13:33  ,  July 6, 2017

Armenia’s Petrosian wins US international tournament

Grandmaster (GM) Tigran Petrosian became the winner of the World Open 2017 international chess tournament that wrapped up in Philadelphia, USA.

Petrosian, a member the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the former World Team Chess champions Armenia, garnered 7.5 points out of 9 possible and took the first place.

A total of 216 chess players—33 of whom, GMs—competed in this event.

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