Moscow Open 2009: Armenian chess players rank 20th to 62nd after 4 toursFebruary 4, 2009 - 17:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmasters Gabriel Sargsyan and Rafael Vahanyan, gaining 3 points each, rank 20th to 62nd at Moscow Open 2009 chess tournament.Ukraine's Yuri Ayrapetjan has proved the most successful Armenian player in the tournament so far, with 3.5 points on his credit after 4 tours. According to the drawing, Gabriel Sarkissyan (rating 2677) and Rafael Vahanyan (rating 2596) will be competing against Russian grandmasters Dmitriy Chuprov (rating 2571) and Nikolyay Pushkarev (rating 2486) in the 5th tour. According to FIDE rating, both representatives of Russia come second to their rivals from Armenia, but have equal fixture list positions. 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 | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |