Armenian Chess Federation has decided to support Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's candidacy at the forthcoming FIDE presidential elections.
 

WGM Nana Dzagnidze

Results
Dzagnidze, Nana      - Kosintseva, Tatiana    1-0
Mkrtchian, Lilit     - Chiburdanidze, Maia    1-0
Hou Yifan            - Cramling, Pia          1-0
Shen Yang            - Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Danielian, Elina       1-0
Xu Yuhua             - Kovanova, Baira        1-0
 

Armenian IM Gor Airapetian (Russia) has scored 3,5 points after the six rounds of the "King's Gambit" tournament which is being held in Lipetsk, Russia. The leader is GM Andrey Zontakh (Ukraine) who has won all the six games.
 

WGM Tatiana Kosintseva

Results
Kosintseva, Tatiana    - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0
Danielian, Elina       - Hou Yifan           ½-½
Cramling, Pia          - Xu Yuhua            ½-½
Stefanova, Antoaneta   - Mkrtchian, Lilit    0-1
Kovanova, Baira        - Shen Yang           0-1
Fierro Baquero, Martha - Dzagnidze, Nana     0-1
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 8 points out of 11 and shared the 4th-10th places in the open which was held in Eforie, Romania. Sevag was only half a point behind the winners, GMs Maxim Turov, Alexei Gavrilov (Russia) and Marius Manolache (Romania). GM Turov took the first prize in the tie-break.

181 chess players took part in the tournament.
 

World Chess Federation, by the suggestion of the FIDE Trainers' Commission, has awarded the title of FIDE Senior to the Director of the republican chess school, Vladimir Hayrapetyan.
 

WGM Hou Yifan

Results
Dzagnidze, Nana     - Kovanova, Baira        1-0
Mkrtchian, Lilit    - Kosintseva, Tatiana    ½-½
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0
Hou Yifan           - Stefanova, Antoaneta   1-0
Xu Yuhua            - Danielian, Elina       ½-½
Shen Yang           - Cramling, Pia          ½-½
 

WGM Lilit Mkrtchian

Results
Danielian, Elina       - Shen Yang           1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta   - Xu Yuhua            1-0
Kovanova, Baira        - Chiburdanidze, Maia ½-½
Hou Yifan              - Mkrtchian, Lilit    1-0
Cramling, Pia          - Dzagnidze, Nana     ½-½
Fierro Baquero, Martha - Kosintseva, Tatiana 0-1
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 7 points out of 9 and is sharing the 2nd-9th places in the open which is being held in Eforie, Romania. Sevag is only half a point behind the leader, GM Marius Manolache (Romania).

Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
 

Results
Dzagnidze, Nana     - Danielian, Elina       1-0
Mkrtchian, Lilit    - Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Kovanova, Baira        1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Cramling, Pia          1-0
Xu Yuhua            - Hou Yifan              1-0
Shen Yang           - Stefanova, Antoaneta   0-1
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 6,5 points out of 8 in the open which is being held in Eforie, Romania. He is only half a point behind the leader, GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy).

Three rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
 

Results
Danielian, Elina     - Chiburdanidze, Maia    1-0
Kovanova, Baira      - Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0
Cramling, Pia        - Kosintseva, Tatiana    ½-½
Hou Yifan            - Shen Yang              0-1
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Dzagnidze, Nana        0-1
Xu Yuhua             - Mkrtchian, Lilit       0-1
 

President of RA, president of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan and FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the opening ceremony of the Grand Prix

Results of the Pairings
 1. Xu Yuhuaa
 2. Hou Yifan
 3. Stefanova
 4. Danielian
 5. Cramling
 6. Kovanova
 7. Fierro
 8. Kosintseva T.
 9. Chiburdanidze
10. Dzagnidze
11. Shen Yang
12. Mkrtchian
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 5,5 points out of 7 in the open which is being held in Eforie, Romania. He is one point behind the leader, GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy).
 

18-year-old Armenian chess player Nikita Matinian (Russia) fulfilled International Master's norm in the open which was held in Voronezh.
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 4,5 points out of 6 in the open which is being held in Eforie, Romania. He is one point behind the leader, GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy).
 

GM Avetik Grigoryan scored 6,5 points out of 9 and shared the 3rd-5th places in the open which was held in Voronezh, Russia. He was half a point behind the winners, GMs Rakhmanov and Khismatulin (Russia).

GM Artur Gabrielian, Nikita Matinian, IM Gor Airapetian, Suren Poghosyan scored 5, Tigran Simonian - 4,5, IM Gevorg Ajrapetian and Vardan Grigorian - 4, Aghasi Inants - 3 points.

103 chess players took part in the tournament.
 

Armenian IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 4 points out of 5 in the open which is being held in Eforie, Romania. He is one point behind the leader, GM Vocaturo (Italy).

150 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 

FIDE Women's Grand Prix 4th tournament (Genrikh Kasparian Memorial) is being held in Jermuk, Armenia from June 24th to July 5th, 2010. The participants are WGMs Hou Yifan (China), Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), Pia Cramling (Sweden), Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia), Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia), Xu Yuhua (China), Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia), Elina Danielian (Armenia), Shen Yang (China), Baira Kovanova (Russia), Martha Fierro (Ecuador).

You can follow the games of the Grand Prix Jermuk tournament on our website on June 23-29, July 1-5, 2010, starting at 15:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Within the bounds of Ruy Lopez Memorial a rapid chess tournament was held in Villafranca de los Barros, Spain. GMs Fabiano Caruana (Italy) and Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria) shared the 1st-2nd places with 7,5 points out of 9.

GM Gabriel Sargissian scored 6,5 points and took the 3rd prize among the 52 participants of the tournament.
 

GM Avetik Grigoryan has scored 6 points out of 8 before the last round of the open which is being held in Voronezh, Russia. He is half a point behind the leaders, GMs Rakhmanov and Khismatulin (Russia).

GM Artur Gabrielian has scored 5, Nikita Matinian, IM Gor Airapetian, Suren Poghosyan, IM Gevorg Ajrapetian and Vardan Grigorian - 4 points each.
 

Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian scored 5,5 points out of 9 and took the 16th place among the 82 participants of the open which was held in Varna, Bulgaria. GM Jojua (Georgia), GM V. Georgiev (Macedonia) and IM Dimitrov (Bulgaria) won the tournament with 7 points each.
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan scored 6 points out of 7 and took the 4th place in the open which was held in Tehran, Iran. He was half a point behind the winners, GMs Moradiabadi and Ghaem Maghami (Iran).

GM Artur Chibukhchian scored 5 points and took the 9th place among 121 participants of the tournament.
 

GM Avetik Grigoryan has scored 4,5 points out of 6 in the open which is being held in Voronezh, Russia. He is half a point behind the leaders, GMs Kokarev, Khismatulin and Dvoyris (Russia).

GM Artur Gabrielian has scored 4, IM Gor Airapetian - 3,5, Nikita Matinian and Vardan Grigorian - 3 points each.
 

GM Tigran Kotanjian scored 8 points out of 9 and took the 4th place among 109 participants of the open which was held in Mashhad, Iran. Kotanjian was half a point behind the winners, GMs Malaniuk (Ukraine), Ghaem Maghami (Iran) and Mirzoev (Azerbaijan).
 

Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian has scored 4,5 points out of 7 in the open which is being held in Varna, Bulgaria. GM Paligras (Romania) and IM Dimitrov (Bulgaria) are leading the table with 6 points each.
 

Results
Cheparinov, Ivan   - Cramling, Pia        1-0
Caruana, Fabiano   - Salgado Lopez, Ivan  1-0
Malakhov, Vladimir - Cori T., Deysi       1-0
Perez Candelario   - Sargissian, Gabriel  ½-½

Final standing
1. Cheparinov, Ivan     6
2. Caruana, Fabiano     4½
3. Malakhov, Vladimir   4½
4. Sargissian, Gabriel  4
5. Salgado Lopez, Ivan  4
6. Perez Candelario     2
7. Cramling, Pia        2
8. Cori T., Deysi       1

You can follow the games of the Ruy Lopez festival on our website from June 12 to 18, starting at 20:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

GM Pavel Ponkratov scored 9 points out of 11 and won the blitz tournament which was held at Voronezh chess festival. GM Artur Gabrielian had the best result among Armenian chess players. He scored 7,5 points and took the 12nd place among the 113 participants.
 

