July 23, 2011 - 11:36 AMT
Aronian to rival India’s Harikrishna Pentala in World Team Chess Championship 6th round

On July 23, current leader of World Team Chess Championship, Armenia will rival India (8th place), in the 6th round of the championship.

The pairings are as follows: Levon Aronian - Harikrishna Pentala, Sergei Movsesian - Sasikiran Krishnan, Vladimir Akopian- Ganguly Surya Shekhar, Gabriel Sargissian - Negi Parimarjan.

In other pairings, Russian team will face Ukraine, Israel will rival Azerbaijan, U.S. will play against Hungary, Egypt will face China.

Armenian team is leading the championship with 13,5 points, followed by Russia and Hungary (12 and 11,5 points respectively).