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Armenian GMs near leaders
Armenia's international masters Valentin Pambukchian (Bulgaria) and Grigor Sevak Mekhitarian (Brazil) score 8th-17th places with 5 points each in the 9th International Open de Malakoff, France. After the first seven rounds, they are 1 point behind the leader, Azerbaijan's Namig Guliyev.
In the 8th round, Grigor Sevak Mekhitarian will play vs. Scotland's Neil Berry, and Valentin Pambukchian vs. France's Tristan Calistri
