Armenia to host "Lake Sevan" traditional international chess tournamentJuly 6, 2009 - 22:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 19-18, the Armenian town of Martuni will host "Lake Sevan" traditional international chess tournament. The 10 chess players participating in competitions are Arman Pashikyan, Tigran Kotanjyan, Avetik Grigoryan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Levon Babujyan (all from Armenia), Ferents Bechesh (Hungary), Li Chao (China), Sergey Zhigalko (Belarus), Igor Lysij (Russia) and Renat Djumbaev (Khazakstan).The tournament will be round robin competitions consisting of 9 rounds. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |