November 25, 2009 - 12:57 AMT
Varuzhan Hakobian of USA - last Armenian grandmaster at World cup 2009
Varuzhan Hakobian of USA is the last Armenian grandmaster at World cup 2009 chess championship, launched on November 21 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
In the second round of World cup 2009 Varuzhan Hakobian will rival Ruslan Ponomaryov of Russia.
Earlier, two Olympic champions, Armenia's Gabriel Sargsyan and Tigran Petrosyan dropped out of championship, beaten by Georg Meier (Germany) and Li Chao (China).