European Championship: Hrant Melkumyan among leaders
The third round of the 13th European Individual Chess Championship for men was again successful for Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan. He’s the only Armenian chess player who recorded victories in all three rounds.
3rd round
Hovhannisyan Robert - Bacrot Etienne ½ - ½
Grandelius Nils - Melkumyan Hrant 0 - 1
Movsesian Sergei - Kotronias Vasilios 1 - 0
Simacek Pavel - Akopian Vladimir 0 - 1
Manolache Marius - Sargissian Gabriel ½ - ½
Inarkiev Ernesto - Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1 - 0
Gabuzyan Hovhannes - Potkin Vladimir ½ - ½
Lenic Luka - Gabrielian Artur 1 - 0
Grigoriants Sergey - Areshchenko Alexander ½ - ½
Petrosian Tigran L - Sebenik Matej ½ - ½
Tomic Bosko - Andriasian Zaven ½ - ½
Pashikian Arman - Kanmazalp Ogulcan 0 - 1
Pogosian Vladimir - Perunovic Miodrag 0 - 1
Standing after the 3rd round
1. Vitiugov Nikita 3
2. Savchenko Boris 3
3. Naiditsch Arkadij 3
7. Melkumyan Hrant 3
17. Movsesian Sergei 2.5
42. Hovhannisyan Robert 2.5
70. Gabrielian Artur 2
74. Sargissian Gabriel 2
91. Akopian Vladimir 2
100. Petrosian Tigran L 2
104. Andriasian Zaven 2
116. Grigoriants Sergey 2
123. Gabuzyan Hovhannes 1.5
130. Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 1.5
188. Pashikian Arman 1
324. Pogosian Vladimir 0