ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYER DEFEATED ENGLAND’S TEAM DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.09.2009 20:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 6th round of World Junior Chess Championship
held in Akhisar, Turkey, on September 24-October 3, Armenian junior
chess team (under age 16) beat England’s players 3:1.

Armenian team winners were Hayk Vardanyan, Robert Aghasaryan and Tigran
S. Petrosyan. The only unsuccessful player was Samvel Ter-Sahakyan,
the youngest sportsmen, who suffered two consecutive defeats.

Let’s note that in the first three rounds, Armenian players competed
against Turkish team, holding victory in the first two matches and
making a draw in the last game. In the 4th and 5th rounds, Armenian
players fell behind Russian and Hungarian teams with minimal scores.

After 6 rounds, Armenia’s junior team gained 14.5 points, sharing the
4th-7th positions with Georgia, Turkey and Uzbekistan. Indian team,
with 17.5 points, tops tournament list. Russian and Azerbaijani teams
share 2nd-3rd positions with 16 points.

There are 22 teams participating in championship, with 6 representing
Turkey.

In the 7th round, Armenian chess players will play against Georgian
national team.