MARTUNI, JULY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Ji En Gopal (India), Yuri Vovk (the Ukraine), and David Haroutiunian (Georgia) received 2,5 points each after four stages in the "Lake Sevan" International Chess Tournament, which is being held in Martuni. Hrant Melkumian, Arman Phashikian, Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), and Bartolomey Macheyan (Poland) have two points each. Smbat Lputian, the Chairman of the Chess Republican Academy and the founder and president of the tournament, informed a Noyan Tapan correspondent that the tournament is proceeding in a resistent struggle: the capabilities of the participants of the tournament are almost equal, therefore it is difficult to foresee who will receive the title of the winner.

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