October 24, 2009 - 10:44 AMT
Levon Aronian gains a victory over the Romanians in the 2nd round of UEFA European team Championship
The Armenian National Chess Team in the 2 nd round of the 17-th European Team Championship taking place in the Serbian town of Novi Sad, won a second consecutive victory, this time gaining victory over the Romanian national team with a score 2,5:1,5.

The only effective party in this fight was the meeting Levon Aronian - Andrei Istratescu, which brought the victory to the Armenian grandmaster. All other parties ended in a draw.

After two rounds the Armenian team with 4 points in the asset shares 1 to 8 places, but by individual results it ranks the 5th in the tournament table.

In the third round of the Armenian chess players will compete with the first team of Serbia, which in the rating of participating teams is at 17th position.

Armenia - Romania - 2,5:1,5

Levon Aronian - Andrei Istratescu
Vladimir Akopian - Libya-Dieter Nisipeanu
Gabriel Sargsyan - Vladislav Nevednichy
Arman Pashikyan - Gergely Szabo