Samvel Ter-Sahakyan: after round 8, I finally believed I’ll winDecember 13, 2011 - 15:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U18 World Chess Champion, Armenia’s Samvel Ter-Sahakyan believes hard training helped him win in Brazil. “Actually, my opponents were pretty strong, yet 6 consecutive victories heartened me greatly, so retaining leadership was all I had to strive towards from then on,” Ter-Sahakyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Ter-Sahakyan confessed to having had the hardest time in a round 7 match vs. Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev, who became the championship runner-up. “He too, played to win. None of us meant to give in. As a result we struggled for 5 hours before ageing to a tie,” the grandmaster said. “It was only after the 8th round that I believed my victory possible. I was happy to become a champion,” Ter-Sahakyan said. The young chess player will participate in 2012 Armenian Chess Championship with the further agenda to be announced later. 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. |