Armenian chess national team, which is going to participate in the World Championship (to be held in Bursa, Turkey from January 4 to 13, 2010), is having the final preparations in Tsakhkadzor these days.

You can follow the games of the World Team Championship on our website on January 4-9, 11-13, 2010, starting at 17:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

The next issue of "Chess-64" TV program (author and commentator Gaguik Oganessian) will be broadcast on Armenian national TV (h1) on sunday, December 27 at 11:40. Repeat on satellite broadcasting at 13:10 and on the next day at 5:45 (Yerevan time).
 

Armenian GM Igor Zaitsev took the title of Moscow veterans' rapid chess champion. He scored 7,5 points out of 9 in the championship which had 84 participants.
 

GM Avetik Grigoryan scored 7 points out of 9 and took the 3rd place among 136 participants of the tournament which was held in Urmia, Iran. Grigoryan was only half a point behind the winner, GM Farid Abbasoviani (Azerbaijan).
 

President of the Republic of Armenia, President of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan visited Tsakhkadzor olympic centre where the members of Armenian national team are having the final training camp before the World Team Championship which is going to be held in Bursa, Turkey during the first days of the new year.
 

WGM Elina Danielian had to leave the Groningen tournament and return home because of her family misfortune, her Father's untimely death. Elina's friend WGM Nelli Aginian returned to Yerevan with her.

Our condolences to Elina Danielian.
 

Armenian WGMs Elina Danielian and Nelli Aginian have scored 1 point each in the traditional festival which is being held in Groningen, the Netherlands.

9 chess players are leading with 2 points each.
 

Armenian WGMs Elina Danielian and Nelli Aginian won in the first round of the traditional festival which has begun in Groningen, the Netherlands.

68 chess players (mainly men) are taking part in the main tournament of the festival, where Armenian chess players are playing.
 

Armenian WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova (Ukraine) scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the first prize in Bikova memorial which was held in Suzdal, Russia.
 

Match of rapid chess is being held between giant chess players Boris Spassky and Viktor Korchnoi in Elista, Russia.

You can follow the games of the "Battle of Giants" on our website on December 18-21, 23-26, 2009, starting at 16:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Champions of World Chess Olympiads Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Artashes Minasian and Smbat Lputian were awarded the title of "Honoured master of sport of the Republic of Armenia".
 

The next issue of "Chess-64" TV program (author and commentator Gaguik Oganessian) will be broadcast on Armenian national TV (h1) on sunday, December 20 at 11:40. Repeat on satellite broadcasting at 13:00 and on the next day at 4:00 (Yerevan time).
 

Levon Aronian will take part in the traditional supertournament which is to be held in Linares, Spain, from February 12 to 25, 2010. Armenian GM's opponents will be GMs Veselin Topalov, Alexander Grischuk, Vugar Gashimov, Fransisco Vallejo Pons and, probably, Boris Gelfand.

The event of Linares is one of the tournaments of Grand Slam.
 

The subscription of "Chess in Armenia" weekly newspaper for 2010 is currently going on.

Foreign readers can apply to the publishers of the newspaper for their subscription at armchess@arminco.com
 

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian took position in the top 10 of the best sportsmen for 2009. Armenian sports journalists gave Lilit the 10th place in the list composed by them.

We remind that Mkrchian took the 2nd prize in the European Women's Championship this year.
 

Chess lovers can get the books and bulletins published by "Chess in Armenia" magazine in English, Russian and Armenian. The updated list is available at http://www.armchess.am/books.htm

In order to get the details of purchase please contact “Chess in Armenia” Magazine at armchess@arminco.com
 

Total results
MSco White FED - Black FED
7-5 Gelfand, Boris ISR - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR

You can follow the games of the World Cup on our website from November 21 to December 8, December 10 to 14, 2009 at 14:00 (Yerevan time). Online  
 

Armenian 15-year-old chess player Armen Proudian (Brazil) scored 5,5 points out of 7 and took the title of the champion in the U16 group of the Youth Championship of South America which was held in Mendes, not far from Rio de Janeiro. With this important success, Armen Proudian qualifies for the title of FIDE Candidate Master.
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
2-2 Gelfand, Boris ISR ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1.5-1.5 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½-½ Gelfand, Boris ISR
 

23-year-old Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian fulfilled grandmaster's norm in the 76th Brazil Championship which finished in city of Americana. Sevag scored 7,5 points out of 11 and shared the 3rd-4th places with GM Rafael Leitao.

GM Giovanni Vescovi took the title of the champion with 8,5 points. GM Gilberto Milos is the second with 8 points.
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1-1 Gelfand, Boris ISR ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
 

The next issue of "Chess-64" TV program (author and commentator Gaguik Oganessian) will be broadcast on Armenian national TV (h1) on sunday, December 13 at 11:40. Repeat on satellite broadcasting at 13:25 and on the next day at 5:55 (Yerevan time).
 

Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian ended his game against Alexandr Fier with a draw in the last but one round of the 76th Brazil Championship which is being held in city of Americana. Now Sevak is in the 3rd place with 7 points.

Now the leaders are GMs Giovanni Vescovi and Gilberto Milos who have scored 8 and 7,5 points respectively out of 10. The leaders are going to play against each other in the final round.
 

