FIDE GRAND PRIX 2ND ROUND: LILIT MKRTCHYAN MAKES DRAW WITH MARY SEBA
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.09.2009 21:34 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 2nd round of Second Stage FIDE Grand Prix
competitions which kicked off on September 28 in Nanjing, China,
Armenian female chess player Lilit Lazarian made a drew with France’s
Mary Seba. Let’s note that in the 1st round, Lazarian played a drawn
match with Russia’s Baira Kovanova.
After 2 rounds, Lilit Lazarian earned one point, sharing 4th-9th
positions of tournament table with Marta Fiero, Mongontul Batukhiag¸
Yu Venyun, Chen Yan and Baira Kovanova.
After victories in 2 rounds, sole tournament leader Nana Dzangidze
(Georgia) shares 2nd-3rd positions with China’s Zhu Chen and Xu Yuhua,
who have 1.5 points in the reserve.
In the 3rd round, Lilit Lazarian will compete against Xu Yukhua.
2nd round results:
Czhao Sue (China) – Yu Venyun – 0:1 Betul Idiz (Turkey) – Nana
Dzangidze (Georgia) – 0:1 Zhu Chen (Qatar) – Mongontul Betukhiag
(Mongolia) – 1:0 Baira Kovanova (Russia) – Marta Fiero (Equador) –
0.5:0.5 Mary Seba (France) – Lilit Lazarian (Armenia) – 0.5:0.5 Xu
Yukhua (China) – Chen Yan (China) – 1:0
Standing:
Nana Dzangidze – 2 Zhu Chen, Xu Yukhua – 1.5 Lilit Lazarian, Baria
Kovanova, Chen Yan, Mongontul Batukhiag, Yu Venyun – 1 Mary Seba,
Czhao Sue – 0.5 Betul Ildiz – 0
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