SMBAT LPUTIAN: "IT IS DIFFICULT TO FORESEE WHO WILL BECOME
WINNER OF 'LAKE SEVAN' TOURNAMENT"
10-07-2007 17:29:00 | Armenia | Sport
MARTUNI, JULY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Ji En Gopal (India), Yuri
Vovk (the Ukraine), and David Haroutiunian (Georgia) received
2,5 points each after four stages in the "Lake Sevan"
International Chess Tournament, which is being held in Martuni.
Hrant Melkumian, Arman Phashikian, Tigran L. Petrosian
(Armenia), and Bartolomey Macheyan (Poland) have two points
each. Smbat Lputian, the Chairman of the Chess Republican
Academy and the founder and president of the tournament,
informed a Noyan Tapan correspondent that the tournament is
proceeding in a resistent struggle: the capabilities of the
participants of the tournament are almost equal, therefore it is
difficult to foresee who will receive the title of the winner.