David Zakarian scored 6 points out of 9 in the open which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Zakarian was one point behind the winner, IM Marcos Llaneza Vega (Spain).

Aghasi Inants finished the tournament with 5 points and added his elo with 30 points.
 

Armenian women's national team (Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelli Aginian, Siranush Andriasian, coach - Arsen Yegiazarian) will take part in the world team championship to be held in Ningbo, China from 1 to 12 September.

National teams of China (1st and 2nd), Georgia, India, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam will also take part in the championship.

You can follow the games of the World Women's Team Championship on our website from 1 to 12 September. Online
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan, scoring 6 points out of 7, took the first prize in the rapid chess tournament which was held in the "Armen" chess club in Isfahan, Iran.

43 chess players took part in the tournament.
 

David Zakarian has scored 4,5, Aghasi Inants - 4 points out of 7 in the open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. The leader is GM Arun Prasad (India) with 6 pointss.
 

Armenian WGM Evgenija Dolukhanova (Ukraine) has scored 2 points out of 2 and is one of the leaders in the Rudenko Memorial which is being held in St. Petersburg (Russia).

42 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 

Hrair Simonian had great success in the rapid tournament which was held within the bounds of Abu Dhabi chess festival (UAE). Scoring 7 points out of 9, he took the first prize.

Hrant Melkumyan shared the 3rd-4th places with 6,5 points. Zaven Andriasian scored 5 points.
 

Aghasi Inants has scored 4 points out of 6 in the open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. The leader is GM Arun Prasad (India) with 5,5 points.
 

Zaven Andriasian took the first prize with a brilliant result (8,5 points out of 9) in the blitz tournament which was held within the bounds of Abu Dhabi festival (UAE). Zaven was with 1,5 points ahead of the nearest opponents, GMs Yuri Drozdovkij (Ukraine) and Hrant Melkumyan. 52 chess players took part in the tournament.

After that rapid chess tournament started in Abu Dhabi. GM Hrair Simonian has scored 4 points out of 5 and is sharing the 1st-3rd places with GMs Zurab Sturua (Georgia) and Bassem Amin (Egypt). GM Hrant Melkumyan has scored 3,5, Andriasian - 3 points. 31 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 

David Arutinian (Georgia), scoring 6 points out of 9, took the first prize in the grandmaster's round-robin tournament which was held in Olomouts (Czech Republic). Vigen Mirumian (Czech Republic) took the 3rd place with 6 points in the other grandmaster's tournament. Vigen was half a point behind the winner, Konstantin Maslak (Russia).
 

Armenian chess player Aghasi Inants has scored 3 points out of 4 in the open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. The leader is IM Stefan Bromberger (Germany) with 4 points.
 

Levon Aronian has scored totally 500 points after the 5th tournament of the Grand Prix series which was held in Jermuk and has become unreachable for all the opponents, regardless of the last, 6th tournament.

Our congratulations!

Armenian GM David Arutinian (Georgia) scored 7,5 points out of 9 and took the second place among the 372 participants of the 16th Open which was held in Vienna, Austria. David was half a point behind the winner, GM Samy Shoker (Egypt).

FM Vrezh Ordian (Armenia) took the 42th place with 6 points.

Armenian young chess player Aghasi Inants has begun successfully the 6th Kalamaria open which is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Aghasi has scored 2,5 points out of 3 and is only half a point behind the leaders.

103 chess players are taking part in the tournament.

Results
Gelfand Boris    - Leko Peter          1-0
Eljanov Pavel    - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2
Karjakin Sergey  - Kamsky Gata         1/2
Bacrot Etienne   - Cheparinov Ivan     1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry - Alekseev Evgeny     1/2
Akopian Vladimir - Ivanchuk Vassily    0-1
Aronian Levon    - Inarkiev Ernesto    1-0

Final standing
 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily    8½
 2. Aronian, Levon       8
 3. Gelfand, Boris       8
 4. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 7½
 5. Leko, Peter          7½
 6. Alekseev, Evgeny     7½
 7. Karjakin, Sergey     7
 8. Eljanov, Pavel       6½
 9. Bacrot, Etienne      6
10. Kamsky, Gata         6
11. Jakovenko, Dmitry    5
12. Akopian, Vladimir    5
13. Inarkiev, Ernesto    4½
14. Cheparinov, Ivan     4

You can follow the games of the Grand Prix tournament on our website on 9-13, 15-18, 20-23 August, 2009, starting from 15:00 (Yerevan time). Online

On August 23 the last round of the Grand Prix tournament, which is being held in Jermuk will start at 13:30 (Yerevan time).

