40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012

40TH CHESS OLYMPIAD ISTANBUL 2012
Mark Crowther

Sunday 9th September 2012

The 40th Chess Olympiad took place in Istanbul, Turkey 27th August
(Opening 28th R1) to 9th September 2012. Armenia won the title for
the 3rd time in 4 attempts after defeating Hungary in the final
round. They were helped by Ukraine who beat the leaders China in the
final round to secure Bronze for themselves. Elo favourites Russia
were tied with Armenia on 19 points. Their loss to the USA proved
to be the decisive result. Russia did capture the women’s crown on
tie-break ahead of China who will surely be extremely disappointed.

Part of the official Olympiad poster.

Part of the official Olympiad poster. |

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 11 2012 (11)

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Final Round 11 took place on Sunday
9th September 2012.

Armenia captured their third title in their last four attempts after
defeating Hungary 2.5-1.5 in the final round thanks to a win from
Sergei Movsesian. Their leader Levon Aronian also captured gold on
board 1. The round 10 leaders China were defeated 3-1 by Ukraine
where Vassily Ivanchuk destroyed Wang Hao on top board. Russia were
level with Armenia on 19 points but had a worse tie-break even after
beating Germany 3-1. Ukraine took bronze.

Gold Medal Board Prizes Bd1: Levon Aronian Bd2 David Navara Bd3
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Bd4 Vlad Tkachiev Bd5 Dmitry Jakovenko.

In the women’s Olympiad Russia destroyed Kazakhstan 4-0 in the
final round and took the title on tie-break from China who only just
struggled past Bulgaria 2.5-1.5. Russia did what China failed to do
in Round 10, beat a Kazakhstan who did really well but were vastly
outrated on every board.

Live Video – Pairings – Live Games Official.

Leading Open Pairings

UKR 3-1 CHN (Ivanchuk 1-0 Wang Hao was a real brilliancy win. Wang
Yue 1/2 Ponomariov, Volokitin 1/2 Ding, Bu 0-1 Eljanov), HUN 1.5-2.5
ARM (Leko 1/2 Aronian, Movsesian 1-0 Almasi (this was the game that
settled who won gold), Akopian 1/2 Polgar, Sargissian 1/2 Berkes),
RUS 3-1 GER (Kramnik 1-0 Naiditsch, Khenkin 1/2 Grischuk, Karjakin
1-0 Fridman, Gustafsson 1/2 Jakovenko), POL 1.5-2.5 USA (Wojtaszek
1-0 Nakamura, Kamsky 1-0 Bartel), ARG 1-3 NED (Peralta 0-1 Giri,
Van Wely 1-0 Flores), VIE 3-1 UZB (Le 1/2 Kasimdzhanov), ROU 3-1 PHI
(Lupulescu 1/2 So), CUB 2.5-1.5 SLO (Dominguez 1-0 Lenic), AZE 2.5-1.5
IND (Safarki 1/2 Sasikiran), ENG 2.5-1.5 CZE (Adams 1/2 Laznicka,
Navara 1-0 Jones, Short 1-0 Babula. A final quick win for Short who
played really well in the event with only one bad game and a lot of
wins. Stocek 0-1 Howell), ISR 2-2 BLR (Sutovsky 1-0 Sergei Zhigalko),
GEO 1-3 DEN (Mchedlishvili 1/2 Sune Berh Hansen), ITA 3.5-0.5 GRE
(Caruana 1-0 Papaioannou), BUL 4-0 VEN (Topalov 1-0 Iturrizaga)
PER 1.5-2.5 LAT (Cori 1/2 Shirov)

Leading Women’s Pairings

RUS 4-0 KAZ (Tatiana Kosintseva 1-0 Nakhbayeva), BUL 1.5-2.5 CHN
(Stefanova 1/2 Hou Yifan), UKR 3.5-0.5 GER (Lahno 1-0 Paehtz), FRA
1.5-2.5 IND (Skripchenko 0-1 Dronavalli), POL 1.5-2.5 ARM (Socko
0-1 Danielian),

Games from the top 21 men’s boards are now available for viewing
and download.

