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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    June 3, 2006 Saturday 09:25 PM EST

    Winners in World Chess Olympiad to become known Sun

    by Alexei Bukalov


    The 37th World Chess Olympiad draws to a close in Turin. Winners of
    the competitions, which were held according to the Swiss system of 13
    rounds in Turin's Oval Palace of Sports, are to be announced on
    Sunday.

    The competitions involved a record-high number of chess players: 148
    men's teams and 108 women's ones, 1,320 sportsmen, all in all. More
    than 450 accredited journalists from various countries have covered
    the competitions. Three hundred volunteers assisted the organisers in
    conducting the chess Olympiad.

    After two weeks of competitions, the men's team of Armenia (with
    Levon Aronyan, 23,making a splendid showing at the first chessboard)
    is confidently in the lead with 34 points, followed up by the teams
    of France and China (31.5 points each), as well as Russia (31
    points). Ukraine's chessplayers lead in women's tournament.
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