The winner of the rapid tournament is Ashot Nadanian

The rapid part of the "Rafael Vaganian Cup" round-robin tournament is concluded.

IM Ashot Nadanian became the winner of the rapid tournament, scoring 5 points out of 7. GM Rafael Vaganian and GM Ulf Andersson shared the 2nd and 3rd places with 4 points.

Details can be found here.

On November 9 and 10, the second part of the tournament will take place, where the participants will compete in blitz, playing two games with each opponent.

The main winners of the tournament will be determined by the sum of the results of the rapid and blitz.

The tournament was photographed and kindly provided to us by the daughter of tournament participant Hovik Khalikian, Mary Khalikyan.