European Chess Championship: 4 Armenian players win in 8th round

Panorama

Armenia –

Eight rounds have already been played at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

Armenia's Mamikon Gharibyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Vahe Danielyan and Sargis Manukyan scored victories in the 8th round on Friday, the Armenian Chess Federation reported.

The games of Gabriel Sargissian, Haik Martirosyan, Manuel Petrosyan, Shant Sargsyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, Emin Ohanyan, Armen Barseghyan and Robert Piliposyan ended in a draw.

At the moment, the sole leader of the championship is Ukrainian GM Anton Korobov, who scored 7 points out of 8.

Gabriel Sargissian, Manuel Petrosyan, Haik Martirosyan, Shant Sargsyan, Mamikon Gharibyan and Robert Hovhannisyan scored 5.5 points.

Mamikon Gharibyan and Robert Hovhannisyan will play against each other in the 9th round.

https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2023/03/11/European-Chess-Championship/2805546

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