reached the 2nd round. Here his opponent is the FIDE former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine).
 

Total results of round1
Sargissian - Li B       3:5
Meier      - Petrosian 1½:½
Movsesian  - Yu Yangyi  ½:1½
Tregubov   - Akobian    7:9
 

By the offer of coach Arshak Petrosian the composition of the Armenian national team, which is going to participate in the World Team Championship (starting on January 3, 2010 in Bursa, Trukey), was confirmed. Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akobian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Zaven Andriasian (according to the boards) will play in the championship.
 

Results
Boys
U10 TARI Aryan NOR - Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM 1:0
U10 AYVAZYAN Nikita RUS - Petrosyan Arman ARM ½:½
U10 PERCIVALDI Martin DEN - Manukyan Artyom ARM 0:1
U10 Harutyunyan Arman ARM - MOLNAR SASKA Zoltan HUN 1:0

U12 Codenotti Marco ITA - Harutyunian Tigran ARM 1:0
U12 Aghajanyan Arsen ARM - Wagdy Andro EGY 1:0

U14 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM - Berbatov Kiprian BUL ½:½
U14 Grigoryan Karen H. ARM - Doros Radu-Marian ROU ½:½
U14 Manukyan Sargis A. ARM - El Jawich Amro LIB 1:0

U16 Vardanian Haik G ARM - Getz Alec USA 1:0
U16 Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM - Grandelius Nils SWE 0:1
U16 Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM - Kurayan Ruslan UKR 0:1
U16 Chua Zheng Yuan SIN - Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 0:1

U18 Recuero Guerra David ESP - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 0:1
U18 Baron Tal ISR - Hovhannisyan Robert ARM ½:½
U18 Tiraturyan David ARM - Bebel Arkadiusz POL ½:½

Girls
U8 ISMAYILZADA Zeynab AZE - Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM 1:0

U10 Asatryan Sona  ARM - Rodriguez Sofia COL 0:1
U10 Ivanyan Ani    ARM - Yagi Rita SYR 0:1

U12 Papathanasiou Elisavet GRE - Ghukasyan Siranush ARM 1:0

U14 Azizbekyan Arpi ARM - Korban Katrina EST 0:1

U16 Gorozhankina Julia RUS - Gevorgyan Maria ARM 0:1
U16 Shakryan Zozan ARM - Petrova Irina UKR ½:½

U18 Havlikova Kristyna CZE - Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM 1:0

Final standings
Boys
U8
1. GHOLAMI Aryan IRI 9
Total: 129 chess players

U10
1. BAI Jinshi CHN 9
18. Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM 7
32. Petrosyan Arman ARM 6,5
32. Ayvazyan Nikita RUS 6,5
45. Harutyunyan Arman ARM 6
45. Manukyan Artyom ARM 6
85. Abgaryan David RUS 5
Total: 148 chess players

U12
1. Cheng Bobby AUS 9
4. Paravyan David RUS 8,5
27. Avetisian Tigran UKR 7
30. Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 6,5
44. Aghajanyan Arsen ARM 6
Total: 142 chess players

U14
1. Cori Jorge PER 9
7. Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 7,5
8. Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 7,5
24. Giroyan Gary FRA 7
55. Manukyan Sargis A. ARM 6
Total: 138 chess players

U16
1. Sethuraman S P IND 9
16. Vardanian Haik G. ARM 7
22. Kurayan Ruslan UKR 7
40. Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 6
41. Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 6
56. Baboyan Eduard RUS 5,5
59. Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 5,5
Total: 119 chess players

U18
1. Matlakov Maxim RUS 9
13. Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 7,5
32. Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 6,5
67. Tiraturyan David ARM 5
93. Oknayan Razmig LIB 4
Total: 104 chess players

Girls
U8
1. CHU Ruotong CHN 9,5
22. Galstyan Irina RUS 6,5
43. Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM 5,5
Total: 85 chess players

U10
1. Mammadzada Vugar AZE 10,5
34. Asatryan Sona ARM 6
44. Ivanyan Ani ARM 5,5
Total: 83 chess players

