Armenian chess players to rival Turkish team in World Team Chess Championship's 3rd tour

January 7, 2010 - 16:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 3rd tour of World Team Chess Championship in Bursa, Armenian team (Levon Aronian, Vladimir Hakobyan, Gabriel Sarkisyan, Arman Pashikyan, Tigran Petrosyan and Tigran Kotanjyan), led by Arshak Petrosyan, will rival that of Turkey.



After the 2nd tour, Armenian team occupies the 6th place with 4 points to its score.



US team, with 6 points to its score, is leading the World Team Chess Championship.



Russian, Brazilian, Chinese, Egyptian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Israeli and Greek teams are among championship participants.
World Chess Team Championship

FIDE holds World Chess Team Championship since 1985. 10 strongest teams of the world, selected in Chess Olympiads and continental team championships take part in it. During the first championship matches were held on 6 boards, and in next tournaments - on 4 boards. The venue of the first four tournaments was chosen the Swiss city of Lucerne, then it was decided to hold competitions in different cities. In 2001, the championship was held in Yerevan. The National Team of Armenia in 1997, 2001 and 2005, won the bronze medals.

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