In the penultimate round of the ChessMood Open in Tsakhkadzor, Armenian player Manuel Petrosyan drew with the captain and coach Arman Pashikyan with white pieces, scoring 7 points out of 8 possible, he remains in first place.
Amirreza Pour Agha Bala of Iran, who is in second place, also has 7 points.
Georgia's Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Shant Sargsyan and Iran's Arash Daghli share 3-5 places with 6 points.
There are 85 chess players from Armenia, USA, India, Iran, Russia, France, Lithuania, Georgia and Ukraine.
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