WE ARE OBLIGED TO DEFEAT AUSTRIA
Support A1+!The Armenian chess national team occupies 19-th place after the 2-nd tour of the European Championship. The Armenian team has got 2 points and the chessmen 4.5 points.
In the 2-nd tour Armenia was defeated by the Russian national team 1.5:2.5. Levon Aronyan, Gabriel Sargsyan and Karen Asryan tied the matches, while Vladimir Hakobyan was defeated by Alexander Morozevich. The national team of Ukraine tied the meeting with Spain 2:2, Azerbaijan defeated Bulgaria 2.5:1.5, Slovenia defeated France 3:1, the national team of Israel defeated Chernogoria 2.5:1.5, Holland defeated Croatia 3.5:0.5.
Slovenia tops the match list by 4 points for the team and 7 points individually. The team occupied 19-th place by its ranking. In the 3-rd tour the Armenian team will play with the national team of Austria. If the Armenian chessmen fail in this tour they will loose the opportunity to become a champion. Austria occupies the 32-nd place currently.
Bookmakers consider Armenian the favorite in this tour. The index of victory is 1.30, while Austria’s index of victory is 3.00.
The Armenian women chess players were defeated by Russia 1.5:2.5. Siranush Andreasyan won a victory, while Nelly Aghinyan and Elina Danielyan were defeated.
Now Armenia occupies 14-th place by 2 points for the team and 4.5 points individually. Armenia will compete with Germany in the 3-rd tour.
