Summary of Round 2

After the 2nd round of the Andranik Margaryan Memorial Grandmaster Norm Tournament, three players—Vladislav Nozdrachev, Arsen Davtyan, and Robert Piliposyan—are leading the tournament table with a perfect score of 100%.

In the 1st round, Arsen Davtyan achieved a beautiful victory against Erik Hakobyan:

17. Ra4! The rook moves to the 4th rank on the kingside, and White's attack becomes unstoppable.

Robert Piliposyan demonstrated confident play in the opening rounds, capitalizing on his opponents' positional inaccuracies to secure victories.

Vladislav Nozdrachev took advantage of a critical blunder by his opponent:
40... g5

41. f6! White obtained a protected passed pawn and confidently converted the endgame with queens to a win.

In the Master Norm Tournament, Rudolf Pashikyan is the sole leader with 2 points.