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    Emil Lazarian
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Chess:10 Armenians among FIDE’s top-rated players

PanARMENIAN
Armenia – July 2 2022
July 2, 2022 – 13:58 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Grandmasters Gabriel Sargissian, Haik M. Martirosyan and Shant Sargsyan – all of them representing Armenia – have made it to FIDE's latest rating of top 100 chess players of the world.

Levon Aronian, who until recently represented Armenia before moving to the U.S. in late 2021, has taken the fifth spot, while Samuel Sevian, who is of Armenian descent as well, is ranked the 55th.

The winner of the 2021 European Women’s Chess Championship, Elina Danielian is included in the women's list, as is Anna M. Sargsyan.

Armenia's Shant Sargsyan, who is also in the men's rankings, as well as Artur Davtyan and Mamikon Gharibyan are among the top 100 players in the junior category, while Mariam Mkrtchyan has made it to the girls' rankings.

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