The Armenian men's team drew with the USA team

The Armenian men's chess team drew their match against the highest-rated team at the Olympiad, the USA.

In the 7th round of the 46th Chess Olympiad, the Armenian men's team drew 2:2 with the USA team.

GM Levon Aronian did not play for the USA in this round.

GM Robert Hovhannisyan (rating: 2642), playing with the black pieces, defeated GM Wesley So (rating: 2774).

GM Haik Martirosyan (rating: 2664) drew with GM Fabiano Caruana (rating: 2789), while GM Shant Sargsyan (rating: 2630) drew with GM Hans Moke Niemann (rating: 2725).

After 7 rounds, the Armenian men's team has 12 team points out of 14 and is in 6th place.

In the 8th round, the Armenian team will face the Netherlands.

We wish good luck to our chess players!