Today at 13:30 Baku time in Indian Chennai, parties of the 10th round of the chess Olympiad will begin. Azerbaijani male and women’s teams will play with Armenia.
teams for these matches.
Azerbaijan – Armenia. Men.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Gabriel Sargsyan
Gadir Huseynov – Grant Melkumyan
Vasif Duhurbeyli – Manuel Petrosyan
Nijat Abasov – Robert Ovannyan.
Armenia – Azerbaijan. Women.
Elina Danielyan – Gunai Mammedzade
Lilith Mkrtchyan – Hano Baladzhaeva
Anna Sargsyan – Govhar Badeullaeva
Susanna Gaboyan – Gulnar Mamedova
Two rounds before the finish line, the men’s team of Azerbaijan takes 6th place with 14 points. Solely leads Uzbekistan, which has 16 points. Armenians have 15 points and 3rd place.
In previous matches, our chess players beat Algeria (4: 0), the Philippines (3: 1), Argentina (3: 1), then tied with Turkey (2: 2) and unexpectedly lost to Cuba (1.5: 2 ,5). After that, the Azerbaijani team alternately beat Slovakia (3: 1), Israel (3: 1), Kazakhstan (2.5: 1.5) and tied with the second team of India (2: 2).
The women’s team of Azerbaijan also scored 14 points and takes 6th place. Armenia also has 14 points. Our today’s rivals are located in the 7th position. Four leading teams have 15 points. This is Poland, India, Kazakhstan and Georgia.
Earlier, our chess players beat the UAE (4: 0), Finland (4: 0), Greece (2.5: 1.5), Israel (3: 1), tied with Ukraine (2: 2), defeated Kazakhstan (3: 1), lost to India (1.5: 2.5), divided glasses with Romania (2: 2) and beat Mongolia (2.5: 1.5).
The Olympics will end tomorrow when the parties of the 11th round are played.