ARMENIAN FEMALE CHESS PLAYERS DEFEATED POLISH TEAM IN WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2009 18:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 6th round of World Team Championship,
Armenian national women’s team held its second consecutive victory,
beating tournament leader Polish team 3.5-0.5.
First victory in this round belonged to Elina Danielyan, who gained
the upper hand over Iveta Rylich. Lilit Lazarian and Lilit Galoyan
also had high scores after defeating Yolante Zavadske and Joanna
Dvorakovskie. Match between Nelly Aghinyan and Joanna Maiden ended
in a draw,
After second round, Lilit Lazarian tops tournament list together
with Nana Dzagnidze and Nadezhda Kosintseva.
Let’s note that Armenian team’s first victory was registered in the
5th round, when our female players beat Georgian team 2.5-1.5.
After 6 rounds Armenian chess players share 6th-7th positions,
together with China, second team on tournament table. Despite its
defeat, Polish team maintained its leading position, since Chinese
and Georgian teams which came next were defeated by United States
and Russia.
In the 7th round of championship, Armenian female chess players will
compete with Vietnam national team, outsider of current tournament.
Results for 6th round:
USA – China 1 – 3:1 Georgia – Russia – 1.5 – 2.5 Poland – Armenia –
0.5 – 3.5 Vietnam – India – 1:3 China 2 – Ukraine – 2:2
Standing:
Poland – 9 Ukraine – 7 China 1 – 7 Georgia – 7 Russia – 7 China 2 –
6 Armenia – 6 USA – 5 India – 5 Vietnam – 1