Press Trust of India
Dec 14 2013
Armenian Ter-Sahakyan emerges champion
19:18 HRS IST
Kolkata, Dec 14 (PTI) Fifth seed GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia
emerged champion with 7.5 points in the SREI International Grandmaster
Chess tournament here today.
In an intense battle, there was a five-way tie for the top spot with
7.5 points each and Ter-Sahakyan edged out IM Mihail Mozharov of
Russia by half Bucholz tie-break points to bag the winners purse of Rs
2 lakh.
Three GM norms and three IM norms were achieved in the 10-round tournament.
From: Baghdasarian
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