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Inventichess-2009: Gabriel Sargsyan and Bart Michels ended 8th round
in a draw
26.09.2009 01:51 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 8th round of 15th category International
Chess Tournament held in Antverpen, Belgium, Armenian grand master
Gabriel Sargsyan played his 4th drawn match, this time against
Belguim's Bart Michels.
Successful players in the 8th round were Krishnan Sasikarin and Yan
Timman who defeated Antoaneta Stefanova and David Howell
respectively. All other matches ended in a draw.
Emil Sutovsky, who earned 6 points in 8 rounds, continues to remain
sole tournament leader. Next sportsmen in tournament table are Etienne
Bacrot, who falls behind leader by 1.5 points. Sargsyan who has 4
points in his reserve shares 4th-8th positions of tournament table
together with Muzychuk, Sochko, Stefanova and Timman.
In the 9th and final rounds, Gabriel Sargsyan will play against
Slovenia's Anna Muzychuk.
8th round results:
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - Krishnan Sasikiran (India) - 0:1
Yan Timman (Hollan) - David Howell (England) - 1:0
Bert Michels (Belgium) - Gabriel Sargsyam (Armenia) - 0.5:0.5
Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) `Bartosh Sochko (Poland) - 0.5:0.5
Etienne Bacrot (France) - Emil Sutovsky (Israel) - 0.5:0.5
Standing:
Sutovsky - 6
Bacrot - 5.5
Sasikiran - 5
Sargsyan, Stefanova, Muzychuk, Sochko, Timman - 4
Michels - 2.5
Howell - 1
in a draw
26.09.2009 01:51 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 8th round of 15th category International
Chess Tournament held in Antverpen, Belgium, Armenian grand master
Gabriel Sargsyan played his 4th drawn match, this time against
Belguim's Bart Michels.
Successful players in the 8th round were Krishnan Sasikarin and Yan
Timman who defeated Antoaneta Stefanova and David Howell
respectively. All other matches ended in a draw.
Emil Sutovsky, who earned 6 points in 8 rounds, continues to remain
sole tournament leader. Next sportsmen in tournament table are Etienne
Bacrot, who falls behind leader by 1.5 points. Sargsyan who has 4
points in his reserve shares 4th-8th positions of tournament table
together with Muzychuk, Sochko, Stefanova and Timman.
In the 9th and final rounds, Gabriel Sargsyan will play against
Slovenia's Anna Muzychuk.
8th round results:
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - Krishnan Sasikiran (India) - 0:1
Yan Timman (Hollan) - David Howell (England) - 1:0
Bert Michels (Belgium) - Gabriel Sargsyam (Armenia) - 0.5:0.5
Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) `Bartosh Sochko (Poland) - 0.5:0.5
Etienne Bacrot (France) - Emil Sutovsky (Israel) - 0.5:0.5
Standing:
Sutovsky - 6
Bacrot - 5.5
Sasikiran - 5
Sargsyan, Stefanova, Muzychuk, Sochko, Timman - 4
Michels - 2.5
Howell - 1