Armenian grandmaster Tigran Gharamian scored 7 points out of 9 and shared 1st-5th places with GMs Pentala Harikrishna, Parimarjan Negi (India), Tornike Sanikidze (Georgia) and Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine) at the International Chess Open ongoing in Cappelle la Grande, France.

On tie-break Gharamian finished 4th.

With 6,6 points, Tigran L. Petrosian came 6th.

Zaven Andriasian, Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, Gevorg Harutjunyan scored 6 points each.

Tatev Abrahamyan, Karina Ambartsumova gained 5 points each. Sergey Grigoriants, Evgeniya Doluhanova scored 5 and 4,5 points respectively, armchess.am reported.

Armenian players will participate in European Individual Chess Championship following Cappelle-la-Grande Open. From March 20-31, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Robert Hovhannesyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Zaven Andreasyan, Arman Pashikyan, Hrant Melkumyan, Hovhannes Gabuzyan and Vladimir Poghosian will perform in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.