At Dubai Open blitz chess tournament, Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasian scored 7,5 points out of 9 possible to share 1-2 places with an Iranian Ehsan Ghaem Maghami.

However, Andriasian lost the Armageddon game, thus falling into the second place.

FIDE master Karen Grigoryan, and grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan gained 3rd and 5th places respectively, falling 0.5 points behind the winners.

Dubai Open hosted 82 chess players, armchess.am reported.