  Armenian men’s team to face England in European Chess Championships 3rd round November 5, 2011 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian men’s team will face England in the third round of Porto Carras hosted European Team Chess Championships. Board pairings in the third round have been announced as follows: Levon Aronian-Michael Adams, Sergei Movsesyan- Nigel Short, Vladimir Akopian- Gawain Jones, Gabriel Sargissian- Nicholas Pert. After the second round Armenia comes 19th with 4.5 points, England takes 21st place with 4 points. 38 men’s teams participate in European Chess Championships. Time control is 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.   Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent.   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
