Armenia Wins Without Aronian

ARMENIA WINS WITHOUT ARONIAN

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[12:28 pm] 29 October, 2007

The Armenian chess team won over Romania 3:1 within the framework of
the European Team Championship.

Armenian Grand Masters Gabriel Sargsian, Smbat Lputian enjoyed victory
while Vladimir Hakobian and Karen Asrian played a tie. Levon Aronian
didn’t participate at the tournament. Presently, Armenia takes the
fourth place due to its rating while Romania is the 24th.

It is due to mention that Russia beat Sweden 3.5:0.5,
Bulgaria-Lithuania 2.5:1.5, Azerbaijan-Turkey 4:0 and France-Macedonia
3:1.

Armenia will compete with Russia at the second round.