Armenian men’s team wins three gold medals at World Team Chess Championship

 July 26, 2011 - 10:55 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The drawn match in the last 9th round of the World Team Chess Championship with the Ukrainian team was sufficient for Armenia to win gold medals. Armenian chess players ended all 4 matches in a draw: Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Akopyan with black pieces played against Vasilisy Ivanchuk and Zakhar Yefimenko, Sergey Movsisyan and Gabriel Sargsyan rivaled Pavel Elyanov and Alexander Moiseenko.

In 9 rounds, Armenian team scored 5 victories and tied 4 matches, and thus earning 14 team and 22,5 personal points, became unconquerable for rivals.

Before this Championship, Armenian chess team won bronze medal three times: in 1997 in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 2001 in Yerevan and in 2005 in Beer Sheva, Israel.