7th round of World Chess Olympiad is ongoing in Turkish city of Istanbul, with Armenia’s Levon Aronian having tied the game against China’s Hao Wang.

Sergei Movsesian – Yue Wang, Vladimir Akopian – Liren Ding, Gabriel Sargissian – Xiangzhi Bu games are in progress.

Armenian chess players got off to a successful start at the championship having beaten Bolivian, Bangladesh, Spanish, Philippine and Ukrainian teams, and tying a game against Russia.