ARMENIAN MEN’S AND LADIES’ NATIONAL TEAMS GAIN VICTORIES IN 6th AND 7th TOURS OF EUROPE CHESS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2007
HERAKLION, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Two tours remain until the end
of the Europe Chess Team Championship being held in the Greek city
of Heraklion. In the 6th tour held on November 3, the Armenian men’s
national team beat the chess players of Hungary with the score of
2.5 to 1.5 and in the 7th tour held on November 4, beat the Slovenian
chess players with the same score.
The leader is the Russian national team, which has 14 points. The
Armenian team is in the second place.
In the 6th and 7th tours, Armenian lady chess players defeated
representatives of Romania and Bulgaria with the scores of 2.5 to 1.5,
and 3 to 1, respectively. The Polish and Russian teams are at the
top of the tournament table with 12 points each. The Armenian lady
chess players share the 3-4th places with Dutch lady chess players
with 10 points each.
In the 8th tour, the Armenian men’s national team will compete with
the Azeri team and the ladies’ team with the Polish team.