Tigran Kotanjian wins Dubai Open
Armenian grandmasters Tigran Kotanjian and Ashot Atanesyan showed brilliant performance at Dubai Open championship. Although both garnered 7 points, Tigran Kotanjian was recognized the winner due to extra index.
In the last tour, Kotanjian made a draw with Russian grandmaster Pavel Maletin while Anastasyan defeated India's Arun Prasad.
The championship's prize fund makes $45 000. The winner gets $6000. Those winning the second and third places are awarded $5000 and $4000 respectively.