Guest Posted December 24, 2000 Report Share Posted December 24, 2000 For those that are interested in chess, the most recent issue of AIM features chess as its main theme. Also there are a number of very good sites on chess in Armenia and Armenians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Altounian Wins Second State Championship of the Year By JACK PETERS, INTERNATIONAL MASTERSept. 7, 2001 Position No. 5654: White to play and win. From the game S. Ernst -Cruz Lopez, Amsterdam 2001. Solution to Position No. 5653: Black wins with 1 ... Rc1+ 2 Bf1 Rxf1+! 3 Qxf1 (or 3 Kxf1 Qh1 mate) e2 4 Qe1 Bc5+. If 2 Rd1, then 2 ... Rxd1+ 3 Qxd1 e2 4 Qe1 Qd4+ 5 Kh1 Qd1 wins.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN The 23rd Southern California Open, held last weekend in San Diego, was the most successful in years. The turnout of 191 players, including 21 masters, enabled the sponsoring San Diego Chess Club to record a substantial profit on a tournament that had slumped badly since 1995. Levon Altounian, who won the state invitational championship in July, collected his fifth state championship title with an undefeated 5-1 score. He defeated four masters and yielded draws to Michael Casella and IM Rashid Ziatdinov. It's only the second time that a player has won both tournaments outright in the same year. Ziatdinov and former state champion Cyrus Lakdawala tied for second place at 41/2-11/2. Lakdawala defeated IM Mark Ginsburg in one of the few decisive encounters among the contenders but hurt his chances for first place by taking two half-point byes. Casella, Robby Adamson, high school star Minas Nordanyan and former state champion Armen Ambartsoumian were next at 4-2. Other winners: Jorge Balares, 51/2-1/2 in the Express (under 2150) section; Rod Parayno, 51/2-1/2 in the Reserve (under 1850) section; and Mehrshad Mirkhan and Julieta Stepanyan, each 51/2-1/2 in the Special (under 1550) section. WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Peter Acs, a 20-year-old grandmaster from Hungary, won the 2001 World Junior Championship in Athens. Acs scored 10-3 to outdistance a field of 89 young (born in 1981 or later) players representing 56 countries. Next at 91/2-31/2 were 16-year-old IM Merab Gagunashvili (Republic of Georgia) and 18-year-old GM Levon Aronian (Armenia). On tiebreak, Gagunashvili took the silver medal. http://198.95.130.91/features/lifestyle/la...2160sep07.story [ September 07, 2001: Message edited by: MJ ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted September 23, 2001 Report Share Posted September 23, 2001 The world Junior Championship contested in Peristori, Greece, Aug. 16 to 29, was won by the Hungarian grandmaster Peter Acs, 20, who scored 10 points in the 13-round Swiss-system tournament. Second place was taken jointly by the international master Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia and the grandmaster Levon Aronian of Armenia. Each titled 9.5 points in the competition, which was played by 89 boys and man 20 and under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elovna Posted September 23, 2001 Report Share Posted September 23, 2001 quote:Originally posted by MJ:The world Junior Championship contested in Peristori, Greece, Aug. 16 to 29, was won by the Hungarian grandmaster Peter Acs, 20, who scored 10 points in the 13-round Swiss-system tournament. Second place was taken jointly by the international master Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia and the grandmaster Levon Aronian of Armenia. Each titled 9.5 points in the competition, which was played by 89 boys and man 20 and under.HURAY FOR LEVON!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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