197 chess players are participating in the 9th International Open de Malakoff, France.
After 3 rounds, Armenia’s international masters Valentin Pambukchian (Bulgaria) and Grigor Sevak Mekhitarian (Brazil) won 2 points each and are 1 point behind the leader, according to armchess.am.
France’s Rudolph Grigorian and Claude Adamian gained 1.5 points; Albert Lisayan and Vardan Chmshkian have 1 point each.