Armenia Back in the Lead in Chess Olympiad with Win Over Serbia
With a tenth round 3-1 win over Serbia yesterday, the Armenia's men chess team was once again at the top of the table, but sharing match points, 17/20 with Ukraine. Israel, in the lead before this recent round, was defeated by Ukraine 2 1/2 - 1 1/2. After his round nine loss Levon Aronian bounced back with a quick victory over Ivan Ivanisevic, and with a second victory by Vladimir Akopian Armenia beat Serbia 3:1.
In round ten women's action Poland beat Armenia by a score of 2 1/2 - 1 1/2. The loss pushed the Armenian women back to fourth place with a total of 14 points,. They share fourth place with China, France, India, Romania and the Netherlands.
No games will be played today.The final round on Tuesday will match Armenia (17 points) with China (16 points). So far in the Olympiad, Armenia's Gabriel Sargsyan is the highest overall performer with 2893 rating points.
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