HRANT MELKUMYAN YIELDS 0.5POINT TO LEADER OF CHESS TOURNAMENT IN DUBAI

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 13, 2010 – 14:12 AMT 09:12 GMT

On April 12, the eighth tour of an international chess tournament
took place in Dubai. Three Armenian chess players – Hrant Melkumyan,
Tigran Petrosyan and Gevorg Harutyunyan won in it. Gabriel Sargsyan
made a draw, while Tigran Kotanjyan was defeated by Melkumyan.

After the eighth tour, Hrant Melkumyan is the 10th with 6 points. He
yields 0.5 point to the leader. Gabriel Sargsyan and Tigran Petrosyan
have 5.5 points each. The ninth tour will take place on Apirl 13.

During the ninth tour, the Armenian chess players will meet with the
following participants:

Hrant Melkumyan – Eltay Safarli (Azerbaijan) Gabriel Sargsyan – Davit
Shengeliya (Austria) Tigran Petrosyan – Vadim Malakhatko (Belgium)
Gevorg Harutyunyan – Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia) Tigran Kotanjyan –
Mokhsen Sharbov (Iran)