2024-05-06 18:09:11
The 5th game day of Yerevan Open chess tournament was divided into 2 parts. first, the 5th round was held in the framework of the classic game in the morning, and the evening part was the hottest, writes armsport.am.
For the first time, the Yerevan Open was interrupted by a Blitz tournament, where the stars of Armenian chess gathered. Hayk Martirosyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, Shant Sargsyan, Mamikon Gharibyan, Artur Davtyan, Armenian women’s champion Susanna Gaboyan, Anna Sargsyan, Maria Gevorgyan, Giga Kubaradze from Georgian chess, who shines in blitz tournaments and others. 9 blitz games. 3 minutes each with 2 second increments for each step. As a result of the nearly 3-hour long battle, Indian Pragnanandha won the title, Indian Harsha Baratakot took second place with the same number of points, and Hayk Martirosyan, a member of the Armenian national team, finished the trio again with 7.5 points.
Shant Sargsyan scored 7 points. Hovhannes Gabuzyan also scored 7 points. Robert Hovhannisyan was satisfied with 6 points for the first place in the tournament. Mamikon Gharibyan and Davit Shahinyan also scored the same number of points.
Anna Sargsyan and Susanna Gaboyan, members of the Armenian women’s national team, scored 4 and 4.5 points respectively, Maria Gevorgyan missed one round and scored 4 points.