Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) between 26 January and 4 February participates in Gibraltar Open chess tournament, which runs 8th time.

In the first round Movsesyan met with Marcel Peek (The Netherlands) and won, but with Victoria Kmilyati (Latvia) played a draw. In the third game Movsesyan lost to Gabriel Battaglini (France).

After the first round the Armenian grandmaster has 1.5 points and comes 10th among 109 participants.

Sergei Movsesian, (born November 3, 1978 in Tbilisi) is chess Grandmaster of Armenian descent who now plays for Slovakia. In 1999 he reached quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Las Vegas, but lost to Vladimir Akopian, 1.5-2.5. He won international tournaments in Sarajevo (2002 and 2007),[2] 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament in Karlovy Vary, Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg in 2007[3] and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament in 2008. Movsesian is married to the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Petra Krupkova.