Results
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½-½ Gelfand, Boris ISR
 

Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian lost GM Giovanni Vescovi in the 9th round of the 76th Brazil Championship which is being held in city of Americana. Now Sevak is in the 3rd place with 6,5 points. Vescovi and GM Gilberto Milos have each half a point more than Mekhitarian.

There are two rounds left before the end of the tournament.
 

23-year-old Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian continues to play excellently in the 76th Brazil Championship which is being held in city of Americana. After wining Everaldo Matsuura in the 8th round Mekhitarian scored 6,5 points and began to lead the table solely. The nearest opponents, GMs Gilberto Milos and Goivanni Vescovi, are behind Armenian chess player with half a point each.

Sevag Mekhitarian needs to score only one point in the three rounds left in order to fulfil grandmaster's norm.
 

Total results of round6
MSco White FED - Black FED
2-0 Gelfand, Boris ISR - Karjakin, Sergey UKR
2-4 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
 

Armenian GM Melikset Khachiyan (USA) took the first prize among the 200 participants of the 45th Annual American Open which was held in Los Angeles. Khachiyan scored 6 points out of 8. IM Andranik Matikozyan (Armenia) took the second place with similar result. IM Tatev Abrahamian (USA) was also successful and was behind the winners with one point.
 

Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian continues to play excellently in the 76th Brazil Championship which is being held in city of Americana. After another win in the 7th round Mekhitarian scored 5,5 points in total and shortened the difference between his and GM Goivanni Vescovi's points even more. Now Sevak is only half a point behind the leader.

There are four rounds left before the end of the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) scored 6 points out of 9 and took the 6th place among 46 participants in the tournament which was held in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

GM Anton Kovalyov (Argentina) took the first prize with 7 points.
 

Armenian FM Movses Movsisyan (USA) scored 5,5 points out of 7 and took the 3rd place in the open which was held in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Movsisyan was one point behind the winner, FM Conrad Holt (USA).

32 chess players took part in the tournament.
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
2-0 Gelfand, Boris ISR 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey UKR
1-1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
 

IM Sevag Mekhitarian has scored 4,5 points out of 6 and is currently in the 2nd place in the Brazil Championship which is being held in city of Americana. Mekhitarian is one point behind the leader, GM Giovanni Vescovi.

There are five rounds left before the end of the tournament.
 

Results
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 0-1 Gelfand, Boris ISR
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
 

Total results of round5
MSco White FED - Black FED
1.5-3.5 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - Gelfand, Boris ISR
1.5-3.5 Gashimov, Vugar AZE - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
1.5-0.5 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - Svidler, Peter RUS
0.5-1.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - Karjakin, Sergey UKR
 

The next issue of "Chess-64" TV program (author and commentator Gaguik Oganessian) will be broadcast on Armenian national TV (h1) on sunday, December 6 at 11:40. Repeat on satellite broadcasting at 14:25 and on the next day at 5:55 (Yerevan time).
 

IM Sevag Mekhitarian has scored 2 points out of 3 and is currently in the 2nd place in the Brazil Championship which is being held in city of Americana. After winning GM Rafael Leitao Mekhitarian is only one point behind the leader, GM Giovanni Vescovi.

12 chess players are taking part in the round-robin tournament.
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS ½-½ Gelfand, Boris ISR
1-1 Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
1.5-0.5 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½-½ Svidler, Peter RUS
0.5-1.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey UKR
 

Great chess tournament is going to be held in London from 8 to 15 December, 2009. Eight strong grandmasters are going to participate in the tournament - Kramnik, Carlsen, Nakamura, Short, Adams, Ni Hua, McShane, Howell.

You can follow the games of the London Chess Classic on our website on 8-10, 12-15 December, 2009, starting at 18:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Armenian national team is going to participate in the 7th World's Team Championship to be held in Bursa, Turkey from 3 to 14 January, 2010 with the following composition: Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Tigran Kotanjian (according to the boards). The coach of the team is Arshak Petrosian.
 

Results
Gelfand, Boris ISR ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½-½ Gashimov, Vugar AZE
Svidler, Peter RUS 0-1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE
 

Total results of round4
MSco White FED - Black FED
4.5-3.5 Gelfand, Boris ISR - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA
1.5-3.5 Caruana, Fabiano ITA - Gashimov, Vugar AZE
1.5-0.5 Svidler, Peter RUS - Shirov, Alexei ESP
1.5-0.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - Laznicka, Viktor CZE
0.5-1.5 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - Karjakin, Sergey UKR
4-1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - So, Wesley PHI
3.5-2.5 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - Bacrot, Etienne FRA
5-3 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - Grischuk, Alexander RUS
 

Results
MSco White FED GmRes Black FED
1-1 Gelfand, Boris ISR ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA
1-1 Caruana, Fabiano ITA ½-½ Gashimov, Vugar AZE
1.5-0.5 Svidler, Peter RUS ½-½ Shirov, Alexei ESP
1.5-0.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE ½-½ Laznicka, Viktor CZE
0.5-1.5 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey UKR
1-1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½-½ So, Wesley PHI
1-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne FRA
1-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander RUS
 

IM Mher Hovhanisian scored 5,5 points out of 7 and took the 4th place among 107 participants of the tournament which was held in Leuven, Belgium. Hovhanisian was only half a point behind the winner, FM Stephen Berry (England).