  Armenia to participate in Women's World Chess Championship October 18, 2012 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Elina Danileyan, Lilit Mkrtchyan and Tatev Abrahamyan (U.S.) will participate in Women's World Chess Championship, to be held on November 10- December 2 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The tournament will be played as a 64 player knockout type. Each pairing consists of two games, one with white and one with black. The winner advances. In case of a tie, tiebreaks are played the next day. The final consists of four games at classical time control, followed by four rapid games. The world champion will then defend her title in the Women's World Chess Championship 2013, a ten game match against Hou Yifan, winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012. Partner news  Top stories Berlin will stage the Champions League final for the first time in 2015 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final. “Our win can’t be called an easy one, we never have easy games” FC Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder said. As an amateur, 31-year-old Hovhannisyan gained extensive international experience and was a four-time Armenian National Champion. Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan said he is not planning yet to leave the Ukrainian club.   Partner news |  Latest news ANCA calls for legal actions against Nişanyan sentence  The ANCA asked the State Department to condemn the Turkish government's legal actions against Sevan Nişanyan.U.S. Supreme Court urged to review Genocide-era insurance case The Supreme Court is set to consider all submissions dealing with the Armenian Genocide-era insurance case on June 6.ANCA testimony to call for conditions on Turkey trade deal ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian will testify this coming week before the U.S. International Trade Commission.17 Pakistani children burnt to death as school bus explodes Many vehicles in energy-starved Pakistan are powered by relatively cheap compressed natural gas and cylinder blasts are common. |
