Armenian grandmasters in Tashkent

GM Arman Pashikian has scored 6.5 points to lead Georgy Agzamov Memorial Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan together with GMs Abhijeet Gupta (India), Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukraine), Mikheil Mchedlishvili (Georgia) and Pavel Smirnov (Russia). 

GM Robert Hovhannisyan is half a point behind the leaders, the official website of the Armenian Chess Federation reported.