  Elina Danielian climbs 8th at Women's Chess Championship March 13, 2012 - 10:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Elina Danielian gained victory over Salome Melia (Georgia) in the 10th round of 13th European Individual Women's Chess Championship underway in Turkish city of Gaziantep. Lilit Mkrtchian and Anna Hairbeatian defeated Zoya Schleining (Germany) and Emel Kaya (Turkey) respectively. Maria Kursova tied the game against Ukraine’s Natalya Zhukova while Lilit Galojan played in a draw with Azerbaijan’s Turkan Mamedyarova. After 10 rounds, Danielian made it to 8th place, while Lilit Mkrtchian ranked 24th. Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) tops the tournament with 8.5 points. The last, 11th round of the championship will take place on March 13. The championship is based on Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and FIDE Rules of Chess. The playing time is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Total prize amounts to Euro 100 000.   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 |  Latest 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. |
