Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsisyan (Slovakia) won a victory over Stelios Halkias (Greece) in the 9 round of Gibraltar Open tournament and shares the first position with Vallejo Pons (Spain), Michael Adams (UK) and Jan Gustafsson (Germany).

In the last round, Movsisyan will play vs. Gustafsson.

Sergei Movsesian, (born November 3, 1978 in Tbilisi) is grandmaster of Armenian descent who now plays for Slovakia. In 1999 he reached quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Las Vegas, but lost to Vladimir Akopian 1.5-2.5. He won international tournaments in Sarajevo (2002 and 2007), 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament in Karlovy Vary, Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg in 2007 and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament in 2008. Movsesian is married to woman grandmaster Petra Krupkova (Czech Republic).