Lake Sevan International tournament is taking place on July 10-18, 2009 in Martuni, Armenia.
Round 1 results:
| 1 | IM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2550 | 0 – 1 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2650 | 10 |
| 2 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2621 | ½ – ½ | GM | Kotanjian Tigran | 2580 | 9 |
| 3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2647 | ½ – ½ | IM | Babujian Levon | 2515 | 8 |
| 4 | GM | Grigoryan Avetik | 2504 | ½ – ½ | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2480 | 7 |
| 5 | GM | Li Chao | 2634 | ½ – ½ | GM | Lysyj Igor | 2617 | 6 |
Here is the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Why can’t the USCF organize an event like this?
Yeah! and how come nobody of African descent is being invited to any events nowhere in da whole world! huh? hehe.