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Top 100 Players of 2015: Henrikh Mkhitaryan Ranked 17th - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/29/2015 - 1:40pm

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Top 100 Players of 2015: Henrikh Mkhitaryan Ranked 17th
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After every game, WhoScored.com gives players competing in Europe's top five leagues a mark out of 10 based on a wide range of statistical data. Each player received an average score for 2015, and to qualify for the list, players had to have made at ...

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Karabakh Reports Renewed Growth In Tourism - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 12/24/2015 - 1:39pm

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Karabakh Reports Renewed Growth In Tourism
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STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL) — The number of foreign tourists visiting Nagorno-Karabakh has risen by almost 14 percent this year despite increased ceasefire violations along the Armenian-Azerbaijani frontline around the territory, an official in Stepanakert ...

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PicsArt Among Five Hottest 2015 Startups of Forbes, Worth $250 Million - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 12/18/2015 - 5:42pm

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PicsArt Among Five Hottest 2015 Startups of Forbes, Worth $250 Million
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YEREVAN (Arka) — Armenian photo editing and sharing app PicsArt is among the five hottest 2015 startups of Forbes. The app, worth $250 million according to Forbes, considered a competitor of free app Instagram, was downloaded by 220 million users at ...

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Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands - World Chess

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/15/2015 - 12:56am

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
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The Tata Steel Chess tournament is one of the top competitions on the calendar. This year's tournament, the 78th edition, includes many of the world's top players, among them Magnus Carlsen, the World Champion; Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So of the ...

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Viswanathan Anand held by Fabiano Caruana - Daily News & Analysis

Caruana - Sun, 12/13/2015 - 8:37am

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Viswanathan Anand held by Fabiano Caruana
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Former world champion Viswanathan Anand brought an end to his run of three consecutive defeats and drew with Fabiano Caruana of United States in the eighth and penultimate round of the London Chess Classic. After a roller coaster ride that involved a ...
Anand loses to Vachier-LagraveThe Hindu
London Chess Classic: Carlsen wins crown, Anand finishes ninthFirstpost
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spotZee News
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$115000 Raised for “Discover Armenia” Rose Float - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 12/10/2015 - 11:54pm

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$115000 Raised for “Discover Armenia” Rose Float
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LOS ANGELES — During a fundraising dinner on the night of December 6, the American Armenian Rose Float Association (AARFA) raised $115,000 toward the construction of the second Armenian rose float and its participation in the 127th Pasadena ...

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Russia Deploys New Attack Helicopters in Armenia - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/08/2015 - 12:09pm

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Russia Deploys New Attack Helicopters in Armenia
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YEREVAN — Russia has deployed Seven advanced Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters and Mi-8MT Hip transport helicopters to Erebuni air base in Armenia. The helicopters were shipped from the military airdrome of the South Military District (SMD) in Krasnodar ...

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Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in London Chess Classic - The Indian Express

Nakamura - Tue, 12/08/2015 - 7:29am

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Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in London Chess Classic
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Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a defeat at the hands of Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the fourth round of London Chess Classic on Tuesday. Not finding it easy to play against Nakamura once again, this was Anand's sixth loss ...
VIDEO: Magnus Carlsen and fellow rivals describe Viswanathan Anand in one wordSportskeeda
London Chess Classic: Anand draws against Carlsen in third roundFirstpost
Viswanathan Anand back in business after crushing Veselin Topalov in LondonZee News

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Remember the Victims, Prevent Genocide - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 12:13pm

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Remember the Victims, Prevent Genocide
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NEW YORK — In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established 9 December as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The 9th of December is the ...

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The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London - Business Insider

Caruana - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 2:00am
The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London  Business Insider

Ray Morris-Hill The London Chess Classic is underway in England and will continue until Dec. 13. This is one of the chess world's premier events, usually ...

Andrey Sorokin: USA, Russia and France are 'Rowing in the Same Boat' on Nagorno-Karabakh - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/01/2015 - 10:09am

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Andrey Sorokin: USA, Russia and France are 'Rowing in the Same Boat' on Nagorno-Karabakh
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YEREVAN (Tert.am) — Speaking of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in an interview with Tert.am, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, said that this is one of the few examples in modern history that the USA, Russia and France ...

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UWC Dilijan Teaches Children From Various Countries to Understand Each Other - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Mon, 11/30/2015 - 11:54am

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UWC Dilijan Teaches Children From Various Countries to Understand Each Other
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YEREVAN (Mediamax) — One of the objectives of UWC Dilijan College is to teach children from various countries to listen to and understand each other. Chair of Board of Governors of UWC Dilijan College Veronika Zonabend said this in her interview to ...

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DAVID R. SANDS: Fabiano Caruana edges Hikaru Nakamura, but battle for chess supremacy rages - Washington Times

Nakamura - Tue, 11/24/2015 - 2:57pm

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DAVID R. SANDS: Fabiano Caruana edges Hikaru Nakamura, but battle for chess supremacy rages
Washington Times
Thus it should be seen as progress of a sort that the top two current U.S. players, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, were willing to put it all on the line in their 18-game match earlier this month at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St ...

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DAVID R. SANDS: Fabiano Caruana edges Hikaru Nakamura, but battle for chess supremacy rages - Washington Times

Caruana - Tue, 11/24/2015 - 2:57pm

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DAVID R. SANDS: Fabiano Caruana edges Hikaru Nakamura, but battle for chess supremacy rages
Washington Times
Thus it should be seen as progress of a sort that the top two current U.S. players, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, were willing to put it all on the line in their 18-game match earlier this month at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St ...

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Global Terrorism Index: Armenia Ranked Among World's Safest Countries - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 11/20/2015 - 12:05pm

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Global Terrorism Index: Armenia Ranked Among World's Safest Countries
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YEREVAN (Armradio.am) — 2015 Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace rates Armenia as one of the safest countries in the world in terms of potential terrorist threats. Armenia is ranked 116th among 162 countries ...

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The World Champion Magnus Carlsen will have to defend his title in a match next year. That match is likely to be ... - Irish Independent

Candidates Tournament - Sat, 11/14/2015 - 8:31pm

The World Champion Magnus Carlsen will have to defend his title in a match next year. That match is likely to be ...
Irish Independent
Carlsen's opponent will be determined in the FIDE Candidates tournament in Moscow next March. This event is sponsored by by Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan. Six players have qualified to it - Veselian Topalov, Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, ...

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DAVID R. SANDS: Carissa Yip wins silver for U.S. at World Youth chess event - Washington Times

Candidates Tournament - Wed, 11/11/2015 - 4:30pm

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DAVID R. SANDS: Carissa Yip wins silver for U.S. at World Youth chess event
Washington Times
Anish Giri of the Netherlands has been given the eighth and final slot in the FIDE Candidates Tournament next March, the international chess federation announced Tuesday. It will be Giri's first appearance in the candidates' cycle. • David R. Sands can ...

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