During the third round of C Pool of the top Division of the FIDE Online Olympiad, the Armenian national chess team gained a crushing advantage over the Turkish team (4.5:1.5). Third President of Armenia, President of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan followed the matches of the Armenian national team’s players at the Chess House in Yerevan.
Among the winners were Levon Aronian, Elina Danielyan, Anna Sargsyan and Hayk Martirosyan. Lilit Mkrtchyan tied her matches, Gabriel Sargsyan was defeated by his opponent, and until then, Armenia’s team had beat the Romanian team 4-2, but was defeated by the Bulgarians 2.5:3.5 in the second round.
The leader of the C Pool is Russia, which scored 3 victories and has 6 team points. Armenia, Croatia, Egypt, England and Bulgaria each scored 2 victories and each have 4 points.
Another 3 rounds will be held on August 22, and the group stage will end with 3 rounds on August 23.