In the 9th tour of the 38th International Chess Olympics held yesterday, Armenia's men squad lost to Israel by a score of 2.5 - 1.5. Levon Aronyan and Tigran Petrosyan both were defeated and Vladimir played to a draw which earned Armenia a half a point. The only win was by Gabriel Sargsyan. Israel is in 1st place in the current standings after this latest round of play with 16 points. Armenia and Ukraine share 2nd place with 15 points each.

Armenia's women team defeated Argentina by a score of 3.5 - .5 in the latest tour of play. First place in the womens tournament is shared by Ukraine, Poland and Serbia with 15 points each. One point behind the leaders are China, Georgia and Armenia.

In the 10th tour of play to be held today Armenia's men are to take on Serbia and the women's squad will face Poland