Armenian chess-players success in the international championships

Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian scored 8 points out of 9 and took the first prize among 79 participants at the open that was held in Beirut, Lebanon.  Armchess.am informs about this.

Another Armenian GM Vladimir Akopian has scored 4,5 points after 5 rounds and is leading together with GM Ni Hua (China) at the open in Dubai, UAE. GMs Tigran L. Petrosian, Robert Hovhannisyan are only half a point behind the leaders.