ARMENIAN MEN’S NATIONAL CHESS TEAM DEFEATS AZERIS

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.11.2008 16:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian men’s national chess team has
defeated the Azeri team with a score 2,5:1,5 at the Chess Olympiad
in Dresden. Levon Aronyan-Teymur Rajabov and Tigran Petrosyan-Rauf
Mammadov games ended in a draw; Vladimir Hakobyan defeated Shahruyar
Mammadyarov 1:0.

The Armenian team, the reigning Olympic champion, along with the
Russian team occupies top positions in the tournament chart.

So, after the 6th round Armenia and Russia have 11 points each,
Germany, Ukraine, India, Israel, France, China and Romania came up
with 10 points, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Greece, Netherlands, Spain,
Vietnam, Belarus, UK and U.S. garnered 9 points each.

In the 7 th round, the Armenian team with meet with Russian chess
players.