  Armenian grandmaster sole leader of Chess Classic FIDE OPEN December 8, 2017 - 12:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan is the sole leader of Chess Classic FIDE OPEN after defeating English grandmaster Jonathan Hawkins in round 7. Ahead of the pen-ultimate round, the Armenian chess player has 6.5 points and will face Israel's Tamir Nabaty (6.0 points). Gabriel Sargissian, also from Armenia, performed well too in round 7 and has 5.5 points overall.   Top stories Henrikh Mkhitaryan described the season as "positive", despite the injuries he has had to deal with. Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will reportedly stay with Roma at least by the end of summer. Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has said that he wants to enjoy every minute of playing football. Fonseca has said that he wants to sign on-loan Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan to permanent deals.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia reports 160 new coronavirus cases, 541 recoveries  177,322 tests have been performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.Global coronavirus infections surpass 20 million There are now more than 20m cases of the novel coronavirus worldwide, including over 12,2m recoveries.WHO chief sees "green shoots of hope" in global fight against Covid-19 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started his briefing by noting the scale of the coronavirus pandemic.MIT researcher estimates 1 in 4300 air travelers will contract Covid-19 The only way to move forward through the pandemic is to start thinking in terms of risk-benefit ratios. |
