08/04/2010 13:14
Tigran Kotanjian and Hrant Melkumian among top-6
After round three of the 12th Open Chess Championship in Dubai, Armenia’s chess players Tigran Kotanjian and Hrant Melkumian, having a maximum number of points, joined the top-six seeded players, sharing the positions with Ravinchandran, Eduardo Iturrisaga, Eshan Guy Magami, and Dronovali Harika.
Armenia’s Grand Master Gabriel Sarkisian earned 2,5 points; Georgia’s chess player of Armenian origin David Harutyunian at 2 points seeded the 35th; Gevorg Harutyunian at 2 points seeded the 49th, and Tigran L. Petrosian at 2 points seeded the 52nd.
In today’s round four of the tournament Tigran Kotanjian will play against Eduardo Iturrisaga; Hrant Melkumian will play with Dronovali Harika; Gabriel Sarkisian will play against Vadim Malakhatko; David Harutyunian is reported to play against Khosla Shiveni, Tigran L. Petrosian – against Vladimir Grabinsky, and Gevorg Harutyunian – against Turkan Mamedyarova.