Andranik Margaryan Chess Memorial begins in Armenia

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hello everyone,

The latest FIDE chess news update is about the Andranik Margaryan Chess Memorial that is being held in Armenia. The Chess Academy of Armenia (photo credit) is organizing the 2014 Andranik Margaryan Memorial on 8-15 January at the Armenian Chess Academy.

The main event is the 10-player round robin tournament for the Grandmaster norm. Among the participants is the new World U18 champion IM Idani Pouya from Iran.

GM Wen Yang CHN 2592
GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2581
IM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2570
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2538
GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2538
IM Idani Pouya IRI 2508
IM Mads Andersen DEN 2496
FM Aghasaryan Robert ARM 2477
GM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2456
FM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2387

There are also Swiss tournaments for the various age groups – U18, U14, U12 and U10.
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Andranik Margaryan Chess Memorial: GM Martyn Kravtsiv wins Clear First

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Hi everyone,

 

The latest chess tournament news via Fide is that top-seed GM Martyn Kravtsiv has won the 2013 Andranik Margaryan Chess Memorial that was held from January 8-15 at the Armenian Chess Academy. The main event was the round robin tournament for the Grandmaster norm. GM Martyn Kravtsiv from Ukraine took a clear first place with 7/9 points.

IM Karen H. Grigoryan earned the second place and a GM norm.

Final standings:

1. GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2593 – 7
2. IM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2513 – 6.5
3-4. IM Baryshpolets Andrey UKR 2502 and IM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2545 – 5.5
5. GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2525 – 4
6-8. IM Zilka Stepan CZE 2529, IM Azaladze Shota GEO 2471 and GM Babujian Levon ARM 2497 – 3.5
9-10. FM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2358 and IM Benidze Davit GEO 2524 – 3

Andranik Margaryan was the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000 until his death on 25 March 2007.

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