Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 6th in World Junior U20 Chess Championship![]() August 16, 2012 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan lost to Ukraine's Yaroslav Zherebukh in the final 13th round of World Junior U20 Chess Championship. Meanwhile, Karen Grigoryan and Vahe Baghdasaryan suffered defeats by Michael Antipov (Russia) and Ulvi Bajarani (Azerbiajan) respectively. Ter-Sahakyan scored 9 points to come 6th, Grigoryan was placed 41st with 7 points; Baghdasaryan - 49th with 7 points. With 5,5 points Shushanna Sargsyan came 49th. Partner news Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. 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. Partner news |