A1+: GM Aram Hakobyan loses to 12-year-old chess player

Emil Lazarian 2018
  • 13:27 | May 24,2018 | Sports
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The World Junior Stars Chess Tournament continues in Kirishi, Russia.

After 8 rounds, the tournament table is progressing four chess players, who have scored 5.5 points each. Among them are our delegates, GM Aram Hakobyan and international master Shant Sargsyan. The first played a draw with 12 years’ old Volodar Murzin in this round, and the other shared points with 17 years’ old Sergey Lobanov.

The games of the 9th round will take place today. Aram Hakobyan will play with white figures with Dmitry Kuznetsov, who lost in all eight games. Shant Sargsyan’s opponent is Arsen Nesterov, who is on the penultimate spot. Armenian chess player Mamikon Gharibyan has 4 points and is currently sharing the 6-7th places.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS