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6-Dec-2010

Olympic Champions in Yerevan

The winners of the World Youth U16 Olympiad arrived in Yerevan on December 6th, 2010. Warmest welcome was awaiting for them at "Zvartnots" airport. Final standing Rank Team Pts. 1. Armenia 30½ 2. India 27½ 3. Russia 27½ 4. Turkey-Red 25½ 5. Belarus 24½ 6. Uzbekistan 22 7. Switzerland 22 8. Portugal 21½ 9. Turkey-White 21½ 10. Canada 21½ 11. Syria 20½ 12. Turkey-Turkuaz 20½ 13. Turkmenistan-A 19½ 14. Slovenia 19½ 15. England 19 16. South Africa-A 19 17. Greece 19 18. Sri Lanka 18½ 19. South Africa-B 16½ 20. Turkmenistan-B 12 21. Libya 11 22. Turkey-Burdur 1 Karen H. Grigoryan Robert Aghasaryan Hovhannes Gabuzyan David Shahinyan Tigran S. Petrosyan Arsen Yegiazarian (coach) Armenian national team has become the champion of the World Youth U16 Olympiad in Burdur, Turkey. Armenian chess players who were playing wonderfully during the tournament, have already secured their first place independent of the results of the last round. This is the second time Armenia has achieved the title of the World Youth Olympiad Champion. Our team had such a great success also in 1998 when future famous grandmasters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian and Varuzhan Akobian were in composition of the team. Our warmest congratulations to Armenian young chess players on this new brilliant achievement!