Yerevan is hosting the 70th Armenian Men Chess Championship from January 22 to February 4.
After the 3rd tour, Robert Hovhannesyan is leading the championship (with 2,5 points to his score), followed by Artashes Minasyan (2,5 points) and Zaven Andreasyan (2 points).
3rd tour results:
Avetik Grigoryan – Zaven Andreasyan 0,5-0,5
Artashes Minasyan –Tigran Petrosyan 0,5-0,5
Hrant Melkymyan –Tigran Kotanjyan 1:0
Ribert Hovhannesyan –David Petrosyan 1:0
Artur Chibukhchyan – David Kalashyan 1:0
Chess is a board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkerboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to remove or defend it from attack on the next move.
The current form of the game emerged in Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from a much older game of Indian origin. Aspects of art are found in chess composition. Theoreticians have developed extensive chess strategies and tactics since the game's inception.
