Culture & sport

Robert Piliposyan wins bronze at World U20 Blitz Chess Championship

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Photo: armsport.am, cropped

International Master Robert Piliposyan won a bronze medal at the World Under-20 Blitz Chess Championship held in Al Ain, UAE. He scored 9.5 points out of 13, shared 2nd–4th places and took third place on tiebreaks. Alex Sahakyan finished 5th with 9 points, and Emin Ohanyan was 13th with 8.5 points.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Armenpress15:09Pro-government

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Armenpress, 15:09
Balanced 5 / 14 First: Radar Armenia, 2 min later
Opposition 3 / 21 First: 168 Zham, 2 h 21 min later
Timeline as a list
  1. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  2. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  3. Aravot (Balanced)
  4. 1in.am (Balanced)
  5. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  6. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  7. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  8. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  9. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  10. Ararat News (Balanced)

All sources

Labels as of 13 November 2026

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