Armenian chess players at Chigorin Memorial

Armenian grandmasters Robert Hovhannisyan, Zaven Andriasian and Sergey Grigoriants scored 6.5 points each out of 9 and shared 10-18th places at the rapid tournament that was held as part of Chigorin Memorial in St. Petersburg, Russia.

GM Avetik Grigoryan scored 6 points, GMs Yuri Ajrapetjan's and Artur Gabrielian's 5.5 points each.

GM Denis Khismatullin (Russia) finished first with 8 points.

The main tournament of the festival starts today, Armenian Chess Federation website reported.