Games of Round 8 at Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 were played on Tuesday where Armenia is represented by grandmasters Levon Aronian, Hrant Melkumyan and Elina Danielyan.
As the chess federation reports, Aronian drew with the leader of the tournament Vladislav Artemyev of Russia, while Melkumyan won his game. Scoring 6.5 points Aronian along with Maxim Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura are just half a point behind the trio of leaders.
Melkumyan has scored 5.5 points and is placed in the middle of the tournament table.
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