Zaven Andreasyan won scoring 9.5 out of possible 11 at the blitz chess tournament within the framework of M. Chigorin Memorial in St. Petersburg, Sportinfo.am reports. I. Khayrullin (Russia) and I. Kovalenko (Ukraine) and E. Vorobyev (Russia) are one score behind the Armenian grand master.

Russian Cup classical chess tournament starts today.

Other Armenian chess players scored as follows: Hrant Melkumyan – 7.5 (14 place), Levon Babujyan and Hrayr Simonyan – 6.5 each (45 and 47 places respectively), Robert Hovhanesyan – 6 (68), Vardan Khojoyan and Vardkes Tovmasyan – 5.5 each (75 and 80 respectively), Suren Poghosyan and Sargis V. Manoukyan – 4.5 each (111 and 119), Artur Gabrielyan (Russia) – 6 (50), Alina Balayan – 4.5 (112).