From March 3-10, Armenia’s Tigran L. Petrosian, Zaven Andriasian, Gevorg Harutjunyan, Tigran Gharamian, Sergey Grigoriants, David Arutunian, Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil), WGMs Karina Ambartsumova (Russia) and Tatev Abrahamyan (U.S.) will perform at the International Chess Open to be held in Cappelle la Grande, France.

Gevorg Harutjunyan, David Arutunian and Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian are currently participating in chess tournament in Rochefort, France. After the 3rd round, they scored 3 points to share 1-3 places.

GM Tigran Gharamian gained 6,5 points out of 9 to come 5th, falling only 0,5 point behind the leader, while Mekhitarian came 11th with 5,5 points in international chess tournament in Cannes. The tournament brought together 61 chess players.