Vladimir AKOPYAN: “Itwon’t be easy to win the Olympiad for the third time” Thursday, 18 December 2008 – Vladimir, you have taken gold medals as a member of Armenian team at two World Chess Olympiads in a row –...
Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition
Vladimir Hakobyan – “Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition” Lilit NurijanyanDecember 15, 2008 Ten year-old Vladimir received many congratulations in school on November 26th. He was proud of his father who had just become an Olympiad champion...
My sister taught me chess
Levon Aronyan – “After every defeat I wonder if I’ll ever be able to play chess again”Shoushan StepanyanDecember 08, 2008Hetq – On November 25th Armenia’s chess team won its second consecutive championship during the final round of play at...
Olympic Champ
Tigran Petrosyan – “It’s possible to try and move to chessboard #3.”Shoushan StepanyanDecember 08, 2008 Tigran Petrosyan junior, a champion of the recent 38th International Chess Olympiad in Dresden, is no relation to world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan. This,...
Armenia to host Grand Prix
FIDE Grand Prix in YerevanFriday, 05 December 2008 10:11 FIDE is pleased to announce that the Armenian Chess Federation has agreed to organise one of the FIDE Grand-Prix tournaments from 8th to 24th August 2009 in Yerevan. The worldwide...
India defeats Armenia
India clinches seriesSpecial Correspondent NEW DELHI: India completed a comprehensive 2-0 series victory over fancied Armenia after clinching the third and final round 3-1 at the Russian Cultural Centre here on Tuesday. India won the first round 2.5-1.5 on...
India 2-2 Armenia
17:03 02/12/2008ARMENIA-INDIA CHESS MEETING – 2:2 The third match of junior chess teams of Armenia and India will be launched today. The second match which took place yesterday finished in a draw – 2:2. Zaven Andriasian scored a vital...
Honoring Armenian Olympiad Champions
18:04 29/11/2008NA CHAIRMAN: CHESS – ART AND SPORT Armenian chess players who became Olympic Champions have been hosted in the National Assembly of Armenia, reported the public relations department of the NA. The Chairman of the NA Hovik Abrahamyan...
India won first match against Armenia
India defeat Armenia to take lead30 Nov 2008, 2257 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Indian junior team defeated Armenia 2.5-1.5 in the first match to take a 1-0 lead at the India-Armenia Friendship chess tournament Russian Center For...
Armenia vs India Challenge
GM Abhijeet spearheads Indian chess challenge against Armenia Posted: 6:41p.m IST, November 27, 2008 New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Grandmaster and World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta will spearhead the Indian challenge in the 1st India-Armenia Friendship Chess match that...