Tag: Beirut

In a strange flow of events, French IM Manuel Valles (2386) shot into sole lead at the Beirut International Tournament after getting a walkover as GM Sergey Kasparov (2475) did not turn up.

The top seed Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov drew with Russian GM Sergey Volkov (2589) to slip to joint second place.

You may check the Round 6 pairings here.

The 8th Beirut International Open 2015 began with Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov (2611) as the top seed. Nine players share the lead with a perfect 3.0/3.

Already in the fourth round, crucial clashes have been scheduled to take place with GM Tiviakov taking on Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian (2495).

You may check the Round 4 pairings here.