Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 5 2010

Azerbaijani national chess team defeats Armenia (UPDATE-2)
05.01.2010 21:37
Updated in 6th paragraph

Azerbaijan, Baku, January 5 / Trend News, M.Aliyev /

A meeting of teams of Azerbaijan and Armenia took place within the
first round of the world teams chess championship in the Turkish city
of Bursa on Jan. 5.

Couples were distributed as follows: 1. Vugar Hashimov (2759) – Levon
Aronian (2781); 2. Teymur Rajabov (2733) – Vladimir Akopian (2678); 3.
Shahryar Mammadyarov (2741) – Arman Pashikyan (2647); Rauf Mammadov
(2640) – Tigran Petrosian (2627).

In the last two matches, the national team of Azerbaijan lost to the
Armenian team.

In the first board, Vugar Hashimov with white pieces played in a draw
with Levon Aronian.

Shahryar Mammadyarov defeated Armen Pashikyan with a score – 1:0.
Teymur Rajabov and Vladimir Akopian matched in a draw – 0.5:0.5.

Rauf Mammadov and Tigran Petrosian also matched in a draw. Thus,
Azerbaijan defeated Armenia with a score 2,5:1,5.

In the first round of the World championship, matches are also held
between Turkey – United States, India – Greece, Russia – Brazil, Egypt
– Israel.