ASHOT ANASTASYAN AND ZAVEN ANDREASYAN – TOP PLAYERS IN ABU DHABI OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
17.08.2009 18:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the fifth round of Abu Dabi Open chess festival,
Armenian grand masters Ashot Anastasyan and Zaven Andreasyan earned 4.5
points, and top the tournament list together with Alexander Rachmaninov
(Russia), Bassem Amin (Egypt) and (India).

Other two Armenian representatives – Hrant Melkumyan and Hrayr
Simonyan – have 4 points (6-20 positions). Lilit Galoyan, the only
female player representing Armenia, has 3 points and thus shares the
36th-57th positions in tournament table.

Competitions will finish after 4 rounds.