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Armenia’s leading chess grandmaster Haik Martirosyan drew 1-1 with grandmaster Anish Giri representing the Netherlands in the second round of the group stage of the “Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026” tournament in Budapest, Hungary.
Martirosyan lost the first game of the second round playing with the black pieces, but won the return game with the white pieces.
Haik Martirosyan is in Group C, where his opponents are Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Abhimanyu Mishra.
Meanwhile, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian, representing the United States, drew 1-1 with Andrew Hong (United States). Both of Aronian’s games ended in draws.
Levon Aronian is in Group A, which also features Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Jorden van Foreest, and Andrew Hong.