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ARMENIAN FEMALE CHESS PLAYERS HELD THEIR FIRST VICTORY IN WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2009 09:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 5th round of World Team Chess Championship,
Armenian women's national team held its first victory with a minimal
score (2.5-1.5), beating tournament leader - Georgian national team.
Armenian team's leading players were Lilit Lazarian and Lilit
Galoyan who defeated Lela Djavakhishvili and Sopiko Khukhashvili
respectively. Nelly Aghinyan played a drawn game against Maya
Lomeniashvili, and Elina Danielyan who was playing on the first board
suffered her fourth defeat, this time from Nana Dzagnidze.
In the first four rounds, Armenian female players were twice beaten
3.5:0.5 by United States and China and twice played drawn matches
against Russian and Indian teams.
After their first victory, Armenian female players rose from the 9th
to the 7th horizon. Following Georgia's defeat, sole tournament leader
was the Polish team which beat Indian players 3:1.
In the 7th round of World Team Championship, Armenian players will
compete against Poland.
Results for 5th round:
China 2 - USA- 2.5-1.5 Ukraine-Vitnam - 3.5-0.5 India-Poland - 1:3
Armenia-Georgia - 2.5-1.5 Russia-China - 2:2
Standing
Poland - 9 China 1 - 7 Georgia - 7 Ukraine - 6 Russia - 5 China 2 -
5 Armenia - 4 US - 3 India - 3 Vietnam - 1
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2009 09:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 5th round of World Team Chess Championship,
Armenian women's national team held its first victory with a minimal
score (2.5-1.5), beating tournament leader - Georgian national team.
Armenian team's leading players were Lilit Lazarian and Lilit
Galoyan who defeated Lela Djavakhishvili and Sopiko Khukhashvili
respectively. Nelly Aghinyan played a drawn game against Maya
Lomeniashvili, and Elina Danielyan who was playing on the first board
suffered her fourth defeat, this time from Nana Dzagnidze.
In the first four rounds, Armenian female players were twice beaten
3.5:0.5 by United States and China and twice played drawn matches
against Russian and Indian teams.
After their first victory, Armenian female players rose from the 9th
to the 7th horizon. Following Georgia's defeat, sole tournament leader
was the Polish team which beat Indian players 3:1.
In the 7th round of World Team Championship, Armenian players will
compete against Poland.
Results for 5th round:
China 2 - USA- 2.5-1.5 Ukraine-Vitnam - 3.5-0.5 India-Poland - 1:3
Armenia-Georgia - 2.5-1.5 Russia-China - 2:2
Standing
Poland - 9 China 1 - 7 Georgia - 7 Ukraine - 6 Russia - 5 China 2 -
5 Armenia - 4 US - 3 India - 3 Vietnam - 1