  Samvel Ter-Sahakyan drops 4th at World Junior U20 Chess Championships August 13, 2012 - 12:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan beat India’s Das Debashish in Athens-hosted World Junior U20 Chess Championships round 10. With 7,5 points, the player dropped to the 4th place. Meanwhile, Karen Grigoryan scored a win against Mads Andersen (Denmark) to come 8th with 7 points. Vahe Baghdasaryan tied a game vs. Poland’s Marcel Kanarek, with Shushanna Sargsyan losing to Ukraine’s Yulia Osmak in Girls U20 round 10. 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 China’s PM visits India to settle boundary raw, 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.Tunisian police clash with Islamists over rally ban The government last week said it had barred the Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia from holding its annual congress in Kairouan.EU says concerned over human rights record in Russia The European Union said it would closely watch developments affecting non-governmental organizations in Russia.John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000 The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. |
