SUCCESSFUL START OF ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS

Panorama.am
15:48 14/11/2008

World Chess 38th Olympiad is a successful start for Armenian
team. Armenian men and women chess teams started their first rounds
with Italian team and defeated them. Hence Levon Aronyan, Gabriel
Sargsyan, Tigran Petrosyan and Vladimir Hakobyan fixed their first
victory. Elina Danielyan, Lilit Lazarian, Nelli Aghinyan, Lilit
Galoyan and Siranush Andriasyan are included in Armenian women team.

Armenia rates in the 9th horizontal of the current Olympiad and Italy
– 44th.

Note that there are some Armenian chess players presenting flags of
other countries. Nathalia Khudgaryan and Dina Ghahramanova present
Canada, Mary Grigoryan presents England, Mickael Akopov presents
Finland, David Harutyunyan – Georgia, Arusa Purkashyan – Iran, Syuzan
Muradyan – Lebanon, Naira Aghababyan – Moldova, Varujan Hakobyan,
Katherina Rogonyan and Tatev Abrahamyan – USA, and Irina Gevorgyan
– Uzbekistan.

Follow the World Chess 38th Olympiad today.