Culture & sport

Tigran Hambardzumyan wins WCF Crete Rapid Challenge 2026

Culture & sport. Photo: 1lurer.am, cropped
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FIDE Master Tigran Hambardzumyan won the WCF Crete Rapid Challenge 2026 rapid chess tournament, held on 8 November on the Greek island of Crete. The Chess Federation of Armenia reported this. The tournament was held as part of the European Youth Championship for boys and girls aged 8 to 18.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer)10:17Pro-government

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 10:17
Balanced 2 / 14 First: Ararat News, 10 min later
Opposition 4 / 21 First: Tert.am, 27 min later
Timeline as a list
  1. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  2. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  3. Ararat News (Balanced)
  4. Tert.am (Opposition)
  5. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  6. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  7. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  8. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  9. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  10. Oragir.news (Opposition)

All sources

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