U12
1. Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 10
36. Ghukasyan Siranush ARM 6
Total: 108 chess players

U14
1. Efroimski Marsel ISR 9
72. Azizbekyan Arpi ARM 4,5
Total: 101 chess players

U16
1. Cori Deysi PER 10
27. Gevorgyan Maria ARM 6,5
38. Shakryan Zozan ARM 6
58. Stepanyan Astghik ENG 5,5
Total: 102 chess players

U18
1. Girya Olga RUS 8,5
33. Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM 5,5
Total: 65 chess players

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Results
Sargissian - Li B      ½:½
Meier      - Petrosian 1:0
Movsesian  - Yu Yangyi ½:½
Tregubov   - Akobian   1:0

Total results of round1
Sargissian - Li B       1:1
Meier      - Petrosian 1½:½
Movsesian  - Yu Yangyi  ½:1½
Tregubov   - Akobian    1:1
 

Results
Boys
U10 Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM - KHANIN Semen RUS 0:1
U10 Petrosyan Arman ARM - ERDENEPUREV Boldoo MGL 0:1
U10 Manukyan Artyom ARM - AYDIN Muhammed Bugrahan TUR 1:0
U10 OZGUR Tibet Kagan TUR - Harutyunyan Arman ARM 0:1

U12 Harutyunian Tigran ARM - Steinberg Nitzan ISR ½:½
U12 Sheykhhasani Bardia IRI - Aghajanyan Arsen ARM ½:½

U14 Dragun Kamil POL - Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 0:1
U14 Neumair Jerome GER - Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 0:1
U14 Flermoen Peter NOR - Manukyan Sargis A. ARM 0:1

U16 Kantans Toms LAT - Vardanian Haik G ARM 1:0
U16 Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM - Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM ½:½
U16 Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM - Topak Engin TUR 1:0

U18 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM - Krejci Jan CZE 1:0
U18 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM - Mazur Stefan SVK 1:0
U18 Karayev Assylkhan KAZ - Tiraturyan David ARM 1:0

Girls
U8 Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM - BLOND-HANTEN Elsa LUX 1:0

U10 Varli Yağmur TUR - Asatryan Sona  ARM 0:1
U10 Ivanyan Ani    ARM - Ponomarchuk Anastasia RUS 1:0

U12 Ghukasyan Siranush ARM - Dall'Orsoletta Alaize BRA 1:0

U14 Guo Emma AUS - Azizbekyan Arpi ARM 1:0

U16 Gevorgyan Maria ARM - Ostrowska Dominika POL 1:0
U16 Adamowicz Katarzyna POL - Shakryan Zozan ARM ½:½

U18 Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM - Aliaga Fernandez PER 1:0
 

Results
Li B      - Sargissian ½:½
Petrosian - Meier      ½:½
Yu Yangyi - Movsesian  1:0
Akobian   - Tregubov   1:0
 

GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia), Varuzhan Akobian (USA) are taking part in the World Cup which is being held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Matches of the 1st round
Li B-Sargissian
Petrosian-Meier
Yu Yangyi-Movsesian
Akobian-Tregubov

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Results
Boys
U10 Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM - BAI Jinshi CHN 0:1
U10 BASKIN Robert GER - Petrosyan Arman ARM ½:½
U10 TOMULIC Teo CRO - Manukyan Artyom ARM ½:½
U10 Harutyunyan Arman ARM - TULEUBAYEV Daulet KAZ 1:0

U12 Harutyunian Tigran ARM - Urbanc Peter SLO 1:0
U12 Aghajanyan Arsen ARM - Sari Yasin TUR 1:0

U14 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM - Doros Radu-Marian ROU 1:0
U14 Grigoryan Karen H. ARM - Javanbakht Nima IRI ½:½
U14 Manukyan Sargis A. ARM - Guseynov Alihan UZB ½:½

