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[Ashot]

Aronyan lost to Kramnik

In the sixth round of the Corus International Chess Tourbnament in Wijk aan Zee (Holland) Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan lost to Vladimir Kramnik in Russia. With 3.5 points Aronyan currently occupies the fourth position in Group A.

After the sixth round the leader of the tournament is Magnus Carlsen of Norway with 4.5 points. Vladimir Kramnik and Teymur Rajabov share the 2nd and 3rd places.

Public Radio of Armenia

[AVO]

He lost to Kramnik day before yesterday.

He won Radjibov yesterday

and today played a draw with the other Azeri, Mamedyarov

[Ashot]

he needs to get straightened up...

[Ashot]

Aronyan draws the game in Round 8

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan played a draw with Grand Master Shahriyar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan in the 8th round of the Corus International Chess Tournament underway in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Aronyan currently shares the 2nd to 3rd places with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. The leader of the tournament is Magnus Carlsen of Norway.

In Group B of the same tournament Grand Master Gabriel Sargsyan lost to Mikhail Krasenkov of Poland and occupies the 13th position with 2.5 points. Slovenian Grand Master Sergey Movsisyan and Ethiene Backro of France are in the lead.

[Ashot]

Aronyan again in the lead


In the 9th round of the Corus International Chess Tournament underway in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan played a draw with Grand Master Pavel Elyanov of Ukraine. Aronyan currently shares the 1st and 2nd places with Magnus Carlsen of Norway.

In Group B Sergey Movisyan is leading with 6 points. In Round 9 Grand Master Gabriel Sargsyan of Armenia played a draw with Ethiene Backroy of France.

[Harut]

Sad News

Armenian Grandmaster Karen Asryan dies at 28

Published: 10 June, 2008
Article tools printable version email to friend comments (3) share the article Karen Asryan, one of Armenia’s leading chess players, reigning champion and winner of the 2006 World Chess Olympiad, died Monday after a reported sudden loss of consciousness in his car.

According to a report by the Armenian Chess Federation, apparently feeling ill, Asryan pulled his car into a court yard in Yerevan early Monday and lost consciousness. An ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene, possibly of a heart attack, Armenian chess officials said.

A moment of silence was held in Asryan’s memory before the opening of the Chess Giants rapid-chess tournament in Yerevan on Monday after his death was announced by Armenia’s veteran chess player Smbat Lputyan.

The tournament organizers also said the rounds of June 10 and June 11 of the Chess Giants tournament are postponed because of the sudden death of Asryan. The tournament will continue on June 12. And the rapid open scheduled to have been played in parallel to the main tournament from June 12-15 had been canceled due to the tragic news of Asryan’s passing away.

Asryan, 28, was ranked 92nd by the World Chess Federation FIDE and 4th among Armenia’s chessmen (currently rated 2630). Asryan won Armenian championship titles three times (in 1999, 2007 and 2008) and pulled off the Olympic gold with Team Armenia in Turin, Italy, in 2006.

After the triumphant return from Turin, Asryan gave an interview to ArmeniaNow staff reporter Arpi Harutyunyan, in which he shared his special feeling of having won an Olympic gold.

“We were proud: no individual victory can be compared to winning an Olympic champion’s title,” he said then.

The champion then said he did not consider himself a chess fanatic. He added there were things more important than that, mainly family: “I don’t think I have sacrificed some things for the sake of chess. This is my profession, that should take from me not my whole life, but as much time as is allotted to the profession.”

(To read ArmeniaNow’s Asryan’s profile go to http://www.armeniano...ticle&AID=1581)

http://www.armeniano...i...90&CID=3008

[Aratta-Kingdom]

May He rest in peace

[Ashot]

Astvats hoqin lusavori!

[Ashot]

"Chess Giants" tournament named after Karen Asryan

12.06.2008 12:17

Taking into consideration the exceptional achievements and considerable contribution of outstanding chess player, triple champion of Armenia, Olympic Champion Karen Asryan to the development of chess, on June 11, 2008 the Chess Federation of Armenia took the decision to rename the “Chess Giants 2008” international tournament into Karen Asryan’s Memorial Tournament. The tournament will become traditional.

The decision was signed by the President of the Republic of Armenia, President of the Chess Federation of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.


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[MosJan]

Armenian Grandmaster Karen Asryan dies at 28

Karen Asryan, one of Armenia’s leading chess players, reigning champion and winner of the 2006 World Chess Olympiad, died Monday after a reported sudden loss of consciousness in his car.

According to a report by the Armenian Chess Federation, apparently feeling ill, Asryan pulled his car into a court yard in Yerevan early Monday and lost consciousness. An ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene, possibly of a heart attack, Armenian chess officials said.

A moment of silence was held in Asryan’s memory before the opening of the Chess Giants rapid-chess tournament in Yerevan on Monday after his death was announced by Armenia’s veteran chess player Smbat Lputyan.

The tournament organizers also said the rounds of June 10 and June 11 of the Chess Giants tournament are postponed because of the sudden death of Asryan. The tournament will continue on June 12. And the rapid open scheduled to have been played in parallel to the main tournament from June 12-15 had been canceled due to the tragic news of Asryan’s passing away.

Asryan, 28, was ranked 92nd by the World Chess Federation FIDE and 4th among Armenia’s chessmen (currently rated 2630). Asryan won Armenian championship titles three times (in 1999, 2007 and 2008) and pulled off the Olympic gold with Team Armenia in Turin, Italy, in 2006.

