InternationalWorld champs: Armenia confirmed as chess leader
Published: Tuesday July 26, 2011
The champs: Team coach Arshak Petrosian (second from left) with chess masters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Sergei Movsesian and Vladimir Akopian. Not pictured: Robert Hovhannisyan. Melik Bagdasarian / Photolur
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Washington - Ningbo, a Chinese port city across the bay from Shanghai, became the latest stop in Armenian chess team's march of victories.
On Juy 26 Armenia's Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsisian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian and Robert Hovhannisyan along with team coach Arshak Petrosian secured the world chess team championship title. They outplayed the hosts China and fellow chess giants Ukraine and Russia that came second, third and fourth, respectively, after nine rounds of play. The U.S. team came sixth.
While this is Armenia first-ever victory at the world championship, it is effectively their third world title. Armenian teams that included Aronian, Akopian and Sargissian won back-to-back Chess Olympiads held in Turin, Italy in 2006 and Dresden, Germany in 2008.
Tbilisi, Georgia-born Movsisian joined the national team late last year after representing Slovakia for nearly a decade. Upon arrival in Armenia with his teammates Movsisian was seen wearing the Armenia national football squad jersey number 14 that belongs to Yura Movsisyan, a fellow Diasporan who helped boost Homeland's performance recently.
For details visit http://www.chess.com/news/armenia-are-world-team-champions-4197
