Armenia Third after Three Tours of World Chess ChampionshipNovember 4, 2005 - 16:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The third tour of the World Chess Championship took place in Beer Sheva, Israel. The Armenian team met with the Ukrainian chess players and won 2.5:1.5. The victory was gained by Levon Aronyan, who played with Vasiliy Ivanchuk. The other three games were played in a draw.To remind, in the first tour the Armenian team played in a draw with the Israeli team. In the second tour our chess players won an impressive victory over Georgia 3:1. After three tours the tournament table is as follows: 1. Russia with 8 scores, 2. China (7.5), 3. Armenia (7.5.), 4. Israel (6), 5. Cuba (4.5). The 6th and 7th positions are taken by Ukraine and U.S. with 4 scores. Georgia has 4. In the fourth tour the Armenian chess players will met with the U.S. team. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |