CHICAGO, MAY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Chicago Open International Chess Tournament was held on May 22-26 in the U.S. Gabriel Sargsian (Armenia) gained 5.5 out of 7 possible points and shared the 1-2nd places with Jean Elvest (U.S.). G. Sargsian was recognized the first with his coefficients. And another Armenian grandmaster, Tigran Petrosian, took the ninth place with 4.5 points. 800 chess players performed in the tournament.

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