Results
Salgado Lopez, Ivan - Malakhov, Vladimir ½-½
Sargissian, Gabriel - Caruana, Fabiano   ½-½
Cramling, Pia       - Perez Candelario   ½-½
Cori T., Deysi      - Cheparinov, Ivan   0-1
 

Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian has scored 4,5 points out of 6 and is half a point behind the six leaders of the open which is being held in Varna, Bulgaria.
 

GM Avetik Grigoryan and GM Artur Gabrielian have scored 3,5 points each out of 5 in the open which is being held in Voronezh, Russia. They are one point behind the leader, GM Viacheslav Zakhartsov.

Nikita Matinian has scored 3, IM Gor Airapetian, IM Gevorg Ajrapetian, Suren Poghosyan - 2,5 points each.
 

Results
Cheparinov, Ivan   - Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano   - Perez Candelario    0-1
Malakhov, Vladimir - Sargissian, Gabriel 1-0
Cori T., Deysi     - Cramling, Pia       0-1
 

Armenian GM Artur Gabrielian has scored 3,5 points out of 4 and is leading the table with six other participants of the open which is being held in Voronezh, Russia.

GM Avetik Grigoryan, IM Gevorg Ajrapetian and Nikita Matinian are behind the leaders with one point. IM Gor Airapetian and Suren Poghosyan have scored 2, Tigran Simonian, Vardan Grigorian and Aghasi Inants - 1,5 points each.
 

Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian has scored 2,5 points out of 4 and is one point behind the seven leaders of the open which is being held in Varna, Bulgaria.

Results
Salgado Lopez, Ivan - Cori T., Deysi      1-0
Sargissian, Gabriel - Cheparinov, Ivan    ½-½
Cramling, Pia       - Caruana, Fabiano    ½-½
Perez Candelario    - Malakhov, Vladimir  0-1
 

Olympic Champion Levon Aronian is currently having another preparation session in Yerevan before the forthcoming big competitions.
 

Armenian Chess Federation appointed GM Ashot Anastasian as senior coach of Armenian Women's national team which is preparing for the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad.

These days the strongest Armenian woman chess players are having preparations in Tsakhkadzor headed by Anastasian.
 

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian scored 5 points out of 6 and took the second prize in the National Open which was held in Las Vegas, USA. Akobian was only half a point behind the winner, GM Timur Gareyev (Uzbekistan).

Andranik Matikozyan shared the 6th-10th places with 4,5 points. Tatev Abrahamian scored 4, Melikset Khachiyan - 3 points.

105 chess players took part in the tournament.
 

Armenian GM Artur Gabrielian has scored 2,5 points out of 3 in the open which is being held in Voronezh, Russia. He is only half a point behind the leaders, GMs Zakhartsov, Rakhmanov and Glek.

GM Avetik Grigoryan, IM Gor Airapetian and Nikita Matinian have scored 2 points each.
 

Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian has scored 2,5 points out of 3 and is half a point behind the five leaders of the open which is being held in Varna, Bulgaria.
 

Results
Cheparinov, Ivan    - Perez Candelario     1-0
Salgado Lopez, Ivan - Cramling, Pia        1-0
Cori T., Deysi      - Sargissian, Gabriel  0-1
Malakhov, Vladimir  - Caruana, Fabiano     0-1
 

Armenian WIM Karina Ambartsumova scored 5,5 points out of 7 and won the rapid chess tournament which was held in Moscow and was devoted to the Day of Independence of Russia. Ambartsumova was ahead of WGMs Batkhuyag Munguntuul and Olga Girya in the tie-break.
 

Armenian GM Artur Gabrielian has scored 2 points out of 2 and is leading the table with 9 other participants of the open which is being held in Voronezh, Russia.

