Armenia defeat France in Rapid Match
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SonofPearl on Sun, 06/28/2009 at 12:37am.
A French team took on the Olympiad Champions Armenia, led by Lev Aronian (pictured) in a rapid match in Paris from 24-25 June.
Each team had 4 players, who met in 8 rounds at a time control of 15 minutes plus a 10 second increment.
Armenia were the favourites and started with a 3-1 win in the first round. However, the French team rallied to win 2.5-1.5 and draw 2-2 in rounds 2 and 3 respectively.
However, the Olympic champions were not to be denied, winning 3-1 in the fourth round and then edging out the home team 2.5-1.5 in all the remaining rounds to finish with a convincing 19.5-12.5 overall match victory.
The Armenian team shared a cheque for 12,000 euros for their efforts in the match, which was broadcast live on Armenian television. The French team had to settle for 8,000 euros between them.
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
| Armenia |
3 |
1½ |
2 |
3 |
2½ |
2½ |
2½ |
2½ |
19½ |
| France |
1 |
2½ |
2 |
1 |
1½ |
1½ |
1½ |
1½ |
12½ |
Tigran Petrossian was the star performer for Armenia with a very impressive 6/8 score, despite losing to Maxime Lachier-Lagrave in round 2. Joel Lautier struggled for the French team, trailing on 2/8.
Individual scores were:
| Armenia |
|
|
| Levon Aronian |
2754
|
4.5
|
| Vladimir Akopian |
2696
|
4.5
|
| Gabriel Sargissian |
2660
|
4.5
|
| Tigran Petrossian |
2600
|
6.0
|
| France |
|
|
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
2684
|
4.5
|
| Laurent Fressinet |
2664
|
3.0
|
| Joel Lautier |
2658
|
2.0
|
| Christian Bauer |
2605
|
3.0
|
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