GM Hrant Melkumyan and IM Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6.5 points each out of 8 in an international tournament in Benasque, Spain. Melkumyan and Mekhitarian are only half a point behind the leader of the tournament, GM Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria).
Meanwhile, GMs Karen Movsisyan and Zaven Andriasyan scored 5.5 points each.