GM Karen Movsziszian scored 7 points out of 9 and took the second prize in the round-robin tournament which was held in Palma de Majorca, Spain. GM Azer Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) won with 8 points.
 

Lilit Mkrtchian is taking part in the FIDE Grand Prix tournament which is being held in Nanjing, China, from September 27 to October 9, 2009. Her opponents are Nana Dzagnidze, Marie Sebag, Zhao Xue, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Shen Yang, Munguntuul Batkhuyag, Martha Fierro, Betul Yildiz, Baira Kovanova, Ju Wenjun.

You can follow the games of the Nanjing tournament on our website from September 28 to October 2, from October 4 to 9, starting from 12:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

GMs Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Zaven Andriasian are taking part in the European Club cup-2009 in composition of the "Mika" (Yerevan) team. The tournament is being held in Ohrid, Macedonia from October 3 to 10.

The members of "Mika" women's team in European Club Cup are WGMs Elina Danielian, Harika Dronavalli, Nino Khurtsidze, Lilit Galojan.
 

FIDE has appointed international arbiter Ashot Vardapetian (Armenia) the Chief Arbiter of the World Chess Cup which is to start on November 20, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
 

Armenian national youth team (Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Haik G. Vardanyan, Tigran S. Petrosyan, Robert Aghasaryan, Vahe Baghdasaryan, coach - Tigran Nalbandyan) are taking part in the World Youth U16 Olympiad which is being held in Akhisar, Turkey from September 24 to October 3, 2009.

You can follow the games of the World Youth Olympiad on our website from September 25 to 28, September 30 to October 2, starting from 12:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

FIDE has decided that one of the Women's Grand Prix tournaments is going to be held in Jermuk, Armenia from June 23 to July 6, 2010.
 

GMs Gabirel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian will take part in the World Cup which is to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, starting from November 20, 2009. The 128 participants of the tournament will fight with the "knock out" sytem not only for the cup, but as well for the right to participate in the World Champion candidates' tournament.
 

23 Armenian chess players are going to participate in the World Youth Championship (U10-U18) which is to be held in Kemer, Turkey from November 11 to 23, 2009.
 

Lilit Mkrtchian is taking part in the FIDE Grand Prix tournament which is being held in Nanjing, China, from September 27 to October 9, 2009. Her opponents are Nana Dzagnidze, Marie Sebag, Zhao Xue, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Shen Yang, Munguntuul Batkhuyag, Martha Fierro, Betul Yildiz, Baira Kovanova, Ju Wenjun.

You can follow the games of the Nanjing tournament on our website from September 28 to October 2, from October 4 to 9. Online
 

GM Avetik Grigoryan and WFM Anna Hairapetian will take part in the World U20 juniors and girls championships to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from October 21 to November 4, 2009.
 

Armenian national youth team (Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Haik G. Vardanyan, Tigran S. Petrosyan, Robert Aghasaryan, Vahe Baghdasaryan, coach - Tigran Nalbandyan) will take part in the World Youth U16 Olympiad to be held in Akhisar, Turkey from September 24 to October 3, 2009.
 

Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov are going to have a match, consisting of 12 games (4 rapid and 8 blitz) in Valencia, Spain from 21 to 24 September, 2009. The duel is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Kasparov-Karpov first historical match which was held in Moscow, in 1984-1985.

You can follow the games of the Kasparov-Karpov match on our website on September 22-24, starting from 22:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

GMs Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian and Tigran L. Petrosian, in composition of the Armenian national team, will take part in the 17th European Team Championship which is to be held in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 21 to 30.

The members of Armenian women's national team in the European Women's Team Championship will be WGMs Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelli Aginian and WIM Siranush Andriasian.

You can follow the games of the European Team Championship on our website from October 22 to 30. Online
 

GMs Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Zaven Andriasian in composition of the "Mika" (Yerevan) team will take part in the European Club cup-2009 which is to be held in Ohrid, Macedonia from October 3 to 10.

The members of "Mika" women's team in European Club Cup will be WGMs Elina Danielian, Harika Dronavalli, Nino Khurtsidze, Lilit Galojan.

You can follow the games of the European Club Cup-2009 on our website from October 4 to 10. Online
 

Olympic champion Gabriel Sargissian is taking part in the round-robin InventiChess 2009 tournament which is being held in Antwerp, Belgium from September 18 to 26. His opponents are Etienne Bacrot, Jan Timman, Emil Sutovsky, Krishnan Sasikiran, Bartosz Socko, David Howel, Antoaneta Stefanova, Anna Muzychuk and Bart Michiels.

