Armen Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 http://www.36chessolympiad.com/clasificaci...4.php?idioma=en Take a look where are Georgians and the Azeries!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Armenia wins Bronze in Mallorca Chess Olympiad Armenian News Network / Groong October 28, 2004 By Aram Hajian YEREVAN, ARMENIA A 3.5-0.5 annihilation of Georgia was enough to boost Armenia into a tie for second with Russia behind Ukraine in the 36th Chess Olympiad which finished today in Mallorca, Spain. Russia earned the silver medal on tie-breaks over the surging Armenians due to a slighter higher composite score of its opponents compared to that of the Armenians´. Nevertheless, the tie for second was a phenomenal achievement for Armenia, finishing ahead of such powerhouses as the USA, Israel, and India. Final Standings (Men´s - top 20 shown) 39.5 Ukraine 36.5 Russia, Armenia 35.0 USA 34.5 Israel 34.0 India 33.5 Cuba 33.0 Netherlands 32.5 Bulgaria, Spain, Greece 32.0 Poland, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Serbia Montenegro, Germany, Slovenia, Belarus, Philippines, Romania Meanwhile, the Armenian women´s team defeated Azerbaijan 2-1 in the final round to finish in a tie for 9-12th places. China dominated the women´s tournament, outpacing the USA and Russia for top honors. -Aram Hajian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 good stuff , they should make chess an Olympic sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghos Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 That was a fantastic result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mx5 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 14 days and 14 rounds of breathholding susspens for me as I was watching round after round the Armenian team making great effort for the silver medal,it wasnt until afetr the last game that russia snatched the silver with equall points with us,congractulations,to you all,the spanish web site broadcasting the games live was ful of Armenians all over the world and most of the catting was going on in Armenian language,we never felt so proud.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 three ex-soviet countries eh? i hope they armenians keep up the strong chess culture that was strengthened in the last decades. btw, see what's happening with a former world champion... ============= Court Documents Exchanged in Fischer Case TOKYO - Defense attorneys and prosecutors exchanged documents Tuesday in the first court hearing on detained former chess champion Bobby Fischer's battle against deportation to the United States. Fischer, who is wanted in the United States on charges of violating international sanctions against Yugoslavia, has filed a lawsuit against an order to deport him. He has been detained by Japanese authorities since July 13. During the brief court session, the attorneys exchanged documents containing their arguments and evidence. The next session was scheduled for Jan. 29. Fischer is accused of violating international sanctions when he played a rematch in Yugoslavia in 1992 against longtime rival Boris Spassky. He won and took home $3.5 million in prize money. The Tokyo District Court issued an injunction in September against Fischer's deportation order while judges hear his lawsuit. His supporters say the case could take about a year to resolve. Fischer was taken into custody when he tried to board a flight for the Philippines with an invalid passport. He has claimed that U.S. officials had revoked his passport without following due process. Fischer has, through his supporters, denounced the deportation order as politically motivated. He has said he wants to renounce his U.S. citizenship and is taking steps to marry a Japanese chess official, Miyoko Watai. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...bobby_fischer_1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurgen Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 I never liked Fischer. Typical product of brainwashed anti-Soviet America. Always seeing conspiracies (which ofcourse there were but that's not the point ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 AGGRESSIVE PETROSIAN SURPRISES BERKES by Stan Rayan The Hindu, India November 22, 2004 He is named after one of the legends of the 64-square game. On Sunday, Armenian Tigran Petrosian lived up to the name by stunning the boys' top seed Ferenc Berkes in the World junior chess championship at the Casino Hotel here. The attacking 40-move victory, in Tarrasch Defence, gave the fourth-seeded Petrosian the lead after the fourth round. With four points, he has only India's P. Harikrishna, the second seed, for company. "I was born just a month after the former world champion Tigran Petrosian's death. That's how I got this name," said the Armenian Grandmaster. But unlike his famous namesake, he plays a very aggressive game. Playing black, Petrosian turned down the offer of a draw on the 23rd move and triumphed with a powerful king-side attack. Hungarian Berkes had lost the edge earlier with a pawn blunder on the 15th move. Petrosian was very cautious about his chances against Harikrishna, his next big rival. "To play Hari in India is very difficult. But nothing is impossible," he said. Harikrishna, also playing black, was in fine nick today, winning against Swede Hans Tikkanen comfortably in 40 moves of Bogo Indian. Former Asian junior champion Deepan Chakravarthy was another impressive Indian, surprising seventh-seeded Uzbek Grandmaster Timur Gareyev with a lethal king-side attack. While the boys' section produced decisive results on all the top ten boards, three of the top five boards in the girls section ended in draws. Four players - Poland's Joanna Madjan, China's Zhang Jilin and Woman GMs Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) and Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) were at the top of the pack after fourth round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 My kids finished the national chess tournaments in Florida very successfully. Arvan earned 5.5 points out of seven, which placed him, the 13th nationally. Going into the tournaments he had a rating of 1100 against dozens of kids who had 1500 and above rating. He won games against NY chess school kids 1600 whom they brought their personal couches with them. I was rather surprised how combative my kids played considering chess is not their only activity ,music and sports take equal time effort. Mateos earned 5.00 out of 7.00, which placed him the 7th nationally. Mateos did great and for five yr old kid he showed remarkable maturity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Armat jan, each time I read about your 2 sons they amaze me more and more. Congratulations to you and your wife but most of all Bravo to the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Armat jan, each time I read about your 2 sons they amaze me more and more. Congratulations to you and your wife but most of all Bravo to the kids. style_images/master/snapback.png Azat jan lriv Hoparinen qashel et koghmits congrads bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Congrats Armat. That's cool, gotta start the seeds up young with any pastime. My father was a big fan of chess and taught us to