ARMENIAN AND AZERI CHESS TEAMS PLAY A DRAW
armradio.am
06.11.2007 12:34
The Armenian team played a 2:2 draw with Azerbaijan in the 8th round
of the European Team Chess Championship underway in the Greek city
of Heraklion.
Gabriel Sargsyan won a victory over Vugar Gashimov, Levon Aronyan and
Karen Asryan drew the games with Shahriyar Mammadyarov and A. Mamedov
respectively. Vladimir Hakobyan lost to Teymur Rajabov. The Armenian
men’s team currently ranks third.
In the women’s competition the Armenian team defeated the team of
Poland, one of the main contenders for the champion’s title. Russia
is on top with 14 MP and only a convincing victory for Poland can
keep the title away. They are followed by many contenders for the
second place with Poland and Armenia (12MP), Georgia and Ukraine
(11MP), and Slovenia, Romania, Germany, and Netherlands (10MP).