  Aronian to face Bacrot at European Chess Championships round 7 November 9, 2011 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will face off against France in the 7th round of Porto Carras-hosted European Team Chess Championships. The board pairings were announced as follows: Levon Aronian- Etienne Bacrot, Sergei Movsesian- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladimir Akopian- Laurent Fressinet, Gabriel Sargissian- Christian Bauer. After the 6th round, Armenia is placed 4th with 9 points; France is 6th with the same number of points. The board pairings for women’s squad vs. Russia are as follows: Elina Danielian- Nadezhda Kosintseva, Lilit Mkrtchian- Tatiana Kosintseva, Lilit Galoyan- Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kursova Maria – Natalija Pogonina. Armenia women’s squad is placed 8th with 8 points; Russia is leading with 11 points.   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 Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
