Tigran Gharamian finishes 4th at Cappelle-la-Grande Chess OpenMarch 12, 2012 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Tigran Gharamian scored 7 points out of 9 and shared 1st-5th places with GMs Pentala Harikrishna, Parimarjan Negi (India), Tornike Sanikidze (Georgia) and Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine) at the International Chess Open ongoing in Cappelle la Grande, France. On tie-break Gharamian finished 4th. With 6,6 points, Tigran L. Petrosian came 6th. Zaven Andriasian, Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, Gevorg Harutjunyan scored 6 points each. Tatev Abrahamyan, Karina Ambartsumova gained 5 points each. Sergey Grigoriants, Evgeniya Doluhanova scored 5 and 4,5 points respectively, armchess.am reported. Armenian players will participate in European Individual Chess Championship following Cappelle-la-Grande Open. From March 20-31, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Robert Hovhannesyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Zaven Andreasyan, Arman Pashikyan, Hrant Melkumyan, Hovhannes Gabuzyan and Vladimir Poghosian will perform in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |