All the Games of Round 1 were Victorious

The first round of the second leg of European Youth Grand Prix took place today at Jermuk. The games of the round were tensed and all the games were victorious. The round was successful for the Armenian participants of the tournament. They all faced representatives of Russia and all won their games; Aram Hakobyan defeated Sergei Lobanov, Shant Sargsyan won his game against Stefan Pogosian and Mamikon Gharibyan was stronger than Arsenii Nesterov. The fourth representative of Russia Kirill Shubin, who is the winner of the first leg, also lost his game, his opponent was Kacharava Nikolozi of Georgia. The top seed of the tournament Kirill Shevchenko of Ukraine and Viachaslau​ Zarubitski of Belarus also celebrated victories; their opponents were accordingly Paulius Pultinevicius of Lithuania and Tor Fredrik Kaasen  of Norway.