Samuel Sevian in St. Louis

Armenian GM Samuel Sevian (U.S.) drew with his coach IM Andranik Matikozian (Armenia) in Round 7 and beat IM Ashwin Jayaram (India) in the penultimate 8th round of the round-robin tournament in St. Louis, U.S.

Sevian scored 7 points out of 8 and ensured first prize for himself despite the results of the last round because his closest rival, GM Samy Shoker (Egypt), is two points behind the 13-year-old Armenian chess player, according to armchess.am.