Chess news: Armenian chess players in various championships

Armenian GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the 6th place among 134 participants at the open that was held in Teplice, Czech Republic. Armchess.am informs about this.

The winner with 8 points was GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil).

According to the same source GM David Arutinian (Georgia) scored 7,5 points out of 9 and took the first prize among 57 participants at the 5th Karen Asrian Memorial that was held in Jermuk, Armenia.
GMs Avetik Grigoryan, Artashes Minasian and Levon Babujian (Armenia) were one point behind the winner.