In the third round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss taking place in Riga, Robert Hovhannisyan, one of Armenia’s representatives, defeated Russian chess player Sanan Syugirov, scored 2.5 points and shares the 2nd-7th places. The sole leader is France’s Iranian chess player Alireza Firouzja (3 points).
Gabriel Sargsyan outscored Ukrainian Martin Krawziv and has 2 points. Manuel Petrosyan and Levon Aronian, who ended their matches with ties in the third round, also have two points each and share 8th-42nd places.
In the third round, Sergey Movsesyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Hayk M. Martirosyan also tied their matches and each scored 1 point.
The championship consists of 11 rounds. The two chess players who shared first place will score passes to the championship for contenders for world champion.