Armenian men (9th place) and women’s (19th place) teams will play against Poland and Israel respectively in round 8 of the World Chess Championship going on in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The round pairs are:

Levon Aronian – Radoslaw Wojtaszek Vladimir Akopian – Bartosz Socko Gabriel Sargissian – Bartlomiej Macieja Arman Pashikian – Kamil Miton

Elina Danielyan – Masha Klinova Lilit Mkrtchyan – Bella Igla Lilit Galoyan – Ella Pitam Nelly Aghinyan – Olga Vasilieva