Aeroflot Open chess tournament closed in Moscow on February17. Armenia played a draw during tournaments A1 and A2.

Gabriel Sargissian ranks 12 (5.5 points). Hrant Melkumyan and Arman Pashikian rank 31 and 32 respectively with 5 points. Zaven Andriasian is the 62nd (4 points). The winner is Le Quang Liem, Vietnamese Grandmaster (9 points).

During tournament А2, Tigran Kotanjian scored 5 points and finished his participation in Aeroflot Open, ranking 25. Davit Petrosyan is on the 44th position (4 points). Aleksei Pribrezhni (Russia) leads Tournament A2, scoring 6.5 points.

Results of the last 9th round are as follows:

Tournament А1

Gabriel Sargissian – Artyom Timofeev (Russia) 0.5:0.5
Arman Pashikian - Ivan Salgado Lopez (Spain) 0.5:0.5
Hrant Melkumyan – Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) 0.5:0.5
Zaven Andriasian – Luka Lenic (Slovenia) 0.5:0.5.

Tournament А2

Tigran Kotanjian – Emre Can (Turkey) 0.5:0.5
Davit Petrosian- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia) 0:1