Gabriel Sargsyan scores first victory at Inventichess 2009September 22, 2009 - 02:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Gabriel Sargsyan scored his first victory over Bulgaria's Antoaneta Stefanova in the fourth round of Inventichess 2009 going on in Antwerp, Belgium. In the first round, Sargsyan suffered a defeat from France's Etienne Bacrot. In the second and third rounds, he made a draw with Emil Sutovsky (Israel) and Bartosz Socko (Poland) respectively. In the fifth round, Sargsyan will play vs. David Howell (United Kingdom). Standings after 4 rounds: Bacrot, Sutovsky - 3 points; Sasikiran, Muzychuk - 2.5 points; Sargsyan, Stefanova - 2 points, Michiels, Timman, Socko - 1.5 points, Howell - 0.5 points. 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 | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “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. |