On 26th of July Martuni Culture Palace hosted the closing ceremony of the “Lake Sevan - 2016” International Chess Tournament. The Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Founder and President of the Chess Academy of Armenia Smbat Lputian, the Governor of Gegharqunik region, the President of Gegharqunik Region Chess Federation Rafik Grigoryan and the Mayor...
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Lake Sevan 2016 tournament came to its end. On July 25 and 26 games of 8 and 9 round were played. The decisive game of the tournament was the game of round 8 between Samuel Sevian and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi. The game was very nervous one, and chess players were feeling great tension and were playing under big pressure. The game lasted about 6 hours. In the endgame Sev...
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Games of round 7 of Lake Sevan 2016 were played yesterday. In this round Vladimir Onishchuk who was sharing the last place defeated one of the leaders of the tournament Duda Jan-Krzysztof in style. In this round Robert Hovhannisyan won his game against Hovhannes Gabuzyan. The other three games of the tournament between Vladislav Artemiev-Samuel Sevian, Arman Pashikian...
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The games of round 6 of Lake Sevan 2016 tournament were played yesterday. For the first time in the tournament draws were more than decisive games. The sole leader of the tournament Samuel Sevian made a draw against David Anton Guijarro. The matches Hovhannes Gabuzyan-Arman Pashikian and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan-Vladislav Artemiev ended in a draw as well. The draw of th...
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The games of round 5 of Lake Sevan 2016 tournament were played yesterday. In the central game of the day one of the leaders of the tournament Samvel Ter-Sahakyan faced Sameuel Sevian, who was sharing the third place. In the so far longest game of the tournament, which lasted 103 moves, Sevian managed to win. The other leader of the tournament Duda Jan-Krzysztof was de...
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The games of round four of Lake Sevan 2016 tournament were played yesterday. In the central game of the day Jan-Krzysztof Duda faced Vladislav Artemiev. The game turned out to be very interesting and dramatic. In the middle of the game Duda had a big advantage but he exchanged the queens wrongly, which was in favor of Artemiev. The game transposed into an ending where...
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The games of the third round of “Lake Sevan-2016” took place today, on July 20. Like in previous two rounds 3 of 5 games were decisive in this round as well. Hovhannes Gabuzyan, David Anton Guijarro and Robert Hovhannisyan celebrated their first victories at this tournament. Gabuzyan took advantage over one of the leaders of the tournament Samuel Sevian and got his fi...
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1st and 2nd rounds of the “Lake Sevan 2016” are left behind. 3 of 5 games of the first round were decisive. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, the winner of “Lake Sevan 2014, overcame Hovhannes Gabuzyan with black pieces. Vladislav Artemiev from Russia defeated Vladimir Onischuk representing Ukraine on move 41. The first round was victorious for Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia) as ...
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Today on July 17th Martuni Culture Palace hosted the opening ceremony of the “Lake Sevan 2016” International Chess Tournament. The Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Founder and President of the Chess Academy of Armenia Smbat Lputian, the Governor of Gegharqunik region, the president of Gegharqunik Region Chess Federation Rafik Grigoryan and the Mayo...
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The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on July 17th at 5pm local time at Martuni Culture Palace. The games start every day at 3pm local time at Martuni Culture Palace. Live games and live streaming will be available on the official website.  ...
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Chess Academy of Armenia has the pleasure to announce that this year the “Lake Sevan 2016” International Chess Tournament is going to be held for the 10th year in a row. The tournament, being organized from 17 to 27 July, 2016 in Martuni, Armenia, promises to be spectacular and fascinating as the winners and strongest participants of previous years are going to take p...
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"Lake Sevan-2015" International Tournament came to an end. After nine-day exciting and spectacular struggle polish GM Jan Krzysztof Duda scored 6 points out of 9 and became the winner of the tournament. GM David Anton Guijarro from Spain became silver medalist scoring 5.5 points. GMs Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India), Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia) and Vladisvav Artemiev...
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The opening ceremony of the “Lake Sevan 2015” International Chess Tournament took place on July 11, 2015 at Martuni Culture Palace. The President of the Republic of Armenia, who doubles as the President of the Armenian Chess Federation, Serzh Sargsyan, the Vice-President of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Founder and President of the Chess Academy of Armenia GM Smb...
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The Chess Academy of Armenia under the auspices of Armenian Chess Federation is organizing the annual “Lake Sevan 2015” International Chess Tournament from 11 to 21 July, 2015 in Martuni, Armenia. It is a FIDE 15th category round robin tournament with 10 participants. The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on July 11 at 4 pm local time, at Martuni C...
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