Lilit Mkrtchyan scores second victory at FIDE Women Grand PrixOctober 5, 2009 - 11:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian chess player Lilit Mkrtchyan scored her second victory in the 6th tour of FIDE Women Grand Prix championship due in Nanjing, China. In the 5th and 6th tours of the championship Lilit Mkrtchyan scored victories over China's Zhao Xue and Ecuador's Martha Fierro accordingly. After the 6th tour, Lilit Mkrtchyan, with 3,5 points to her score, shares 3rd to 6th places of tournament table with China's Zhao Xue and Xu Yuhua. In the 7t tour Lilit Mkrtchyan will play with black pieces against Mongolia's Munguntuul Batkhuyag. Results after 6th tour: Zhao Xue (China) - Zhu Chen (Qatar) - 1:0 Baira Kovanova (Russia) - Betul Yildiz (Turkey) - 1:0 Marie Sebag (France) - Ju Wenjun (China) - 1:0 Xu Yuhua (China) - Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) - 0:1 Shen Yang (China) - Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mongolia) - 0,5:0,5 Lilit Mkrtchyan (Armenia) - Martha Fierro (Equador) - 1:0 Standings after 6th tour: Nana Dzagnidze - 5; Marie Sebag - 4; Lilit Mkrtchyan, Xu Yuhua, Zhao Xue - 3,5; Ju Wenjun, Zhu Chen, Munguntuul Batkhuyag, Baira Kovanova - 3; Shen Yang - 2,5; Martha Fierro - 2; Betul Yildiz - 0. 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 | 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. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |