YEREVAN. - The plane carrying Armenian chess national team, who won the World Chess Team Championship in Ningbo will land at Zvartnots international airport at 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

The world champions were expected to arrive in Yerevan at 3:00 p.m. However, the flight was delayed for technical reasons. The plane will arrive in Yerevan via Moscow.

President of Armenia, Chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan and a great number of fans will meet the world champions at Zvartnots airport. Yerevan will honor Armenian chess heroes with festivities and firework on Wednesday evening.

As reported earlier, Armenian team won the World Chess Team Championship for the first time. Armenian and Ukrainian teams ended in a draw 2:2 at the last round in Ningbo team championship. All chess games registered draws. 

Armenia tops the standings with 14 points in nine rounds. It is ahead of Ukraine with two points. Armenia won bronze at previous three championships.