Armenia takes first place in World Team Chess Championship
Chinese city of Ningbo has hosted the 9th round of the World Team Chess Championship 2011. The leading Armenian team was competing with Ukraine. The pairings were Ivanchuk Vassily - Aronian Levon, Eljanov Pavel -Movsesian Sergei, Efimenko Zahar -Akopian Vladimir, Moiseenko Alexander - Sargissian Gabriel.
armsport.am informs all the pairings ended in draw and Armenia has claimed the 1st horizontal. Among the 10 teams, Armenia took the first place scoring 14.
Find below the meetings of Armenian team
1. Armenia- Israel 3.5։0.5
2. USA-Armenia 2։2
3. Armenia-Russia 2։2
4. Armenia-Egypt 3.5։0.5
5. China - Armenia 1.5։2.5
6. Armenia - India 2.5։1.5
7. Hungary - Armenia 1.5։2.5
8. Armenia – Azerbaijan 2։2
9. Armenia - Ukraine 2։2