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SERGEI MOVSESIAN COMES 10TH IN GIBRALTAR OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.01.2010 18:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)
between 26 January and 4 February participates in Gibraltar Open
chess tournament, which runs 8th time.
In the first round Movsesyan met with Marcel Peek (The Netherlands)
and won, but with Victoria Kmilyati (Latvia) played a draw. In the
third game Movsesyan lost to Gabriel Battaglini (France).
After the first round the Armenian grandmaster has 1.5 points and
comes 10th among 109 participants.
Sergei Movsesian , (born November 3, 1978 in Tbilisi) is chess
Grandmaster of Armenian descent who now plays for Slovakia. In 1999
he reached quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Las
Vegas, but lost to Vladimir Akopian, 1.5-2.5. He won international
tournaments in Sarajevo (2002 and 2007),[2] 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad
tournament in Karlovy Vary, Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint
Petersburg in 2007[3] and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament
in 2008. Movsesian is married to the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Petra
Krupkova.
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.01.2010 18:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)
between 26 January and 4 February participates in Gibraltar Open
chess tournament, which runs 8th time.
In the first round Movsesyan met with Marcel Peek (The Netherlands)
and won, but with Victoria Kmilyati (Latvia) played a draw. In the
third game Movsesyan lost to Gabriel Battaglini (France).
After the first round the Armenian grandmaster has 1.5 points and
comes 10th among 109 participants.
Sergei Movsesian , (born November 3, 1978 in Tbilisi) is chess
Grandmaster of Armenian descent who now plays for Slovakia. In 1999
he reached quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Las
Vegas, but lost to Vladimir Akopian, 1.5-2.5. He won international
tournaments in Sarajevo (2002 and 2007),[2] 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad
tournament in Karlovy Vary, Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint
Petersburg in 2007[3] and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament
in 2008. Movsesian is married to the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Petra
Krupkova.