DominO123 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Both men and women at third position after the 8th round, Aronian is still underperforming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 (edited) european team chess championships 2007 final results men Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 RUSSIA RUS 9 8 1 0 17 25,0 180,5 2 4 ARMENIA ARM 9 6 2 1 14 21,5 175,0 3 3 AZERBAIJAN AZE 9 6 1 2 13 20,5 183,5 women Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 RUSSIA RUS 9 6 3 0 15 25,0 184,5 2 6 POLAND POL 9 5 3 1 13 23,5 179,5 3 10 ARMENIA ARM 9 5 3 1 13 21,0 176,0 silver medal for men, bronze medal for women Edited November 10, 2007 by Harut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Azerbaijan and Turkey cheated. Turkey gave away four points to Azerbaijan for free. At least that's the only way that I can explain how Turkey lost all of its games to Azerbaijan, but played relatively strongly against Armenia, and how Armenia beat Azerbaijan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghos Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 It may very well be.But Azerbaijan played Turkey in the first round, also the first board for Turkey is a strong Russian GM, Mikhail Gurevich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-47 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Teimur Radjabov: We all hate Armenians 12.11.2007 – Recently, at the European Championship, the team of Azerbaijan got Bronze, behind the Russians and Armenians. The latter are historical enemies of the Azeris, politically, culturally and in chess. One of the stars of the Azerbaijan team, Teimour Radjabov, gives vent to his personal feelings and how it affected the play of his team against the enemy in this startling APA interview. Teimur Radjabov: The enemy is the enemy – we all hate Armenians The head of the Azerbaijani national chess team that won the bronze medal at the European Team Championship, behind Russia and Armenia, Teimour Radjabov, gave an exclusive interview to the Russian sports news agency APA. It contains some very startling comments. On the Bronze Medal win at the European Championship: This is of course a great success. I think our players competed well – we should not forget that European chess is the strongest in the world. I am sure that we will achieve more success in future. On the clash with Russia, after leading until round five: We lost to the main favorites of the European Championship, the Russian team, and it had a bad influence on me. We lost three games in round five, and one ended in a draw. But this score does not reflect the potential of our players at all. Before competing with the Russians we were thinking about defeating our rivals. We were scoring well until that round. The Russians defeated us and won the gold medals. On the loss to Slovenia in round six: We did not think about losing to them. We took risks and that led to our defeat, an unexpected defeat. I think we are to blame, as we did not assess our opponents correctly. We thought that we would win without any difficulty. On the draw against Armenia in round eight: Of course we had chance to win it. But the situation changed gradually. Vladimir Akopian offered me a draw, after Shahriyar [Mamedyarov] and Rauf [Mamedov] had finished their games with draws. I did not accept, because by then Vugar [Gashimov] had a bad position. He lost, so I had to defeat Akopian to draw the match, and I managed to do it. On the team's feelings before this round eight match: I will not deny that we were very nervous. Regardless of where we meet, the enemy is the enemy. We all have feelings of hate towards them. But you must try to suppress those feelings and not let them interfere. Chess must be played with a sober head. On the atmosphere in the hall at the time: The Armenians had a lot of active fans. The Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian had arrived there, and I saw him in the hall during most matches. The President of our federation, Elman Rustamov, also attended our match with the Armenians and supported us. We understood the importance of the match and adhered to the principles of the encounter. On the roots of this first historical success for the national team: First of all collective fight. Friendship in the team was one of the main factors. We thought about the team first of all. None of the sportsmen fought to improve his personal rating. This is very important. Our failure in the previous competitions worried us, as we felt that we had the capability to win medals. On whether the team is capable of winning greater victories: I believe in it. Though our team has been composed of teenagers, we are known in the chess world. All teams fear and respect us. We are in the list of the strongest national teams of the world. For the first time, we have two Azerbaijani chess player is placed in the top ten in the world, which shows that our chess occupies a high place. I do not doubt we will win greater victories in future competitions. The world team championship is being discussed at the moment. Our team is the bronze medalist of the European Championship and so should also participate in this competition, which will involve the ten strongest countries in the world. But I heard they want to give the right to organize the competition to Armenia, and in this case, our team will not be able to take part. If Armenia is commissioned to organize the competition, our federation will appeal to FIDE. On his your target at the World Cup in Khanti-Mansiysk, Russia: The competition will start on November 24. I am still trying to rest after European Championship. That’s why I will not participate in the Mikhail Tal Memorial. As the World Cup is held according to the knockout system, one defeat is decisive. That’s why I will do my best to be very careful and move forward step-by-step. If I achieve it, I can expect success there. * Original interview in APA (Russian) * Rough English language translation * Wikipedia: Armenia – Azerbaijan – The Nagorno-Karabakh War Source: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I very much doubt that our players would say anything to that extent. They're just bunch of sore losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I very much doubt that our players would say anything to that extent. They're just bunch of sore losers. I absolutly agree, and I doubt Turkish players would have said this too. Damn it, IT'S CHESS!!! Aronyan called you his Caucasian brother and you slap him in his face by claiming that you all hate Armenians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagopn Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I