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Round 13: Aronian wins 2nd FIDE Grand Prix in style

In what can be considered an excellent last round, Levon Aronian became the glorious winner of the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi, Russia. And he did it in style, defeating Alexander Grischuk...

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Armenia won the World Chess Olympiad for the second time!

Having defeated China, the Armenian national chess team has just won the Champion’s title at the World Chess Olympiad 2008 held in Dresden. Tigran Petrosian defeated Chao Li, bringing the golden point...

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Armenia – a World Chess Superpower!

“The Armenian chess team is again the strongest in the world. Armenian chess players beat the Chinese team with the score 2.5:1.5 at the World Chess Olympiad held in Dresden, thus retaining the...

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Armenia wins World Chess Team Championship

A draw with Ukraine helped Armenia win the first place in 2011 World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo, China. Armenia has twice won the title of Olympic champions, but this is the first time out team...

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Armenians celebrate the victory of the national men’s team in the 2012 Chess...

Click to view slideshow. The grandmasters led by Levon Aronian, the world’s second highest ranked chess player, received a hero’s welcome on their return to Armenia late on Monday. President Serzh...

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Armenia’s Chess Grandmaster Density among World’s Highest

Chess grandmasters by country per million people, 2016 Armenia has one of the world’s highest chess grandmaster density per million people according to this map posted on Reddit.  This is not...

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