Armenia Third after Three Tours of World Chess Championship

PanARMENIAN.Net - The third tour of the World Chess Championship took place in Beer Sheva, Israel. The Armenian team met with the Ukrainian chess players and won 2.5:1.5. The victory was gained by Levon Aronyan, who played with Vasiliy Ivanchuk. The other three games were played in a draw.



To remind, in the first tour the Armenian team played in a draw with the Israeli team. In the second tour our chess players won an impressive victory over Georgia 3:1.



After three tours the tournament table is as follows: 1. Russia with 8 scores, 2. China (7.5), 3. Armenia (7.5.), 4. Israel (6), 5. Cuba (4.5). The 6th and 7th positions are taken by Ukraine and U.S. with 4 scores. Georgia has 4. In the fourth tour the Armenian chess players will met with the U.S. team.