Chess: Manuel Petrosyan tops the table at Sitges international chess festival

Emil Lazarian 2018
Panorama, Armenia
Dec 21 2018

The fifth edition of the International Chess Festival Sunway Sitges is nearing its end in Barcelona, Spain. The competition has brought together 183 chess players from 41 countries, including several big names such as grandmasters Dmitry Andreykin, Vassily Ivanchuk, Krishnan Sasikiran.

 After seven rounds played, Armenia’s representative Manuel Petrosyan, Krishnan Sasikiran and Alonso Rosell have scored 6 points and lead the table. Another Armenian player Tigran Harutyunyan along with Vassily Ivanchuk and Dmitry Andreikin chase the leaders with 5.5 points each.

In round 8, Manuel Petrosyan will face Ivanchuk. 

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS