Armenian chess players lose positions in 4th tour of Airport Open championship
13.02.2010 17:15 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On February 12, in the 4th tour of Aeroflot Open
championship, Arman Pashikyan drew A1 tournament game with Yevgeni
Romanov (Russia) to take 21st position with 2,5 points to his score.
Gabriel Sargsyan tied against Vladimir Belov (Russia) in the same
tournament. According to 4th tour results, Sargsyan took the 35th
place with 2 points to his score and Zaven Andreasyan is on 57th
position with 1,5 points.
David Petrosyan and Tigran Kotanjyan lost their games in A2
tournament, dropping to 27th and 30th positions respectively.
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow
and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and
quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first edition
counted around 80 grandmasters, while in the second edition already
150 grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the
Swiss system and the winner is invited to the Dortmund chess
tournament held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. In
recent years there has also been a B and C-class tournament.