TEAMS OF ARMENIAN CHESS-PLAYERS DEFEAT THEIR RIVALS IN 3rd TOUR OF TURIN OLYMPIAD
Noyan Tapan
May 24 2006
TURIN, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national teams won in the
3rd tour of 37th World Chess Olympiad being held in Turin.
The men’s team defeated the national team of Denmark with a score of
3 to 1.
Levon Aronian and Vladimir Hakobian won their games and Gabriel
Sargsian and Artashes Minasian drew the game. After this victory the
Armenian national team has gained 9.5 out of 12 possible points and
shares 7-12th places. The teams of Russia, Uzbekistan and China are
in the lead. Each of them has 10.5 points.
The Armenian women’s national team defeated the national team of
Mexico with a score of 2 to 1. Lilit Mkrtchian and Elina Danielian
gained victories and Nelli Aghinian lost the game. The Armenian
woman chess-players have gained 6.5 out of 9 possible points and
share 12-21th places. The national teams of Lithuania, Russia and
China are in the lead in the competition among women’s national teams.
In the 4th tour to be held on May 24 the Armenian men’s national team
will compete with chess-players from Norway and the women’s national
team with chess-players from Ecuador.