European Chess Championship: 4 Armenian players win in 8th round

Eight rounds have already been played at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

Armenia's Mamikon Gharibyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Vahe Danielyan and Sargis Manukyan scored victories in the 8th round on Friday, the Armenian Chess Federation reported.

The games of Gabriel Sargissian, Haik Martirosyan, Manuel Petrosyan, Shant Sargsyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, Emin Ohanyan, Armen Barseghyan and Robert Piliposyan ended in a draw.

At the moment, the sole leader of the championship is Ukrainian GM Anton Korobov, who scored 7 points out of 8.

Gabriel Sargissian, Manuel Petrosyan, Haik Martirosyan, Shant Sargsyan, Mamikon Gharibyan and Robert Hovhannisyan scored 5.5 points.

Mamikon Gharibyan and Robert Hovhannisyan will play against each other in the 9th round.