Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) comes 1st in the Gibraltar Open chess tournament with 5.5 points. Besides Movsesian, 10 other players have 5.5 points each. Francisco Vallejo (Spain) comes 2nd , Michael Adams (England) is the third. After 7 meetings, Movsesian has 4 wins and 3 draws. Next match Movsesi will hold against the Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, who also scored 5.5 points coming 8th.
Sergei Movsesian (born November 3, 1978) is a grandmaster of Armenian descent who now plays for Slovakia. In 1999 he reached quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Las Vegas, but lost to Vladimir Akopian, 1.5-2.5. He won international tournaments in Sarajevo (2002 and 2007), 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament in Karlovy Vary, Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg in 2007 and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament in 2008. Movsesian is married to the woman grandmaster (WGM) Petra Krupkova.
