Armenian grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan tied a game against Israel’s Tal Baron in the 8th round of Corsican Chess Circuit 2011. GM Avetik Grigoryan scored a victory over Christopher Debray of France.

Currently, Melkumyan and Grigoryan have 6.5 and 6 points respectively.

Vahe Baghdasaryan suffered a defeat by Marc Arnold (U.S.) and has 5 points.