Results
Leko Peter          - Aronian Levon    1/2
Inarkiev Ernesto    - Akopian Vladimir 1/2
Ivanchuk Vassily    - Jakovenko Dmitry 1/2
Alekseev Evgeny     - Bacrot Etienne   1/2
Cheparinov Ivan     - Karjakin Sergey  1/2
Kamsky Gata         - Eljanov Pavel    1-0
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Gelfand Boris    0-1

Armenian GM David Arutinian (Georgia) has scored 6 points out of 7 in the 16th Open which is being held in Vienna, Austria. David is one point behind the leader, GM Samy Shoker (Egypt). Arutinian is playing against Shoker with whites in the 8th round.

Results
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Leko Peter       1/2
Gelfand Boris       - Kamsky Gata      1/2
Eljanov Pavel       - Cheparinov Ivan  1-0
Karjakin Sergey     - Alekseev Evgeny  1/2
Bacrot Etienne      - Ivanchuk Vassily 1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry    - Inarkiev Ernesto 0-1
Akopian Vladimir    - Aronian Levon    1/2
 

GMs Ashot Anastasian, Zaven Andriasian, Hrant Melkumyan scored 7 points each out of 9 and shared the 2nd-6th places with GMs Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia) and Stanislav Savchenko (Ukraine) in the 18th Open which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Anastasian was the 3rd, Andriasian - the 4th, Melkumyan - the 6th on the tie-break. They were all half a point behind the winner, GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus). GM Hrair Simonian and WGM Lilit Galojan scored 6 points each and took the 18th and 23th places respectively.

Armenian GM David Arutinian (Georgia) has scored 5 points out of 6 in the 16th Open which is being held in Vienna, Austria. David is one point behind the leader, GM Samy Shoker (Egypt).

Results
Leko Peter       - Akopian Vladimir    1/2
Aronian Levon    - Jakovenko Dmitry    1-0
Inarkiev Ernesto - Bacrot Etienne      1-0
Ivanchuk Vassily - Karjakin Sergey     1/2
Alekseev Evgeny  - Eljanov Pavel       1-0
Cheparinov Ivan  - Gelfand Boris       0-1
Kamsky Gata      - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2
 

GM Ashot Anastasian has scored 6,5 points out of 8 and shares the 2nd-3rd places with GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus) in the 18th Open which is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Before the last round he is only half a point behind the leader Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia). GMs Zaven Andriasian, Hrant Melkumyan and Hrair Simonian have scored 6 points each. WGM Lilit Galojan has scored 5,5 points.

Armenian GM David Arutinian (Georgia) has scored 4,5 points out of 5 and is sharing the 3rd-9th places in the 16th Open which is being held in Vienna, Austria. David is half a point behind the leaders, Andrei Kovalev (Belarus) and Samy Shoker (Egypt).

Armenian GM Ashot Anastasian has scored 6 points out of 7 and is the leader with Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia) and Bassem Amin (Egypt) in the 18th Open which is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. GM Zaven Andriasian is among the 5 participants who are only half a point behind the leaders. GMs Hrant Melkumyan, Hrair Simonian and WGM Lilit Galojan have scored 5 points each.

There are 2 rounds left before the end of the tournament.

WGM Elina Danielian scored 5,5 points out of 9 and took the 21st place among the 99 participants of the 18th Acropolis-open, which was held in Athens, Greece. Elina had the best result among the woman chess players of the open and was awarded the first prize in the respective nomination.

Danielian was one point behind the winners, GMs Borki Predojevic (Bosnia/Hercegovina), Hristos Banikas, Ioannis Papaioannou (Greece), Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria) who took the respective places on the tie-break.

Results
Kamsky Gata         - Leko Peter       1/2
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Cheparinov Ivan  1-0
Gelfand Boris       - Alekseev Evgeny  1/2
Eljanov Pavel       - Ivanchuk Vassily 1/2
Karjakin Sergey     - Inarkiev Ernesto 1/2
Bacrot Etienne      - Aronian Levon    1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry    - Akopian Vladimir 1/2

Armenian GMs Ashot Anastasian, Zaven Andriasian and Hrant Melkumyan have scored 5 points each out of 6 and are the leaders with 6 other chess players in the 18th Open which is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. GM Hrair Simonian has scored 4,5, WGM Lilit Galojan - 4 points.