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (11)

Mark Crowther (Sun Sep 9 16:07:00 2012)

Ivanchuk delivering the final blow in his brilliancy against Wang
Hao. Photo ©

Ivanchuk delivering the final blow in his brilliancy against Wang
Hao. Photo © |

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (10)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 10 2012

Mark Crowther | Fri Sep 7 19:32:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (9)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 9 2012

Mark Crowther | Thu Sep 6 19:17:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (8)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 8 2012

Mark Crowther | Wed Sep 5 18:59:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (7)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 7 2012

Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 4 18:39:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (6)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 6 2012

Mark Crowther | Mon Sep 3 18:18:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (5)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 5 2012

Mark Crowther | Sat Sep 1 18:28:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (4)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 4 2012

Mark Crowther | Fri Aug 31 19:22:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (3)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 3 2012

Mark Crowther | Thu Aug 30 23:29:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (2)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 2 2012

Mark Crowther | Wed Aug 29 15:50:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (1)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 1 2012

Mark Crowther | Tue Aug 28 23:37:00 2012

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (Opening Ceremony)

40th Chess Olympiad Opens in Istanbul

Mark Crowther | Mon Aug 27 22:12:00 2012

40th Olympiad 2012 (Istanbul TUR) Mon 27th Aug 2012 – Mon 10th Sep
2012 – Official Site – Results – Live

Olympiad 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) – Games in PGN:
Open Games

Olympiad Women 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) – Games
in PGN: Women’s Games

Olympiad 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) – Games in PGN:
Open Games

Olympiad 2012 Istanbul TUR Mon 27th Aug 2012 – Mon 10th Sep 2012
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: Rk SNo Team FED Gms + – = TB1 TB2
TB3 1 3 Armenia ARM 11 9 1 1 19 397.0 29.0 2 1 Russia RUS 11 9 1 1 19
388.5 28.5 3 2 Ukraine UKR 11 9 2 0 18 363.0 29.5 4 6 China CHN 11 8
2 1 17 390.5 29.5 5 5 United States Of America USA 11 7 1 3 17 361.0
30.0 6 9 Netherlands NED 11 8 3 0 16 329.0 29.0 7 27 Vietnam VIE 11 6
1 4 16 313.5 29.0 8 25 Romania ROU 11 8 3 0 16 310.0 29.0 9 4 Hungary
HUN 11 7 3 1 15 368.0 28.0 10 7 Azerbaijan AZE 11 6 2 3 15 344.0 29.0
11 15 Cuba CUB 11 7 3 1 15 338.5 30.5 12 14 Germany GER 11 6 2 3 15
334.5 26.0 13 16 Poland POL 11 7 3 1 15 313.5 27.5 14 20 Serbia SRB
11 6 2 3 15 307.0 28.5 15 22 Italy ITA 11 7 3 1 15 306.0 28.0 16 34
Sweden SWE 11 7 3 1 15 303.5 28.0 17 11 England ENG 11 6 2 3 15 300.5
26.0 18 39 Denmark DEN 11 7 3 1 15 270.5 27.0 19 23 Moldova MDA 11
6 3 2 14 348.5 29.5 20 10 Bulgaria BUL 11 7 4 0 14 321.5 28.0 21 35
Philippines PHI 11 6 3 2 14 321.0 26.0 22 29 Argentina ARG 11 6 3 2
14 316.0 25.0 23 8 France FRA 11 6 3 2 14 305.0 26.5 24 33 Uzbekistan
UZB 11 6 3 2 14 303.0 27.0 25 28 Slovenia SLO 11 6 3 2 14 297.0 24.0
26 12 Israel ISR 11 5 2 4 14 296.0 25.0 27 19 Croatia CRO 11 6 3 2 14
295.5 25.0 28 30 Latvia LAT 11 7 4 0 14 295.0 26.0 29 32 Belarus BLR
11 6 3 2 14 289.5 27.0 30 42 Slovakia SVK 11 6 3 2 14 264.5 27.0 31
57 Turkmenistan TKM 11 6 3 2 14 255.0 24.5 32 61 Australia AUS 11 5
2 4 14 252.5 24.5 33 48 Bangladesh BAN 11 6 3 2 14 227.5 26.0 34 17
Czech Republic CZE 11 5 3 3 13 315.0 26.5 35 13 India IND 11 3 1 7 13
309.5 25.5 36 26 Georgia GEO 11 5 3 3 13 306.0 26.5 37 18 Spain ESP
11 6 4 1 13 286.5 25.0 38 49 FYROM MKD 11 6 4 1 13 275.5 25.0 39 24
Brazil BRA 11 6 4 1 13 274.0 24.0 40 21 Greece GRE 11 5 3 3 13 269.0
28.0 41 36 Austria AUT 11 5 3 3 13 258.5 25.5 42 31 Turkey TUR 11 6
4 1 13 252.0 24.5 43 38 Mexico MEX 11 6 4 1 13 251.0 25.5 44 87 IBCA
IBCA 11 5 3 3 13 249.0 26.0 45 54 Norway NOR 11 6 4 1 13 247.5 25.5
46 56 Mongolia MGL 11 6 4 1 13 244.0 26.0 47 51 Iceland ISL 11 6 4
1 13 241.0 26.0 48 72 Turkey 2016 TUR16 11 5 3 3 13 236.5 24.0 49 63
Paraguay PAR 11 6 4 1 13 234.0 25.0 50 40 Kazakhstan KAZ 11 5 3 3 13
234.0 24.0 51 58 Venezuela VEN 11 6 4 1 13 211.5 21.0 52 53 Canada CAN
11 5 4 2 12 261.0 25.0 53 37 Egypt EGY 11 5 4 2 12 255.5 26.0 54 50
Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 11 4 3 4 12 254.0 23.0 55 71 Peru PER 11 5 4
2 12 253.5 23.5 56 46 Chile CHI 11 4 3 4 12 252.5 24.5 57 80 Bolivia
BOL 11 5 4 2 12 235.5 25.5 58 60 Tajikistan TJK 11 4 3 4 12 234.0 25.0
59 55 Singapore SIN 11 6 5 0 12 233.5 25.5 60 64 Portugal POR 11 6 5 0
12 232.5 24.5 61 45 Iran IRI 11 5 4 2 12 229.0 22.5 62 73 South Africa
RSA 11 5 4 2 12 223.5 22.0 63 83 Zambia ZAM 11 5 4 2 12 223.0 26.0 64
86 Malaysia MAS 11 5 4 2 12 222.5 24.0 65 81 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 11 5 4 2
12 220.5 22.5 66 62 Albania ALB 11 4 3 4 12 210.0 23.5 67 96 Puerto
Rico PUR 11 5 4 2 12 200.0 24.5 68 74 Faroe Islands FAI 11 5 4 2 12
199.0 24.5 69 78 Dominican Republic DOM 11 5 4 2 12 198.0 20.5 70 43
Switzerland SUI 11 5 5 1 11 241.0 24.5 71 70 Uruguay URU 11 5 5 1 11
223.5 23.5 72 47 Colombia COL 11 4 4 3 11 222.5 24.0 73 68 Indonesia
INA 11 5 5 1 11 222.0 22.0 74 52 Finland FIN 11 4 4 3 11 220.0 22.5
75 94 Tunisia TUN 11 4 4 3 11 219.0 22.5 76 65 Scotland SCO 11 5 5 1
11 211.0 22.5 77 75 ICSC ICSC 11 3 3 5 11 211.0 22.0 78 101 Algeria
ALG 11 5 5 1 11 211.0 20.5 79 66 Qatar QAT 11 5 5 1 11 209.5 22.5
80 112 Estonia EST 11 5 5 1 11 209.0 21.5 81 77 Costa Rica CRC 11 5
5 1 11 205.5 21.5 82 67 Lithuania LTU 11 5 5 1 11 203.5 23.5 83 76
United Arab Emirates UAE 11 5 5 1 11 199.5 21.0 84 99 Guatemala GUA
11 5 5 1 11 178.5 22.0 85 107 Botswana BOT 11 5 5 1 11 169.5 22.0 86
88 Andorra AND 11 5 5 1 11 160.0 20.5 87 69 Ireland IRL 11 5 6 0 10
237.0 22.5 88 44 Montenegro MNE 11 4 5 2 10 228.5 22.0 89 41 Belgium
BEL 11 4 5 2 10 206.5 21.0 90 108 Uganda UGA 11 4 5 2 10 204.0 22.5 91
95 Lebanon LIB 11 4 5 2 10 200.5 22.5 92 85 Zimbabwe ZIM 11 4 5 2 10
198.0 22.0 93 89 IPCA IPCA 11 4 5 2 10 197.5 23.0 94 97 Myanmar MYA
11 5 6 0 10 181.5 21.0 95 105 Jamaica JAM 11 4 5 2 10 180.5 21.5 96
146 Nigeria NGR 11 3 4 4 10 175.5 21.0 97 91 New Zealand NZL 11 4 5
2 10 174.5 20.0 98 82 Jordan JOR 11 4 5 2 10 170.0 21.0 99 93 Monaco
MNC 11 5 6 0 10 161.0 21.0 100 103 Yemen YEM 11 4 5 2 10 159.5 18.0
101 109 Thailand THA 11 5 6 0 10 158.0 19.0 102 110 Panama PAN 11
4 5 2 10 155.0 20.0 103 100 Pakistan PAK 11 4 5 2 10 151.5 18.0 104
117 Sri Lanka SRI 11 4 5 2 10 149.0 18.5 105 114 Trinidad & Tobago
TRI 11 4 5 2 10 143.0 20.0 106 90 Wales WLS 11 5 6 0 10 140.0 20.0
107 113 Libya LBA 11 5 6 0 10 137.5 19.5 108 147 Ethiopia ETH 11 4
5 2 10 134.0 20.0 109 59 Ecuador ECU 11 4 6 1 9 180.5 21.5 110 98
Barbados BAR 11 4 6 1 9 171.5 22.0 111 152 Sudan SUD 11 3 5 3 9 166.5
22.0 112 84 Luxembourg LUX 11 4 6 1 9 153.5 19.0 113 124 Nepal NEP 11
4 6 1 9 149.0 21.5 114 106 Angola ANG 9 4 4 1 9 147.5 20.5 115 102
Syria SYR 11 4 6 1 9 141.5 17.0 116 155 Afghanistan AFG 10 3 4 3 9
133.0 17.0 117 79 Iraq IRQ 11 4 6 1 9 131.5 18.5 118 119 Cyprus CYP
11 3 5 3 9 130.0 18.5 119 111 El Salvador ESA 11 4 6 1 9 128.0 19.5
120 104 Nicaragua NCA 11 4 6 1 9 122.0 15.5 121 139 Honduras HON 11
4 6 1 9 119.0 17.0 122 123 Liechtenstein LIE 11 4 6 1 9 117.0 17.5
123 92 Japan JPN 11 3 6 2 8 156.5 18.0 124 133 South Korea KOR 11 2
5 4 8 141.0 18.0 125 120 Suriname SUR 11 3 6 2 8 132.0 17.5 126 129
Hong Kong HKG 11 4 7 0 8 131.0 20.0 127 136 Maldives MDV 11 3 6 2 8
124.5 17.5 128 116 Netherlands Antilles AHO 11 3 6 2 8 120.5 16.0 129
122 Jersey JCI 11 2 5 4 8 119.5 18.0 130 149 Mozambique MOZ 11 3 6 2
8 116.5 17.5 131 127 Macau MAC 11 3 6 2 8 114.5 17.0 132 125 Malawi
MAW 11 4 7 0 8 104.0 15.5 133 118 Palestine PLE 11 4 7 0 8 94.5 14.5
134 126 Papua New Guinea PNG 11 3 6 2 8 85.0 16.5 135 128 Guernsey
GCI 11 3 6 2 8 83.5 14.5 136 131 Haiti HAI 11 2 6 3 7 147.5 19.0 137
135 Mauritius MRI 11 3 7 1 7 139.5 19.0 138 138 Namibia NAM 11 3 7 1
7 132.0 21.0 139 121 Kenya KEN 11 3 7 1 7 129.0 16.5 140 140 Chinese
Taipei TPE 11 3 7 1 7 116.0 17.5 141 115 Malta MLT 11 2 6 3 7 113.0
17.0 142 130 Mauritania MTN 11 2 6 3 7 108.0 16.0 143 154 Kuwait KUW
11 3 7 1 7 104.0 16.0 144 142 Aruba ARU 11 2 6 3 7 104.0 15.5 145 144
US Virgin Islands ISV 11 3 7 1 7 102.0 18.5 146 143 Ghana GHA 11 3 7 1
7 101.5 17.5 147 134 Fiji FIJ 11 3 7 1 7 92.5 16.5 148 141 San Marino
SMR 11 3 7 1 7 85.5 16.0 149 148 Sierra Leone SLE 11 3 7 1 7 57.5 13.0
150 137 Sao Tome And Principe STP 11 3 8 0 6 78.5 14.5 151 150 Turkey
2023 TUR23 11 2 7 2 6 64.5 11.0 152 157 Togo TOG 11 2 7 2 6 49.0 11.0
153 132 Bermuda BER 11 2 8 1 5 81.5 15.5 154 145 Palau PLW 11 2 8 1
5 58.0 12.5 155 151 Rwanda RWA 11 1 9 1 3 48.0 11.0 156 153 Burundi
BDI 11 0 11 0 0 19.0 3.5 157 156 Congo CGO 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 157 teams

Olympiad Women 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) – Games
in PGN: Women’s Games

GM Zhao, Xue (2549) – Sultana, Sharmin Shirin (2002) 40th Olympiad
Women Istanbul TUR (1.1), 2012.08.28 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6
5.Nf3 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Qc7 9.Re1 e5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qb3
exd4 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bd2 Be6 15.Ba5 Rfc8 16.Re2 Qf4 17.Bd2
Qd6 18.Rae1 h6 19.Bxg6 Nc4 20.Bb1 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 Qa6 22.Ne5 Rc7 23.Qg3
Rac8 24.Nd3 Qa5 25.Rde2 Kh8 26.Nc5 Rxc5 27.dxc5 Qa6 28.b4 Rc6 29.Rxe6
Bf8 1-0 Olympiad Women 2012 Istanbul TUR Mon 27th Aug 2012 – Mon 10th
Sep 2012 Leading Final Round 11 Standings: Rk SNo Team FED Gms + –
= TB1 TB2 TB3 1 2 Russia RUS 11 8 0 3 19 450.0 33.0 2 1 China CHN 11
8 0 3 19 416.0 31.5 3 4 Ukraine UKR 11 7 0 4 18 408.5 30.5 4 6 India
IND 11 8 2 1 17 336.0 28.0 5 10 Romania ROU 11 8 3 0 16 313.5 28.5 6
8 Armenia ARM 11 8 3 0 16 313.0 26.5 7 14 France FRA 11 7 3 1 15 347.5
29.0 8 3 Georgia GEO 11 6 2 3 15 344.0 28.5 9 26 Iran IRI 11 7 3 1 15
339.0 31.0 10 5 United States of America USA 11 6 2 3 15 326.0 29.5
11 9 Germany GER 11 7 3 1 15 316.0 27.0 12 22 Kazakhstan KAZ 11 6 2 3
15 309.0 27.0 13 21 Mongolia MGL 11 7 3 1 15 308.0 28.0 14 36 Belarus
BLR 11 6 2 3 15 292.0 28.5 15 7 Poland POL 11 6 3 2 14 336.5 27.5 16
13 Bulgaria BUL 11 6 3 2 14 316.5 27.5 17 12 Hungary HUN 11 6 3 2 14
303.0 27.5 18 24 Latvia LAT 11 6 3 2 14 296.5 28.0 19 15 Cuba CUB 11
5 2 4 14 286.0 25.5 20 17 Netherlands NED 11 6 3 2 14 285.5 27.0 21
35 Uzbekistan UZB 11 6 3 2 14 278.5 24.5 22 20 Slovakia SVK 11 5 2 4
14 278.0 23.5 23 37 Peru PER 11 6 3 2 14 273.5 26.0 24 54 Indonesia
INA 11 6 3 2 14 262.5 26.0 25 60 Mexico MEX 11 7 4 0 14 230.0 25.0
26 28 Vietnam VIE 11 6 4 1 13 307.5 27.0 27 23 Czech Republic CZE
11 6 4 1 13 306.5 26.0 28 27 Azerbaijan AZE 11 6 4 1 13 306.0 26.0
29 25 Israel ISR 11 6 4 1 13 302.0 26.5 30 19 Serbia SRB 11 4 2 5 13
290.5 25.5 31 34 Colombia COL 11 5 3 3 13 289.5 27.0 32 11 Spain ESP
11 6 4 1 13 285.0 25.5 33 31 Italy ITA 11 6 4 1 13 277.0 27.0 34 53
Venezuela VEN 11 6 4 1 13 262.5 26.5 35 42 Montenegro MNE 11 6 4 1
13 259.0 26.0 36 49 Estonia EST 11 6 4 1 13 243.5 25.5 37 43 Austria
AUT 11 6 4 1 13 230.0 23.0 38 55 Chile CHI 11 6 4 1 13 200.5 26.0 39
64 Bolivia BOL 11 6 4 1 13 182.0 21.0 40 18 Greece GRE 11 5 4 2 12
276.0 25.0 41 16 Slovenia SLO 11 3 2 6 12 265.0 23.5 42 45 Turkey TUR
11 5 4 2 12 260.5 25.5 43 57 Philippines PHI 11 5 4 2 12 257.5 24.5
44 33 Lithuania LTU 11 5 4 2 12 255.0 24.0 45 30 Croatia CRO 11 5 4 2
12 242.0 25.5 46 44 England ENG 11 4 3 4 12 240.0 24.5 47 48 Belgium
BEL 11 6 5 0 12 234.5 25.5 48 32 Ecuador ECU 11 5 4 2 12 227.0 22.5
49 58 Turkmenistan TKM 11 5 4 2 12 226.0 26.0 50 50 Australia AUS 11
6 5 0 12 217.0 24.0 51 41 Moldova MDA 11 4 3 4 12 214.5 23.0 52 63
Bangladesh BAN 11 5 4 2 12 202.5 24.5 53 62 Iceland ISL 11 6 5 0 12
197.5 23.5 54 39 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 11 5 4 2 12 197.0 20.5 55
52 Portugal POR 11 6 5 0 12 192.5 19.5 56 87 Tajikistan TJK 11 6 5
0 12 169.0 21.5 57 40 Norway NOR 11 4 4 3 11 227.0 23.5 58 47 Brazil
BRA 11 5 5 1 11 225.5 23.0 59 84 Turkey 2016 TUR16 11 3 3 5 11 225.5
22.0 60 38 Switzerland SUI 11 5 5 1 11 224.5 22.0 61 83 Malaysia MAS
11 5 5 1 11 211.5 22.0 62 66 El Salvador ESA 11 5 5 1 11 206.0 21.5
63 51 Denmark DEN 11 5 5 1 11 201.0 22.5 64 59 Canada CAN 11 5 5 1
11 189.0 22.5 65 61 South Africa RSA 11 5 5 1 11 182.5 21.5 66 68
FYROM MKD 11 5 5 1 11 182.0 21.0 67 75 IPCA IPCA 11 4 4 3 11 180.0
22.0 68 72 Luxembourg LUX 11 4 4 3 11 177.5 22.0 69 85 Kyrgyzstan
KGZ 11 4 4 3 11 167.5 20.5 70 94 Paraguay PAR 11 5 5 1 11 158.5 21.0
71 77 Finland FIN 11 4 4 3 11 148.0 19.0 72 29 Argentina ARG 11 5 6
0 10 222.5 20.0 73 79 Algeria ALG 11 5 6 0 10 190.0 23.0 74 80 Costa
Rica CRC 11 4 5 2 10 188.5 20.5 75 92 Sri Lanka SRI 11 4 5 2 10 184.0
22.0 76 74 Syria SYR 11 3 4 4 10 181.0 19.5 77 69 Dominican Republic
DOM 11 4 5 2 10 178.0 22.5 78 89 Albania ALB 11 5 6 0 10 175.5 20.5
79 65 Guatemala GUA 11 4 5 2 10 172.0 20.0 80 91 Ireland IRL 11 4 5
2 10 170.0 21.0 81 73 Egypt EGY 11 5 6 0 10 163.5 20.0 82 86 Wales
WLS 11 4 5 2 10 156.5 21.0 83 76 Scotland SCO 11 4 5 2 10 149.0 19.5
84 104 Chinese Taipei TPE 11 5 6 0 10 115.0 18.0 85 56 ICSC ICSC 11
4 6 1 9 223.5 24.5 86 70 Jordan JOR 11 3 5 3 9 187.0 20.0 87 67 New
Zealand NZL 11 4 6 1 9 183.0 21.5 88 46 Sweden SWE 11 4 6 1 9 182.0
20.5 89 115 Nigeria NGR 11 2 4 5 9 179.5 19.5 90 71 IBCA IBCA 11 3 5
3 9 175.5 19.5 91 88 United Arab Emirates UAE 11 3 5 3 9 154.0 19.5
92 78 Uruguay URU 11 4 6 1 9 145.5 20.0 93 116 Thailand THA 11 4 6
1 9 142.5 19.5 94 90 Puerto Rico PUR 11 4 6 1 9 139.0 17.5 95 102
Turkey 2023 TUR23 11 4 6 1 9 137.0 17.0 96 101 Qatar QAT 11 4 6 1 9
125.5 17.0 97 81 Jamaica JAM 11 4 6 1 9 122.5 20.5 98 82 Zambia ZAM
9 4 4 1 9 112.5 17.5 99 103 Japan JPN 11 4 6 1 9 104.5 16.5 100 111
Nicaragua NCA 11 4 6 1 9 99.5 14.5 101 96 Panama PAN 11 4 7 0 8 138.5
18.5 102 100 South Korea KOR 11 3 6 2 8 137.0 18.0 103 99 Lebanon LIB
11 3 6 2 8 132.5 16.0 104 106 Suriname SUR 11 4 7 0 8 128.0 18.0 105
120 Zimbabwe ZIM 11 3 6 2 8 119.5 17.0 106 97 Tunisia TUN 11 3 6 2
8 119.0 18.0 107 105 Monaco MNC 11 3 6 2 8 118.5 16.0 108 126 Kenya
KEN 11 3 6 2 8 101.0 18.0 109 113 Netherlands Antilles AHO 11 3 6 2
8 71.0 15.5 110 93 Iraq IRQ 11 3 7 1 7 136.5 17.0 111 119 Mozambique
MOZ 11 3 7 1 7 108.5 16.0 112 121 Pakistan PAK 11 2 6 3 7 97.5 17.5
113 95 Botswana BOT 11 3 7 1 7 97.0 15.0 114 109 Uganda UGA 11 3 7 1 7
94.5 14.5 115 114 Malta MLT 11 2 6 3 7 89.5 15.0 116 98 Yemen YEM 11
3 7 1 7 83.5 14.0 117 108 Barbados BAR 11 2 7 2 6 107.5 18.0 118 122
Palestine PLE 11 3 8 0 6 90.5 16.5 119 107 Trinidad & Tobago TRI 11 2
7 2 6 72.5 13.0 120 118 Fiji FIJ 11 2 7 2 6 68.5 14.0 121 112 Angola
ANG 8 2 4 2 6 53.5 14.0 122 125 Ethiopia ETH 11 1 7 3 5 114.0 15.5
123 124 Aruba ARU 11 2 8 1 5 84.5 14.5 124 127 Namibia NAM 11 1 8 2 4
57.0 13.0 125 123 Afghanistan AFG 9 0 8 1 1 20.0 3.0 126 110 Libya LBA
1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 127 117 Honduras HON 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 127 teams

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS