Hakobian and Abrahamyan at US championship

Varuzhan Akobian has scored 4.5 points in 8 rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship in Saint Louis. Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky are leading the tournament list with 6 points each.

Grand Master Tatev Abrahamyan has scored 3.5 points out of 7 at the U.S. Women's Championship.

Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush are leading the tournament with 5 points each, website of Armenian Chess Federation reported.