Armenia will face off against France in the 7th round of Porto Carras-hosted European Team Chess Championships.

The board pairings were announced as follows: Levon Aronian- Etienne Bacrot, Sergei Movsesian- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladimir Akopian- Laurent Fressinet, Gabriel Sargissian- Christian Bauer.

After the 6th round, Armenia is placed 4th with 9 points; France is 6th with the same number of points.

The board pairings for women’s squad vs. Russia are as follows: Elina Danielian- Nadezhda Kosintseva, Lilit Mkrtchian- Tatiana Kosintseva, Lilit Galoyan- Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kursova Maria – Natalija Pogonina.

Armenia women’s squad is placed 8th with 8 points; Russia is leading with 11 points.