Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andreasyan is among the leaders of Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

David Grigoryan and Hrant Melkumyan have gained 2.5 and 2 points respectively, armchess.am reported.

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908) was a leading Russian chess player. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Russian chess school.