World Chess Champion Mariam Mkrtchyan is the Sole Leader

In the ongoing European Individual Championship for under 18s held in Antalya, Turkey, world chess champion Mariam Mkrtchyan is the sole leader.

Mariam won her match against Russian representative Lea Garifulina in the 7th round playing with white pieces and currently holds the first place with 6.5 points.

It is also likely that Mamikon Garibyan will win a gold medal in the M18 tournament. In the 7th round, he played to a draw against Russian Volodar Murzin and shares the first and second places with Russian representative Rudik Makarayan, who won his match in the same round.

There are 2 rounds left until the end of the European Championship.