January 7, 2010 - 16:20 AMT
Armenian chess players to rival Turkish team in World Team Chess Championship's 3rd tour
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.