Panorama, Armenia
Feb 23 2018
Sport 16:14 23/02/2018 Armenia
Armenian GM Tigran L. Petrosian claimed the third victory in a row at the 16th Aeroflot Open chess festival underway in Moscow, Russian.
In Round 3 of the top A Tournament, Petrosian beat S. P. Sethuraman of India to share the 1-2 spots with Viktor Bologan of Moldova on 100% score, the National Olympic Committee told Panorama.am.
Other representatives of Armenia – Manuel Petrosyan, Haik Martirosyan, Arman Mikayelyan, Arab Hakobyan and Gabriel Sargissian scored 1,5 point apiece to take the 28th, 46th, 55th, 56th, and 61st spots respectively. Shant Sargsyan lost his game in this round.
The two leaders of the tournament will face each other in the fourth round.