Two Armenian chess-players won at Metropolitan tournament Two Armenian chess players – 12-year-old Samuel Sevian and GM Melikset Khachiyan (USA) scored 6 points each out of 9 and shared 1st-2nd places at the 23rd Metropolitan tournament that was held in Los Angeles, USA. Armchess.am informs about this. Sevian exceeded the International Master norm by 1,5 […]
ACP General Assembly 2012
Dear ACP members, The ACP General Assembly 2012 is taking place on the ACP official website www.chessprofessionals.org. All members registered in the Association before the end of 2011 have the right to take part in votes.The last day to vote is 28 December 2012. Final Agenda: I. ACP President’s annual report. Click on the following […]
Sargissian: One of the most successful years of my career
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian chess school palys its steadfast role in the international “stage”. Phenomenal play in our chess team was always characteristic for thrice Olympic champion Gabriel Sargsyan. “Armenpress” is summing up the current year with the new vice-champion of Europe. – How would You characterize the current year and what are […]
Anand: I expect to perform better the next year
Grandmaster happy for the Master Blaster By Pallavi Nair, TNN | Dec 25, 2012, 06.58 AM IST INDORE: Five-time world champion Vishwanathan Anand believes that Sachin Tendulkar’s decision of retiring from the shorter format of cricket must have been an emotional choice. He said he was happy for Sachin real;ilsing his dream of a World Cup […]
Samuel Sevian fulfills International Chess Master norm
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian 12-year-old Samuel Sevian (U.S.) fulfilled an International Master norm two rounds before the end of Metropolitan tournament, ongoing in Los Angeles. Now Sevian has scored 4,5 points out of 7 to top the standings together with grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan (U.S.). Artur Chibukhchian (Armenia) is half a point behind the leaders, armchess.am reported. […]
Christmas tactic review
White to move. What should White do?1k6/2p5/K1p1P1P1/2p1pP2/P1P1pQ2/4p3/4p3/4qn2 w – – 0 1 Puzzle by Korolkov and Mitrofanov, presented by Andreas Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Paris defeats Chicago at World Cities Team Championship
Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr88192.aspx Round 3 results Bo. 3 Paris – FRA Rtg – 1 Chicago – USA Rtg 3 : 1 2.1 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2711 – GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2622 1 – 0 2.2 GM Fressinet, Laurent 2700 – GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2603 ½ 2.3 GM Edouard, Romain 2686 – IM Hungaski, Robert […]
Magnus Carlsen got more votes than the next three together
Magnus Carlsen fikk flere stemmer enn de tre neste til sammen Suveren verdensener i sjakk – suveren vinner av Folkets Idrettspris 2012. Lars Hojem Kvam SPORT.NO Full article here: http://www.dagbladet.no Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Merry Christmas from Paris!
Merry Christmas from Paris! We just wrapped up a productive few days with GM Bachar Kouatly, owner of the #1 French Chess Magazine Europe Echecs. We expect to collaborate on various projects to help promote and advance chess. Now we are heading back to St. Louis to take the Webster University Chess Team to Princeton University […]
Andriasian in 4th at Groningen
Andriasian 4th after Groningen Chess Fest round 4 December 24, 2012 – 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – Chess Festival is ongoing in the Dutch city of Groningen. After the Festival round 4, Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasian has gained 2,5 points to take the 4th spot. Slovak Peter Michalik is leading the tournament with 3 points. International […]