22 ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN AEROFLOT OPEN TOURNAMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.02.2010 15:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 22 Armenian chess players will participate in
Aeroflot Open tournament due in Moscow from February 9 to 17.

Gabriel Sargsyan, Arman Pashikyan, Zaven Andreasyan, Hrant Melkumyan
will play in A1 tournament. Sergei Grigoryan will represent Russia
while Yuri Hayrapetyan will play for Ukraine.

Tigran Kotanjyan, David Petrosyan, Melikset Khachiyan (US), Arthur
Gabrielyan and Poghos Nahapetyan (both Russia) will play in A2
tournament.

All games will start at 4 pm Yerevan time.

Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and
sponsored by the Aeroflot Airlines. Established in 2002, it quickly
grew to be a major open tournament, played by the Swiss system.