Vladimir Hakobyan wins first victory at European Individual Chess ChampionshipMarch 7, 2009 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first round of the 10th individual Chess Europe Championship starting March 6, in Budva (Montenegro) has come to its end. The start for the four Armenian players was successful. The Olympic players, Vladimir Hakobyan, Artashes Minasyan and also the grand masters, Tigran Kotanjyan and Zaven Andreasyan started the game with attacks. Armenia's champion Arman Pashikyan and grand master Tigran Petrosyan ended their rounds in a draw. Arthur Chibukhchyan, the International master, suffered a defeat letting a grand master from Holland, Ivan Sokolov, take over him. In the second round of European Championship Vladimir Hakobyan will compete with a grand master from Croatia, Ivan Sharich. Another Olympic champion, Tigran Petrosyan, will compete with a Turkish chess player Mustafa Yilmaz, who in the first round split with peace with the champion of Armenia, Arman Pashikyan. It should be mentioned that 310 chess players will participate this year in the Championship of Europe, of which the Armenian chess player Vladimir Hakobyan has the highest rating. The tournament consists of 11 rounds and will pass under the Swiss system. The game dates of the tournament are scheduled for March 6-17. March 13 is the day off. The closing ceremony of European championship is scheduled to take place March 18. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |