Armen Proudian lands 5th at American Continental Chess ChampionshipMay 11, 2022 - 13:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brazilian-Armenian chess master Armen Proudian has secured eight points out of the possible 11 at the XV American Continental Chess Championship in San Salvador, El Salvador. Proudian, who represents Brazil, shared the 2nd to 8th spots but ended up in the 5th place after additional coefficients were taken into account, A1Plus reports. Another Brazilian-Armenian chess player, Grigor-Sevak Mkhitaryan collected seven points to share the 14th-24th spots. Timur Gareyev from the United States, meanwhile, secured 9.5 points to win the American Continental Chess Championship title. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |