Armenian men's chess team has leading positions

YEREVAN, AUGSUT 30, ARMENPRESS: Armenian chess players have improved their positions after the 2nd round of 40th World Chess Olympiad which goes on in Istanbul. Armenpress reports that Armenian men's chess team in the 2nd round defeated Bangladesh team 4:0 and now has the 7th position. 32 more teams have as much points as Armenia. 1-3 positions share Slovakia, USA and Azerbaijan, France is in the 4th place; Cuba and Ukraine have 5th and 6th positions. In the next third round Armenian chess players will play against Spain.

Armenian women chess team in the 2nd round defeated Switzerland 3:1 and now has the 24th position. In women tournament the first place has China which is followed by Georgia and Poland. In the next round Armenian women chess players will play against India.

In the staff of Armenian men national chess team are included grandmasters Levon Aronyan (2825), Vladimir Hakobyan, Sergey Movsisyan (2698), Gabriel Sargsyan (2679) and Tigran Petrosyan (2657). The coach of the team is Arshak Petrosyan.

In the staff of Armenian women national chess team are included grandmasters Elina Danielyan, Lilit Mkrtchyan, Lilit Galoyan and Maria Kursova as well as Anna Hayrapetyan. The coach of Armenian women national chess team is grandmaster Arthur Chibukhchyan.