Lilit Mkrtchyan won
Armenia's chess master Lilit Mkrtchyan and Elina Danielyan are among the leading chess players after five rounds of matches at the FIDE Women's Gran-Prix in Jermuk.
In this round, Lilit Mkrtchyan won former world champion Antoneata Stefanova from Bulgaria with the black figures and scored 3.5 points, reaching 3rd place. She is behind leading chess player Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) by 1 point and is in second place after Tatyana Kosintseva (Russia) with 0.5 points.
In this round, Elina Danielyan tied the match with Hu Yifan with white figures . She scored 3 points and stayed in 4th place.
The matches of the 6th round will take place today. Lilit Mkrtchyan will play with white figures against Georgian Maya Chiburdanidze who is in 7th place with 2.5 points. Elina Danielyan's opponent is Antoaneta Stefanova who went down after her defeat in the match with Lilit and is currently in 8th place with 2 points.
