Samuel Sevian sends Levon Aronian to 29th horizontal
Armenian chess players took modest places in the major international chess tournament in Men's Island of Britain. Levon Aronian drew level with the Romanian representative in the last round and Hrant Melkumyan scored a draw with Indian grandmaster. Our leading chess player scored 5.5 points and took the 29th place. Hrant Melkumyan finished with a score of 6 points in the 23rd place. American-Armenian chess player Samuel Sevian lost to his opponent in the last round and took the 53rd place with 5 points. Our compatriot Grigor-Sevak Mkhitaryan from Brazil earned 5.5 points and took the 44th place. The winner of the tournament was Polish grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who had 7 points. He will receive a 50,000 pound sterling premium. Alina Kashlinskaya from Russia showed the best result among women, which in the last round defeated Samuel Sevian, scored 6 points and took the 28th place. He will receive 7,000 pounds.
