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VTB (Armenia) supported the inter-university Universiade - 2025
VTB (Armenia) has proudly stepped in as the general partner for the Universiade 2025, a student sports festival organized by the Russian-Armenian ... ... students showcasing their skills in various sports, including futsal, basketball, volleyball, swimming, table tennis, shooting, and chess. In addition to sports, the Universiade features a vibrant cultural program highlighting creative talents through dance,...
04/30/2025Armenian chess players win silver medals at world championship in India
Armenian chess players Mariam Mkrtchyan and Emin Ohanyan won silver medals in the individual world championship among 20-year-olds in India's Gandhinagar, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport reported. YEREVAN, 13 June. /ARKA/. Armenian chess players Mariam Mkrtchyan and Emin Ohanyan won silver medals in the individual world ...
06/13/2024Fastex to Provide up to 5 Million $FTN to the “Olympionic” Sports Foundation
... memorandum of cooperation. The purpose of this cooperation is to promote the growth and development of sports in the Republic of Armenia, to improve the competitiveness and the living conditions of athletes, and to encourage the growth of victories recorded ... ... well as international tournaments not included in the Olympic Games, such as sambo wrestling, international checkers, wushu and chess. The 5 million $FTNs have been segregated from the total supply and securely frozen on the blockchain until 2030. The 5 ...
02/06/2024Armenian government allocates $1 million to train athletes for Olympics, European and world championships
... championships. YEREVAN, June 8. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has released today additionally AMD 358.4 million to train Armenian athletes for the Olympics, European and world championships. Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Arayik Khzmalyan said that AMD 358.353 million from the Reserve Fund of the Government will be provided to 11 athletic federations and the Chess Federation. According to Khzmalyan, thanks to the allocated funds athletes will also take part in competitions and tournaments ...
06/08/2023Seven Armenian chess players are in FIDE's latest rating of top 100
... FIDE's rating of strongest female chess players includes Elina Danielyan - 35th place, (2431), the winner of the Club European Championships with ASVOe Pamhagen, Austria; Mariam Mkrtchyan - 69th place, (2381), the current World and Europe U18 champion. ... ... junior girls rating; Lilit Mkrtchyan - 70th place, (2379) and Anna M. Sarkisian - 85th place (2361). In the country rating, the Chess Federation of Armenia has retained its 8th place (2635). --0--
01/03/2023Armenian government releases 557.6mln drams to double payments to winners of championships
..., other international competitions in such events as sambo, checkers, wushu, chess. YEREVAN, December 15. /ARKA/. The Armenian government will double payments to winners and medalists of Olympic, Paralympic and Sub-Olympic Games, other international competitions in such events as sambo, checkers, wushu, chess. The rise will apply also to their coaches, personal trainers and second trainers. In particular, the athletes winning the 1st to the 3rd places at world championships will receive 10mln, 7mln and 4mln drams respectively. Coaches will be paid 5mln, 3.5mln and 2mln, and the second ...
12/15/2022Armenia’s Mariam Mkrtchyan wins European U-18 Chess Championships in Turkey
... unreachable with 7.5 points, according to the tournament website. Two months ago, Mariam Mkrtchyan won U-18 World Championship. Armenia's Emin Ohanyan (U-16), Mamikon Gharibyan (U-18), and Benik Agasarov (U-14) retain chances of winning medals at the Antalya championships. Armenia was represented by 30 chess players in six age categories- U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18. The event is being played from 6th to 15th November in 9 rounds, Swiss system. More than 1000 players from 46 European federations are competing for the title of European Youth ...
11/14/2022Chess players from 14 countries will come to Armenia for Yerevan Open 2022
More than 200 high-class chess players will take part in the international tournament "Yerevan Open 2022", which will kick off on October 10.... ... Open 2022", which will kick off on October 10. The event's organizer is the Yerevan Chess Federation. Chess players from Armenia, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Russia, Singapore, Ukraine, USA, New Zealand, and Belgium ...
10/06/2022Mariam Mkirtchyan wins U-18 world chess championship
Young Armenian chess player Mariam Mkrtchyan has won the world championship in U-18 category before the last round of the competition, reported the Armenian Chess Federation. YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. Young Armenian chess player Mariam Mkrtchyan has won the world championship in U-18 category before the ...
