Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Manuel Petrosyan have 5.5 points out of 9

In the 9th round of the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan defeated with black pieces one of the strongest chess players in the world, Richard Rapport.

Manuel Petrosyan defeated the American GM Jeffery Xiong.

The games of Gabriel Sargissian and Haik Martirosyan ended in a draw.

After 9 rounds, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Manuel Petrosyan have 5.5 points and are in the 17th and 20th places, respectively. Shant Sargsyan and Gabriel Sargissian have 4.5 points, Hrant Melkumyan and Haik Martirosyan have 4 points.

In the women's tournament, Mariam Mkrtchyan defeated GM Thanh Trang Hoang and now has 4 points. Elina Danielian has 3 points.

We wish good luck to our chess players in the last 2 games.