Pairings at World Youth Chess Championship announcedNovember 18, 2011 - 14:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World Youth Chess Championship kicks off in Caldas Novas, Brazil, on November 18. Armenia’s line-up is as follows: Karen Grigoryan, Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Robert Aghasaryan. In the 1st round, Grigoryan and Gabuzyan will clash vs. David Zhang (Canada) and Bernardo Vizzotto in U16 age category. World silver medalist Samvel Ter-Sahakyan will face off against Elfer Cutipa Loayza (Peru), Youth Olympic Champion Robert Aghasaryan will rival Bernardo Vainzoff Stokbant (Brazil) in U18 age category. Over a thousand chess players from 72 countries participate in the event. Chess players will compete in 6 age categories – under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 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 | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |