{"id":2762,"date":"2025-07-03T22:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2762"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:02:59","slug":"tigran-petrosian-chess-tournament-at-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/tigran-petrosian-chess-tournament-at-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigran Petrosyan Chess Tournament at the United Nations Office at Geneva"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2762","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news","news_tags-activities"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":2766,"url":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/1fff0dfc-eb15-4aa6-97ad-99f5a5760607.jpg"},"cover_image_copyrighted":false,"news_content":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2762 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/tigran-petrosian-chess-tournament-at-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva\/2747bbea-69ba-4c7d-b29a-cbb296704c99\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/2747bbea-69ba-4c7d-b29a-cbb296704c99-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/2747bbea-69ba-4c7d-b29a-cbb296704c99-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/2747bbea-69ba-4c7d-b29a-cbb296704c99-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/tigran-petrosian-chess-tournament-at-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva\/ffe38fad-13d3-4ee9-a5f6-87015a8f315c\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/ffe38fad-13d3-4ee9-a5f6-87015a8f315c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/ffe38fad-13d3-4ee9-a5f6-87015a8f315c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/ffe38fad-13d3-4ee9-a5f6-87015a8f315c-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/tigran-petrosian-chess-tournament-at-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva\/screenshot-2025-07-07-at-23-36-37\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-07-at-23.36.37-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-07-at-23.36.37-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-07-at-23.36.37-440x440.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On July 3, 2025, The Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations at Geneva, in collaboration with the Bois Gentil Chess Club and the Swiss Chess Federation, hosted the inaugural Tigran Petrosyan Memorial Tournament to celebrate <strong>International Chess Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This historic event marked the first time a chess tournament was organized at UNOG, bringing together 32 players from Permanent Missions, international organizations, and civil society. A notable honour was the participation of Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director General of UNOG.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, <strong>Johannes Kuehn von Burgsdorff<\/strong>, representing the <strong>Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta<\/strong>, claimed the title with 6 points. <strong>GM Rolando Kutirov<\/strong> of the <strong>Permanent Mission of North Macedonia<\/strong> scored an equal amount of points but had to settle for silver due to inferior Buchholz, while <strong>WFM Greisy Cordero Su\u00e1rez<\/strong> of the <strong>Permanent\u00a0Mission of Cuba<\/strong> secured bronze.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s1.chess-results.com\/tnr1210638.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=1&amp;turdet=YES\">United Nations Chess Tournament &#8211; Final standings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no"},"news_categories":[{"id":10,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/2762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}