In the 6th round of Moscow-hosted Aeroflot Open chess festival, Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosyan beat Sandro Mareco of Argentina.
Sergei Movsisian and Avetik Grigoryan tied their games with Israel’s Maxim Rodshtein and Borki Predojevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) respectively.
Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, representing Brazil, was defeated by Markus Ragger.
After the 6th tour, Movsesian is 21st with 3,5 points, Petrosyan occupies the 27th position (3,5 points); Grigoryan is 33rd with 3 points, Mekhitarian is 57th with 2,5 points.
Pairings in the 7th round are: Sergei Movsesian – Bojan Vuckovic (Serbia), Tigran Petrosyan – Ildar Khairullin (Russia), Grigoryan – Alexander Riazantsev (Russia), Mekhitarian – Mark Bluvshtein (Canada).
