  Samvel Ter-Sahakyan scores second win at World U20 Chess Championships August 4, 2012 - 10:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Samvel Ter-Sahakyan beat India’s Diptayan Ghosh in Athens-hosted World Junior U20 Chess Championships round 2. Meanwhile, Karen Grigoryan and Vahe Baghdasaryan tied games vs. Paul Velten (France) and Saleh Salem (UAE) respectively. Ter-Sahakyan comes 7th with 2 points; Grigoryan is 32nd with 1.5 point. Among female chess players, Shushanna Sargsyan tied a game against Brazil’s Ferreira Medeiros. 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 North Korea launches another short-range missile - report  The South Korean Defense Ministry said it had increased its monitoring of North Korea and was on standby to deal with any further developments.Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest, Dorians finish 18th (video) Emmelie de Forest, 20, had been the overwhelming favorite among the 26 entries, with her song Only Teardrops.Artsakh President attends Berdzor town 21st anniv. liberation events Bako Sahakyan noted the liberation of Berdzor town as an important military, political and psychological victory.Weekly digest of foreign currency deals Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. |
