  Elina Danielian 23rd in FIDE women’s rankings August 1, 2012 - 21:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Elina Danielian comes 23rd with 2476 points on FIDE official women’s rating list published on August 1, Lilit Mkrtchyan is 34th with 2454. Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgár tops the list with 2698 points, followed by Slovenia’s Anna Muzychuk and China’s Hou Yifan. Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is 20th among juniors, with Karen Grigoryan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan coming 33rd and 55th respectively. Partner news  Top stories Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications. Gor Minasyan won silver medal, Andranik Karapetyan and Izabella Yalyan both won bronze at Junior World Championships in Lima.   Partner news |  Latest news John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000  The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York.Egyptian police block border crossing with Israel amid kidnapping anger Egyptian police was enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula.Syrian forces storming rebel stronghold of Qusair Opposition groups say militants from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement are fighting alongside government forces.Benicio del Toro’s “Jimmy P” debuts in Cannes main competition The film is telling of the relationship between a troubled native American vet and his equally idiosyncratic therapist. |
