June 4, 2010 - 15:59 AMT
Maia Chiburdanidze Cup hosts 3 Armenian chess players

3 Armenian chess players participated in Maia Chiburdanidze Cup held in Georgia from May 25 to June 3.

WGM Lilit Galoyan scored 5,5 points out of 9 possible; FIDE master Lia Martirosyan and Maria Gevorgyan gained 4,5 points each.

Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) won the championship with 8 points.

International open tournament, hosting 354 chess players, is held in Mumbai. Gaining 3 maximal points, Gevorg Harutyunyan tops the tournament standings along with 24 participants.

Grandmaster Hrayr Simonyan and Sergei Kasparov (Belarus) gained 2,5 points each.