August 17, 2009 - 19:44 AMT
Ashot Anastasyan and Zaven Andreasyan - top players in Abu Dhabi Open chess tournament
In the fifth round of Abu Dabi Open chess festival, Armenian grand masters Ashot Anastasyan and Zaven Andreasyan earned 4.5 points, and top the tournament list together with Alexander Rachmaninov (Russia), Bassem Amin (Egypt) and (India).
Other two Armenian representatives - Hrant Melkumyan and Hrayr Simonyan - have 4 points (6-20 positions). Lilit Galoyan, the only female player representing Armenia, has 3 points and thus shares the 36th-57th positions in tournament table.
Competitions will finish after 4 rounds.