The Armenian grandmaster Tigran L. Petrosian has scored 3 points after three rounds and is leading together with GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Ukraine) at the open that is being held in Golden Sands resort, Bulgaria.
Armenian chess player among leaders in Golden Sands Tournament
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 11, ARTSAKHPRESS: GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan is half a point behind the leaders, the Armenian Chess Federation informed about it. Tigran L. Petrosian was born on 17 September 1984. His first name was deliberately chosen by his father to match the name of Tigran V. Petrosian, first Armenian who became the World Champion.
When the late Tigran won the world title, Tigran's father dreamt that if he ever had a son he would call him Tigran. The ex-world champ died a month before Tigran L. Petrosian was born. Petrosian learned chess at the age of five. He received coaching from Gagik Sargissian and Melikset Khachiyan before entering a chess academy in 2002, where he was occasionally instructed by GM Arsen Yegiazarian and IM Ashot Nadanian.
