  Hrant Melkumyan 0,5 point behind Aeroflot Оpen leader February 15, 2012 - 10:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - All chess players representing Armenia tied the 8th round games in tournament A of Aeroflot Open Chess Festival 2012, ongoing in Moscow. Hrant Melkumyan tied game vs. Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia), Karen Grigoryan - Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan), Vladimir Akopian – Yaroslav Zherebukh (Ukraine) games also ended in a draw. With 5,5 points Melkumyan comes 5th, Grigoryan is the 22nd with 5 points and Akopian is placed 32nd with 4,5 points. Ukraine’s Anton Korobov leads the tournament with 6 points. The festival prize fund totals 125.000 euro. The three tournaments (A, B, C) will be held in 9 rounds in line with contenders’ ranking points. Ranking above 2550 is required for the tournament group A, which usually brings together extra class chess players.   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 |  Latest news Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation  Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |
