ARMENIA CAPTURES SILVER AT WORLD YOUTH CHESS OLYMPIAD
news.am, Armenia
Oct 31 2011
KOCAELI. – Armenia’s national team won silver medal at World Youth
Under 16 Chess Olympiad, which is being held in Kocaeli, Turkey.
At the final round, Armenia defeated Kyrgyzstan, tallied 28.5 points,
and remained a mere 0.5 points behind the leader, Russia, which
defeated the Czech Republic.
Iran was also in contention for second place, and, had it defeated
Kazakhstan 4-0, it would have taken the silver medal away from Armenia,
but the Iranians defeated the Kazakhs 3-1, received 27.5 points,
in total, and thus remained third.
Armenia’s under-sixteen national chess squad comprises Karen Grigoryan,
Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Tigran Harutyunyan, Arman Mikealyan, and Zohrak
Apresyan. The team’s head coach is Arsen Yeghiazaryan.
From: A. Papazian
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