National Open International Chess Festival was held at Las Vegas, with the participation of 54 chess players, including 10 GMs.
As Panorama.am was informed from the Chess Federation of Armenia, Armenian GM Tigran L. Petrosian became the sole winner of the tournament, with a score of 5/6. Ilya Nizhnik took the second place with 4.5 points, with Dmitry Gordievsky concluding the top three.
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