U16 Vardanian Haik G ARM - Van Kampen Robin NED ½:½
U16 Nyzhnyk Illya UKR - Baghdasaryan Vahe  ARM 1:0
U16 Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM - Nestorovic Lazar SRB ½:½
U16 Straka Josef Jr SVK - Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 1:0

U18 Lovik Lasse Ostebo NOR - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM ½:½
U18 Kanakaris Georgios GRE - Hovhannisyan Robert ARM ½:½
U18 Tiraturyan David ARM - Stankovic Milos SRB ½:½

Girls
U8 KABANOVA Yaroslava UKR - Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM 1:0

U10 Savant Riya IND - Ivanyan Ani ARM 1:0
U10 Asatryan Sona ARM - Giblon Melissa CAN 1:0

U12 Kahya Gizem TUR - Ghukasyan Siranush ARM ½:½

U14 Azizbekyan Arpi ARM - Birgelir Melisa TUR 1:0

U16 Petrova Irina UKR - Gevorgyan Maria ARM ½:½
U16 Shakryan Zozan ARM - Asan Elvan TUR 1:0

U18 Korchagina Victoria RUS - Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM 1:0
 

Results
Boys
U10 HETUL Shah IND - Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM ½:½
U10 Petrosyan Arman ARM - HARING Viktor SVK 1:0
U10 Manukyan Artyom ARM - GHENG Christian GER ½:½
U10 ABDRAKHMANOV Chingiz KGZ - Harutyunyan Arman ARM 1:0

U12 Dastan Batuhan TUR - Harutyunian Tigran ARM 1:0
U12 Hauge Lars Oskar NOR - Aghajanyan Arsen ARM ½:½

U14 Andersen Mads DEN - Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 1:0
U14 Grigoryan Karen H. ARM - Sai Krishna G V IND 0:1
U14 Skouvaklis Alexis SUI - Manukyan Sargis A. ARM 0:1

U16 Chua Zheng Yuan Terry SIN - Vardanian Haik G ARM 0:1
U16 Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 0:1
U16 Sochacki Christophe FRA - Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM ½:½
U16 Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM - Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI ½:½

U18 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM - Rozum Ivan RUS 0:1
U18 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM - Arslanov Shamil RUS 0:1
U18 Wais Abdul Khalid AFG - Tiraturyan David ARM 0:1

Girls
U8 Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM - MANAGADZE Livia MDA 0:1

U10 Ivanyan Ani ARM - Vatansever Buse TUR 1:0
U10 Salah Nadya Ahmed YEM - Asatryan Sona ARM ½:½

U12 Ghukasyan Siranush ARM - Liao Rui CHN 0:1

U14 Belova Olga RUS - Azizbekyan Arpi ARM 1:0

U16 Gevorgyan Maria ARM - Abylkassymova Raushan KAZ 0:1
U16 Sulamanidze Mariam GEO - Shakryan Zozan  ARM 0:1

U18 Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM - Deur Zrinka CRO 1:0
 

Results
Boys
U10 LORPARIZANGENEH Shahin IRI - Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM 0:1
U10 SHEREMET Anton BLR - Petrosyan Arman ARM 1:0
U10 CARSTENS Dobuchak Thiago BRA - Manukyan Artyom ARM ½:½
U10 MOHAMED Arezki Nacer ALG - Harutyunyan Arman  ARM 0:1

U12 Harutyunian Tigran ARM - Bayramov Elkhan Khayyat AZE 1:0
U12 Aghajanyan Arsen ARM - Ozbil Mazhar TUR 1:0

U14 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM - Bortnik Alexandr UKR 1:0
U14 Terentjev Vladislav RUS - Grigoryan Karen H. ARM ½:½
U14 Kowsarinia Amir IRI - Manukyan Sargis A. ARM 1:0

U16 Vardanian Haik G. ARM - Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 0:1
U16 Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM - Saeed Ishaq UAE 1:0
U16 Pastar Slaven BIH - Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 0:1

U18 Hansen Eric CAN - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 0:1
U18 Stankovic Milos SRB - Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 0:1
U18 Tiraturyan David ARM - Norri Roger FIN 1:0

