HERAKLION, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Two tours remain until the end of the Europe Chess Team Championship being held in the Greek city of Heraklion. In the 6th tour held on November 3, the Armenian men's national team beat the chess players of Hungary with the score of 2.5 to 1.5 and in the 7th tour held on November 4, beat the Slovenian chess players with the same score. The leader is the Russian national team, which has 14 points. The Armenian team is in the second place. In the 6th and 7th tours, Armenian lady chess players defeated representatives of Romania and Bulgaria with the scores of 2.5 to 1.5, and 3 to 1, respectively. The Polish and Russian teams are at the top of the tournament table with 12 points each. The Armenian lady chess players share the 3-4th places with Dutch lady chess players with 10 points each. In the 8th tour, the Armenian men's national team will compete with the Azeri team and the ladies' team with the Polish team.

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