ARMENIA STARTED WITH VICTORY

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[08:45 pm] 22 May, 2006

The 37th Chess World Olympiad started in the Italian city of Turin. In
the first round the Armenian national team met Venezuela.

Our team played without the leaders. Coach Tigran Nalbandyan gave Levon
Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan the possibility to have a rest. Despite
this the Armenian national team beat Venezuela 3:1. Gabriel Sargsyan,
Artashes Minasyan and Smbat Lputyan celebrated wins whereas Karen
Asryan suffered a loss.

In the second round they will play with the Nigerian team.

The women’s team played with Denmark and won 3:0. In the next round
the Armenian girls will play with Croatia.