Armenian Chess Players in Botvinnik Memorial
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At Botvinnik memorial held in Saint Petersburg Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan scored 9 points out of 11 and shared 1-2 places together with GM Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)at the blitz tournament that was held within the framework of Botvinnik Memorial. By the tie-break Hovhannisyan took the second prize.
Armenian GM Zaven Andriasian scored 8, GM Avetik Grigoryan, IM Vahe Baghdasaryan - 7 points each.
130 chess players took part in the tournament. Among them there were 35 grandmasters. The main tournament begins on August 25, 2012.
You can follow the games of Botvinnik Memorial on armchess.am website on August 25-September 2, 2012, starting at 17:00 (Yerevan time).


















































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