Girls
U8 Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM - ANDROSOVA Oleksandra UKR 1:0

U10 Zhiljaeva Veronika LAT - Ivanyan Ani   ARM 0:1
U10 Asatryan Sona ARM - Shiny Das IND ½:½

U12 Grgic Neomi CRO - Ghukasyan Siranush ARM 0:1

U14 Azizbekyan Arpi ARM - Najwa Jiahui Rujok SIN 1:0

U16 Foisor Mihaela-Veronica ROU - Gevorgyan Maria ARM 1:0
U16 Shakryan Zozan ARM - Kim Natalya UZB 0:1

U18 Marshall Abby USA - Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM ½:½
 

Final standings
 1. Carlsen, Magnus          NOR 31
 2. Anand, Viswanathan       IND 28
 3. Karjakin, Sergey         UKR 25
 4. Kramnik, Vladimir        RUS 24.5
 5. Grischuk, Alexander      RUS 23.5
 6. Ponomariov, Ruslan       UKR 23.5
 7. Svidler, Peter           RUS 23.5
 8. Leko, Peter              HUN 22
 9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar   AZE 22
10. Morozevich, Alexander    RUS 21.5
11. Gashimov, Vugar          AZE 21.5
12. Aronian, Levon           ARM 21
13. Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 20
14. Bareev, Evgeny           RUS 20
15. Ivanchuk, Vassily        UKR 19.5
16. Karpov, Anatoly          RUS 19
17. Gelfand, Boris           ISR 18.5
18. Jakovenko, Dmitry        RUS 17.5
19. Polgar, Judit            HUN 17
20. Tkachiev, Vladislav      FRA 16
21. Naiditsch, Arkadij       GER 15
22. Kosteniuk, Alexandra     RUS 12.5

You can follow the games of the main tournament of Tal Memorial on our website on November 5-8, 10-14 and the games of the World Blitz Championship on November 16-18 starting from 14:00 (Yerevan time). Online1  Online2
 

Olympic champions Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian are taking part in the World Cup which is being held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, starting from November 21, 2009.

You can follow the games of the World Cup on our website from November 21, starting from 14:00 (Yerevan time). Online  
 

Standings after Round 28
 1. Carlsen, Magnus          NOR 21
 2. Anand, Viswanathan       IND 20
 3. Karjakin, Sergey         UKR 18
 4. Kramnik, Vladimir        RUS 16.5
 5. Svidler, Peter           RUS 16.5
 6. Grischuk, Alexander      RUS 16
 7. Ponomariov, Ruslan       UKR 16
 8. Aronian, Levon           ARM 14.5
 9. Karpov, Anatoly          RUS 14
10. Leko, Peter              HUN 13
11. Morozevich, Alexander    RUS 13
12. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar   AZE 12.5
13. Jakovenko, Dmitry        RUS 12.5
14. Ivanchuk, Vassily        UKR 12
15. Naiditsch, Arkadij       GER 12
16. Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 12
17. Bareev, Evgeny           RUS 12
18. Kosteniuk, Alexandra     RUS 11.5
19. Gelfand, Boris           ISR 11.5
20. Polgar, Judit            HUN 11.5
21. Gashimov, Vugar          AZE 11
22. Tkachiev, Vladislav      FRA 11
 

Results
Boys
U10 Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM - KARTHIKEYAN Murali IND 1:0
U10 Petrosyan Arman ARM - HARIA Ravi ENG ½:½
U10 Manukyan Artyom ARM - BELKHOUJA Zied TUN 1:0
U10 Harutyunyan Arman ARM - ZAPATA Arbelaes Estiven COL 0:1

U12 Ghosh Diptayan IND - Harutyunian Tigran ARM 1:0
U12 Karimov Alisher TJK - Aghajanyan Arsen ARM ½:½

U14 Cori Jorge PER - Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 1:0
U14 Grigoryan Karen H. ARM - Rindlisbacher Lars SUI 1:0
U14 Manukyan Sargis A. ARM - Buyukasik Diyap TUR 1:0

