  Gabriel Sargssian currently third at Ruy Lopez Chess Festival 2010 June 14, 2010 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Villafranca de los Barros (Spain) is hosting Ruy Lopez Chess Festival 2010 on June 12-18, with participation of Armenian grandmaster Gabriel Sargssian. In the first round Sargssian defeated Sweden’s Pia Cramling. Then, tied his second game vs. Spain’s Ivan Salgado Lopez. After two rounds, Sargssian is the third with 1.5 points. Bulgaria’s Ivan Cheparinov is the leader of the tournament, followed by Italy’s Fabiano Caruana, both of them with 1.5 point. The Armenian grandmaster will compete with Peru’s Deysi Cori in the third round.   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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
