Young Armenian grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan beat Gabriele Botta of Switzerland in U-20 World Junior Chess Championship’s 1st round.

Robert Hovhannisyan, who recently won gold at World Team Chess Championship, shared points with India’s Ashwath R.

At Junior Girls Chess Championship, Maria Gevorgyan lost to Georgia’s Nazi Paikidze.

Chinnai, India is hosting 50thWorld Junior & 29th Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011 on August 1-16, with 125 male and 69 female chess players participating.