Avetik Grigoryan leads Mikhail Chigorin Chess MemorialOctober 26, 2012 - 21:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Avetik Grigoryan tops the standings at Mikhail Chigorin Memorial International Chess Festival. He beat Konstantin Zalkind (Israel), Shamil Arslanov (Russia), Miroslav Vlasenko (Russia) and Poland’s Bartosz Soćko in the past four rounds. Grigoryan will face off against Azerbaijan’s Vasif Durarbeyli, who comes 2nd with 4 points. The event has brought together more than 300 players, with 75 grandmasters among them. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |