Armenia’s Tigran Harutyunyan wins 1st ALAIN Juniors Chess Championship U20
The 1st ALAIN Juniors Chess Championship U20 international tournament took place in Al Ain, UAE during holidays. 143 chess players, including 2 GMs and 6 IMs representing 11 countries participated in the event.
Armenia had five participants in the tournament and the representative of Armenia IM Tigran Harutyunyan claimed the title of winner of the 1st ALAIN Juniors Chess Championship U20, the Chess Federation of Armenia reported.
Harutyunyan scored 7.5 points out of 9 which was enough for the title.
Three representatives of Armenia Artur Davtyan, Vahe Danielyan and Hovhannes Hakobyan scored 7 points apiece and shared 3-10 places. After tie-break Davtyan came 6th, Danielyan – 7th and Hakobyan – 9th.
The fifth representative of Armenia Sona Asatryan took the 16th place with 6.5 points.