Haik Martirosyan wins rapid tournament dedicated to triple-holiday
Rapid chess tournament dedicated to triple-holiday took place yesterday at Chess House after Tigran Petrosian. As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, 144 chess players participated in the tournament. Reigning chess champion of Armenia GM Haik M. Martirosyan and 2016 Armenian champion, GM Zaven Andriasyan were among participants of the tournament. Young and talented chess player Anna M. Sargsyan was participating in the tournament too. The battle for the first place was among above mentioned players. Eventually, GM Martirosyan scored 6.5 points out 7 and became the sole winner of the tournament. Zaven Andriasyan came second with 6 points and Haik Vardanyan was third.
WFM Anna Sargsyan was leading the table with Martirosyan and Andriasyan after 5 rounds with perfect score but lost last two games and finished the tournament on 11th place but won special prize for women.