23/06/2014 14:42
Armenian MP defeats Magnus Carlsen
The Norwegian grandmaster, reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen was hosted by Armenian GM Levon Aronyan in Yerevan. Carlsen visited the Chess House after Tigran Petrosyan and then conducted a game of multi-board chess with several deputies of the Armenian parliament at the Cafesjian Center. One of them, deputy of Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) faction Tachat Vardapetyan, defeated Carlsen. The victory over the chess champion came as a surprise even to Vardapetyan who used to play chess in his youth.
Carlsen and Aronyan are also expected to play a game of multi-board chess with monks of the Tatev Monastery.