There are 3 rounds left before the end of the tournament.
 

Armenian GM David Arutinian (Georgia) has scored 3 points out of 3 and is the leader with 21 other participants in the 16th Vienna International Open Chess Championship which is being held in Austria.

375 chess players take part in the tournament.

Results
Leko Peter       - Jakovenko Dmitry    1/2
Akopian Vladimir - Bacrot Etienne      1/2
Aronian Levon    - Karjakin Sergey     1/2
Inarkiev Ernesto - Eljanov Pavel       1/2
Ivanchuk Vassily - Gelfand Boris       1-0
Alekseev Evgeny  - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2
Cheparinov Ivan  - Kamsky Gata         1/2

 

Armenian GMs Ashot Anastasian and Zaven Andriasian have scored 4,5 points each out of 5 and are the leaders with GM Rakhmanov (Russia), GM Amin (Egypt) and IM Laxman (India) in the 18th Open which is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Hrant Melkumyan, Hrair Simonian have scored 4, Lilit Galojan - 3 points.

Armenian GM Tigran Gharamian (France) scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the 15th place in the jubilee tournament devoted to the 200 years of the Zurich Chess Association. GMs Alexander Areshchenko (Ukraine) and Boris Avrukh (Israel) had the best results - 7,5 points each. Areshchenko became the winner in the tie-break.

272 chess players took part in the tournament.

Results
Cheparinov Ivan     - Leko Peter       0-1
Kamsky Gata         - Alekseev Evgeny  0-1
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Ivanchuk Vassily 1/2
Gelfand Boris       - Inarkiev Ernesto 1-0
Eljanov Pavel       - Aronian Levon    1-0
Karjakin Sergey     - Akopian Vladimir 1-0
Bacrot Etienne      - Jakovenko Dmitry 1-0

Results
Leko Peter       - Bacrot Etienne      1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry - Karjakin Sergey     1/2
Akopian Vladimir - Eljanov Pavel       1/2
Aronian Levon    - Gelfand Boris       1-0
Inarkiev Ernesto - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 0-1
Ivanchuk Vassily - Kamsky Gata         1/2
Alekseev Evgeny  - Cheparinov Ivan     1-0
 

Armenian Grandmasters Zaven Andriasian, Ashot Anastasian, Hrant Melkumyan, Lilit Galojan have scored 2 points each out of 2 and are among the 30 leading participants in the 18th Open which is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. GM Hrair Simonian has scored 1,5 points.

118 chess players take part in the tournament.

Armenian GM Tigran Gharamian (France) has scored 5,5 points out of 7 in the Zurich Jubilee 2009 devoted to the 200 years of the Zurich Chess Association. He is only half a point behind the leader, Boris Avrukh (Israel) and shares the 2nd place with a group of chess players.

Results
Alekseev Evgeny     - Leko Peter       1/2
Cheparinov Ivan     - Ivanchuk Vassily 0-1
Kamsky Gata         - Inarkiev Ernesto 1-0
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Aronian Levon    1-0
Gelfand Boris       - Akopian Vladimir 1-0
Eljanov Pavel       - Jakovenko Dmitry 1/2
Karjakin Sergey     - Bacrot Etienne   1-0

During the period of the FIDE Grand Prix Jermuk tournament Armenian National Television (h1) broadcasts special issues which are presented by chess commentator Gaguik Oganessian.

The schedule of the programs:

August 13, at 23:50
August 15, at 23:30
August 16, at 00:40
August 17, at 01:35
August 18, at 01:25
August 20, at 01:40
August 21, at 01:30
August 22, at 01:10
August 23, at 23:10

Results
Leko Peter       - Karjakin Sergey     1-0
Bacrot Etienne   - Eljanov Pavel       1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry - Gelfand Boris       1/2
Akopian Vladimir - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2
Aronian Levon    - Kamsky Gata         1-0
Inarkiev Ernesto - Cheparinov Ivan     1/2
Ivanchuk Vassily - Alekseev Evgeny     1-0
 

One of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix tournaments will also be held in Armenia, in 2010. FIDE and Armenian Chess Federation made an agreement upon it. The representative of Armenia, as the organizing country, will be WGM Lilit Mkrtchian. We remind that Armenian WGM Elina Danielian also takes part in the Grand Prix, as the chess player nominated by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
 

Results
Ivanchuk Vassily    - Leko Peter       1/2
Alekseev Evgeny     - Inarkiev Ernesto 1-0
Cheparinov Ivan     - Aronian Levon    1/2
Kamsky Gata         - Akopian Vladimir 1/2
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Jakovenko Dmitry 1/2
Gelfand Boris       - Bacrot Etienne   1/2
Eljanov Pavel       - Karjakin Sergey  1/2

Armenian GM Levon Aronian will take part in the Grand Slam Masters Final which will take place in Bilbao, Spain September 5-12th 2009. His opponents will be Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine), Alexei Shirov (Spain).

You can follow the games of the Bilbao tournament on our website on 6-8, 10-12 September, starting from 19:00 (Yerevan time). Online

Results
Leko Peter       - Eljanov Pavel       1/2
Karjakin Sergey  - Gelfand Boris       1/2
Bacrot Etienne   - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry - Kamsky Gata         1-0
Akopian Vladimir - Cheparinov Ivan     1/2
Aronian Levon    - Alekseev Evgeny     1-0
Inarkiev Ernesto - Ivanchuk Vassily    1/2

Results
Inarkiev Ernesto    - Leko Peter       0-1
Ivanchuk Vassily    - Aronian Levon    1/2
Alekseev Evgeny     - Akopian Vladimir 1/2
Cheparinov Ivan     - Jakovenko Dmitry 1-0
Kamsky Gata         - Bacrot Etienne   1/2
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Karjakin Sergey  1/2
Gelfand Boris       - Eljanov Pavel    1/2

The 5th FIDE Grand Prix tournament (Tigran Petrosian memorial) is being held in Jermuk, Armenia. The participants of the Jermuk tournament are GMs Levon Aronian, Dmitry Jakovenko, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Etienne Bacrot, Sergey Karjakin, Gata Kamsky, Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Alekseev, Vladimir Akopian, Vassily Ivanchuk, Ivan Cheparinov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

During the period of the FIDE Grand Prix Jermuk tournament, from 9 to 23 August, 2009, Armenian National Television (H1) broadcasts special issues which are presented by chess commentator Gaguik Oganessian.

The schedule of this week's programs:

August  9, at 23:15
August 10, at 01:30
August 11, at 23:20
August 12, at 00:20
August 13, at 23:50
August 15, at 23:30
August 16, at 00:40

During the period of the FIDE Grand Prix "Chess in Armenia" magazine publishes special issues (every other day) devoted to the Jermuk tournament. In parallel to the Grand Prix other important events of the chess life will find place in those issues.

Armenian young grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan had great success in the big open which was held in Kavala, Greece. Melkumyan shared the 1st-2nd places with GMs David (Luxembourg), Sandipan, Gupta (India), Nevednichi (Roumania), Volkov (Russia) and Mamedov (Azerbaijan), scoring 7 points out of 9. Melkumyan took the 4-rd place by tie-break. David is the first.

Zaven Andriasian scored 6, Elina Danielian - 5,5, Nelly Aghinian - 4,5 points.

160 chess players took part in the tournament.

Armenian GM Levon Aronian will take part in the final tournament of the "Grand Slam" which will be held in Bilbao, Spain from 6 to 12 September, 2009.His opponents will be Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Alexei Shirov.

According to the organizers of the "Grand Slam", Aronian is playing instead of Veselin Topalov.

Armenian GMs Zaven Andriasian and Hrant Melkumyan have scored 5,5 points each after the 7 rounds in the open tournament which is being held in Kavala, Greece. They are only half a point behind the leaders - GMs Alberto David (Luxembourg) and Chanda Sandipan (India).

Nelly Aghinian has scored 4, Elina Danielian - 3,5 points.

160 chess players are taking part in the tournament.

Armenian GM Levon Aronian took the title of the World Champion of Rapid Chess in the festival which was held in Mainz, Germany.

Olympic champion GM Levon Aronian takes part in the Rapid World Championship with the current World Champion Anand, GM Naiditsch, GM Nepomniachtchi.

Aronian also participates in the Chess 960 World Championship with GMs Movsesian, Nakamura, Bologan.

Olympic champions GM Vladimir Akopian, GM Gabriel Sargissian, as well as several other Armenian chess players play in the Ordix Open 2009. GMs Grishcuk, Bacrot, Gashimov, Kamsky, Mamdeyarov, Nakamura, Navara, Bologan are among their main opponents.

All these tournaments are included in the program of Chess Classic Mainz 2009 which is being held from 28th July to 2nd August. You can follow the games of the Mainz festival on our website, starting from 13:00 (Yerevan time). Online