Robert Hovhannisyan leads Bavarian Chess Championship

Emil Lazarian 2018
  • 20:41 | November 1,2018 | Sports
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Robert Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Men’s Chess Team, is currently performing successfully at the Bavarian Open Championship in Germany.

Our chess player has had five victories in the first 5 rounds and now shares the 1-2th places with Spanish Grandmaster Heim Santos. In the 6th round today, these two players will meet each other. Robert Hovhannisyan will play with white pieces.

Our other chess player, GM Manuel Petrosyan, shares the 9-27th places with 4 points. His opponent is German international master Jonas Hacker.

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