After the triumphant return from Turin, Asryan gave an interview to ArmeniaNow staff reporter Arpi Harutyunyan, in which he shared his special feeling of having won an Olympic gold.

“We were proud: no individual victory can be compared to winning an Olympic champion’s title,” he said then.

The champion then said he did not consider himself a chess fanatic. He added there were things more important than that, mainly family: “I don’t think I have sacrificed some things for the sake of chess. This is my profession, that should take from me not my whole life, but as much time as is allotted to the profession.”

(To read ArmeniaNow’s Asryan’s profile go to http://www.armeniano...ticle&AID=1581)

[DominO]

Is anyone is watching them? http://www.bilbaofin...om/en_index.asp

Those are really great chess games. When you have that much to win, you think twice before just fighting for a draw. That costed Aronian two match, but those are great matchs compared to the typical ones.

[Zartonk]

Chess: Movses Movsisyan ends third in Stillwater Open
Armenian FM Movses Movsisyan (USA) scored 5,5 points out of 7 and took the 3rd place in the open held in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Movsisyan was one point behind the winner, FM Conrad Holt (USA).

32 chess players took part in the tournament, Armenian Chess federation reported.

Armenian GM Sergey Kasparov (Belarus) scored 6 points out of 9 and took the 6th place among 46 participants in the tournament held in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. GM Anton Kovalyov (Argentina) took the first prize with 7 points.

[Zartonk]

Brazil Chess Championship: Sevag Mekhitarian only half a point behind the leader
Armenian IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian continues to play excellently in the 76th Brazil Championship held in city of Americana. After another win in the 7th round Mekhitarian scored 5,5 points totally and shortened the difference between his and GM Goivanni Vescovi's points even more. Now Sevak is only half a point behind the leader.

There are four rounds left before the end of the tournament.

[Boghos]

Krikor's coach was also an Armenian but I think no longer the case. He ended in 4th place and made a GM norm. Giovanni Vescovi won, he plays for a club I am a member of.

Edited by Boghos, 11 December 2009 - 04:19 PM.

[Ani]

Nice...

ՖԻԴԵ-ն հրապարակել է աշխարհի ուժեղագույն շախմատիստների դասակարգման հերթական ցուցակը 2011-ի մարտի 1-ի դրությամբ: Այն գլխավորում է աշխարհի գործող չեմպիոն, հնդիկ գրոսմայստեր Վիշվանաթան Անանդը, ում անհատական գործակիցն է 2817: Անանդին 2815 գործակցով հաջորդում է նորվեգացի Մագնուս Կառլսենը: 3-րդ տեղը զբաղեցնում է Հայաստանի ուժեղագույն շախմատիստ Լևոն Արոնյանը, ում գործակիցը նույնպես հատում է 2800-ի սահմանը:

http://www.tert.am/a.../02/28/aronyan/

[Harut]

Yinzhou Cup 2011 World ChessTeam Championship

the current results...
http://chess-results...3136.aspx?lan=1

saw levon and vladimir at kino moskva a month ago... they do really look dorky...

[MosJan]

payyyy mi teseq e ove e yekel

VAy Barov es Yekal, 1000 Barov , indor es mer t@gha ? incvh hali es

[Harut]

barov, mos jan... lav em, sovorakan... nuyn banin, nuyn orin... duq inch ori eq esteghner@?

[Aratta-Kingdom]

http://news.am/eng/news/68905.html


NINGBO. - The Armenian team beat Indian chess players (2.5:1.5) in the 6th round of the World Team Chess Championship 2011 in Ningbo, China.

Levon Aronian won the only victory in the match with Indians and Sergey Movsisyan, Vladimir Hakobyan and Gabriel Sargsyan ended their matches in a draw. The Armenian team tops the standings with 10 points.

Chief rivals of Armenians in the championship, Russian and Hungarian teams, ended their matches in draws and have 8 points each. Match between Israel and Azerbaijan also ended in a draw, 2:2. The Chinese defeated the Egyptian team 3.5:0.5.

In 7th tour Armenia will compete with Hungary.

[Nvard]

Chess: Armenia’s Aronian maintains third position on FIDE rating list





By Suren Musayelyan



Armenia’s top grandmaster Levon Aronian has maintained his third place standing among the world’s best chess players in the latest rating released by the game’s international governing body FIDE.


The November 1, 2011 Top 100 players list (released every second month) shows Aronian with a rating of 2802 and trailing Norway’s Magnus Carlsen (rating 2826) and India’s Viswanathan Anand (rating 2811).

The latest Top 100 player rankings of FIDE (www.fide.com) also include Armenian grandmasters Sergei Movsesian (position 34; rating 2710), Vladimir Akopian (position 63; raiting 2681) and Gabriel Sargissian (position 73; rating 2671).

The FIDE Top 100 female players list includes three Armenian grandmasters. The highest rank among them is held by Elina Danielian (position 16; rating 2507), followed by Lilit Mkrtchyan (in 29th place, rating 2469) and Lilit Galojan (in 78th place; rating 2383). Hungary’s Judit Polgar tops the rankings with a rating of 2710.

In the list of 145 chess nations ranked by the average rating of their top 10 players Armenia is 6th (average rating 2655; has 33 grandmasters and 21 international masters; ‘total titled’ – 80).

The FIDE nations rating list is topped by Russia (2747), followed by Ukraine (2695) and France (2659).

Full rankings are available at: http://ratings.fide.com/toplist.phtml