WORLD CHESS 38TH OLYMPICS START IN DRESDEN
Tomorrow the 38th World Chess Olympics start in Dresden, Germany. The official opening ceremony will take place today. Armenian men and women teams will also take part in the tournament. Men team consists of Levon Aronyan, Vladimir Hakobyan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Tigran Petrosyan and Artashes Minasyan. Women team presents Elina Danielyan, Lilit Mkrtchyan, Nelli Aghinyan, Lilit Galoyan and Siranush Andriasyan.
According to the official web site of the tournament 156 men teams and 119 women teams will participate in the tournament. Totally 1500 chess players have applied to participate.
Note that in 2006 Armenian men team was declared the champion of the Olympics.