In the 8th round of 15th category International Chess Tournament held in Antverpen, Belgium, Armenian grand master Gabriel Sargsyan played his 4th drawn match, this time against Belguim's Bart Michels.

Successful players in the 8th round were Krishnan Sasikarin and Yan Timman who defeated Antoaneta Stefanova and David Howell respectively. All other matches ended in a draw.

Emil Sutovsky, who earned 6 points in 8 rounds, continues to remain sole tournament leader. Next sportsmen in tournament table are Etienne Bacrot, who falls behind leader by 1.5 points. Sargsyan who has 4 points in his reserve shares 4th-8th positions of tournament table together with Muzychuk, Sochko, Stefanova and Timman.

In the 9th and final rounds, Gabriel Sargsyan will play against Slovenia's Anna Muzychuk.

8th round results:

Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - Krishnan Sasikiran (India) - 0:1
Yan Timman (Hollan) - David Howell (England) - 1:0
Bert Michels (Belgium) - Gabriel Sargsyam (Armenia) - 0.5:0.5
Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) -Bartosh Sochko (Poland) - 0.5:0.5
Etienne Bacrot (France) - Emil Sutovsky (Israel) - 0.5:0.5

Standing:

Sutovsky - 6
Bacrot - 5.5
Sasikiran - 5
Sargsyan, Stefanova, Muzychuk, Sochko, Timman - 4
Michels - 2.5
Howell - 1