Andranik Matikozian becomes chess champion of Southern California

IM Andranik Matikozian of Armenia became the champion of Southern California for the 4th time. He had no defeat, scored 5 points out of 7 and took the first prize at the championships held in Monterey, U.S., according to armchess.am.

Another Armenian chess player - Melikset Khachiyan of U.S. took second place. He too had no defeat and was only half a point behind the winner.

Chess players from Russia and Mexico also participated in the tournament.