Armenian team won't participate in Baku-hosted Chess OlympiadJuly 25, 2016 - 13:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian men's chess team won't be leaving for Baku to participate in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in the Azerbaijani capital, Aravot cited deputy chairman of the Chess Federation of Armenia, grandmaster Smbat Lputian as saying. According to some sources, the Greek team has no intention of going to Baku either, although FIDE's deputy president Georgios Makropoulous is Greek. The international conference Theoretical and Practical Issues of Chess Education in Schools will be held in Armenia's Tsaghkadzor from September 30 to October 3. The event is organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia and the Ministry of Education and Science. Related links: 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 | 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |