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Germany, Azerbaijan and Ukraine are leading with 4 match points. The win of the US team against Russia (3-1, with Nakamura beating Kramnik and Robson – Vitiugov) will definitely be among the important results of this event.
Results of the 2nd round by boards
2.1 10 Egypt 1 – 3 6 Armenia
1 IM Ezat Mohamed 2454 ½ : ½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2700
2 IM Shoker Samy 2500 0 : 1 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681
3 GM Amin Bassem 2652 ½ : ½ GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676
4 IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411 0 : 1 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660
2.2 7 United States of America 3 – 1 5 Russia
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 1 : 0 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 ½ : ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
3 GM Onischuk Alexander 2672 ½ : ½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721
4 GM Robson Ray 2613 1 : 0 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741
2.3 8 China 1½ – 2½ 4 Ukraine
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 0 : 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 0 : 1 GM Korobov Anton 2713
3 GM Wang Yue 2725 1 : 0 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701
4 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683 ½ : ½ GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720
2.4 9 Azerbaijan 3 – 1 3 Netherlands
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 ½ : ½ GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653 1 : 0 GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616 1 : 0 GM Sokolov Ivan 2625
4 GM Guseinov Gadir 2607 ½ : ½ GM L’ami Erwin 2648
2.5 1 Germany 3 – 1 2 Turkey
1 GM Khenkin Igor 2612 ½ : ½ GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Meier Georg 2623 1 : 0 GM Solak Dragan 2618
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727 1 : 0 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577
4 GM Baramidze David 2614 ½ : ½ GM Esen Baris 2565
Standings after 2 rounds
1 Germany 4 5½
2 Azerbaijan 4 5½
3 Ukraine 4 5
4 Armenia 3 5
5 United States of America 2 4½
6 China 2 4
7 Russia 1 3
8 Turkey 0 2½
9 Netherlands 0 2½
10 Egypt 0 2½
Pairings of the 3rd round
Turkey – Egypt 10
Netherlands – Germany 1
Ukraine – Azerbaijan 9
Russia – China 8
Armenia – United States of America