absolutly agree, and I doubt Turkish players would have said this too. Damn it, IT'S CHESS!!! Aronyan called you his Caucasian brother and you slap him in his face by claiming that you all hate Armenians. Why would you doubt that Turkish players would say it? The Azeri is the de facto Turkish Grey Wolf proxy state. I currently don't see much difference between them. Perhaps the Turks would be instructed to use more tact in their pretense of non-involvement in the Atsakh issue. Sure, that could be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 (edited) Why would you doubt that Turkish players would say it? The Azeri is the de facto Turkish Grey Wolf proxy state. I currently don't see much difference between them. Perhaps the Turks would be instructed to use more tact in their pretense of non-involvement in the Atsakh issue. Sure, that could be it. Because Turks have more diplomacy and self control than the Azerbaijanis. When even chess players make statments such as ''we all hate Armenians'' there is really something pathological with the society who form them. Azerbaijan as a society is sicker than Turkey, it is a racist, fascists and pathologically sick. Edited November 12, 2007 by Domino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagopn Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Because Turks have more diplomacy and self control than the Azerbaijanis. When even chess players make statments such as ''we all hate Armenians'' there is really something pathological with the society who form them. Azerbaijan as a society is sicker than Turkey, it is a racist, fascists and pathologically sick. This is an irony, since pan-Turkism, the novelty that it is in Baku, is freshly received by the Azeri Turkish speakers. The irony is that the principal "race activists" are from Turkish Republic. Vafa Gulizade is a Grey Wolf, for example. I think Turkish society still has that potential to slip up and slide back into the good old primitivism, as they did with the recent murders. Perhaps they will show it one day, God willing, when Armenians beat the crap out of them in Football/Soccer, for example. They sore loser status at the world cup in Korea is perfect example. Brazil beat them, and they did not accept it. They accused the Korean arbiter of being a raqcist, biased against Turks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 i'm glad no one got beheaded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagopn Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 i'm glad no one got beheaded... Oh boy!--- You right! I had almost forgotten about that stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Letter to FIDE leadership regarding hate speech by Azerbaijani chess-player His Excellency Kirsan ILYUMZHINOV, FIDE President Mr. Berik BALGABAEV Assistant to the FIDE President Mr. Roberto RIVELLO FIDE Ethics Commission, Chairman All the Members of FIDE Secretariat and Ethics Commission Your Excellency, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, On November 9th Azerbaijani state information agency APA published an interview with the leader of the Azerbaijani chess-team Mr. Teimur Radjabov, in which he made the following statement regarding the Armenian team: “Regardless of where we meet, enemy remains an enemy. We all hated them.” In a later communication with the ChessBase.com web site Mr. Radjabov did not deny the fact of such statement, did not apologize for it, instead came up with rather hypocritical statement: “I would like to state that the Azerbaijani people, including me as its representative, are tolerant and will never stoop to pathological nationalism.” A very perverted understanding of tolerance, is not it? The initial statement by Mr. Radjabov not only constitutes hate speech in its pure form, it also makes impossible his participation in any event held by any organization that values its moral integrity and reputation. This is why I urge the Leadership of FIDE to unequivocally condemn Mr. Radjabov and take all the relevant disciplinary measures to prevent him from participating in any future FIDE events. Furthermore, because Mr. Radjabov spoke in the interview on behalf of his teammates, a clear explanation condemning such an expression of hate and xenophobia is required from them too. Very truly yours, Karen Vrtanesyan Editor, www.Genocide.ru Yerevan, Armenia http://ahousekeeper.livejournal.com/124501.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AVO Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Aronian wins Levon Aronian rebounded today with a comfortable win over Teimur Radjabov. The Armenian said he was surprised by the Modern Benoni that arose after the opening, but “pretended not to be”. After the game he criticized black’s play in the 10...b6 line. 13.Qa4! (see diagram 1) made life immediately unpleasant for black, for example he could not play 13...Qc8? because of 14.Nde4! Nxe4 15.Nxe4 b5 16.Qd1 with problems defending his d-pawn. In the game, black managed to exchange his light squared bishop - a thematic idea of the opening -, but at a cost of a pawn. It is possible that black needed to try 21...Bc3!?, although after 22.Nxc3 Qxc3 23.Qc1 white maintains his advantage. Levon was consolidating for a while, and was slowly improving his position, until, on move 40, he played the inaccurate 40.Qb2+?! (40.Ra1! wins quickly) - “trying hard not to win” - Aronian. Still, white’s edge was considerable, and the strength of his b-pawn decided the issue. http://www.coruschess.com/report.php?year=2008&report=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 He lost to Kramnik day before yesterday. He won Radjibov yesterday and today played a draw with the other Azeri, Mamedyarov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 he needs to get straightened up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 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.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=1581) http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArti...90&CID=3008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 May He rest in peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Astvats hoqin lusavori! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 "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. Public Radio of Armenia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 http://armenianow.com/images/uploadedimages/ai311301.jpg 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.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=1581) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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