World Chess Olympiad-2012: Armenia leads 

Armenian men’s chess national defeated the Ukranian national by 2.5:1.5 in the fifth round at the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey and heads the ratings with absolute results.

Russian national also has five victories. Armenia’s Vladimir Hakobyan and Ukraine’s Andrey Volokitin decided to end their match in a draw on the 56th move. Other matches between the Armenian and Ukrainian chess players that ended in a draw included Gabriel Sargissian-Pavel Elyanov and Sergey Movsesian-Ruslan Ponomarev pairs.

At the same time matches between the Hungarian and Russian nationals ended with 1.5:2.5 score.

Armenia’s most likely opponent on Sept. 3 may be Russia’s national.

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