Panorama, Armenia
April 3 2018
Sport 20:26 03/04/2018 Armenia
Armenian GM Vladimir Akopian showed a strong performance at Round 1 of the 20th Dubai Open 2018 international chess tournament on Monday.
The Armenia player outplayed FIDE Master Mohannad Farhan at the first round, the Chess Federation of Armenia told Panorama.am.
Vladimir’s son Eduard, who is also taking part in the tournament, lost his game against GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia at the first round.
Round 2 is scheduled for today.