Manuel Petrosyan

The national men’s championship continues in Armenia. Standing after the 3rd round

The national championship among men continues in Yerevan (Armenia). M. Petrosyan is leading – 3. A. Hakobyan is half a point behind. Participants:  M. Petrosyan, A. Hakobyan, S. Ter-Sahakyan, R. Hovhannisyan, Z. Andriasyan, T. Petrosyan, T. Harutyunyan, M. Gharibyan, A. Barseghyan, S. SargsyanDates:  from 13 to 21 JanuarySystem:  round robin, 9 rounds Line-up:  10 participants, 7 grandmasters Official sitePosition after…

“IX CHESSABLE SUNWAY SITGES CHESS FESTIVAL 2022” continues in Sitges. Standings after the 8th round

The “IX CHESSABLE SUNWAY SITGES CHESS FESTIVAL 2022 — Group A” continues in Sitges (Catalonia). K. Alekseenko is in the lead – 7.5 points. Yu Yangyi, H. Niemann, M. Petrosyan, A. Tabatabaei, D. Gokerkan are one point behind. Rating favorites:  Yu Yangyi, H. Niemann, J. Van ForestDates:  December 12 to 22System : Swiss, 10 roundsPrize fund:  21.000 € (1st…

Nakamura’s Golden Double

The traditional “Titled Tuesday” tournaments on Chess.com for holders of international chess titles continue. The “early” tournament was won by Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 9.5 out of 11. Olexandr Bortnyk and Manuel Petrosyan scored the same number of points. In the “late” Title Tuesday, Nakamura also won with a similar result. He was half a…