Two Armenian chess players, Gabriel Sargissian and Hrant Melkumyan, having scored victory the 8th round of the ongoing Aeroflot Open Chess Tournament, rank 9th and 35th respectively.
Results of tournament А in the following parings:
Gabriel Sargissian – Maxim Rodshtein (Israel) 1:0
Arman Pashikian – Alexander Khalifman (Russia) 0.5:0.5
Hrant Melkumyan – Sergei Volkov (Russia) 1:0
Zaven Andriasian – Ivan Salgado Lopez (Spain) 1:0.
During tournament А2, Tigran Kotanjian played tie with Alexei Gavrilov (Russia) and ranks 19th.