You can follow the games of the InventiChess 2009 tournament on our website from September 18 to 26, starting from 17:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Levon Aronian will take part in the Tal Memorial which is to be held in Moscow from November 4 to 19, 2009. The opponents of the Armenian chess player will be Vishwanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Vasili Ivanchuk, Aleksander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomarjov.

You can follow the games of the Tal Memorial on our website from November 4 to 19. Online
 

GM Melikset Khachiyan, scoring 5 points out of 6, took the title of the South California champion in the tournament which was held in San Diego, USA.
 

GM Karen Movsziszian scored 5,5 points out of 9 and took the second prize in the round-robin tournament which was held in Almagro, Spain. GM Azer Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) won with 7 points.
 

After the end of the Bilbao tournament the "Grand Slam" was given to the winner, Levon Aronian.
 

Round 6
Karjakin - Aronian  1/2
Shirov   - Grischuk 1/2

Final standing
1. Aronian Levon     13
2. Grischuk Alexander 8
3. Karjakin Sergey    7
4. Shirov Alexei      3

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
 

Armenian GM Levon Aronian won the Grand Slam before the last round of the tournament which is being held in Bilbao, Spain.
 

Round 5
Aronian  - Shirov   1-0
Grischuk - Karjakin 1/2
 

Attention, the last round of the Grand Slam Masters Final will begin at 19:00 (Yerevan time) on September 12, 2009.
 

Round 9

Armenia   - Ukraine 1,5:2,5
Danielian - Ushenina  1-0
Mkrtchian - Zhukova   ½-½
Galojan   - Gaponenko 0-1
Aginian   - Zdebska   0-1

India   - USA     3:1
Russia  - China-2 3:1
China-1 - Vietnam 2:2
Georgia - Poland  3:1

Standing

    Team     + = - TB1 TB2
 1. China-1  5 2 2 12  21,5
 2. Russia   4 4 1 12  21,0
 3. Ukraine  4 4 1 12  20,5
 4. Georgia  5 1 3 11  20,0
 5. Armenia  4 2 3 10  18,5
 6. Poland   4 2 3 10  17,5
 7. India    4 1 4  9  17,5
 8. USA      2 2 5  6  16,5
 9. China-2  2 2 5  6  16,0
10. Vietnam  0 2 7  2  11,0

You can follow the games of the World Women's Team Championship on our website from 2 to 11 September, starting from 11:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Round 4
Aronian - Grischuk 1-0
Shirov  - Karjakin 1/2
 

16-year-old Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan took the title of the champion of the continent in the U18 group of the European Youth Championship which was held in Fermo, Italy.
 

Attention, the last round of the World Women's Team Championship will begin at 7:00 (Yerevan time) on September 11, 2009.
 

Round 8

China-2 - Armenia       1,5:2,5
Tan Zhongyi   - Danielian 1-0
Zhang Xiaowen - Mkrtchian 0-1
Wang Yu A     - Galojan   0-1
Wang Xiaohui  - Aginian   ½-½

USA     - Georgia    1:3
Poland  - China-1  1,5:2,5
Vietnam - Russia     1:3
Ukraine - India    2,5:1,5
 

23 Armenian chess players are taking part in the European Youth Chess Championship which is being held in Fermo, Italy.

You can follow the games of the European Youth Championship on our website from August 31 to September 9, 2009 from 18:00 (Yerevan time). Online

Round 9
Name                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Rk. Group
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel  1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7,5   1   B18
Vardanian Haik G     ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 5,5  20   B18
Gevorgyan David      1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 5,0  39   B18
Baghdasaryan Vahe    1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 6,5   4   B16
Aghasaryan Robert    1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 6,5   8   B16
Grigoryan Karen H    1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 5,5  27   B14
Pluzyan Aram         1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 4,5  53   B14
Apresyan Zohrak      1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 5,5  23   B14
Harutyunian Tigran K 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 6,0  11   B12
Petrosyan Manuel     1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 5,5  23   B12
Aghajanyan Arsen     0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 4,0  61   B12
Mezhlumyan Marat     ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 5,0  40   B12
Petrosyan Arman      0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 6,5   7   B10
Gesyan Suren         0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5,0  31   B10
Mkrtchyan Mikayel    1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6,5   5   B10
Asatryan Sona        0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3,0  57   G10
Khorotyan Milena     0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3,0  55   G10
Ghukasyan Siranush   0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5,0  34   G12
Matevosyan Kristina  0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4,5  42   G12
Gaboyan Susanna      0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4,0  46   G14
Azizbekyan Arpi      0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 4,0  56   G14
Meseljyan Astghik    0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 4,0  44   G16
Sargsyan Shushanna   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4,0  39   G18
 

This book by Gaguik Oganessian (Yerevan, 2009) is dedicated to the great chess event, France-Armenia match, which was held in France in June, 2009. Two of the strongest teams of the world, Armenian and French, were fighting for the Armavia Chess Trophy with the rules of the rapid chess in Paris. All the games played during the match, many photos, informative materials are published in the book.

