Armenian Chess team starts with victory over the Danes in Team ChampionshipOctober 23, 2009 - 10:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Chess team has a good start at the 17th Team Championship in the Serbian town of Novi Sad. Armenian chess players in 1st round, defeated the Danish team with a score of 3:1. Grandmasters Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargsyan first have completed their parties. Both GM shared points with their rivals Lars Bo Hansen and Sune Berg Hansen. A victory of the Armenian national team brought Arman Pashikyan and Tigran Petrosyan, taking precedence over Lars Schandorff and Glud Jakob Vang, respectively. After the first round of the Armenian national team along with other 16 participating teams scored 2 points, but by its individual results shares 7-8 places of the tournament table. Only teams of Hungary and the Netherlands showed absolute results, their all four chess players defeated their rivals. In the second round the Armenian chess players will compete with the Romanian national team, which is ranked 14th in the rating of member teams. 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 | EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |