Chess Olympics: Armenia beat Azerbaijan

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Armenia – Aug 8 2022

In the penultimate round of the World Chess Olympiad taking place in the Indian city of Chennai, the leading Armenian men's team met the Azerbaijani team and won 3-1.

Robert Hovhannisyan and Gabriel Sargsyan won, and Hrant Melkumyan and Manuel Petrosyan finished their games with a draw. 

The Armenian team with 17 points tops the standings. 

In its previous rounds, the Armenian team defeated Madagascar (4:0), Andorra (3:1), Egypt (2.5:1.5), Austria (3:1), England (2.5:1.5), second team India (2.5:1.5) and first team India (2.5:1.5), played a draw against team USA, and lost to Uzbekistan (1:3).

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS