Artsakh Grandmaster Manuel Petrosyan Defeats Azerbaijani Vugar Rasulov

Artsakh Grandmaster Manuel Petrosyan has won against Azerbaijani chess player Vugar Rasulov. In the 5th round of the European Individual Chess Championship held in Serbia, Petrosyan, playing with white pieces, achieved victory after 55 moves.

With 4 points, Petrosyan shares places 5-38. The leading player of the Armenian team, Gabriel Sargsyan, also has 4 points after playing a draw against Greek Dimitrios Mastrovasilis.

Other representatives from Armenia, Shant Sargsyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, also drew their games, both with 3.5 points. Hayk M. Martirosyan defeated Romanian Adrian-Simion Secherescu with the white pieces and also has 3.5 points.

The sole leader is Ukrainian Anton Korobov, who achieved his 5th victory by defeating fellow Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov, who has 4 points.