  Armenians improve positions at Junior Chess Championship August 8, 2011 - 13:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Robert Hovhannisyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan improved their positions in the standings of the World Junior Chess Championship 2011 in Chennai, India. Both GMs scored 5 points, Ter-Sahakyan is 3rd, while Hovhaniisyan is 5th. And they are just one point behind the leader of the championship, Axel Rombaldoni of Italy. In the next round, Ter-Sahakyan will rival Rombaldoni, whereas Hovhannisyan will face Niclas Huschenbeth of Germany, who is currently the runner up. Among girls, Maria Gevorgyan scored 2,5 points and is 41st in the standings. She will play against Philippines’ Mae Frayna in round 7.   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 |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaArmenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
