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Culture & sport

Haik Martirosyan defeats Magnus Carlsen in Budapest

First reported by 24news.am: Yesterday, 21:07

Updated 14:12, 29 sources

Culture & sport. Photo: Miroslav.vajdic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, cropped
Photo: Miroslav.vajdic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, cropped

According to the Chess Federation of Armenia, grandmaster Haik Martirosyan defeated rating list leader Magnus Carlsen with the white pieces in the first game of the third round of the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 tournament under way in Budapest. The win came on move 41. According to some reports, the return game with the black pieces ended in a draw, and Martirosyan leads Group C outright.

Coverage timeline

First to report: 24news.am21:07Opposition

Pro-government 5 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 12 min later
Balanced 10 / 14 First: Factor, 11 min later
Opposition 13 / 21 First: 24news.am, 21:07

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 21:20

  1. 24news.am (Opposition)
  2. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  3. Factor (Balanced)
  4. Panorama (Opposition)
  5. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  6. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  7. Tert.am (Opposition)
  8. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  9. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  10. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  11. Mediahub (Opposition)
  12. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  13. Hraparak (Opposition)
  14. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  15. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  16. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  17. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  18. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  19. Infocom (Balanced)
  20. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  21. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  22. Ararat News (Balanced)
  23. Aravot (Balanced)
  24. 1in.am (Balanced)
  25. News.am (Opposition)
  26. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  27. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  28. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  29. CivilNet (Balanced)

All sources

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