YEREVAN (Tert.am) – Armenia’s national team celebrated a victory against the US team at the World Team Chess Championship, who until yesterday had been in the lead thanks to their star player, Hikaru Nakamura.

In the first board Nakamura gained 5.5 points out of a possible 6. It was this chess grandmaster that Armenia’s Levon Aronian defeated in yesterday’s match.

With this victory, the Armenian team also helped Russia, who crushed Egypt’s team (3.5-0.5) to take the solid lead.

As it stands, the Armenian team has secured a score of 17.5 thus far, putting it in fifth place in the tournament.