02/11/2009 15:09
Ashot Garamyan joins top-seeded
Two chess tournaments in France – Corsica Masters in Bastia and the IX Open International Rohde in Sotron – are over. The Corsica Masters involved 184 chess players including Armenian-born Frenchman Ashot Davtyan who on 6 points seeded 23-33 horizontal while three players (Bosnian Ivan Sokolov, Ukrainian Vladimir Malanyuk, and Frenchman Gisham Gamduchi) on 7.5 points led the tournament table seeding top on the spot.
The IX Open International Rohde involved 206 chess players. Armenian-born France’s Ashot Garamyan is among top-seeded on 7 points. Ukraine’s champion in women’s chess, Armenian-born Evgenia Dolukhanova, seeded 14-30 horizontal on 6 points.