In the second round of the main tournament of a chess festival held in Groningen, Netherlands, GM Zaven Andriasian and Vahe Baghdasaryan defeated FIDE Master Daniel Naroditsky (USA) and IM Davit Lobzhanidze (Georgia) respectively.

The two Armenians top the standings along with five other chess players.

Meanwhile, GM Tigran Gharamian (France) has scored 6.5 out of 8 possible points before the last round of a chess tournament held in Vandoeuvre, France. He is the sole leader of the tournament, armchess.am reported.