4 Armenian players included in FIDE juniors’ rankingsFebruary 1, 2013 - 17:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Elina Danielian took the 29th spot in a February 1 FIDE official women’s rating list with 2466 points; Lilit Mkrtchyan is 34th with 2458 points. Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgár tops the list with 2696 points, followed by China’s Hou Yifan (2617 points) and India’s Humpy Koneru (2598 points). Samvel Ter-Sahakyan took the 16th spot among juniors, with Karen Grigoryan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan coming 26th and 32nd with 2531 and 2517 points respectively. Robert Agasaryan is 97th with 2425 points. Dutch player Anish Giri tops the list with 2772 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. |