Armenian men's national chess team defeats AzerisNovember 20, 2008 - 16:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian men's national chess team has defeated the Azeri team with a score 2,5:1,5 at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden. Levon Aronyan-Teymur Rajabov and Tigran Petrosyan-Rauf Mammadov games ended in a draw; Vladimir Hakobyan defeated Shahruyar Mammadyarov 1:0. The Armenian team, the reigning Olympic champion, along with the Russian team occupies top positions in the tournament chart. So, after the 6th round Armenia and Russia have 11 points each, Germany, Ukraine, India, Israel, France, China and Romania came up with 10 points, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, Vietnam, Belarus, UK and U.S. garnered 9 points each. In the 7 th round, the Armenian team with meet with Russian chess players. ![]() ![]() As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |