ARMENIAN MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM SHARES 1-2nd PLACES WITH UKRAINIANS IN CHESS WORLD OLYMPIAD

Noyan Tapan

Nov 24, 2008

DRESDEN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The Chess World Olympiad is coming
to an end in Dresden. The games of the penultimate, 10th tour took
place on November 23. The men’s national team of Armenia beat the
team of Serbia with the score of 3 to 1, the team of the Ukraine
beat the team of Israel with the score of 2.5 to 1.5. After 10 tours
the national team of Armenia shares the 1-2nd places with the chess
players of the Ukraine.

In this tour the women’s national team of Armenia was defeated by the
team of Poland with the score of 1.5 to 2.5 and shares the 7-12th
places with 6 countries’ national teams with 14 points each. The
chess players from Poland are the leaders in women’s tournament
with 17 points. The women chess players from the Ukraine, Georgia,
and Serbia share the 2-4th places with 16 points each.

Armenia’s men chess players will compete with the delegates of China
and women with the delegates of India in the 11th tour scheduled for
November 25.