  Gevork Harutyunyan scores victory over Azerbaijani chess player in Dubai April 7, 2010 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Four Armenian chess players (Gevork Harutyunian, Hrant Melkumian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran Kotanjian) won the 2nd round matches of Dubai Open Chess Championship, which hosts 150 participants from 32 countries. The tournament leader Tigran Petrossian was defeated by an opponent from Iran. Gevork Harutyunian scored a 1:0 victory over Azerbaijani chess player Shabanov Nurlan Mammad oglu. Hrant Melkumian is currently the 11th with 2 points. The tournament is played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss System, with time control of 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with an incremental time of 30 seconds per move. The Championship Organizing Committee will grants the prize fund of US $45000 and the winner will be awarded the custody of Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Mactoum Cup. If two or more players share the same place, the money will be equally shared. In case of shared first place, the Cup will be awarded by the average rating of 8 strongest opponents of the each involved player. Top ten prizes are: 1st place - $8000, 2nd - $5000, 3rd - $4000, 4th - $3500, 5th - $2500, 6th - $2200, 7th - $2000, 8th - $1700, 9th - $1500, 10th - $1300. Special prizes for ladies - $2300, special prizes for local players - $6000.   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 |  Latest news 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.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow 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.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