Chess lovers, who wish to get this book, can contact us with armchess@arminco.com
 

Round 7

Armenia   - Vietnam           3,5:0,5
Danielian - Hoang Thi Bao Tram  1-0
Mkrtchian - Pham Le Thao Nguyen ½-½
Galojan   - Hoang Thi Nhu Y     1-0
Aginian   - Vo Thi Kim Phung    1-0

Ukraine - USA        2:2
India   - China-2  2,5:1,5
Russia  - Poland     2:2
China-1 - Georgia  3,5:0,5

Standing

    Team     + = - TB1 TB2
 1. Poland   4 2 1 10  15,0
 2. China-1  4 1 2  9  17,0
 3. Ukraine  2 4 1  8  15,5
 4. Russia   2 4 1  8  15,0
 5. Armenia  3 2 2  8  14,5
 6. Georgia  3 1 3  7  14,0
 7. India    3 1 3  7  13,0
 8. USA      2 2 3  6  14,5
 9. China-2  2 2 3  6  13,5
10. Vietnam  0 1 6  1   8,0

You can follow the games of the World Women's Team Championship on our website from 2 to 11 September, starting from 11:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Round 3
Karjakin - Grischuk 1-0
Shirov   - Aronian  0-1
 

GM Karen Movsziszian, like last year, took the first prize in the festival which was held in Imperia, Italy. Movsziszian scored 7 points out of 9.

160 chess players, representing 10 countries, took part in the festival.
 

GM Georgy Arzumanian, not having a single loss, took the 3rd prize in the Matskevich Memorial which was held in Kharkov, Ukraine. Arzumanian scored 6 points out of 9. GM Mikhail Simantsev (Ukraine) took the first place with 7,5 points.
 

Round 2
Aronian  - Karjakin 1:0
Grischuk - Shirov   1:0
 

Round 6

Poland      - Armenia  0,5:3,5
Rajlich     - Danielian  0-1
Zawadzka    - Mkrtchian  0-1
Dworakowska - Galojan    0-1
Majdan      - Aginian    ½-½

USA     - China-1   3:1
Georgia - Russia  1,5:2,5
Vietnam - India     1:3
China-2 - Ukraine   2:2
 

Round 1
Grischuk - Aronian 1:0
Karjakin - Shirov  1/2
 

Armenian GM Levon Aronian is taking part in the Grand Slam Masters Final which is taking place in Bilbao, Spain September 5-12th 2009. His opponents are 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 20:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Round 4

China-1    - Armenia 3,5:0,5
Hou Yifan  - Danielian 1-0
Zhao Xue   - Mkrtchian ½-½
Ju Wenjun  - Galojan   1-0
Huang Qian - Aginian   1-0

USA     - Russia   1:3
Georgia - India    3:1
Poland  - Ukraine  2:2
Vietnam - China-2  1:3
 

Round 3

Armenia    - Russia       2:2
Danielian  - Kosintseva   ½-½
Mkrtchian  - Kosintseva   ½-½
Galojan    - Kovalevskaya 1-0
Andriasian - Gunina       0-1

Vietnam - USA      2:2
China-2 - Poland  1½:2½
Ukraine - Georgia  1:3
India   - China-1  1:3
 

Round 2

USA        - Armenia  3,5:0,5
Krush      - Danielian  1:0
Zatonskykh - Mkrtchian  ½:½
Goletiani  - Aginian    1:0
Abrahamian - Andriasian 1:0

Russia  - India   1,5:2,5
China-1 - Ukraine   1:3
Georgia - China-2   2:2
Poland  - Vietnam 2,5:1,5
 

Round 1

India      - Armenia   2:2
Dronavalli - Danielian 1:0
Sachdev    - Mkrtchian 0:1
Karavade   - Galojan   1:0
Gomes      - Aginian   0:1

Poland  - USA     2,5:1,5
Vietnam - Georgia 1,5:2,5
China-2 - China-1   1:3
Ukraine - Russia    2:2
 

Armenian women's national team (Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelli Aginian, Siranush Andriasian, coach - Arsen Yegiazarian) is taking part in the world team championship which is being held in Ningbo, China from 1 to 12 September. The other participants of the championship are the national teams of China (1st and 2nd), Georgia, India, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam.
 

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

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

IM Mher Hovhannisian, not losing a single game, scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the first prize in the round-robin tournament which was held in Brasschat, Belgium.