Yerevan Open international chess tournament passed the equator. Games of round 5 of the tournament took place yesterday at Chess Academy of Armenia. The top game of the round between Arman Mikaelyan and Karen Grioryan ended in a draw. This result allowed Arman Pashikyan, Tigran L. Petrosian and Alexey Kislinsky to join the leaders. After 5^th round the above mentioned players got 4.5 points and are leading the table. 13 players have got 4 points apiece and share 6 to 18 places. The top games of 6^th round are:

1^st board GM Petrosian Tigran L. – IM Arman Mikaelyan

2^nd board GM Kislinsky Alexey – GM Arman Pashikyan

3^rd board GM Grigoryan Karen – GM Aleksamdrov Aleksej