Were Monte Melkonian and Tatev Abrahamyan both chess players?
Monte Melkonian Monte Melkonian (classical Armenian: Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան ; reformed: Մոնթե Մելքոնյան; November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was an Armenian left-wing nationalist militant, revolutionary, and commander. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) in the 1980s and the most celebrated commander during the Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s.
Chess World Cup 2017 The Chess World Cup 2017 is a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, being held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian. This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup, 12 years after his first win in 2005.