09/16/2022Armenian chess player Lilit Mkrtchyan wins right to take part in FIDE Women's World Cup
Armenian chess player Lilit Mkrtchyan will take part in the next FIDE Women's World Cup. YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. Armenian chess player Lilit Mkrtchyan will take part in the next FIDE Women's World Cup. She won the right at the European Women's Individual Championship, which was held in Prague from August 20-31 this year. Having scored equal number of points with the second and third prize winners, Mkrtchyan took the fourth place according to additional indicators. Monika Sochko of Poland became the winner ...
09/05/2022Armenia's Elina Danielyan leads at European Women's Individual Chess Championship
... best result at the European Women's Individual Chess Championship held in the Czech capital of Prague. Players from four other countries have also won the first three rounds. Armenia's Lilit Mkrtchyan is half a point behind the leaders with 2.5 points. Armenia is represented at the 22nd edition of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship also by Anna Sarkisyan, Mariam Mkrtchyan, Susanna Gaboyan and Maria Gevorgyan. This year a total of 125 chess players are competing in the championship. The tournament is held in the Swiss system and consists of 11 rounds. The championship ...
08/23/2022Armenia wins silver at FIDE Chess Olympiad
The 14th-seeded Uzbekistan team won the gold medal while Armenia and India-2 team won the silver and bronze in the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Indian Chennai, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said. YEREVAN, August 9, /ARKA/. The 14th-seeded Uzbekistan team won the gold medal while Armenia and India-2 team won the silver and bronze in the Open section of the 44th ...
08/09/2022Ameriabank partners Gyumri Tech Week and acts as main sponsor of Cyber Security Hackathon (video)
On July 2-4, Armenia’s second-largest city of Gyumri hosted one of the largest technology events of the year - Tech Week 2022. Ameriabank,... ... Americans any questions they might have about the job vacancies or simply to taste delicious apples and sweets and try their hand at chess. Watch the video to learn more about Ameriabank's participation in Tech Week. About Ameriabank Ameriabank is Armenia's ...
07/07/2022FIDE's ranking of top 100 players for July has eight chess players from Armenia
... Sargsyan (37th, rating 2698), Hayk M. Martirosyan (73rd, 2672) and Shant Sargsyan (87th, 2661) represent Armenia in the men's top 100. The ranking of top 100 women players has Elina Danielyan from Armenia, who is current winner of the European Individual Championship (30th, rating 2441), and Anna M. Sargsyan (71st, 2378). There are two Armenian chess players in the junior chess top 100: Artur Davtyan (37th, rating 2520) and Mamikon Gharibyan (60th, rating 2490), and Mariam Mkrtchyan (31st, rating 2285) is among top 100 junior female players. The ranking of the Chess Federation of Armenia for ...
07/01/2022Nine Armenian chess players are in FIDE’s latest rating of top 100 players
The International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) latest rating of top 100 players in various categories includes a total of nine chess players from Armenia, including also juniors. YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. The International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) latest rating of top 100 players in various categories includes a total of nine chess players from Armenia, including also juniors. The top 100 ...
02/01/2022Armenia shares 6th-7th places in ranking of GMs born after 1992
Armenia shares the 6th-7th places in a rating of the number of chess grandmasters born in this or that country after 1992. YEREVAN, Jan. 3. /ARKA/. Armenia shares the 6th-7th places in a rating of the number of chess grandmasters born in this or that country after 1992. The ranking is topped by Russia with 37 GMs,...
01/03/2022Top ten Armenian athletes of the year named
... teams and sports journalists have named the best ten athletes of the year: YEREVAN, December 21. /ARKA/. Head coaches of Armenian national teams and sports journalists have named the best ten athletes of the year: The list includes: Artur Alexanyan ... ... the Tokyo Games) Malkhas Amoyan - Greco-Roman wrestling (world and European U23 champion) Hovhannes Bachkov - boxing (World Championship bronze medalist) Elina Danielyan - chess (European Individual Championship winner) Artur Davtyan - artistic gymnastics (bronze medalist of the Tokyo Games) Varazdat ...
12/21/2021Levon Aronian to play under US flag
Armenia’s leading chess player since the early 2000, GM Levon Aronian, who led the Armenian national team to the gold medals in the Chess Olympiads in 2006, 2008 and 2012 and a two-time FIDE World Cup winner, will play under the U.S. flag starting from December 1, 2021 ...
