Anna Hairapetian wins Armenian Women’s Chess ChampionshipJanuary 21, 2013 - 20:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - International Master Anna Hairapetian beat Mariana Gasparian in Armenian Women’s Chess Championship final round to gain the champion’s title. Hayrapetyan scored 7 points out of 7 possible to win an AMD 300 thous. prize and a right to join Armenian national team in 2013. Armine Babayan and Narine Gasparian became the championship runners-up to gain AMD 200 and 150 thous. prizes respectively. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |