Armenian GM Levon Aronian scored a victory over China’s Wang Hao in the 1st round of Grand Slam Chess Masters which kicked off in Shanghai, China, on September 3, 2010.

1376 chess players from 158 countries will participate in the 39th World Chess Olympiad to be held from September 19 to October 4, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The Olympiad will host 67 foreign and 66 Russian umpires. A modern computer program will be enabled to read the data and select the best games. The prize fund totals 10 million rubles.

Sergey Simonyan, Sergey Avanesyan, Krist and Edgar Evanesyans, as well as Svetlana Yeghiazaryan and Diana Khojagoryan represent Armenia at the European Table Tennis U-12 Championships in Strasbourg.

Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasyan drew a game vs. Turkey’s Ekaterina Atalik in the 3rd round of Kalamaria Open tournament in Thessaloniki, Greece.

14 Armenian sportsmen are representing Armenia at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Taking the 10th position, gymnast Vardanyan secured a ticket to the finals scheduled for August 18.