Armenia U-16 scores 2nd win at World Youth Chess OlympiadOctober 25, 2011 - 15:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia faced Moldova in the 2nd round of the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2011 going on in Izmit, Turkey. Hovhannes Gabuzyan, playing with white pieces, beat Marius Abramkius, to bring the fist victory to the Armenian team. Arman Mikaelyan, also playing with white pieces, scored a win against Yegor Prokop. Karen Grigoryan and Valery Iovkov, playing with black pieces, beat Valery Iovkov and Oleg Gorbanovsky resp. to crush Moldova 4:0. After the 2nd round, Armenia has 7,5 points to its score. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |