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Vahe Sukiasyan becomes European U18 chess champion for the second time

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International Master Vahe Sukiasyan has become the 2026 European Under-18 Youth Chess Champion, the Chess Federation of Armenia reports. He won the title for the second year in a row, repeating his 2025 success. The federation congratulated the chess player and his coach, Grandmaster Tigran Harutyunyan.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer)18:30Pro-government

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 18:30
Balanced 9 / 14 First: Radar Armenia, 6 min later
Opposition 11 / 21 First: Tert.am, 7 min later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 18:45

Timeline as a list
  1. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  2. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  3. Tert.am (Opposition)
  4. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  5. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  6. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  9. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  10. Infocom (Balanced)
  11. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  12. Mediahub (Opposition)
  13. Ararat News (Balanced)
  14. 24news.am (Opposition)
  15. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  16. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  17. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  18. Panorama (Opposition)
  19. Azg (Opposition)
  20. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  21. 1in.am (Balanced)
  22. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  23. Aravot (Balanced)
  24. Armenpress (Pro-government)

All sources

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