October 5, 2009 - 11:05 AMT
Mika Yerevan gets off to good start at European Club Cup 2009
Ohrid, Macedonia is hosting European Club Cup 2009, with RA Champion Mika among participants. Mika got off to a good start, having beaten Belgian Borgerhout 4:2.

The tour ended victories of Levon Aronyan, Tigran Petrosyan and Zaven Andreasyan. Vladimir Hakobyan and Gabriel Sargsyan tied their games, Arman Pashikyan was defeated.

Thus. After the 1st tour, Mika gained 2 points, sharing 1st to 26th places with other tournament participants.

In the second tour, Mika will rival Moscow's ShSm-64 composed of Gelfand, Karjakin, Caruana, Ryazantsev, Savchenko, Najer, Nepomnyashchiy and Grachev.