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UNI (United News of India)
November 27, 2008 Thursday 2:32 PM EST
INDIA-ARMENIA CHESS MATCH ON NOV 30
New Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta will
spearhead the Indian challenge in the first India-Armenia friendship
chess match starting November 30 here. Abhijeet will be playing on top
board for the Indian team comprising players less than 21 years of
age. Grandmaster S Arun Prasad, who recently got his GM title, World
under-16 champion B Adhiban and GM norm holders G Rohit and Deep
Sengupta complete the Indian line-up. The Armenian team will be led by
2006 world junior champion and Grandmaster Zaven Andriasian. Hrant
Melkumyan, Avetik Grigoryan and Ter Sahakyan are the other three
Armenians in the fray. The match between the two countries will be
played over three days and there will be three games under FIDE's
normal time control. Each team will get 12 games in all over four
boards and the each day score will be taken in to account to determine
the winner. The Armenian juniors can be expected to be in full swing
after their team won the Chess Olympiad for the second time running
just a couple of days back. The Indian team looks in fine fettle too
and the chess buffs can expect a great contest between the young
players of the two countries.
Published by HT Syndication with permission from UNI.
November 27, 2008 Thursday 2:32 PM EST
INDIA-ARMENIA CHESS MATCH ON NOV 30
New Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta will
spearhead the Indian challenge in the first India-Armenia friendship
chess match starting November 30 here. Abhijeet will be playing on top
board for the Indian team comprising players less than 21 years of
age. Grandmaster S Arun Prasad, who recently got his GM title, World
under-16 champion B Adhiban and GM norm holders G Rohit and Deep
Sengupta complete the Indian line-up. The Armenian team will be led by
2006 world junior champion and Grandmaster Zaven Andriasian. Hrant
Melkumyan, Avetik Grigoryan and Ter Sahakyan are the other three
Armenians in the fray. The match between the two countries will be
played over three days and there will be three games under FIDE's
normal time control. Each team will get 12 games in all over four
boards and the each day score will be taken in to account to determine
the winner. The Armenian juniors can be expected to be in full swing
after their team won the Chess Olympiad for the second time running
just a couple of days back. The Indian team looks in fine fettle too
and the chess buffs can expect a great contest between the young
players of the two countries.
Published by HT Syndication with permission from UNI.