On April 4-14, 12th Dubai Open Chess Championship will be hosting 150 chess players from 32 countries including Armenia.

5 chess players represented Armenia, with 4 of them scoring victories and 1 ending the game in a draw in the first tour of the championship. Tigran Petrossian is leading in Dubai Open Chess Championship with 1 point to his score.

Results after the 1st tour:

Sargissian Gabriel - Bhagwat Vinod (India) 0,5:0,5 Petrossian Tigran - Shihab Khaled (Lebanon) 1:0 Melkumyan Hrant -Ayyad Husain (Bahrain) 1:0 Kotanjian Tigran - Arellano Robert (Philippines) 1:0 Harutjunyan Gevorg - De Guzman Carlos (Philippines) 1:0.