In the World Chess Team Championship, which takes place in the Turkish city of Bursa from January 4 to 14, the Armenian team in the 3rd round defeated the Turkish national team with a score of 4,5-0,5.

Mert Erdogdu - Levon Aronian - 1/2 -1/2
Mustafa Yalmaz - Vladimir Akopian - 0-1
Kan Emre - Gabriel Sargsyan - 0-1
Esen Baris - Arman Pashikyan - 0-1.

After 3 tours Armenian chess players have 2 victories (Israel, Turkey) and one loss (Azerbaijan). Thus, Armenia is leading the tournament table of the world championship, and Turkey without any points occupies the last - 10th place. United States ranks second and Azerbaijan is the third.

In the 4th round the Armenian national team will play against Brazil team, which is 8th in the standings.