TIGRAN NALBANDYAN WINS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT IN DORTMUND

PanARMENIAN.Net
July 27, 2010 – 16:16 AMT 11:16 GMT

GM Tigran Nalbandyan won an international tournament held with
participation of 92 chess players in Dortmund, Germany. Nalbandyan
edged out Thomas Henrichs (Germany) and Mikhail Zaitsev (Russia)
on tie-break after all finished on 7/9.

Karen Movsisyan scored 4.5 points out of 5 possible in an international
chess tournament in Sitges, Spain. He is only half a point behind
leader GM Barsov (Uzbekistan).

Meanwhile, Zaven Andriasyan scored 5.5 points out of 8 possible before
the last round of a tournament held in Balaguer, Spain. Andriasyan
is one point behind the tournament leader. Hrant Melkumyan scored
5 points.

Arthur Gabrielyan and Sergey Kasparov scored 3.5 points each out
of 4 possible in an international tournament with participation of
310 chess players in Pardubice, the Czech Republic. The Armenian
chess players are only half a point behind the tournament leaders,
armchess.am reported.

From: A. Papazian