Robert Hovhannisyan leads Chigorin Memorial
Armenian grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan, scoring 4 points after 3 rounds, leads Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Russian chess players Anton Demchenko, Alexander Shimanov and Vladimir Yepishin have the same result but are behind Hovhannisyan on tiebreak.
Avetik Grigoryan is half a point behind the leaders. Vladimir Akopian, Zaven Andriasian, Artur Gabrielian, Sergey Grigoriants, Hovik Hayrapetyan, Nikita Matinian and Gor Airapetian have scored 3 points each, Armenian Chess Federation website reported.