12/01/2021Armenia's Elina Danielyan wins European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
Armenia’s Elina Danielyan has won the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship in the Romanian city of Iasi beating Estonia’s Mai Narva last Friday. YEREVAN, August 23, /ARKA/ Armenia’s Elina Danielyan has won the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship in the Romanian city of Iasi beating Estonia’s ...
08/23/2021Armenia’s Elina Danielian has chance to win European Women Individual Chess Championship
Elina Danielian, an Armenian chess grandmaster and six-time Armenia’s women’s champion is sharing the 2-4 places in the standings two rounds before the end of the European Women Individual Chess Championship 2021 that is taking place from 8th-21st of August in Iasi, Romania, YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. Elina Danielian, an Armenian chess grandmaster and six-time Armenia’s women’s champion is sharing the 2-4 places in the standings two ...
08/19/2021Armenian grandmaster knocks Azerbaijan's Mamedyarov out of FIDE Cup tournament
Armenian grandmaster Hayk Martirosyan has won a ticket to the 4th round of the FIDE Chess Cup tournament, defeating the top Azerbaijani chess player Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the third round of the tournament. YEREVAN, July 20. /ARKA/ Armenian grandmaster Hayk Martirosyan has won a ticket to the 4th round of the FIDE Chess Cup tournament,...
07/20/2021Armenian prime minister presents the strategy of transforming the country
... least five technology companies worth over $10 billion and 10 thousand operating startups, double the area under forest, win 25 Olympic gold medals. He also said that the Armenian national football team should become the winner of the European or World Championship, that Armenian chess players should win an individual world chess champion title. The country should also work to increase the number of tourists visiting Armenia to 15 million people. Pashinyan also named 16 mega-problems that should be solved within 10 years: to have ...
09/21/2020Yerevan Chess Federation to hold first Yerevan Cup tournament
The Yerevan Chess Federation said it is organizing the first Yerevan Cup chess tournament to celebrate Armenia's Independence Day, marked on September 21, saying also the tournament will become traditional. YEREVAN, September 3. /ARKA/. The Yerevan Chess Federation said it is organizing the first Yerevan Cup chess tournament to celebrate Armenia's Independence ...
09/03/2020Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian to play in online Nations Cup
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will take part in the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup tournament as part of the European team, FIDE Director General Emil Sutovsky wrote in a Facebook post. YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will take part in the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup ...
04/23/2020Armenian government raises monthly payments to Olympic and world champions
... amount of payments paid to winners of Olympic and world championships medals. YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. The government of Armenia decided today to raise the amount of payments paid to winners of Olympic and world championships medals. The news was announced by Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grisha Tamrazyan. The ... ... entitled to such payments. The deputy minister said the list will include also Olympic champions and champions of the World Chess Olympiad, as well as prize-winners of the Olympiads. In addition, the list will include champions in Olympic and non-Olympic ...
03/19/2020Government of Armenia releases 50 million drams for awarding best ten athletes of the country in 2019
... February 21 at the residence of the president. In his turn, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that sport is of strategic importance. “I want to draw your attention to the fact that our development strategy until 2050 states that before that time Armenian athletes should win Olympic medals, win the world chess championship, and become a prize winner of the World Football Cup and the European Championship,” he said.($1 - 478.63 dram) .-- 0--
02/20/20201XBet bookmaker office available in Armenia now
1xBet bookmaker office is already available in Armenia, the company reported on Thursday. "1xBet bookmaker company, well known all over the world, is your chance to improve ... ... ensures high coefficients and guaranteed payments, which can always be multiplied on the company's website. Football, wrestling or chess - everybody can place a bet on everything he/she finds interesting. About the website The official website of the bookmaker ...
01/29/2020Levon Aronian leading in Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour
Armenian chess grandmaster Levon Aronian has claimed a victory in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour in St. Louis, the National Olympic Committee of Armenia reported on Wednesday. YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Armenian chess grandmaster Levon ...
08/14/2019Armenia to host world school chess championship in September
The Armenian resort town of Tsakhkadzor will host the World School Chess Championship on September 18-25 , the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports reported. YEREVAN, August 8. /ARКА/. The Armenian resort town of Tsakhkadzor will host the World School Chess Championship on September 18-25 , the Ministry ...
08/08/2019Pashinyan: Pan-Armenian Games could provide key platform for all-national dialogue
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met Tuesday with Pan-Armenian Games World Committee members in Stepanakert, the press ... ... office, Pan-Armenian Games World Committee Chairman Ishkhan Zakaryan introduced the committee members, noting that football, chess, cycling, arm-wrestling tournaments had already started in Artsakh - Askeran, Martakert, Martuni - tomorrow. The Seventh ...
