Men’s chess team seeded fourth in Serbia

Armenian men’s team won 2.5-1.5 over Swiss team in final ninth round of the 17th Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia. However, it wasn’t enough to be top-seeded.

Gabriel Sargsyan won over Roland Ekstroem, Tigran Petrosyan beat Joseph Kalager, Levon Aronyan drew with Yanik Peleter, and Vladimir Hakobyan, unfortunately, lost to Florian Yenn.

Ukrainian team won 3:1 over Israeli team and took bronze. Armenian team seeded fourth. One of the tournament’s favorites, Russian team, unexpectedly played in draw with Spanish team and it allowed Azerbaijani team to skip ahead. In set against Holland, Azerbaijani team won 2.5:1.5 and on 15 points seeded first. Russian team took silver.

Yanik Peleter - Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bg2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rd1 Rhd8 17. Bc3 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 d4 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Be4 dxc3 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. bxc3 g6 23. Rb1 h5 24. h4 Re7 25. Bd3 Bc8 26. Kd2 Bb7 27. Re1 Rd7 28. Kc2 Kc7 29. Bc4 Bc6 30. a5 Kb7 31. Rd1 Re7 32. Kb3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Rd3 Re5 35. Kb4 g5 1 / 2: 1 / 2.

Vladimir Hakobyan - Florian Yenn 0:1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Nf3 d6 15. Nh4 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Re3 c4 18. Rg3 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qxh4 20. Qxd6 Nc6 21. Bxh6 Rfd8 22. Rxg7 Kh8 23. Rg4 Qxf2 24. Kxf2 Rxd6 25. Be3 Ne7 26. Bc5 Rf6 27. Ke3 Ng6 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd7 Bc8 30. Rd8 Kh7 31. Bb4 Ra7 32. Rg5 f6 33. Rg3 a5 34. a4 axb4 35. axb5 b3 36. cxb3 cxb3 37. Bxb3 Rxc3 38. Kf2 Rxg3 39. Bg8 Kh6 40. Kxg3 Rg7 41. Bd5 Nf4 42. Kf3 Bb7 43. g3 Nxd5 44. exd5 Rc7 45. b6 Rc5 46. Ke4 Rxd5 47. Rb8 Bc6 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. Ke6 Rd3 50. h4 e4 51. h5 e3 52. h6 Kxh6 53. Kxf6 Rd6 54. Ke5 Rd1 55. Rh8 Kg7 56. Rh2 Rd2 57. Rh4 e2 58. Rg4 Kf7 59. Rf4 Ke7 0:1.

Roland Ekstroem - Gabriel Sargsyan 0:1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. h3 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Rd8 17. Ne5 Kf8 18. Nc4 Bf5 19. Nc5 Rab8 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. Rc1 Nf4 22. Rcd1 Bf5 23. Bc2 Bxc2 24. Nxc2 Nf5 25. Kf1 b6 26. Nb3 a5 27. Ne3 Ne7 28. a4 Ne6 29. Rd2 b5 30. Red1 bxa4 31. Nxa5 Rb6 32. Ke1 Nf4 33. Rc2 f6 34. h4 Ra8 35. Nac4 Rb4 36. g3 Ne6 37. Rd3 Nd5 38. Kd1 Ndc7 39. Kc1 Nb5 40. d5 Ned4 41. Nb6 Ra6 42. Rc4 Ne2 43. Kb1 Nbc3 44. Ka1 Rbxb6 45. bxc3 cxd5 46. Rxd5 Rc6 47. Rxc6 Rxc6 48. c4 Nc3 49. Rd2 Ne4 50. Rc2 Kf7 51. Ka2 Nc5 52. Rd2 Rb6 53. Nd1 Rb3 54. Rd5 Nd3 55. Rb5 Nb4 56. Ka1 a3 57. h5 Ke6 58. g4 Kd7 59. f4 Kc6 60. Ne3 a2 61. Rxb4 Rxb4 62. Kxa2 Kc5 63. Ka3 Rxc4 64. Nxc4 Kxc4 0:1.

Tigran Petrosyan - Joseph Kalager 1:0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Nc3 Be7 18. Qe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. Re2 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Ne1 Rfc8 23. Nd3 R5c7 24. Nb4 Rc5 25. Ncd5 Bd8 26. c4 a5 27. Nd3 R5c6 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. f3 a4 30. N3b4 Rc5 31. Nd3 R5c6 32. N3b4 Rc5 33. bxa4 Rxc4 34. b3 Rxb4 35. Nxb4 Bxb3 36. Rb1 Bxa4 37. Nd5 b5 38. g3 Rc5 39. Kg2 f5 40. Ne3 Bg5 41. Rbb2 Kf6 42. h4 Bxe3 43. Rxe3 Ke6 44. Kf2 fxe4 45. Rxe4 d5 46. Re1 Kd6 47. Rbe2 d4 48. f4 d3 49. fxe5 Ke6 50. Rb2 Bc2 51. Ke3 Kxe5 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Rf1 Kg7 54. Rb4 Re5 55. Rf2 h5 56. Rbf4 Re7 57. Rb4 Re5 58. Rd4 Re7 59. Rdf4 Kh6 60. Rb4 Re5 61. Rbf4 Re7 62. Rb4 Re5 63. Rf7 Re2 64. Kc3 Ba4 65. Kxd3 Rg2 66. Rf3 Kg7 67. Re3 Rf2 68. Rd4 Bb3 69. Rd7 Rf7 70. Ree7 Kf6 71. Rxf7 Bxf7 72. Rb7 Be8 73. Rb8 Bd7 74. Ke4 Bf5 75. Kf4 Bd3 76. Rb6 Kf7 77. Ke5 g5 78. hxg5 Kg7 79. Rd6 Be2 80. Kf5 Bg4 81. Kf4 Be2 82. g6 Kh6 83. Kf5 b4 84. Kf6 Bc4 85. Rd8 1:0.