FIDE international arbiter Armen Nikoghosyan is appointed as deputy chief arbiter at Chess Olympiad 2010 due September 19-October 4 in Khanty Mansiysk.

Mumbai, India is hosting international chess tournament. Sergei Kasparov of Belarus has gained 5,5 points out of 7 possible, dropping one point behind tournament leaders.

Grandmaters Gevorg Harutyunyan and Hrayr Simonyan have scored 5 and 4,5 points respectively.