  Armenia to face China in World Chess Olympiad last round September 8, 2012 - 13:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The last, 11th round of Istanbul-hosted World Chess Olympiad is due September 9, with Armenian team to face off against Hungary, 5th with 15 points. After round 10, Armenian team has gained 17 points to share the 1-3 places. Tiebreak points place China 1st, followed by Armenia and Russia. In round 11, China and Russia will rival Ukraine and Germany respectively. Armenian chess players got off to a successful start at the championship, having beaten Bolivian, Bangladesh, Spanish, Philippine and Ukrainian teams. Armenia tied a game against Russia, and lost to China. 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. |
