MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2nd stage meetings of the "Aeroflot Open" international big tournament were held in Moscow on February 15. In the A1 group where 84 participants are involved, 7 chess players got 2 points each. Artashes Minasian is also among them. 24 chess players, including Vladimir Hakobian, got 1.5 points each. Davit Petrosian and other 17 chess players got 2 points each in the A2 group, and other 5 chess players of Armenia got 1.5 points each. To recap, 143 chess players perform in the A2 group, 203 ones in A3 group, and 153 chess players perform in the A4 group.

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