VARUZHAN AKOBIAN MOVES INTO 6TH PLACE AT U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 20, 2010 – 15:12 AMT 10:12 GMT

6th tour of U.S. Chess Championship was held on May 19 in St. Louis.

The championship hosted 24 chess players, including Armenia’s Varuzhan
Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan and Levon Altounian.

In the 6th tour of U.S. Chess Championship Akobian and Khachiyan
shared points with Yermolensky and Gurevich, while Altounian lost to
Robert Hess.

After the 6th tour, Varuzhan Akobian moved into 6th place with 3,5
points: Khachiyan – 20th place (2 points); Altounian- 24th place
(1,5 points).

Hikaru Nakamura is leading the championship with 4,5 points to
his score.