FOUR GRANDMASTERS KEEP LEAD AT GIBRALTAR OPEN
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.02.2010 11:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsisyan (Slovakia) won
a victory over Stelios Halkias (Greece) in the 9 round of Gibraltar
Open tournament and shares the first position with Vallejo Pons
(Spain), Michael Adams (UK) and Jan Gustafsson (Germany).
In the last round, Movsisyan will play vs. Gustafsson.
Sergei Movsesian, (born November 3, 1978 in Tbilisi) is grandmaster
of Armenian descent who now plays for Slovakia. In 1999 he reached
quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Las Vegas, but
lost to Vladimir Akopian 1.5-2.5. He won international tournaments
in Sarajevo (2002 and 2007), 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament in
Karlovy Vary, Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg in 2007
and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament in 2008. Movsesian is
married to woman grandmaster Petra Krupkova (Czech Republic).