The final round of the Armenian Women’s Chess Championship took place at Chess House after Tigran Petrosyan. Armenian chess player Maria Gevorgyan triumphed at the competition scoring 7 points out of 8 possible and finished the tournament without suffering defeats.
Chess Federation of Armenia reports that Gevorgyan became Armenian chess champion for the third time in the last four years. Susanna Gaboyan and Siranush Ghukasyan took he second and third places respectively.
To remind, the acting champion Maria Kursova quitted the championship after round 4 due to health reasons.
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