U16 Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM - Van Kampen Robin NED 1:0
U16 Kozganbayev Erken KAZ - Vardanian Haik G. ARM 0:1
U16 Getz Alec USA - Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM ½:½
U16 Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM - Ankhbayar Batbyamba MGL 1:0

U18 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM - Poetsch Hagen GER 1:0
U18 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM - Melnichuk Mikhail UKR 1:0
U18 Kocheev Aleksandr BLR - Tiraturyan David ARM 1:0

Girls
U8  OZBAY Ece TUR - Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM 0:1

U10 Ivanyan Ani ARM - Padayachee Keyana Chloe RSA 1:0
U10 Temel Burcu Melİs TUR - Asatryan Sona ARM 0:1

U12 Ghukasyan Siranush ARM - Camilia Bt Johari MAS ½:½

U14 Azadvari Zahra IRI - Azizbekyan Arpi ARM 1:0

U16 Gevorgyan Maria ARM - Suslova Alena RUS ½:½
U16 Kagramanov Dalia CAN - Shakryan Zozan ARM ½:½

U18 Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM - Du Jasmine CAN 1:0
 

Standings after Round 14
 1. Anand, Viswanathan       IND 12
 2. Carlsen, Magnus          NOR 10
 3. Karpov, Anatoly          RUS 9
 4. Kramnik, Vladimir        RUS 8.5
 5. Grischuk, Alexander      RUS 8.5
 6. Ponomariov, Ruslan       UKR 8
 7. Bareev, Evgeny           RUS 8
 8. Karjakin, Sergey         UKR 8
 9. Svidler, Peter           RUS 7.5
10. Aronian, Levon           ARM 7.5
11. Leko, Peter              HUN 7
12. Ivanchuk, Vassily        UKR 7
13. Gashimov, Vugar          AZE 6.5
14. Morozevich, Alexander    RUS 6.5
15. Polgar, Judit            HUN 6
16. Naiditsch, Arkadij       GER 6
17. Gelfand, Boris           ISR 6
18. Jakovenko, Dmitry        RUS 5
19. Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 4.5
20. Tkachiev, Vladislav      FRA 4.5
21. Kosteniuk, Alexandra     RUS 4
22. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar   AZE 4
 

Results
Boys
U10 HARSHAL Shahi IND - Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM 0:1
U10 TARI Aryan NOR - Petrosyan Arman ARM 0:1
U10 Manukyan Artyom ARM - BEKER Ziv ISR 0:1
U10 Harutyunyan Arman  ARM - NGUYEN Tan VIE 0:1

U12 Terzi Alexei BLR - Harutyunian Tigran ARM 0:1
U12 Aghajanyan Arsen  ARM - Kalogeris Ioannis GRE 0:1

U14 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM - Rindlisbacher Lars SUI 1:0
U14 Biazliudau Stanislau BLR - Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 0:1
U14 Nikologorskiy Konstantin RUS - Manukyan Sargis A. ARM 1:0

U16 Petrosyan Tigran S.    ARM - Kantans Toms LAT ½:½
U16 Vardanian Haik G.  ARM - Andreev Sasho BUL ½:½
U16 Vakhidov Jahongir UZB - Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 1:0
U16 Mukashev Assan KAZ - Baghdasaryan Vahe   ARM 0:1

U18 Darini Pouria IRI - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM ½:½
U18 Pavlidis Antonios GRE - Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 1:0
U18 Tiraturyan David  ARM - Bryan-Vissi Mark CYP 1:0

Girls
U8  BALAJAEVA Khanim AZE - Yeghiazaryan Yelena   ARM 1:0

U10 Liao Simone USA - Ivanyan Ani       ARM 1:0
U10 Asatryan Sona     ARM - Kocacoglu Belis TUR 1:0

