September 9, 2012 - 17:53 AMT
Armenia wins World Chess Olympiad

Armenian men’s team has won the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey, to become champions for the third time.

Rivaling Hungary in the last round, Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian and Vladimir Akopian played in a draw against Peter Leko, Ferenc Berkes and Judit Polgar respectively, while Sergei Mosvesian celebrated a victory over Zoltán Almási, thus finishing the round 2,5:1.5.

Russia came second, followed by Ukraine.