26 May 2018

Aram Hakobyan Wins World's Youth Stars Tournament

Vanya Somov Memorial finishes in Kirishi.

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website

Aram Hakobyan (Armenia) won the 16th International Chess Tournament in Memory of Vanya Somov "World's Youth Stars", the final stage of the European Youth Grand Prix in Kirishi. The winner scored 8 points out of 11 and edged out Kirill Shevchenko (2nd place, Ukraine) and Shant Sargsyan (3rd place, Armenia) thanks to his superior tie-break. 

The Russians Kirill Shubin and Sergei Lobanov shared 4-5 places with 6.5 points. 

Final standings

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