The closing ceremony of the 9th Andranik Margaryan Memorial - Swiss Tournament was held on 16 of January at the Chess Academy of Armenia.  Over 650 young chess players from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia and  took part in this memorial.  The total prize fund of the memorial was 2 050 000 AMD. All the winners of the tournaments were awarded with medals, diplomas a...
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From December 10 to December 18 the Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing 3rd Category Qualification Tournament with the following schedule: Round 1 – December 10, 15:30  Round 2 – December 11, 15:30  Round 3 – December 12, 15:30  Round 4 – December 13, 15:30  Round 5 – December 14, 15:30  Round 6 – December 15, 12:00 Round 7 – December 17, 15:30  Round 8 –...
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The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing “Andranik Margaryan Memorial” which will take place from January 8 to 16, 2019. Participants up to 18 (boys and girls) will take part in different age groups. Each tournament is a 9 round Swiss Tournament. The total prize fund of the tournament is 2 050 000 AMD. Օfficial website of Swiss tournament:  http://amargaryan-...
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Vice-President of the Armenian Chess Federation, Founder-President of Chess Academy of Armenia and Founder-president of Chess Scientific Research Institute GM Smbat Lputian has been appointed as the Chairman of the FIDE Chess in Education Commission.  This decision was made at the FIDE Presidential Board meeting which took place in London on November 8-10, 2018.  Th...
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On November 12-21, 2017 Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing 1st and 2nd Category Qualification Tournaments with the following schedule: Round 1 – November 12, 15:30  Round 2 – November 13, 15:30  Round 3 – November 14, 15:30  Round 4 – November 15, 15:30  Round 5 – November 16, 15:30  Round 6 – November 17, 11:00 Round 7 – November 19, 15:30  Round 8 – No...
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The candidate of FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich was hosted by the Armenian Chess Federation. He got acquainted with the achievements and problems of chess in Armenia.  Mr. Dvorkovich noted that he is impressed by the huge work that Armenian schools, “Chess” Research-Scientific Centre and Chess Academy of Armenia have been doing.          He said  “there is much...
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From September 24 to October 2 the Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing 3rd Category Qualification Tournament with the following schedule: Round 1 – September 24, 15:30  Round 2 – September 25, 15:30  Round 3 – September 26, 15:30  Round 4 – September 27, 15:30  Round 5 – September 28, 15:30  Round 6 – September 29, 12:00 Round 7 – October 01, 15:30  Round...
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From September 12 to September 20, 2018 the Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing 4th Category Qualification Tournament with the following schedule: Round 1 – September 12, 15:30  Round 2 – September 13, 15:30   Round 3 – September 14, 15:30    Round 4 – September 15, 12:00 Round 5 – September 17, 15:30 Round 6 – September 18, 15:30   Round 7 – September 19,...
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The closing ceremony of Stepan Avagyan memorial: “Jermuk-2018” XIII International Open Youth Chess Tournament was held on 11 of July at "Jermuk Ashkhar''.​ The Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Founder-President of the Chess Academy of Armenia Smbat Lputian congratulated all the participants and trainers for their interesting games, and then he t...
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On June 11-20, 2017 the Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing 1st and 2nd Category Qualification Tournaments with the following schedule: Round 1 – June 11, 11:00  Round 2 – June 12, 11:00 Round 3 – June 13, 11:00 Round 4 – June 14, 11:00 Round 5 – June 15, 11:00 Round 6 – June 16, 11:00 Round 7 – June 18, 11:00 Round 8 – June 19, 11:00 Round 9 – June 20, ...
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