04/12/2010 13:40
Armenian team wins World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad
Armenia’s national team beat Syria’s team 3:1 in round 9 in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad hosted by Burdur, Turkey and ahead of schedule won the Olympiad.
It is the second victory of our young chess players in Under-16 Chess Olympiads. The first was in 1998.
After nine rounds Armenia scored 28.5 points and was 4 points ahead of Russia.
In round 10 Armenia had a draw with Turkey-White.