FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships are ongoing in Khanty-Mansiysk, with 58 chess players participating.

Armenian grandmaster Vladimir Akopian climbed 5th with 6,5 points, with Sergei Movsesian taking the 10th spot with the same number of points.

Gabriel Sargissian and Ashot Nadanian come 37th and 57th with 4,5 and 2,5 points.