2011 World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad's ninth round has staged very surprising scores. The leader Armenia gave up 2,5 points against Kazakhstan, who started the olympiad on the sixth place with 2201 average Elo. In the clash of two players at first board, Alibek Igambergenov beat his opponent IM Karen Grigoryan. The struggle continued also at second board. Ayan Akhmetov also achieved to win against FM Hovhannes Gabuzyan. At the end they defeated one of the most strongest team in the Olympiad. As a result Armenia moved to the second place with 25 points. At second table, Russia became proud victor in the game against Malaysia with 0,5-3,5 score. This satisfactory result helped Russia placed first before the final round. After defeating Georgia with 3,5-0,5 the Iranian Team placed third with 24,5 points. The last round will start tomorrow at 10.00 o'clock. You can follow our photo report from the ninth round below;
GM Arsen Yegiazarian seems to show very funny variation to his players from Armenia
Boys where are you looking at??
Georgian coach Giorgi Khomeriki with his players; Guga Burduli and Shalva Nadirashvili
Malaysia Team with their coach Roshan Ajeet Singh
Nino Khomeriki - Elo 1903 from Georgia
What a lovely performance from Scottish player Ali Roy :) She is playing against four Turkish boys
South Africa Team B - South Africa Team A The fellows seem exhausted
2011 World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad's ninth round has staged very surprising scores. The leader Armenia gave up 2,5 points against Kazakhstan, who started the olympiad on the sixth place with 2201 average Elo. In the clash of two players at first board, Alibek Igambergenov beat his opponent IM Karen Grigoryan. The struggle continued also at second board. Ayan Akhmetov also achieved to win against FM Hovhannes Gabuzyan. At the end they defeated one of the most strongest team in the Olympiad. As a result Armenia moved to the second place with 25 points. At second table, Russia became proud victor in the game against Malaysia with 0,5-3,5 score. This satisfactory result helped Russia placed first before the final round. After defeating Georgia with 3,5-0,5 the Iranian Team placed third with 24,5 points. The last round will start tomorrow at 10.00 o'clock. You can follow our photo report from the ninth round below;
