Armenian Team Makes its First Place Firmer

 The Armenian chess team celebrated its next victory in the 8th round
of the World Olympiad beating the team of Cuba 3:1. Vladimir Hakobyan
and Gabriel Sargsyan among the Armenian Grand Masters celebrated their
victory, and Levon Aronyan and Karen Asryan tied their meetings. After
these meetings Armenia firmed its first place by 24 additional points
as the Russian team tied with the Czech team 2:2.

At present the Russian and the Ukrainian teams are in the second place
with 22 points. The Ukrainian team beat the Sweden team 3:1. By the
way, Armenian Grand Master Gabriel Sargsyan gained 7 points from the 8
meetings he held, thus showing the best result in the current
Olympiad. Vladimir Hakobyan also displays excellent participation, and
he has already gained 6 points from the previous 7 rounds. Armenia
will meet the Ukrainian team in the 9th round. This will be the most
important meeting. Provided they win, Armenian chess players will have
a good opportunity to occupy the first place. The Russian team will
meet the French one in this round.

Armenian women team beat the Indian team 2:1 due to Lilit Mkrtchyan
and Elina Danielyan. Siranoush Andreasyan lost the meeting this
time. At present the team is in the 9th place with 15.5 points. The
leader is the Russian team with its 19 points. The next rival of the
Armenian women team will be the German team.