Chess: Isle of Man Chess: Aronian drew with Gelfand, Melkumyan wins

Panorama, Armenia
Oct 24 2018
19:04 24/10/2018

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian held to a draw by Boris Gelfand of Israel while Hrant Melkumyan wins Alina Kashlinskaya in the fourth round of Isle of Man International chess tournament on Wednesday. Armenian chess player Samuel Sevanyan representing the United States played draw as well.

After four rounds played, Arkadij Naiditsch and Wang Hao top the table with 4 points each. The representatives of Armenia have scored three points. 

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