Standings with 1 round to go:
| 1. | Pashikian, Arman | g | ARM | 2650 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2. | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2647 | 5½ | |||||||||||
| 3. | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | g | ARM | 2480 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4-5. | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2621 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4-5. | Lysyj, Igor | g | RUS | 2617 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6-8. | Babujian, Levon | m | ARM | 2515 | 3½ | |||||||||||
| 6-8. | Li Chao | g | CHN | 2634 | 3½ | |||||||||||
| 6-8. | Grigoryan, Avetik | g | ARM | 2504 | 3½ | |||||||||||
| 9-10. | Kotanjian, Tigran | g | ARM | 2580 | 2½ | |||||||||||
| 9-10. | Jumabayev, Rinat | m | KAZ | 2550 | 2½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Who’s the top Armenian player?
Aronian, of course.
But the young generation is coming up fast and strong. Watch out for Pashikian, Andriasian, Ter Sahakian, not to mention Petrosian, who already made the olympic team.