Armenia’s Hrant Melkumyan closely trailing leader of European Chess Championship

At Round 4 of European Individual Chess Championship 2017 (398 participants, 11-round Swiss system), Ukrainian GM Yuriy Kuzubov defeated Armenia’s Artashes Minasian and solely led the table.

18 chess players, including Armenian representative Hrant Melkumyan are half a point behind the leader. Gabriel Sargsyan, Artashes Minasian, Arman Pashikian, Manuel Petrosyan, Tigran Harutyunyan and Arman Mikaelyan have scored 3 points each.

To note, European Individual Chess Championship 2017 is a qualification event for the next World Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 22 participants will be qualified for the world chess tournament.