  Armenians fail in European Championship 3rd round March 5, 2012 - 10:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish city of Gaziantep hosted the third round of 13th European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2012, with all of five Armenian players losing their games. Elina Danielian faced her first defeat to Tatiana Molchanova (Russia). Lilit Mkrtchian lost to Nastassia Ziaziulkina (Bulgaria), Lilit Galojan was beaten by Almira Skripchenko (France). Maria Kursova and Anna Hairapetian lost to Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary) and Baira Kovanova (Russia) respectively. The championship is based on Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and FIDE Rules of Chess. The playing time is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Total prize amounts to Euro 100 000.   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 |  Latest 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. |
