Armenia's Hrant Melkumyan scored 8.5 points out of 10 to win the Istanbul-hosted chess tournament organized by Armenian club Sisli.

Meanwhile, gaining 7.5 points each, grandmasters Zaven Andreasian and Tigran Petrosian are only one point behind the leader Abhijeet Gupta at Vizag GM International Open Chess Championship in Visakhapatnam, India.

In the last round Petrosian and Andreasian will rival Gupta and Sahaj Grover respectively.

Rafael Vahanyan will perform in Czech Coal Chess Match - Snowdrops and Old-hands, held in Marianske Lazne, December 3-11, armchess.am