MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 10 the "Moscow Open" International Tournament finished in the capital of Russia and about 1200 chess players took part. Artyom Timofeev (Russia) received 7.5 out of 9 possible points in the "A" group tournament and was recognized as winner. Karen Asrian was the best among the Armenian delegates, who shared the 22nd-44th place with six points. Vardan Khajoyan became an individual winner with 8.5 points in the "B" group. Tigran Gasparian received 7.5 points and shared the 3-8th place. In the struggle of women Elina Danielian shared the 6-11th place with 6.5 points.

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