Varuzhan Hakobyan suffers another defeat in Corus chess tournament"January 22, 2010 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Corus chess festival continues in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee until January 31. Armenian grandmaster Varuzhan Akopian (USA) plays in the «B» tournament. In the 5th round Hakobyan lost Parimardzhanu Negi (India) and has only one point, comes last in the standings.At 6 round Hakobyan met with Parimarjan Negi (India). In the 6th round Hakobyan will meet with Pentala Harikrishna (India). Varuzhan Hakobyan is an Armenian grandmaster. In 1992, he came 3rd in the Junior Championships of Armenia. At the world championship among juniors (Czechoslovakia) Hakobyan was the 8th among 50 participants. Since 2002, Hakobyan has represented the United States, and in 2005 took the 8th place in Alajuela Open Champion. In 2006, Varuzhan Hakobyan was the bronze medalist of the Chess Olympiad. In 2007, he was second in the World Open Champion. In 2008, Hakobyan won the Chicago Open tournament. Corus Chess 2010 is the International Chess Tournament, which takes place annually in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee. In 2008, the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian became the winner of the tournament. 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. |