Robert Hovhannisyan wins all the games
Among 14 representatives from Armenia Armenian Grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan played successfully in the chess tournament underway in the Unites Arab Emirates. Our 24-year-old chess player scored 3 points after 3 rounds and is now sharing the 1-4th places. First he defeated Azerbaijani Vugar Asadli, then his compatriot Hovik Hayrapetyan and in the last round he defeated Indian chess player Mishra Svayams. Our other chess players also showed not a bad start. Grandmasters Hovhannes Gabuzyan and Arman Pashikyan lost only 0.5 point in the first three rounds. Today serious challenge awaits our chess players, as the organizers have scheduled two rounds. Games of the 4th round will take place in the morning and games of the 5th round- in the evening. In the upcoming round Robert Hovhannisyan will face Indian Grandmaster Babu Lalith. Our Grandmaster will play with black pieces. Hovhannes Gabuzyan playing with white pieces will face Russian chess player Aleksandr Rakhmanov, and Arman Pashikyan playing with black pieces will face Chinese Zeng Chongsheng.
