Won, but stayed in the shade
Although Armenia's chess players confidently scored 4 victories in the 7th round of the Mikhail Chigorin memorial tournament, it could be said that they are left out of the struggle for the medals. The leading players played well and still have the advantage in terms of points.
Armenian chess players Hrant Melkumyan, Karen Grigoryan, Suren Poghosyan, Aghasi Inants scored victories, while Zaven Andreasyan and David Petrosyan tied the matches.
After seven rounds, Azerbaijani Eltay Safarli is on the top of the board with 6.5 points, followed by 4 participants who each scored half a point less than him. Armenian chess players Zaven Andreasyan, Hrant Melkumyan and Karen Grigoryan have 5 points in their active respectively.
True, theoretically speaking, they still have a chance to reach the leaders, but that will be difficult through the Swiss procedure because the leaders play with fellow leaders and some of them maintain the difference of points against their contenders. It doesn't come as a surprise that often the chess masters tie the matches in the last round.