play as well. I need to get my game back to where it used to be. Thing about my Dad is he "retired" before we really started beating him... How do you fare against your sons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 My kids finished the national chess tournaments in Florida very successfully. Arvan earned 5.5 points out of seven, which placed him, the 13th nationally. Going into the tournaments he had a rating of 1100 against dozens of kids who had 1500 and above rating. He won games against NY chess school kids 1600 whom they brought their personal couches with them. I was rather surprised how combative my kids played considering chess is not their only activity ,music and sports take equal time effort. Mateos earned 5.00 out of 7.00, which placed him the 7th nationally. Mateos did great and for five yr old kid he showed remarkable maturity. style_images/master/snapback.png Paron Armat, congrats on your little geniuses with those irresistible locks. I am enamored by the name "Mateos," never heard it before. Many more victories for your sons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 I am beat now.Thirteen hours stright work with 15min break... Thanks everyone for your jerm comments. Sev-mard I do lose to Arvan when I make a mistake but often I lose on purpose in order not to crush their spirit specially Mateos.Nothing is more motivating then beating their daddy Ani Mateos is sort of short for Matevos which was my grandfather's name.I believe Germans do use it as well. I am still waiting for the kids to come home.I wished I could be there but this is holiday season and I must work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted December 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Here is Mateos with Susan Polgar 4-time World Chess Champion and 5-time Olympic Champion First woman in history to break the gender barrier in chess. Just a correction Mateos won 4th place and Arvan 12th.Yeah I got it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) My 10 year old forced me to play Chess several times this week....I made a discovery...Chess give me nasty migraines ARMAT,congradulations on raising a couple of intellectual types I can imagine how proud you are of them Edited December 19, 2004 by Maral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 The New York Post January 16, 2005 Sunday HERE COMES THE NEW PETROSIAN by Andy Soltis Chess Grandmaster DO you believe in reincarnation? Play over this week's game before answering. Yes, Black's name is really Tigran Petrosian, the same as the ninth world champion, and yes he is an Armenian grandmaster. But this Petrosian was born just one month after his great predecessor died of cancer in August 1984. Both Tigrans showed remarkable talent before they were 16 - although there's a noticeable difference in their playing styles, as this week's game shows. The "Iron Tigran" who became the world's most cautious elite player in the 1950s and '60s would never have sacrificed a piece on the fourth move, as Black did here. Nor would he have disdained a draw by repetition at move 12 and chosen to launch a speculative attack with his king sitting precariously at f6. Tigran I might have grabbed material as Tigran II did, missing the superior 20 . . . Ke7!. But he might have improved on the second Tigran by finding the spectacular mate six moves later - 20 . . . Bxg3+ 21 Kxg3 Qd3+ 22 Kh4 Qd8+! etc. We'll be sure to hear more about Tigran II, who eventually tied for second in the World Junior, at the same age that Tigran I was making his debut in the world's strongest event, the Soviet Championship. Now do you believe in reincarnation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Take it easy Sip. Now, you're too much into religious stuff. It is just a rethorical question from the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 CHESS The Independent - United Kingdom Feb 09, 2005 Jon Speelman THE GIBTELECOM Masters finished last Thursday in victory for a quintet of players on 7.5/10: Alexei Shirov (Spain), Emil Sutovsky (Israel), Lev Aronian (Armenia), Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) and Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine). In an event unusual for its high scores, there was a further five-way tie on 7 between Alexander Areshchencko (Ukraine), Vasilios Kotronias (Greece), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia) and England's Danny Gormally. As mentioned on Thursday, there was a live web broadcast every day by Stuart Conquest. This was a great success, attracting more than 12 million hits over the 10 days - more than twice the population of Gibraltar. The festival is only in its third year, but attracted more than 160 players, 120 of them in the Masters, and it is already becoming established as a seriously strong Open and a great success. While he wasn't one of the joint winners, the greatest success of this year's tournament was Gormally who, after years of near misses, has finally made his last grandmaster norm to become England's newest grandmaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Yesterday was an unusual day. Both my sons Mateos 6 and Arvan9 took first place in New England singles in their categories. We moved Arvan to 14 ages under instead of 10 under for better competition. They both did really well and got identical trophies (nothing to fight about it now) Here is one game from Arvan.There is a great rook sacrifice for mating. (1) Arvan Sahakian - John Shawcross [b23] o4.23.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Bxc6 Bxc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.0-0 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Ne7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rad1 d5 12.e5 Nf5 13.Qd3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 b6 15.Nd4 Bc5 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 Bd7 18.Rxf7 Kxf7 19.e6+ Bxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kf8 21.Rf1+ 1-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 YAY! Congratulations Armat jan! And cheers to both your boys My they continue their outstanding accomplishements!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 YAY! Congratulations Armat jan! And cheers to both your boys My they continue their outstanding accomplishements!!! style_images/master/snapback.png Thanks Vave jan,here is the link with pictures.Ed you may want to see these. http://www.masschess.org/scholastics/photos/05_NE_Junior.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Congrats Rubo! I particularly love the last photo. The tall guy on the left looks so obviously displeased. It's almost like he's thinking "I can't believe I have to share my trophy with this midget." And the other one is like, "He's gonna kick my ass when we exit the building, but surely I can beat him in Dungeons and Dragons. I rule." The guy on the left, next to the beanstalk giant, is too into his trophy, he's probably thinking "Gosh this baby looks nice, just wait until Jennifer sees it, I can finally get to second base." And the third boy for the left is just too darn adorable, there is nothing I can say about him. So yeah, Congrats again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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