Karen Grigoryan climbs to 7th place at World Youth Chess ChampionshipNovember 26, 2011 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Karen Grigoryan defeated Izzat Kanan of Azerbaijan in the 8th round of U16 tournament of the World Youth Chess Championship to climb to the 7th place with 6 points. Hovhannes Gabuzyan suffered his first defeat by Jorge Cori of Peru and dropped to the 9th place. In the next round, Grigoryan and Gabuzyan will face Idani Pouya (India) and Denis Kadric (Bosnia & Herzegovina) respectively. 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. |