Armenian chess players mostly take second places at international tournamentsDecember 8, 2009 - 18:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan, which represents the United States, became the winner of US OPEN Tournament. The tournament has been held 45 times in Los Angeles. According uschess.org, this year US OPEN was attended by 200 chess players. Melikset Khachiyan scored 6 out of possible 8 points and became the winner. International master Andranik Matikozyan representing Armenia with the same result took the 2nd place. The city of Stillwater (Oklahoma, USA) hosted an international chess tournament attended by 32 players. FIDE Master Movses Movsisyan (USA), who collected 5.5 points out of possible 7, took the 2nd place. Movses Movsisyan is 1 point behind the tournament leader Conrad Holt (FIDE Master). 12 chess players take part in the 76th Brazilian chess championship in the city of Americana, from December 2 to 12. After the 7th round the international master Grigor Sevak Mekhitarian scored 5.5 points and took the second place. He is behind Giovanni Veskovi by 0,5 points. 4 rounds are still to be held before the end of the tournament. Grandmaster Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) in the Portuguese town of Figueira da Foz took 6th place among 46 participants of the open chess tournament. He earned 6 points. The winner of the tournament was Anton Kovalyov (Argentina) with 7 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |