GM Manuel Petrosyan from Artsakh defeated his Azerbaijani rival Vugar Rasulov in Round 5 of the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 in Serbia on Tuesday.

Haik Martirosyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, Emin Ohanyan and Sargis Manukyan also won their fifth round games, the Chess Federation of Armenia said.

Gabriel Sargissian and Manuel Petrosyan have 4 points out of 5.

Shant Sargsyan, Haik Martirosyan, Emin Ohanyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Robert Hovhannisyan have 3.5 points, apiece.

The event has broken the participation record with more than 490 players from 40 European federations.