SMBAT LPUTIAN: "IT IS DIFFICULT TO FORESEE WHO WILL BECOME WINNER OF ‘LAKE SEVAN’ TOURNAMENT"
Noyan Tapan
Jul 10, 2007
MARTUNI, JULY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Ji En Gopal (India), Yuri Vovk (the
Ukraine), and David Haroutiunian (Georgia) received 2,5 points each
after four stages in the "Lake Sevan" International Chess Tournament,
which is being held in Martuni. Hrant Melkumian, Arman Phashikian,
Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), and Bartolomey Macheyan (Poland) have
two points each. Smbat Lputian, the Chairman of the Chess Republican
Academy and the founder and president of the tournament, informed
a Noyan Tapan correspondent that the tournament is proceeding in
a resistent struggle: the capabilities of the participants of the
tournament are almost equal, therefore it is difficult to foresee
who will receive the title of the winner.