WORLD CHESS 38TH OLYMPICS START IN DRESDEN
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17:22 12/11/200
Tomorrow the 38th World Chess Olympics start in Dresden, Germany. The
official opening ceremony will take place today. Armenian men and
women teams will also take part in the tournament. Men team consists of
Levon Aronyan, Vladimir Hakobyan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Tigran Petrosyan
and Artashes Minasyan. Women team presents Elina Danielyan, Lilit
Lazarian, Nelli Aghinyan, Lilit Galoyan and Siranush Andriasyan.
According to the official web site of the tournament 156 men teams
and 119 women teams will participate in the tournament. Totally 1500
chess players have applied to participate.
Note that in 2006 Armenian men team was declared the champion of
the Olympics.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress