Zakarian appointed head of Women’s Grand Prix Appeals CommitteeApril 22, 2013 - 17:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - FIDE appointed the Honorary President of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Honorary Vice-President of FIDE Vanik Zakarian as the chairman of the Appeals Committee at the Women’s Grand Prix tournament, due May 2-16, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland, armchess.am reported. The six stages of Grand Prix will be held in Geneva, Dilijan, Tashkent, Khanty-Mansiysk, Tbilisi and Erdenet. Grandmaster Elina Danielian will represent Armenia at the tournament. 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. |