Azerbaijan beats Armenia at European Chess Championship

Azerbaijani men's team played with Armenia and won a landslide victory with a score of 3-1.

The first game between Teymur Rajabov and Levon Aronyan ended with a draw. The game ended on the 26th move. Shakhriyar Mammadyarov beat Vladimir Akopyan also on the 26th move during the second match.

Another victory for Azerbaijan came from Gadir Huseynov after he beat Gabriel Sargsyan. Armenian chess player capitulated on the 45th move. Azerbaijani team completely took the lead after the victory of Vugar Hashimov over Sergey Movsesyan on the 53th move, with a final score of 3-1.

Armenia - Azerbaijan - 3:1

Levon Aronyan (2802) - Teymur Rajabov (2781) - draw
Vugar Hashimov (2757) - Sergey Movsesyan (2710) - 1:0
Vladimir Akopyan (2681) - Shakhriyar Mammadyarov (2733) - draw
Gadir Huseynov (2636) - Gabriel Sargsyan (2671) - 1:0

Zeynab Mammadyarova, representing Azerbaijani woman’s team, beat her Lithuanian opponent Deymante Daula. The 2nd and 3rd matches were not as successful for our team. The fate of the match was decided during the 4th game between Nargiz Umudova, and Hydra Vaganayte. Azerbaijani chess player Nargiz beat her opponent and brought another point for the team.

Azerbaijan - Lithuania

Zeynab Mammadyarova (2314) - Deymante Daula (2238) - 1:0
Salome Zaksayte (2200) - Gulnar Mammadova (2290) - 1:0
Turkan Mammadyarova (2277) - Dominic Batkovskite (2102) - 0:1
Hydra Vaganayte (1958) - Nargiz Umudova (2210) - 0:1

After beating Armenian team, Azerbaijan took the 4th place. Azerbaijan, along with other four teams, showed perfect results. So far the team overall has 5.5 points. First place was given to Romania (7 points), second place to Greece (6.5 points), and third place to Russia (6 points). Spain took 5th in the tournament. Azerbaijan is to play Greece on the 3rd round of the tournament.

Azerbaijan’s women’s team took 21st place out of 28 national teams. We have 1 match point and 3.5 for board points. Serbia is leading with 4 team points and 7.5 board points. The next team to play Azerbaijan will be Spain.


/News.az/