Culture & sport

58 Armenian chess players compete at European Youth Championship in Crete

Culture & sport. Photo: Vecteezy, cropped
Photo: Vecteezy, cropped

From November 3 to 12, the Greek island of Crete is hosting the European Youth Chess Championship for boys and girls aged 8 to 18, in 12 age categories. According to the Chess Federation of Armenia, Armenia is represented by 58 players. After two rounds, 14 of the Armenian participants have 2 points. Round 3 begins on November 5 at 17:00 Armenian time.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Shant TV / Shantnews22:23Balanced

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 2 h 28 min later
Balanced 8 / 14 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 22:23
Opposition 3 / 21 First: Oragir.news, 1 h 2 min later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 22:28

Timeline as a list
  1. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  2. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  3. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  4. Ararat News (Balanced)
  5. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  6. 1in.am (Balanced)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  9. Infocom (Balanced)
  10. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  11. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  12. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  13. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  14. Mediahub (Opposition)
  15. Aravot (Balanced)

All sources

Labels as of 7 November 2026

Report a problem with this story