3RD ROUND OF AEROFLOT OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT FINISHED
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2010 13:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Aeroflot Open chess tournament is underway in
Moscow. On February 11, the parties of the 3rd were played. Among
the Armenian chess players, the best result was shown by Kotanjyan,
who plays in A2 tournament and comes 12th with 2 points.
David Petrosyan comes 15th with 2 points in the same tournament group.
The results of Armenian chess players in A1 tournament: Arman Pashikyan
is the 16th (2 points), Grant Melkumyan – 31st (2 points), Gabriel
Sargsyan – 38th (1.5 points), Zaven Andreasyan – 58th (1 point). 80
players are involved in the tournament.
Results of Armenian chess players in the 3rd round:
Tournament A1
Arman Pashikyan – Sergei Grigoryants (Russia) 0,5: 0,5 Gabriel Sargsyan
– Anton Shomoev (Russia) 0,5: 0,5 Grant Melkoumyan – Evgeny Bareev
(Russia) 0,5: 0,5 Zaven Andreasyan – Jan Nepomniachti (Russia) 0:1
Tournament A2
David Petrosyan – Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam) 0,5:0,5 Tigran Kotanjyan –
Alex Kyslynsky 1:0.
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow
and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and
quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first edition
counted around 80 grandmasters, while in the second edition already 150
grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the Swiss
system and the winner is invited to the Dortmund chess tournament
held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. In recent
years there has also been a B and C-class tournament.