Gopal Tied For First Place
By Arvind Aaron

Kerala International Master G N Gopal tied for the first place and was placed second with a lower Koya Tie-break score at Armenia on July 14. In the 10-

player category 12 Lake Sevan Tournament, Gopal also made a GM norm and also scored 5.5/9. Gopal beat top seed GM Tigran Petrosian (Elo 2613) in the mutual

encounter. Having a rating of 2480 already this boy is certain to become Kerala's first grandmaster.

Final placings: 1-3 IM Yuri Vovk (Ukr), IM G.N.Gopal (Ind), Li Chao (Chn) 5.5/9 each, 4-5 GM B.Macieja (Pol), GM A.Pashikian (Arm) 5 each, 6-7       IM H.Melkumyan (Arm), GM Tigran Petrosian (Arm) 4.5 each, 8-9 GM D.Arutinian (Geo), IM A.Grigorian (Arm) 3.5 each, GM T.Kotanjian (Arm) 2.5.

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Published : 17  July , 2007