AROYAN AND TIGRAN PETROSIAN WIN AT “KARABAKH-2005” CHESS TOURNAMENT
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 12 2005
STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Representative of Armenia Levon
Aroyan took the first place in the group “A” of the “Karabakh-2005”
international chess tournament held in Stepanakert. The young
chess-player who turned 23 in the days of the tournament gained 6
out of 9 possible points. Ashot Anastasian (Armenia) and Khikara
Nakamura (Japan) shared 2-3 places with 5.5 points. In accordance
with tournament coefficients they took their places in the tournament
table in the same order. Vasiliy Ivanchuk (the Ukraine), one of
the best chess-players of the world, and Karen Aroyan (Armenia),
the winner of 2004 championship in Stepanakert, played worse than
their capabilities and took places in the middle of the table.
3 chess-players at once gained 6.5 out of 9 possible points in the
group “B.” Tigran L.Petrosian (Armenia) had higher additional points
and got the title of the winner. Ervin Lami (Holland) took the second
place, Sergei Grigorian (Russia) the third place.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress