October 9, 2009 - 10:53 AMT
Armenian Mika defeats Serbian Bass in European Chess Cup
Women's Club Champion of Armenia's Mika in the 5th round of the European Chess Club Cup scored its first victory in the tournament, defeating the Serbian club Bass (Belgrade) with a score 3,5:0,5.
After the 5th round of the Armenian club scored 5 points and went up from 9th to 8th place of the tournament table. Meeting of the two leaders, Monaco's "Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo" and the Georgia's Samaya ended in victory of the latter. Thus Samaya and Russia's Spartak, defeated Poland's Polonia, became the leaders with 8 points.
In the sixth round Mika will meet with the club from Monaco "Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo" with Humpy Koneru, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Pia Kramling and Monica Soko.
Results of Mika's players in the 5th tour:
Inna Gaponenko - Elina Danielyan - 0:1
Tatjana Vasilevich - Harika Dronavali - 0:1
Angeli Stojanovic - Nino Khurtsidze - 0,5:0,5
Lilia Drlevich - Lilith Galoyan - 0:1