Armenian Chess Players Set To Win Turin Olympiad

ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS SET TO WIN TURIN OLYMPIAD

Armenpress
Jun 1 2006

TURIN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: Armenian male chess played prevailed
yesterday over Chinese team scoring 2.5-0.5 in the 10th round of the
World Olympiad in Italian Turin. Now with 29 points Armenians are
set to win the first place. Armenians played versus all their major
rivals and in general nothing extraordinary is expected.

The Chinese team comes now second with 27 points, and the Russian
team are third with 26.5 points after beating Ukraine 3:1.

Vladimir Hakobian celebrated his victory in the Armenian team meeting
with China and provided his team’s win.