ARMENIA BACK IN THE LEAD AFTER BEATING SERBIA 3-1
armradio.am
24.11.2008 13:13
Armenia bet Serbia 3-1 in the 10th round of the 38th Chess Olympiad
in Dresden. Ukraine edged Israel on the strength of Zahar Efimenko’s
win over Evgeny Postny to move into a tie for first-place with Armenia
with 17 points. Israel and China are tied for the second place with
16 points.
In the match against Serbia Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan
defeated I. Ivanishevich and D. Solak respectively. Gabriel
Sargsyan and Tigran Petrosyan drew the games against M. Perunovich
and B. Vushkovich.
In the last 11th round Armenia will play China, Ukraine will meet
the US.
In the 10th round the Armenian women’s team lost to Poland 1.5-2.5
and still ranks 8th with 14 points. In the women’s section Poland is
leading with 17 points, Ukraine and Georgia are tied for the second
with 16 points.
It’s worth mentioning that gaining 8 points from 9 possible, Gabriel
Sargsyan shows the best performance in the 38th Chess Olympiad.