Tigran Kotanjian stays first at Karen Asrian Memorial

Tigran Kotanjian stays first after 8 rounds at Karen Asrian Memorial. He has scored 6.5 points and is 0.5 points ahead of Konstantine Shanava, Maxim Turov and Robert Hovhannisyan who share 2nd-4th places.

Artur Chibukhchian and Levon Babujian share 9th-10th places with 5.5 points each. David Petrosian also has scored 5.5 points but is currently 11th due to his elo rating.