Gabriel Sargissian stays in lead in Rethymno

Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian beat IM Sundar Shyam (India) in the 7th round of Open Chess Tournament Rethymno 2012.

After 7 rounds, Sargissian continues leading the tournament with 6.5 points. His nearest rival, GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) has 6 points.

Sargissian will play with black pieces against GM Sergey Volkov (Russia) in the 8th round, armchess.am reported.