Armenia takes possession of 1st at Chess Olympiad
By ROBERT HUNTINGTON – 13 hours ago
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — The Russian team — touted as the strongest ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad — was derailed in Thursday open division play in round seven of the tournament by the defending gold medal Armenian team 2.5-1.5, which took sole possession of first place.
In the only decisive game of the match, Gabriel Sargissian defeated Alexander Grischuk on board three.
The other three games were all draws, with Armenian Levon Aronian versus Vladimir Kramnik on board one, Vladimir Akopian versus Peter Svidler on board two, and Tigran L. Petrosian versus Dmitry Jakovenko on board four.
The win gave Armenia 6.5 match points out of seven. France, Germany and Israel are tied for second with 6 points. Russia remains at 5.5 points.
The 38th Chess Olympiad, a biennial event that started Nov. 13, includes 146 teams in the open division — often referred to as the men’s division although it includes a few women. The separate women’s division includes 111 teams.
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The author of this article could (should) be banned for promoting the women’s olympiad as a side-affair, not worth mentioning.
Robert Huntington should get his facts right!
Strongest team ever at an olympiad?? I’d take one of the old Soviet teams from the 60’s, with Spassky, Petrosian, Smyslov, Korchnoi, with Tal and Keres as alternates. Of course that leaves off Botvinnik, Polugaevsky, Stein, Geller….