Culture & sport

Nare Isakhanyan becomes European U12 girls' chess runner-up

Nare Isakhanyan, a student of the Chess Academy of Armenia, won a silver medal at the 2026 European Chess Championship held on the island of Crete, becoming runner-up in the under-12 girls' category. According to the Chess Federation of Armenia, she scored 7.5 points out of 9 and shared 2nd–3rd place, taking 2nd place on tiebreaks. The chess player was congratulated together with her coach Sargis Manukyan.