Armenian grandmasters Tigran Kotanjyan and Melikset Khachiyan as well as FIDE master Poghos Nahapetyan are successful at Aeroflot Open in Moscow, each gaining 2.5 points in 3 rounds.

Elina Danielyan shares 2-5th positions in the standings of the of the 1st Cento International Chess Open, which brought together 102 players from 20 countries, among them 16 Grandmasters, who are competing in the 9-round Swiss event with the prize fund of 26.000 EUR.