  COMING CHESS TOURNAMENT AFTER TIGRAN PETROSIAN - ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN WORLD, GARRY KASPAROV CONSIDERSJune 8, 2004 - 20:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov considers that from the point of view of participant membership, the tournament devoted to the 75-th birthday of 9th World Champion Tigran Petrosian is not inferior to those held in Linares and Wijk aan Zee. In his words, as reported by Gazeta.ru, "out of the world strongest grand masters, only Vladimir Kramnik will not take part in the tournament." It should be noted that the tournament will be held in Moscow June 9-15 between the national team of Armenia and the world combined team. Garry Kasparov will head the Armenian team and Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand will be at the head of the world team. The prize fund of the competition will make $48 thousand, of which the winner team will gain $36 thousand.   Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot".   Partner news |  Latest news Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”  Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”Armenia says wants expanded transport, energy connectivity Pashinyan says Armenia is interested in the expansion of connectivity in transport, energy, telecommunications and other directions.Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution.U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