GM Avetik Grigoryan, IM Gor Airapetian and Nikita Matinian are behind the leaders with one point. IM Gevorg Ajrapetian, Tigran Simonian, Suren Poghosyan and Vardan Grigorian have scored 1 point each.

101 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 

Armenian IM Valentin Panbukchian has scored 2 points out of 2 and is leading the table with 14 other participants of the open which is being held in Varna, Bulgaria.

82 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 

Results
Caruana, Fabiano    - Cheparinov, Ivan     ½-½
Sargissian, Gabriel - Salgado Lopez, Ivan  ½-½
Perez Candelario    - Cori T., Deysi       0-1
Cramling, Pia       - Malakhov, Vladimir   0-1
 

WGM Lilit Galojan will take part in the Gyorgy Marx 8th Memorial which is going to be held in Paks, Hungary from August 5 to 16.

Galojan's opponents will be World many-times champion Gaprindashvili (Georgia), Kononenko (Ukraine) and Hungarians Madl, Vajda and Toth.
 

Results
Sargissian, Gabriel - Cramling, Pia      1-0
Salgado Lopez, Ivan - Perez Candelario   1-0
Cheparinov, Ivan    - Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0
Cori T., Deysi      - Caruana, Fabiano   0-1
 

Champion of Armenia Avetik Grigoryan, young chess players Aghasi Inants, Suren Poghosyan are taking part in the big open which started in Voronezh, Russia.
 

IM Eduard Mnatsakanian scored 8 points out of 9 and took the title of the champion in the Armenian Senior Championship which was held in Yerevan. 41 chess players took part in the tournament.

Mnatsakanian became Armenian Seniors' Champion for the third time.
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan scored 7,5 points out of 11 and took the 22nd place among the 354 participants of the open which was held in Mumbai, India. GM Dmitry Kokarev (Russia) became the winner of the tournament with 9 points.

GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) scored 7, GM Hrair Simonian - 6,5, WIM Tatiana Kasparova (Belarus) - 6 points.
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan has scored 7,5 points out of 10 before the last round of the open which is being held in Mumbai, India. He is one point behind the leader, GM Dmitry Kokarev (Russia).

GM Sergey Kasparov and WIM Tatiana Kasparova (Belarus) have scored 6 points each, GM Hrair Simonian - 5,5 points.
 

Olympic champion Gabriel Sargissian is taking part in the 4th international Ruy Lopez Festival which is being held in Villafranca de los Barros, Spain from June 12 to 18, 2010. Armenian grandmaster's opponents are Malakhov (Russia), Caruana (Italy), Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Salgado Lopez, Perez Candelario (Spain), Cramling (Sweden), Cori (Peru).

You can follow the games of the Ruy Lopez festival on our website from June 12 to 18, starting at 20:00 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian scored 5,5 points out of 7 and took the 4th place among the 104 participants of the open which was held in Fortaleza, Brazil. Sevag was only half a point behind the winner, Rafael Leitao.
 

Armenian young chess player Armen Proudian (Brazil) scored 5,5 points out of 7 and shared the 2nd-4th places among the 50 participants of the Brazil U16 Youth Championship which was held in Catanduva, Brazil. Armen was only half a point behind the winner, Joao Paulo Cassemiro.
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan has scored 6,5 points out of 9 in the open which is being held in Mumbai, India. The leader is GM Dmitry Kokarev (Russia) with 8 points.

GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) has scored 6, GM Hrair Simonian - 5,5, WIM Tatiana Kasparova (Belarus) - 5 points.
 

Armenian WIM Tatev Abrahamian (USA) fulfilled men's international master norm in the open which was held in Chicago, USA.
 

FIDE appointed IA Ashot Vardapetian as deputy chief arbiter of the World Chess Olympiad which is to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk. Another Armenian IA Armen Nikoghosian will be one of the arbiters of the Olympiad.
 

Armenian GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) has scored 5,5 points out of 7 in the open which is being held in Mumbai, India. He is one point behind the leader, GM Kokarev (Russia).

