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In Round 8 of the 39th Chess Olympiad 2010 underway in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Armenian men’s team was playing against Poland. Levon Aronian tied with Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Vladimir Hakobyan and Arman Pashikyan also ended in draw with Bartosz Socko and Kamil Miton respectively. Gabriel Sargsyan, however, won against Bartlomiej Macieja, granting victory to the Armenian team. Thus, Armenia-Poland 2,5:1,5.

Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 gxf6 17. g3 Bc5 18. Bg4 Qe5 19. Bd7 Red8 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Bd4 22. Qe2 c5 23. Bf5 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Raxc8 25. Rd2 b4 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Ne2 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Rxb4 Rxa2 35. Kf3 a5 36. Rb3 a4 37. Ra3 Rxb2 38. Rxa4 1/2-1/2.

Vladimir Hakobyan - Bartosz Socko 0,5:0,5

1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nf5 a3 19. b3 Ne4 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2.

Arman Pashikyan - Kamil Miton 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bg5 Bg4
10. d5 Nh5 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. a3 f5 15. b4 Na6 16. f3 axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nf4 20. Qxb4 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nd4 22. Qxb7 h6 23. Bh4 Qb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Ra7 c6 26. dxc6 Nxc6 27. Ra6 Rc8 28. exf5 gxf5 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Kf7 31. Ne4 Ke6 32. Bf2 Bf8 33. Rb6 d5 34. cxd5+ Kxd5 35. Nf6+ Ke6 36. Ne4 Kd5 37. Nf6+ Ke6 1/2-1/2.

Bartlomiej Macieja - Gabriel Sargsyan 0:1

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Ne2 e6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rc3 Ne7 16. Rfc1 Nf5 17. Be4 Bh6 18. f4 Qf6 19. c5 Bg7 20. Rd3 Ne7 21. b4 Rfd8 22. b5 d6 23. c6 d5 24. Bf3 Nf5 25. a4 Rc7 26. a5 bxa5 27. Qxa5 Qe7 28. Rcd1 Nd6 29. Nc3 Nc4 30. Qa1 a6 31. bxa6 Rxc6 32. a7 Ra8 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Bxd5 Rxa7 35. Qc1 Ra2 36. Bxc4 Qe2 37. R1d2 Rxc4 38. Rxe2 Rxc1+ 39. Kf2 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 42. d5 Rc2 0-1.