Tigran L. Petrosian leads Armenian men's chess championshipJanuary 20, 2012 - 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After beating Hrant Melkumyan at the 8th roundTigran L. Petrosian leads Armenian men's chess championship with 5 points. With 4,5 points, Melkumyan dropped to the 3rd place. Robert Hovhannisyan, scoring a win over Karen Grigorian, comes 2nd with 5 points. The 9th round pairings have been announced as follows: Tigran L. Petrosian- Hrayr Simonyan, Hrant Melkumyan- Levon Babujyan, Robert Hovhannisyan- Arman Pashikyan, Karen Grigorian-Artashes Minasyan, Zaven Andriasian- Samvel Ter-Sahakyan. Winners of 1st-3rd places will gain an entry to 2013 Armenian Championship; winners of 1st-5th and 6th-8th places will qualify for European Individual Championship and Aeroflot Open 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 | 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. |