U12 Goyal Arunima IND - Ghukasyan Siranush ARM 0:1

U14 Azizbekyan Arpi   ARM - Hoh Tjin Li MAS 1:0

U16 Bezgodova Maria RUS - Gevorgyan Maria ARM ½:½
U16 Shakryan Zozan    ARM - Foisor Mihaela-Veronica ROU 0:1

U18 Dimitrova Aseniya BUL - Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM 0:1
 

Results
Boys
U10 TEMIZKAN Denizcan TUR - Harutyunyan Arman  ARM ½:½
U10 Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM - CARSTENS Dobuchak BRA 1:0
U10 Petrosyan Arman ARM - YICK Benjamin Oliver SIN 1:0
U10 BISI Riccardo ITA - Manukyan Artyom ARM 0:1

U12 Harutyunian Tigran ARM - Jumanov Elbek UZB 1:0
U12 Cyrus Pereira IND - Aghajanyan Arsen ARM 1:0

U14 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM - Bajarani Ulvi AZE 1:0
U14 Grigoryan Karen H. ARM - Georgiadis Nico SUI ½:½
U14 Manukyan Sargis A. ARM - Grandadam Patrick SUI ½:½

U16 Raznikov Danny ISR - Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM ½:½
U16 Sethuraman S P IND - Vardanian Haik G. ARM 1:0
U16 Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM - Tello Chavez Hermes MEX 1:0
U16 Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM - Baboyan Eduard RUS ½:½

U18 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM - Pradeep Kumar Raghu IND 1:0
U18 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM - Ollier Pablo FRA 1:0
U18 Bukavshin Ivan RUS - Tiraturyan David ARM 1:0

Girls
U8 Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM - BEN FREDJ Mariem TUN 1:0

U10 Ivanyan Ani ARM - Shivacheva Donika BUL ½:½
U10 Jalaghonia Nino GEO - Asatryan Sona ARM 1:0

U12 Ghukasyan Siranush ARM - Tandogan Buket TUR 0:1

U14 Real Pereyra Diana MEX - Azizbekyan Arpi ARM 1:0

U16 Gevorgyan Maria ARM - Sirkova Darena BUL 1:0
U16 Chakvetadze Dea GEO - Shakryan Zozan ARM 0:1

U18 Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM - Ursu Ana-Maria MDA 0:1
 

Results
Boys
U10 Harutyunyan Arman ARM - DOLANA Andrei-Theodor ROU 0:1
U10 Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM - SEVGI Volkan TUR 1:0
U10 KHANIN Semen RUS - Petrosyan Arman ARM ½:½
U10 TULEUBAYEV Daulet KAZ - Manukyan Artyom ARM ½:½

U12 Antipov Mikhail RUS - Harutyunian Tigran ARM 1:0
U12 Aghajanyan Arsen ARM - Yankelevich Lev GER ½:½

U14 Yuan Yi AUS - Grigoryan Karen H. ARM ½:½
U14 Manukyan Sargis A. ARM - Turko Antons LAT 1:0
U14 Kriebel Tadeas CZE - Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 0:1

U16 Bures Jaroslav CZE - Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 0:1
U16 Vardanian Haik G.  ARM - Dalir Alireza IRI 1:0
U16 Testa Adriano ITA - Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 1:0
U16 Barros Raul Junior COL - Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 0:1

U18 Ollier Pablo FRA - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM ½:½
U18 Darini Pouria IRI - Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 1:0
U18 Tiraturyan David ARM - Poetsch Hagen GER 0:1

Girls
U8 MOLNAR-SASKA Zsófia HUN - Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM 1:0

U10 Hojjatova Aydan AZE - Ivanyan Ani  ARM 1:0
U10 Asatryan Sona ARM - Pychova Nela CZE 0:1

U12 Paredes Bustamante Paula PER - Ghukasyan Siranush ARM 1:0

U14 Azizbekyan Arpi ARM - Van Niekerk Robyn RSA 1:0

U16 Gagare Shalmali IND - Gevorgyan Maria ARM ½:½
U16 Shakryan Zozan ARM - Shmarina Daria RUS ½:½

U18 Richard Emma FRA - Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM 1:0
 

Results
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1

Final standing
 1. Kramnik, Vladimir     6
 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily     5½
 3. Carlsen, Magnus       5½
 4. Aronian, Levon        5
 5. Anand, Viswanathan    5
 6. Gelfand, Boris        4½
 7. Ponomariov, Ruslan    4
 8. Svidler, Peter        3½
 9. Leko, Peter           3
10. Morozevich, Alexander 3

You can follow the games of the main tournament of Tal Memorial on our website on November 5-8, 10-14 and the games of the World Blitz Championship on November 16-18 starting from 16:00 (Yerevan time). Online1  Online2
 

Results
Boys
U10 KAPLUN David GER - Harutyunyan Arman ARM ½:½
U10 MAREK Matyas CZE - Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM ½:½
U10 Petrosyan Arman ARM - XU Jialun CHN ½:½
U10 Manukyan Artyom ARM - ABGARYAN David RUS 0:1

U12 Harutyunian Tigran ARM - Naoum Spyridon GRE 1:0
U12 Taheri Hamdan UAE - Aghajanyan Arsen ARM 0:1

U14 Grigoryan Karen H. ARM - Makhmutov Rail RUS 1:0
U14 Karlsson Mikael Johann ISL - Manukyan Sargis A. ARM 0:1
U14 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM - Rozovsky Daniel USA 1:0

U16 Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM - Zhou Yang-Fan ENG 0:1
U16 Givon Asaf ISR - Vardanian Haik G. ARM 0:1
U16 Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM - Sakaoglu Sinan TUR 1:0
U16 Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM - Uzun Sarp TUR 1:0

U18 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM - Hapuarachchi H L M SRI 1:0
U18 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM - Davletbakov Saddam KGZ 1:0
U18 Elnaami Hashem A K LBA - Tiraturyan David ARM 0:1

Girls
U8 Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM - KRAUCHANKA Yuliya BLR ½:½

U10 Shah Riya KEN - Ivanyan Ani ARM 0:1
U10 Dordzhieva Dinara RUS - Asatryan Sona ARM 1:0

U12 Ghukasyan Siranush ARM - Gordievich Larisa LAT 1:0

U14 Temimhan Damla TUR - Azizbekyan Arpi ARM ½:½

U16 Gevorgyan Maria ARM - Nasriddinzoda Marvo TJK 1:0
U16 Tjolsen Katrine NOR - Shakryan Zozan ARM 1:0

U18 Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM - Finnbogadottir Tinna ISL 1:0
 

Results
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter ½-½

Standing
 1. Kramnik, Vladimir     5½
 2. Anand, Viswanathan    5
 3. Ivanchuk, Vassily     5
 4. Carlsen, Magnus       4½
 5. Gelfand, Boris        4
 6. Aronian, Levon        4
 7. Ponomariov, Ruslan    3
 8. Leko, Peter           3
 9. Morozevich, Alexander 3
10. Svidler, Peter        3
 

Results
Boys
U10 Harutyunyan Arman ARM - Hristov Nikolay BUL 1:0
U10 Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc VIE - Manukyan Artyom ARM 1:0
U10 Mkrtchyan Mikayel ARM - Nguyen Tan Hoang VIE 1:0
U10 Olamaei Alireza IRI - Petrosyan Arman ARM 0:1

U12 Balu Henish POR - Harutyunian Tigran ARM 0:1
U12 Aghajanyan Arsen ARM - Pamatmat Jarod M USA 0:1

U14 Iskandar Bin Abdullah SIN Grigoryan Karen H ARM 0:1
U14 Manukyan Sargis A. ARM - Cori Jorge PER 0:1
U14 Koc Omer Tarik TUR - Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 0:1

U16 Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM - Arribas Lopez Angel ESP 1:0
U16 Vardanian Haik G. ARM - Rostgaard Tobias DEN 1:0
U16 Galopoulos N GRE - Stamboltsyan Sargis ARM 1:0
U16 Wang Jesse B J CAN - Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 1:0