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan has scored 5, GM Hrair Simonian - 4,5, WIM Tatiana Kasparova (Belarus) - 4 points.

Four rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
 

Aronian - Gelfand 2:4

You can follow the games of the Leon tournament on our website on June 5 and 6, starting at 19:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 

Aronian - Dominguez 2,5:1,5
 

Gelfand - Vallejo   3,5:2,5
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan has scored 4 points out of 4 and is leading the table with 7 other participants in the open which is being held in Mumbai, India.

GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) has scored 3, GM Hrair Simonian and WIM Tatiana Kasparova (Belarus) - 2,5 points each.
 

Levon Aronian is taking part in the traditional rapid chess tournament which is being held in Leon, Spain, from June 4 to 6, 2010. Armenian grandmaster's opponents are Boris Gelfand (Israel), Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) and Fransisco Vallejo Pons (Spain).

Four games will be played in the Semi-Final matches. Gelfand and Vallejo will meet on June 4th, Aronian and Dominguez - on June 5th. The winners will play the Final match on June 6th.

You can follow the games of the Leon tournament on our website from June 4 to 6, starting at 19:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan has scored 3 points out of 3 and is leading the table with 24 other participants in the open which is being held in Mumbai, India.

GMs Hrair Simonian and Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) have each scored 2,5, WIM Tatiana Kasparova (Belarus) 2 points.

354 chess players are taking part in the tournament.
 

WGM Lilit Galojan scored 5,5, Maria Gevorgyan and WFM Lia Martirosyan - 4,5 points each out of 9 in the Maia Chiburdanidze Cup which was held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The winner was WGM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) with 8 points.
 

FIDE confirmed that the World Champion candidate's matches will be held in two countries. It is planned that four of the eight qualifiers will play in Baku, the other four, including Levon Aronian, in another country which will be adjusted additionally.

Currently seven of the eight qualifiers are known: Aronian, Topalov, Kramnik, Carlsen, Kamsky, Gelfand, Radjabov.

According to preliminary decision, the matches, which will be held with the knockout system will begin on March 1, 2011.
 

Armenian young chess player Armen Proudian (Brazil) scored 4,5 points out of 6 and took the 4th place among the 70 participants of the open which was held in Ribeirao Preto.

Marcos Vinicius Torsani took the first prize with 5,5 points.
 

WGM Lilit Galojan has scored 5, Maria Gevorgyan - 4,5, WFM Lia Martirosyan - 4 points out of 8 before the last round of the Maia Chiburdanidze Cup which is being held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

WGM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) is leading the table with 7 points.
 

WGM Lilit Galojan has scored 5 points out of 7 and is sharing the 2nd-8th places in the Maia Chiburdanidze Cup which is being held in Tbilisi, Georgia. WGM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) is leading the table with 6,5 points.

Maria Gevorgyan has scored 4,5, WFM Lia Martirosyan - 3 points.

Two rounds are left before the end of the tournament.
 

Levon Aronian will take part in the traditional rapid chess tournamet which is to be held in Leon, Spain, from June 4 to 6, 2010. Armenian grandmaster's opponents will be Boris Gelfand (Israel), Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) and Fransisco Vallejo Pons (Spain).

You can follow the games of the Leon tournament on our website from June 4 to 6, starting at 19:30 (Yerevan time). Online
 

GM Sergey Grigoriants scored 4 points out of 7 and took the silver medal in the Moscow 2010 Championship. IM Nikolai Chadaev became the champion of the capital of Russia with the similar result.
 

GM Varuzhan Akobian scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the 7th place among the 149 participants of the open which was held in Chicago (USA). GM Melikset Khachiyan and WFM Tatev Abrahamyan scored 6 points each.

GM Loek Van Wely (Nederlands) took the first prize with 7,5 points.
 

WGM Lilit Galojan has scored 4 points out of 6 in the Maia Chiburdanidze Cup which is being held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Maria Gevorgyan has scored 3,5, WFM Lia Martirosyan - 2 points.

WGM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) is leading the table with 5,5 points.