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In Round 9 of the 39th Chess Olympiad 2010 underway in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Armenian men’s team lost to Russia 1 1,5:2,5. Levon Aronian tied with Vladimir Kramnik, Vladimir Hakobyan and Arman Pashikyan also ended in draw with Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin respectively, Gabriel Sargsyan lost to Peter Svidler.

Levon Aronian - Vladimir Kramnik 0.5:0,5

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nc3 Rab8 13. Rd1 Rhd8 14. b3 Ke8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Rab1 Nxc3 17. dxc3 Nc6 18. f4 Rdc8 19. e4 c4 20. Kf2 cxb3 21. axb3 b5 22. e5 a5 23. Ra1 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Ba3 Rb3 26. Bxc6+ 1/2-1/2.

Sergey Karjakin - Arman Pashikyan 0,5:0,5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 h4 17. Re1 Rh5 18. Bf4 g6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Red1 Ng7 21. Be3 Ne6 22. a5 a6 23. c3 1/2-1/2.

Gabriel Sargsyan - Peter Svidler 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Qa4 14. c4 Nc6 15. Be3 exd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Bxc5 a5 18. Nd4 Re8+ 19. Be2 Qxa2 20. Nb5 Bf5 21. Qxa2 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Kd2 Nc2 24. Raf1 Bh6+ 25. f4 Rac8 26. Bd6 Ne3 27. Nc7 Nxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Red8 29. Nb5 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. g4 Bd7 32. Nd6 Rc7 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 b5 35. cxb5 Rc5 36. Bc4 Bxb5 37. Nxb5 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rc5 39. Nc3 Rdc8 40. Kd4 0-1.

Alexander Grischuk - Vladimir Hakobyan 0,5:0,5

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 h5 6. h4 d6 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nd5 Nce7 11. d4 c6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. d5 Bd7 14. Qb3 b6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bh6 17. Bh3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 g5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Ke2 Ne7 21. Rcg1 f5 22. Qd1 Rf8 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. Qe3 O-O-O 25. a4 Kb7 26. Kd2 Rf7 27. Bf1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rdf8 29. Be2 Rh7 30. a5 Ng8 31. axb6 axb6 32. g4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 Qf7 34. Rxh7 Qxh7 35. Qg1 Ne7 36. Rg7 Qh6+ 37. Kc2 Qf6 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. Rxg5 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Nxg8 1/2-1/2.