GM Robert Hovhannisyan Wins Karen Asrian Chess Memorial

12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Chess Daily News and Trivia (c) 2013

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The Armenian Chess Federation organized the 6th Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament on June 16-24, 2013, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk. The 9-round Swiss event was dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, who passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team which won the first gold medal at the 2006 Chess Olympiad in Turin. Local Grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan is the convincing winner after collecting 7,5 points and leaving the opposition a full point behind. He earned 5000 USD of the prize fund that amounted to 22,000 USD.


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Petrosian, Hovhannisyan lead Armenian men's chess championship

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PanARMENIAN.Net reports that in the 9th round of Armenian men's chess championship, Tigran L. Petrosian and Robert Hovhannisyan tied games with Hrayr Simonyan and Arman Pashikyan respectively, both having scored 5,5 points.

Zaven Andriasian- Samvel Ter-Sahakyan game also ended in a draw, with Andriasian coming 3rd with 5 points.

Karen Grigorian and Levon Babujyan gained wins over Artashes Minasyan and Hrant Melkumyan resp.

The 10th round pairings are as follows: Hrayr Simonyan - Levon Babujyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan -Tigran L. Petrosian, Robert Hovhannisyan - Zaven Andriasian, Artashes Minasyan- Arman Pashikyan, Avetik Grigoryan - Karen Grigorian.

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