Gabriel Sargsyan holds his second consecutive victory in Inventichess-2009

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 5th round of 15th category Inventichess-2009 tournament held in Antverpen, Belgium, Armenian grand master Gabriel Sargsyan got the upper hand over England's David Howell, thus holding his second victory. Armenian grand master's first victory was registered in match against Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria).



Let's note that in the first round, Sargsyan defeated Etienne Bacrot (France) while in the 2nd and 3rd rounds he played drawn games with Israel's Emil Sutovski and Poland's Bartosh Sochko respectively.



Having earned 3 points after the 5 rounds, Sargsyan now shares 3rd-4th positions of tournament table together with Slovenia's Anna Muzychuk.



Sole tournament leader is Emil Sutovski who defeated Holland's Yana Timman thus earning 4 points. Etienne Bacrot who has 3.5 points comes next.



During the 6th round Gabriel Sargsyan will compete against Indian grand master Krishnan Sasikiran.



5th round results:



Emil Sutovsky (Israel) - Yan Timman (Holland) - 1:0

Bartosh Sochko (Poland) - Krishnan Saskiran (India) 1:0

Gabriel Sargsyan (Armenia) - David Howell (England) - 1:0

Etienne Bacrot (France) - Bart Michels (Belgium) - 0.5:0.5

Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) - Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - 0.5:0.5



Standing:



Sutovsky - 4

Bacrot - 3.5

Sargsyan, Muzychuk - 3

Sasikiran, Stefanova, Sochko - 2.5

Michels - 1

Timman - 1.5

Howell - 0.5.