Samvel Ter-Sahakyan climbs to 10th place at World Junior Chess ChampionshipAugust 5, 2011 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian chess players showed successful performance at U-20 50thWorld Junior & 29th Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011 in Chinnai, India. Young grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, playing with white pieces, beat Argentina’s Leandro Krysa. Having gained 2,5 points, Ter-Sahakyan climbed to the 10th place. Robert Hovhannisyan scored a win against India’s Shardul Gagare; 2 points gained took Hovhannisyan to 45th place. Spain’s Ivan Salgado Lopez is leading the championship with 3 points. Maria Gevorgyan shared points with Poland’s Klaudia Kulon; Gevorgyan is 45th with 1,5 points. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |