Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Raffi Hamparian consulted this week with U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen.

A long-sleeve new t-shirt by HUF features the flag of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) alonside some two dozen other flags down both sleeves.

Levon Aronian of Armenia defeated Russia's Ernesto Inarkiev in round two of FIDE Grand Prix in Palma de Mallorca.

"The hope was built into the story," he said. "To me, the challenge was being able to distill it in a couple of verses and a chorus.