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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Hrant Melkumyan wins Casino Graz Chess Open 2014

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014

Hello everyone,

FIDE chess tournament news update is that Armenian Grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan has won the 1st International Chess Open Casino Graz which took place February 14-21 at the Casino Graz and Joanneum Quarter in Graz, Austria. Melkumyan concluded the Open A with 7,5 points from nine rounds, a full point ahead of the other players. IM Rajpara Ankit from India, who drew Melkumyan in the final round, earned a Grandmaster norm. The Open B had 57 participants rated under 2000 elo. Austrian players Anton Neubauer and Franz Kerschenbauer shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each.


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2 comments:

  1. Suyash Sinha, New delhiFebruary 23, 2014 at 10:39 AM

    Congrats to Ankit Rajpara on his way to becoming GM soon

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  2. Alexis Cochran, NZFebruary 23, 2014 at 10:47 AM

    Congratulations

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