Armenian chess players defeated their Azeri rivalsOctober 1, 2009 - 20:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 8th round of World Junior Chess Championship held in Akhisar, Turkey from September 24 till October 3, Armenian national chess team (below age 16) beat their Azeri rivals 1.5:2.5. Armenian team's winner was Hayk Vardanyan who gained the upper hand over Zaur Mamedov. All other games ended in draw. This is Armenian team's 5th victory, with 3 being consecutive. In the 6th round, Armenian players beat England's team 3:1, and in the 7th round they beat Georgians 3.5:0.5. Let's note that Armenian sportsmen played the first 3 rounds against Turkish players, holding victory in the first two games, and making draw in the last match. In the 4th and 5th rounds, they fell behind Russian and Hungarian teams with minimal scores. There are 22 teams participating in championship, with 6 representing Turkey. In the 9th round, Armenian sportsmen will compete against Indian team, one of tournament leaders. 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. |