  Vladimir Akopian and Lilit Mkrtchyan occupy 8th place at European Chess Championship March 16, 2010 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Individual Chess Championship among women and men, bringing together 17 Armenian chess players in Rijeka (Croatia), is underway. On March 15 chess players completed the 9th round. Thanks to the victory over Bojan Vuckovic (Serbia), Vladimir Akopian continues to occupy the 8th place. He has had 7 points and is lagging behind the new leader Ian Nepomnyashiy (Russia) by 0.5 points. Hrant Melkoumyan lost to Artyom Timofeev (Russia) and dropped to 29th place. In 9th round Lilith Galoyan met with Elina Danielyan and won. Now she occupies 8th place with 6.5 points. Danielyan dropped to 36th place. Victoria Smilayt (Lithuania) leads the table with 7.5 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 |  Topic Latest news Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
