ARMENIAN TEAM’S BEST PARTICIPATION IN THE OLYMPIAD
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[12:15 pm] 25 May, 2006
Armenian Chess team displayed its best participation in the 4th round
of the World Olympiad held in Turin and beat the Nigerian team 4:0.
Our chess players Levon Aronyan, Vladimir Hakobyan, Smbat Lputyan and
Gabriel Sargsyan celebrated their victory. After the meeting with
the Nigerian team Armenia tops the fixture table with 13.5 points
alongside with the Russian team having the same index.
Armenia occupies the 2nd place with its additional indexes.
By the way, Armenian chess players will meet the Russian
representatives in the 5th round. This will be the central and the
vital meeting of the Olympiad where the winner will have an opportunity
to become a champion though there is much time left by the end of
the Olympiad. It is noteworthy that only Armenian, Russian and Dutch
teams celebrated the same number of victories in the past four rounds.
Armenian women team also celebrated its victory in the 4th round
beating Ecuador 2:1. The decisive point for our team was provided
by Siranoush Andreasyan whereas Lilit Lazarian and Elina Danielyan
tied their meetings. So far Armenian women team is in the 11th place
and will meet the Greek team in the next round.