ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS ARE LEADERS IN WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD

ARMENPRESS
Nov 21, 2008

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS: "It will be very hard to prevent the
Armenian chess players to celebrate the second uninterrupted Olympic
victory in the 38th World Chess Olympiad which is being held in the
town of Dresden, Germany. The circumstance that before the tournament
the Armenian men chess team had the international ninth rating was
misleading and the Armenian chess players were underestimated",
Russian sport media reported.

"Armenia continues to surprise the chess world. Armenian chess players
did not only concede in competition with the Russian team but also
were able to win them. In the only efficient match of the competition,
the Armenian chess player Gabriel Sargsian simply paralyzed his rival
Alexander Grishchuk and enjoyed a brilliant victory", German sport
media reported.

The Armenian chess players won 2.5:1.5 the Russian team in the
seventh round of the Olympiad and became the only leader of the
Olympic tournament with 13 points.

German first team, Israeli and French teams share 2-4 places with
12 points.

In the women tournament the Armenian chess players won 3:1 the
Austrian team in the seventh round and yet share the 9-13 places
having 10 points.

The leader among the women tournament is the Chinese team having 13
points, followed by the Ukrainian team which has 12 points and the
third comes Russia with 11 points.

In the eighth round the Armenian women team will play with the
Azerbaijani one.