Avetik Grigoryan – sole leader of Armenia’s chess championship

PanARMENIAN.Net -
Tigran Petrosyan Chess House hosted Wednesday the 6th round of male chess championship. Sole tournament leader after this round is Avetik Grigoryan who had no defeat; Tigran Petrosyan and Zaven Andriasyan (each having 4 points) take the 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Artashes Minasyan who took the 3rd place after the 5th round was beaten by Hrant Melkumyan.



The results after the 6 rounds are as follows:



Andriasian Zaven - Petrosian Davit G 1 - 0

Kotanjian Tigran - Kalashian David 1 - 0

Petrosian Tigran L - Chibukhchian Artur ½ - ½

Grigoryan Avetik - Hovhannisyan Robert 1 - 0

Minasian Artashes - Melkumyan Hrant 0 - 1



The chess players taking the first 5 places in the tournament will qualify for European Championship, and those taking the 6th-9th places will take part in Aeroflot Open 2010 competitions.