07/06/2011 14:22
Hrair Simonian loses to Hikaru Nakamura in finals
GM Hrair Simonian reached the finals in the blitz open organized by the Internet Chess Club (ICC), where he drew (3:3) with American GM Hikaru Nakamura. Nakamura won the tiebreak against Simonian 4.5:3.5. Simonian finished second.
Champion of Armenia, GM Robert Hovhannisyan performed successfully but lost to Nakamura in the semifinals.
Another Armenian chess player, IM Levon Altounian is ranked among the top eight, armchess.am reported.