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GM Karen Grigoryan wins silver medal at World University Championship
09:45, 25 August, 2014
YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Team (GM Karen Grigoryan, GM
Zaven Andriasian, FM Tigran S. Petrosyan, WFM Maria Gevorgyan) scored
18 points out of 27 and took the bronze prize in the 13th World
University Championship that was held in Katowice, Poland.
Representatives of Poland (20,5) and Russia (18,5) took the first two
places.
The Chess Federation of Armenia informed "Armenpress" that by the
individual classification of the men's section Karen Grigoryan took
the silver medal. He scored 6,5 points out of 9 and shared 1st- 3rd
places together with GMs Sanan Sjugirov and Ivan Bukavshin (Russia).
By the tie-break Sjugirov became the World University Champion.
Maria Gevorgyan took the 6th place with 5,5 points in the women's
section. The champion with 8,5 points was WIM Klaudia Kulon (Poland).
Karen H. Grigoryan is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the November
2013 FIDE list, he was ranked number 211 in the world, number 9 in
Armenia and had an Elo rating of 2604. He is the Chess Champion of
Armenia with 9 1/2/13 (2013).
He became a Chess Grandmaster in May 2013 during the Presidential
Board Meeting in Baku. He was the Armenian U14 Champion (2008);
European U16 Champion (2010), the winner of the G. Kasparyan Memorial
- Young Masters 2010; the 2011 Youth Stars Tournament; the Armenian
Championship 2011, the Albena Open (2012), the Open Internacional
Escacs Vila de Sitges in July 2013.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/773576/gm-karen-grigoryan-wins-silver-medal-at-world-university-championship.html
From: A. Papazian
09:45, 25 August, 2014
YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Team (GM Karen Grigoryan, GM
Zaven Andriasian, FM Tigran S. Petrosyan, WFM Maria Gevorgyan) scored
18 points out of 27 and took the bronze prize in the 13th World
University Championship that was held in Katowice, Poland.
Representatives of Poland (20,5) and Russia (18,5) took the first two
places.
The Chess Federation of Armenia informed "Armenpress" that by the
individual classification of the men's section Karen Grigoryan took
the silver medal. He scored 6,5 points out of 9 and shared 1st- 3rd
places together with GMs Sanan Sjugirov and Ivan Bukavshin (Russia).
By the tie-break Sjugirov became the World University Champion.
Maria Gevorgyan took the 6th place with 5,5 points in the women's
section. The champion with 8,5 points was WIM Klaudia Kulon (Poland).
Karen H. Grigoryan is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the November
2013 FIDE list, he was ranked number 211 in the world, number 9 in
Armenia and had an Elo rating of 2604. He is the Chess Champion of
Armenia with 9 1/2/13 (2013).
He became a Chess Grandmaster in May 2013 during the Presidential
Board Meeting in Baku. He was the Armenian U14 Champion (2008);
European U16 Champion (2010), the winner of the G. Kasparyan Memorial
- Young Masters 2010; the 2011 Youth Stars Tournament; the Armenian
Championship 2011, the Albena Open (2012), the Open Internacional
Escacs Vila de Sitges in July 2013.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/773576/gm-karen-grigoryan-wins-silver-medal-at-world-university-championship.html
From: A. Papazian