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June 3, 2006 Saturday 09:25 PM EST

Winners in World Chess Olympiad to become known Sun

by Alexei Bukalov

The 37th World Chess Olympiad draws to a close in Turin. Winners of
the competitions, which were held according to the Swiss system of 13
rounds in Turin’s Oval Palace of Sports, are to be announced on
Sunday.

The competitions involved a record-high number of chess players: 148
men’s teams and 108 women’s ones, 1,320 sportsmen, all in all. More
than 450 accredited journalists from various countries have covered
the competitions. Three hundred volunteers assisted the organisers in
conducting the chess Olympiad.

After two weeks of competitions, the men’s team of Armenia (with
Levon Aronyan, 23,making a splendid showing at the first chessboard)
is confidently in the lead with 34 points, followed up by the teams
of France and China (31.5 points each), as well as Russia (31
points). Ukraine’s chessplayers lead in women’s tournament.