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1 December 2011 - 15:07 AMT

Tigran Petrosian 3rd at India-hosted Open Championship

Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosian took the 3rd place at India-hosted GM International Open Chess Championship.

In the last, 11th round, Armenian grandmaster beat the tournament leader Abhijeet Gupta, to earn an equal number of points with 1-5 place holders. However, the tie break points decided the outcome against Armenian contender’s victory.

Another Armenian player, Zaven Andriasian took the 6th place, armchess.am reported.