Inventichess-2009: Gabriel Sargsyan and Bart Michels ended 8th round in a drawSeptember 26, 2009 - 02:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 8th round of 15th category International Chess Tournament held in Antverpen, Belgium, Armenian grand master Gabriel Sargsyan played his 4th drawn match, this time against Belguim's Bart Michels.Successful players in the 8th round were Krishnan Sasikarin and Yan Timman who defeated Antoaneta Stefanova and David Howell respectively. All other matches ended in a draw. Emil Sutovsky, who earned 6 points in 8 rounds, continues to remain sole tournament leader. Next sportsmen in tournament table are Etienne Bacrot, who falls behind leader by 1.5 points. Sargsyan who has 4 points in his reserve shares 4th-8th positions of tournament table together with Muzychuk, Sochko, Stefanova and Timman. In the 9th and final rounds, Gabriel Sargsyan will play against Slovenia's Anna Muzychuk. 8th round results: Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - Krishnan Sasikiran (India) - 0:1 Yan Timman (Hollan) - David Howell (England) - 1:0 Bert Michels (Belgium) - Gabriel Sargsyam (Armenia) - 0.5:0.5 Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) -Bartosh Sochko (Poland) - 0.5:0.5 Etienne Bacrot (France) - Emil Sutovsky (Israel) - 0.5:0.5 Standing: Sutovsky - 6 Bacrot - 5.5 Sasikiran - 5 Sargsyan, Stefanova, Muzychuk, Sochko, Timman - 4 Michels - 2.5 Howell - 1 Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |