  Aronian to rival India’s Harikrishna Pentala in World Team Chess Championship 6th round July 23, 2011 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 23, current leader of World Team Chess Championship, Armenia will rival India (8th place), in the 6th round of the championship. The pairings are as follows: Levon Aronian - Harikrishna Pentala, Sergei Movsesian - Sasikiran Krishnan, Vladimir Akopian- Ganguly Surya Shekhar, Gabriel Sargissian - Negi Parimarjan. In other pairings, Russian team will face Ukraine, Israel will rival Azerbaijan, U.S. will play against Hungary, Egypt will face China. Armenian team is leading the championship with 13,5 points, followed by Russia and Hungary (12 and 11,5 points respectively).   Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |
