HRANT MELKUMIAN COMES 6TH AT DUBAI OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 14, 2010 – 13:17 AMT 08:17 GMT

Defeating Azeri chess player Eltaj Safarli in the last round,
Armenia’s Hrant Melkumian came 6th at the Dubai Open Chess Festival,
gaining 7 points.

Melkumian fell behind the tournament leader Eduardo Iturrizaga
(Venezuela) by additional results only.

Gabriel Sargissian was the 10th with 6.5 points; Tigran Kotanjian
was the 30th. Tigran Petrosyan and Gevorg Harutyunyan came 41st and
50th respectively.