Two Armenian chess players to participate in world championship
13:06 – 27.08.11
Armenian chess players Sergei Movsisyan and Arman Pashikyan are taking
part in the World Chess Championship 2011 that will kick off in the
Russian city of Chanty Mansijsk on Sunday.
According to the Armenian sports news website Armsport.am, in the
first stage Sergey Movsisyan will compete with women’s world champion
Hou Yifan from China.
Arman Pashikyan will compete with Radoslav Wojtaszek from Poland.
Armenian grand master Vladimir Hakobyan had also secured his
participation in this championship, but he has not departed for Chanty
Mansijsk because of a broken leg.
The World Chess Championship 2011 is conducted under the so-called
knock-out rules when each participant leaves the competition after the
first defeat.
Tert.am
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