July 27, 2010 - 16:16 AMT
Tigran Nalbandyan wins international chess tournament in Dortmund

GM Tigran Nalbandyan won an international tournament held with participation of 92 chess players in Dortmund, Germany. Nalbandyan edged out Thomas Henrichs (Germany) and Mikhail Zaitsev (Russia) on tie-break after all finished on 7/9.

Karen Movsisyan scored 4.5 points out of 5 possible in an international chess tournament in Sitges, Spain. He is only half a point behind leader GM Barsov (Uzbekistan).

Meanwhile, Zaven Andriasyan scored 5.5 points out of 8 possible before the last round of a tournament held in Balaguer, Spain. Andriasyan is one point behind the tournament leader. Hrant Melkumyan scored 5 points.

Arthur Gabrielyan and Sergey Kasparov scored 3.5 points each out of 4 possible in an international tournament with participation of 310 chess players in Pardubice, the Czech Republic. The Armenian chess players are only half a point behind the tournament leaders, armchess.am reported.