U18 Shreyansh Daklia Jain IND - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 1:0
U18 Pradeep Kumar Raghu IND - Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 1/2
U18 Tiraturyan David ARM - Shukh Nikolay RUS 0:1

Girls
U8 Yeghiazaryan Yelena ARM - Bye 1:0

U10 Ivanyan Ani ARM - Drogovoz Irina RUS 0:1
U10 Asatryan Sona ARM - Shah Riya KEN 1:0

U12 Ebeling Gabriela FIN - Ghukasyan Siranush ARM 0:1

U14 Azizbekyan Arpi ARM - Pratyusha Bodda IND 0:1

U16 Olsarova Karolina CZE - Gevorgyan Maria ARM 1/2
U16 Shakryan Zozan ARM - Khalilova Khadija AZE 1:0

U18 Repina Varvara RUS - Mnatsakanyan Diana ARM 1:0
 

Results
Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
 

Results
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter ½-½
 

FIDE has confirmed the list of the participants of the World Team Championship which is to be held in Bursa, Turkey, starting from January 3, 2010. Ten countries will fight for the title of the champion - Armenia, Israel, USA, Russia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Greece.
 

Results
Aronian, Levon - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½
 

GM Gabriel Sargissian, in composition of the "Linex Magic" team, took the title of the champion of Spain in this country's Team Championship which was held in Linares. Sargissian's team-mates were Shirov, Adams, Cheparinov, Caruana, Perez Candelario.

In the final match "Linex Magic" won "Marcote" which was lead by Gashimov.
 

24 Armenian chess players are participating in the World Youth Championship (U10-U18) which is being held in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey from November 12 to 22, 2009.

You can follow the games of the World Youth Championship on our website on November 12-16, 18-22, starting from 12:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Armenian IM Robert Hovhannisyan fulfilled the grandmaster norm in Chigorin Memorial which was held in St Petersburg, Russia.
 

Results
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1-0
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
 

Results
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1-0
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
 

Results
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
 

Results
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter ½-½
 

Levon Aronian is taking part in the Tal Memorial which is being held in Moscow, Russia from November 5 to 18, 2009. His opponents are Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen, Leko, Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Svidler, Ponomariov. The main event will be followed by the World Blitz Championship.

You can follow the games of the main tournament of Tal Memorial on our website on November 5-8, 10-14 and the games of the World Blitz Championship on November 16-18 starting from 16:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

GM Sergey Kasparov scored 6 points out of 9 and took the 6th place among 63 participants of the tournament which was held in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.

GM Stewart Haslinger (England) took the first prize with 7,5 points.
 

Armenian IM Levon Babujian fulfilled the grandmaster norm in Chigorin Memorial which was held in St Petersburg, Russia.
 

FIDE published the results of the pairings of the 1st round of the World Cup which is to start on November 20, 2009. Gabriel Sargissian's opponent will be Li Chao B (China), Tigran L. Petrosian's - Georg Meier (Germany). Sergei Movsesian will play with Yu Yangyi (China).
 

GM Hrant Melkumyan scored 7 points out of 9 and shared the 1st-5th places with GMs Volkov (Russia), Zhou Weiqi (China), Rychagov (Russia), Deviatkin (Russia) in Chigorin Memorial which was held in St Petersburg (Russia). IM Robert Hovhannisian scored 6,5, GM Zaven Andriasian, IM Levon Babujian, Vardges Tovmasian 6 points each.

159 chess players took part in the tournament.
 

Armenian chess players took four individual medals in the European Team Championship which was held in Novi Sad, Serbia. Gabriel Sargissian (3rd board) was awarded golden, Tigran L. Petrosian (5th board) silver, Lilit Mkrtchian (2nd board) silver, Lilit Galojan (3rd board) bronze medals.
 

The FIDE has announced the FIDE Rating List by 1st November 2009.

The new ratings of chess players of Armenia are available in our link Ratings by November 1, 2009.