Rafayel Vahanyan defeats Noel Studer

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Rafayel Vahanyan gained his first victory at the chess festival underway in the city of Biel in Switzerland. Our veteran chess player defeated International Master Noel Studer in the 6^th round. French chess player Étienne Bacrot heads the standings with 4.5 points. He is followed by Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov and Indian chess player Pentala Harikrishna. Our chess player shares 8-9^th places. In today’s 7^th round Rafayel Vahanyan will face Hungarian GM Peter Leko, who is on the 7^th place with 2.5 points.