GM Gabriel Sargissian shares 1st-5th places

GM Gabriel Sargissian shares 1st-5th places after the 8th round of the European Individual Chess Championship.

Today, Gabriel defeated French GM Paul Valten with black pieces and now has 6.5 points out of 8.

GM Haik Martirosyan is also among the leaders, who defeated Turkish GM Mustafa Yilmaz today and now has 6 points.

GM Robert Hovhannisyan and Shant Sargsyan ended their games in a draw today and now have 5.5 points.

There are 3 rounds left until the end of the championship.

The next round will start on March 24 at 17:00 Armenian time.

You can follow the games here.

We wish good luck to our chess players.