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Grigor-Sevak Mkhitaryan as vice-champion of Brazil
Armenian grandmaster Grigor-Sevak Mkhitaryan took the 2nd place at the 84th Brazilian Men's Chess Championship in Rio de Janeiro. The 16 strongest chess players took part in the knockout tournament, where Grigor-Sevak Mkhitaryan won the first three game. In the final, he measured his strength with the 2006 Brazilian Champion, 29-year-old Alexandr Fier. Alexandr Fier won with a score of 2.5: 1.5 and became the champion of the tournament, while Grigor-Sevak Mkhitaryan became the vice-champion of the tournament.
