On September 30, at 2:00 p.m. Armenian men’s chess team will face Russian team in the ninth round of World Chess Olympics in Khanty Mansiysk. Azerbaijani team will compete with Ukrainian team.

9th round

Armenia, 6-Russia, 1

Levon Aronian (2783)-Vladimir Kramnik (2780)

Vladimir Hakobyan (2691)-Alexander Grischuk (2760)

Gabriel Sargsyan (2677)-Peter Svidler (2731)

Arman Pashikyan (2639)-Sergey Karjakin (2747)

Azerbaijan, 7, Ukraine, 2 

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2756)-Vassily Ivanchuk (2754)

Teimour Radjabov (2748)-Ruslan Ponomariov (2749)

Rauf Mamedov (2660)-Pavel Eljanov (2761)

Eltaj Safarli (2607)-Zahar Efimenko (2683)

Georgia-France

Israel-Hungary

Cuba-China

Bulgaria-U.S.

After the 8th round the standings are as follows:

1. Ukraine-14

2-7. Russia 1, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Armenia, France-13

8-10. China, U.S., Cuba-12