July 21, 2010 - 16:37 AMT
Tatev Abrahamyan wins bronze medal at U.S. Women’s Chess Championship

Armenia’s Tatev Abrahamyan scored 7.5 points and shared the 2nd-3rd places with Anna Zatonskih at the US Women's Chess Championship in Saint Louis. According to additional results, Abrahamyan was awarded bronze medal. Meanwhile, Irina Krush won the champion’s title.

Gabriel Sargsyan scored 6.5 points and is sharing the 1st-3rd places at an international chess tournament in Rethymno, Greece. In the last round Sargsyan will compete with Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia).

GM Hrair Simonyan scored 2.5 points out of 3 possible at Miguel Najdorf Memorial held in Warsaw, Poland, with participation of 92 chess players. Simonyan is only half a point behind the leaders, armchess.am reported.