Armenian GM Sergei Movsisian wins Czech Open 2016August 1, 2016 - 15:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsisian won the main tournament of the Czech Open 2016 international chess and games festival. The tournament was held in the Czech city of Pardubice on July 22-30, moscowchess.org reports. The Armenian grandmaster gained 7.5 points in 9 rounds. Half a point behind him was a 9-member group of players. In June 2016, Movsisian won the Teplice Open Chess Tournament 2016 gaining 7 points out of 9 possible. 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. |