08/07/2019Government releases $133,000 to Chess Federation
The government of Armenia decided today to release $133,300 for the Chess Federation, headed by former president Serzh Sargsyan. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Gabriel Ghazaryan said the money ... ... Levon Aronyan for fighting for the champion’s title. Aronyan is a three-time Olympic chess champion, winner of the world team championship, World Cup and is ranked by FIDE as the 4th best chess players in the world. "We believe that Levon Aronyan ...
04/25/2019Armenia’s Central Bank to put into circulation new generation composite banknotes
Third generation Armenian composite banknotes dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the national currency, the dram, will be put into circulation ... ... technical and software changes. Great Armenia poet Paruyr Sevak will be depicted on banknotes with face value of 1,000 drams, world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan will be depicted on banknotes with face value of 2,000 drams, American Armenian writer William ...
11/20/2018Yerevan mayor officially resigns
... administrative districts of the capital, partner organizations and individuals for joint work. Margaryan was elected mayor of the Armenian capital by the Council of Elders in 2011 after the resignation of Karen Karapetyan. He was reelected in 2013 and 2017.... ... of the HHK at the time. In February 2014, he defended his PhD in economy. Margaryan is also deputy chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and the chairman of the Chess Federation of Yerevan. -0-
07/09/2018Yerevan Council of Elders member denies reports about mayor’s resignation
A member of the Yerevan’s Council of Elders (legislative body) from the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has denied media reports claiming that mayor Taron Margaryan resigned, Armenian Public Television reported. YEREVAN,... ... of the HHK at the time. In February 2014, he defended his PhD in economy. Margaryan is also deputy chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and the chairman of the Chess Federation of Yerevan. -0-
07/09/2018Yerevan mayor reportedly resigns
Armenian online mass media report that Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan has resigned. YEREVAN, July 9. /ARKA/. Armenian online ... ... of the HHK at the time. In February 2014, he defended his PhD in economy. Margaryan is also deputy chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation and the chairman of the Chess Federation of Yerevan. -0-
07/09/2018VTB Bank (Armenia) holds its first Spartakiad
On June 23, VTB Bank (Armenia) held its first Spartakiad (sports tournaments), the bank’s press office reported on Wednesday. YEREVAN, June ... ... in the event. They competed in eight sports – football, volleyball, rope war, race, table tennis, arm wrestling, darts and chess blitz. Ivan Telegin, CEO and chairman of the VTB Bank (Armenia) directorial board, addressing the Spartakiad participants ...
06/27/2018VTB Bank (Armenia) is general sponsor of International Football Championship for Journalists
The Second International Football Championship for Journalists will kick off on May 26 in Yerevan. YEREVAN, May 23.... ... Football Championship for Journalists will kick off on May 26 in Yerevan. VTB Bank (Armenia) is the general sponsor of the championship organized by the Association of... ... representatives in Armenia. VTB Bank (Armenia) has recently provided support to a chess tournament for Armenian media representatives. Besides, it attaches great importance...
05/23/2018Fourth chess tournament for mass media representatives held under VTB Bank (Armenia) sponsorship
... mass media representatives took place Saturday in Yerevan under the sponsorship of VTB Bank (Armenia) and with support from the Chess Academy of Armenia and Sil Maaza Company, the press office of the bank reported on Monday. The event has been organized by the Association of Foreign Correspondents. The winner of the fourth championship was Vadim Mkrtchyan, Golos Armenii newspaper correspondent, who has won three previous championships - in 2015, 2016 ...
02/12/2018Chess championship for media representatives to be held under VTB Bank (Armenia) sponsorship
Another chess championship for media resources will be held in Armenia under VTB Bank (Armenia) sponsorship and with the Chess Academy of Armenia and Sil Maaza Company support. YEREVAN, February 8. /ARKA/. Another chess championship for media resources will be held in Armenia under VTB Bank (Armenia) sponsorship ...
02/08/2018Moldovan president arrives in Armenia on official visit
Moldovan President Igor Dodon will pay an official visit to Armenia November 9-11 at the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, the presidential press service said. YEREVAN,... ... of the Armenian Church, the depository of ancient manuscripts Matenadaran, the Center for Innovative Technologies Tumo, the Chess Academy of Armenia. He will also pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Tsitsernakaberd ...
11/08/2017Armenian teams perform unsuccessfully at European Team Chess Championship 2017
The Armenian men’s national came 12th with ten points at the European Team Chess Championship 2017 held in Chersonesus, Greece. This is the team’s worst result in the recent years. YEREVAN, November 7. /ARKA/. The Armenian men’s national came 12th with ten points at the European Team Chess Championship 2017 held in Chersonesus,...
11/07/2017President visits Vayots Dzor and Syunik provinces
Last Friday President of Armenia, President of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan, paid a visit to Vayots Dzor province, where he watched the 2nd round of the European Junior Grand Prix Tournament, organized by the Armenian Chess Academy in cooperation with the Armenian Chess Federation and the European ...
10/09/2017Armenia’s Aronian wins FIDE World Cup
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has clinched his second FIDE World Cup title and the $120,000 first prize 12 years after winning ... ... Some 128 players were allowed to play under the knockout system. Aronian has also qualified as a candidate to fight for world chess champion title, which will be held in March 2018 in Berlin, Germany. -0-
09/27/2017Armenia’s Aronian reaches world cup final
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has reached the World Cup final, defeating Vachier-Lagrave ... ... four minutes to white’s five and needs only a draw to be adjudged the winner. The chess.am reports that Aronian played with white pieces and only a victory would allow... ... candidates tournament aimed at finding the challenger to Magnus Carlsen in the next World championship title match. -0-
09/22/2017Armenia can be reliable and predictable neighbor for European Union – Sargsyan
In an interview with Euronews Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said what the country could offer the European Union. YEREVAN, March 3. /ARKA/. In an interview ... ... “export” and what else Armenia can offer the EU, the president said that there are many famous Armenians like Henrikh Mkhitaryan or chess player Levon Aronian, and Olympic champions, however Armenia can export its wonderful agricultural products to EU. “The ...
03/03/2017President: Armenian athletes become symbols for younger generation
... Armenian, every citizen of the Republic of Armenia feels immense pride. However, the important thing in my opinion is the fact that they become the symbols, and younger generations, children follow them. I tell you with confidence that Armenia has become a chess country, because we had Tigran Petrosyan. Football in Armenia is developing; it is true that the championship has not been very successful but I am confident that football in Armenia has a great future because present here are the guys from Ararat-73, who once instilled us with pride. I am also sure that Henri Mkhitaryan’s yesterday goal filled ...
12/28/2016Sargsyan attends opening ceremony of Open International Chess Tournament in Yerevan
On Saturday, Serzh Sargsyan, Armenia’s president and the head of the country’s chess federation, attended the opening ceremony of the first ever Yerevan Open International Chess Tournament to be held in Armenia on October 1-10, the presidential press office reports. YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. On Saturday, Serzh Sargsyan, ...
10/03/2016VTB Bank (Armenia) football team participated in VTB group’s 9th games
... at "Locomotive" stadium in Moscow. YEREVAN, August 8. /ARKA/. VTB Bank (Armenia) football team took part in the IX Games of the Russian VTB Group, the bank's... ... Group from seven countries -more than 900 athletes who competed for team and individual championships. This year, the Games program included 13 sport events: mini-football... ... streetball, all-round, darts, weight-lifting, shooting, country cross, family relay race, chess, mini golf, bowling. Team cheerleaders competed as well. Over the past 13 years...
08/08/2016Armenia, Russia maintaining full interaction in political, economic, military and humanitarian areas
... supporting Russia’s stance on Syria problem and we welcome the ceasefire accord you have reached with the United States. This can become a key to political solution of this problem,” Sargsyan said. He remembered that a tournament of aspirants for world chess championship will be launched on Thursday. He said that the contest is sponsored by the Armenian Chess Federation and Armenia dedicates this event to the 25th anniversary of its independence. Sargsyan also thanked the Russian president for the efforts his country is making to settle Karabakh conflict. “We remain steadfast in our determination ...
03/11/2016Armenian president to participate at opening ceremony of candidates chess tournament in Moscow
... Serzh Sargsyan will conduct a working visit to the Russian Federation. In the framework of the visit, in Moscow the President of Armenia will meet with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. At the meeting discussed will be issues related ... ... process, existing problems and possibilities to move the process forward. In Moscow, the President of Armenia, President of the Chess Federation of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on March 10 will participate at the official opening ceremony of the Candidates Chess ...
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