SAFRA, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The 3rd stage meetings of the international chess tournament being held in the resort city of Safra, near Madrid, Spain, took place on March 19. Gabriel Sargsian played a drawn game with Ivan Sokolov (Holland). Garbriel Sargsian and Manuel Perez Candelario (Spain) are the tournament leaders with 2.5 points each.

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