  Lilit Mkrtchian scores 1st win in Fide Women’s Grand Prix round 4 July 21, 2012 - 14:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Lilit Mkrtchian beat Russia’s Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in Fide Women’s Grand Prix round 4 to score her 1st win, while Elina Danielian (Armenia) tied her game with Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia). After round 4 of Jermuk-hosted tournament, Danielian is 7th with 2 points; Mkrtchian climbed 10th with 1,5 points. China’s Ju Wenjun is leading the tournament with 3,5 points, followed by Hou Yifan (China) and Humpy Koneru (India) with 2,5 points each. In round 5, Danielian and Mkrtchian will face off against Zhao Xue (China) and Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) respectively. Partner news  Top stories Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications. Gor Minasyan won silver medal, Andranik Karapetyan and Izabella Yalyan both won bronze at Junior World Championships in Lima.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.Germans blame Merkel’s stance in eurozone crisis for Eurovision debacle Chancellor Angela Merkel is loathed in parts of Europe for her insisting on painful austerity measures in Greece, Spain and Italy.China’s PM visits India to settle boundary row, boost ties China says Li Keqiang choice of India for his first trip abroad shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. |
