  European Rapid & Blitz Women's Chess Championships due March 15-17 March 15, 2012 - 10:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After the 13th European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2012 completed in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, some of participants left while others stayed to take part in the European Rapid and Blitz Women's Chess Championships. Rapid chess players will compete on March 15-16, and Blitz championship will take place on March 17. The Rapid and Blitz Women's Chess Championships are based on Swiss system, comprising 11 and 13 rounds respectively. Partner news  Top stories Armenia’s U17 football team arrived in Hungary on May 20 to participate in a friendly tournament, due May 21-24. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. report says religious freedom still restricted in Turkey  Despite these provisions, the report noted, the government provides favorable and prejudicial treatment to Sunni Islamic groups.European Commission urges EU-wide exchange of income data “I want to see this principle of automatic exchange become the standard at international level as well,” Barroso said.Cooperation between Armenian, Artsakh police discussed President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met Tuesday, May 21, with Armenian Police chief Vladimir Gasparyan.Israeli army denies Syria claims of destroyed vehicle An army spokeswoman said a vehicle had been damaged by gunfire from Syria but no Israeli soldiers were hurt. |
