Armenian Grandmaster Gabriel Sargsyan again ended in a draw his match in the International Chess Tournament InventiChess-2009 in Antwerp, Belgium. Playing black, Sargsyan drew with Bart Michels (Belgium), gaining 4 points.

The standings after eighth round are as follows: Sutovsky- 6 points, Bacrot- 5.5, Sashikiran- 5, Sargsyan, Stefanova, Muzychuk, Sochko and Timman- 4 points each, Michels — 2.5, Howell-1.

Sargsyan will face Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) in the final round.