Samuel Sevian in lead in St. Louis

13-year-old Samuel Sevian is showing an excellent performance at the round-robin tournament in St. Louis, U.S. He is in the lead, with 5.5 points out of 6.

After Round 5, Samuel’s rating was above 2,500 and the decision of FIDE to award the Grandmaster title to the young Armenian chess player finally came into force, according to armchess.am.