CHESS REVIEW: LEVON ARONYAN REACHED THE LEADER
http://times.am/?l=en&p=3918
19.01.12
Three important chess tournament now are taking place which may be
interesting for Armenian chess funs. Armenian 72nd Men's Championship
and Armenian 67th Women's Championship are held in Yerevan and "Tata
Steel" chess festival is held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
Hrant Melqumyan has shared a point with Zaven Andreasyan on the seventh
tour of Men's Championship. Melqumyan is the leader of the championship
with 4.5 points. Arman Pashikyan and Tigran L. Petrosyan have also won.
Men's championship, 7th tour
Grigoryan Avetik - Hovhannisyan Robert 1 / 2 Grigoryan Karen H -
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1 / 2 Pashikian Arman - Simonian Hrair 1 -
0 Andriasian Zaven - Melkumyan Hrant 1 / 2 Petrosian Tigran L -
Babujian Levon 1 - 0 Standing:
1.Melkumyan Hrant 4.5 2.Andriasian Zaven 4 3.Petrosian Tigran L 4
4.Hovhannisyan Robert 4 5.Pashikian Arman 3.5 6.Ter-Sahakyan Samvel
3 7.Grigoryan Avetik 3 8.Minasian Artashes 3 9.Grigoryan Karen H
2.5 10.Simonian Hrair 2 11. Babujian Levon 1.5 On the 7th round of
the Women's championship Maria Kursova and Anna Hayrapetyan have
celebrated victory. They have gotten six points and are the leaders
of the tournament. Kursova has missed one tour.
Women's Championship, 67th round
Aghabekian Liana - Gasparian Narine 1 - 0 Movsisian Naira - Gevorgyan
Maria 1 - 0 Doluhanova Evgeniya - Kursova Maria 0 - 1 Hairapetian Anna
- Ghambaryan Hasmik 1 - 0 Sargsyan Shushanna - Martirosyan Lia 1 / 2
Standing:
1.Hairapetian Anna 6 2.Kursova Maria 6 3.Sargsyan Shushanna 3.5
4.Aghabekian Liana 3.5 5.Doluhanova Evgeniya 3.5 6.Martirosyan Lia
3 7.Gasparian Narine 2.5 8.Movsisian Naira 2.5 9.Kharatyan Anahit
2 10.Ghambaryan Hasmik 1.5 11. Gevorgyan Maria 1 Levon Aronyan won
his rival on the fourth tour of the Wejk aan Zee championship and is
equal with the leader of championship Magnus Carlsen.
Sergey Karayakin also won his rival, Davit Navara. The other games
ended in drawn.
Aronian, L. - Kamsky, G. 1 - 0 Caruana, C. - Carlsen, M. 1 / 2 Gelfand,
B. - Radjabov, T. 1 / 2 Giri, G. - Nakamura, H. 1 / 2 Ivanchuk,
V. - Van Wely, L. 1 / 2 Navara, D. - Karjakin, S. 0 - 1 Topalov,
V. - Gashimov, V. 1 / 2 Standing 1. Aronian, L. 3 2. Carlsen, M. 3
3. Caruana, F. 2½ 4. Radjabov, T. 2½ 5. Giri, A. 2 6. Ivanchuk, V. 2
7. Karjakin, S. 2 8. Topalov, V. 2 9. Van Wely, L. 2 10. Gashimov,
V. 1½ 11. Gelfand, B. 1½ 12. Kamsky, G. 1½ 13. Nakamura, H. 1½
14. Navara, D. 1
http://times.am/?l=en&p=3918
19.01.12
Three important chess tournament now are taking place which may be
interesting for Armenian chess funs. Armenian 72nd Men's Championship
and Armenian 67th Women's Championship are held in Yerevan and "Tata
Steel" chess festival is held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
Hrant Melqumyan has shared a point with Zaven Andreasyan on the seventh
tour of Men's Championship. Melqumyan is the leader of the championship
with 4.5 points. Arman Pashikyan and Tigran L. Petrosyan have also won.
Men's championship, 7th tour
Grigoryan Avetik - Hovhannisyan Robert 1 / 2 Grigoryan Karen H -
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1 / 2 Pashikian Arman - Simonian Hrair 1 -
0 Andriasian Zaven - Melkumyan Hrant 1 / 2 Petrosian Tigran L -
Babujian Levon 1 - 0 Standing:
1.Melkumyan Hrant 4.5 2.Andriasian Zaven 4 3.Petrosian Tigran L 4
4.Hovhannisyan Robert 4 5.Pashikian Arman 3.5 6.Ter-Sahakyan Samvel
3 7.Grigoryan Avetik 3 8.Minasian Artashes 3 9.Grigoryan Karen H
2.5 10.Simonian Hrair 2 11. Babujian Levon 1.5 On the 7th round of
the Women's championship Maria Kursova and Anna Hayrapetyan have
celebrated victory. They have gotten six points and are the leaders
of the tournament. Kursova has missed one tour.
Women's Championship, 67th round
Aghabekian Liana - Gasparian Narine 1 - 0 Movsisian Naira - Gevorgyan
Maria 1 - 0 Doluhanova Evgeniya - Kursova Maria 0 - 1 Hairapetian Anna
- Ghambaryan Hasmik 1 - 0 Sargsyan Shushanna - Martirosyan Lia 1 / 2
Standing:
1.Hairapetian Anna 6 2.Kursova Maria 6 3.Sargsyan Shushanna 3.5
4.Aghabekian Liana 3.5 5.Doluhanova Evgeniya 3.5 6.Martirosyan Lia
3 7.Gasparian Narine 2.5 8.Movsisian Naira 2.5 9.Kharatyan Anahit
2 10.Ghambaryan Hasmik 1.5 11. Gevorgyan Maria 1 Levon Aronyan won
his rival on the fourth tour of the Wejk aan Zee championship and is
equal with the leader of championship Magnus Carlsen.
Sergey Karayakin also won his rival, Davit Navara. The other games
ended in drawn.
Aronian, L. - Kamsky, G. 1 - 0 Caruana, C. - Carlsen, M. 1 / 2 Gelfand,
B. - Radjabov, T. 1 / 2 Giri, G. - Nakamura, H. 1 / 2 Ivanchuk,
V. - Van Wely, L. 1 / 2 Navara, D. - Karjakin, S. 0 - 1 Topalov,
V. - Gashimov, V. 1 / 2 Standing 1. Aronian, L. 3 2. Carlsen, M. 3
3. Caruana, F. 2½ 4. Radjabov, T. 2½ 5. Giri, A. 2 6. Ivanchuk, V. 2
7. Karjakin, S. 2 8. Topalov, V. 2 9. Van Wely, L. 2 10. Gashimov,
V. 1½ 11. Gelfand, B. 1½ 12. Kamsky, G. 1½ 13. Nakamura, H. 1½
14. Navara, D. 1