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Armenian chess players start Moscow Open with victories
Armenian chess players started their performance at the Moscow Open with victories. Armenian Grandmasters Tigran L. Petrosyan and Robert Hovhannisyan beat their lower-rated opponents. International Master Hayk M. Martirosyan surprised everyone after beating Sergei Azarov, a Belarusian chess grandmaster. In Round 2 slated for March 2, the 16-year-old Armenian chess player will face Israeli chess grandmaster Boris Gelfand. Tigran L. Petrosyan and Robert Hovhannisyan will compete with Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine) and Alexey Goganov (Russia) respectively.
