HERAKLION, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the fifth stage were held on November 1 in the European Chess Team Championship. The Armenian national team of men defeated the team of Turkey with the score 2.5:1.5, earned seven points and shares from fifth to tenth places. The Russian sole representative is in the lead with 10 points. The Armenian women chess players defeated the team of Azerbaijan with the same score: 2.5:1.5 and share from seventh to fourteenth places. The team of Poland is in the lead with 9 points. A break has been announced in the championship on October 2 and on October 3 the Armenian national teams of men and women will compete with the teams of Romania and Hungary, correspondingly, with the blacks.

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