World Chess Team Championship 2013

Russian team
(photo taken from the official site)

The Russian team won the event with 15 match points! China shared 2nd-3rd with Ukraine but had better tie-breaks.

Results of the 9th round

9.1 5 Russia 2½ – 1½ 10 Egypt
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793 ½ : ½ IM Ezat Mohamed 2454
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 ½ : ½ IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721 1 : 0 IM Shoker Samy 2500
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741 ½ : ½ GM Amin Bassem 2652

9.2 6 Armenia 1½ – 2½ 4 Ukraine
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 ½ : ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 0 : 1 GM Korobov Anton 2713
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 ½ : ½ GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709
4 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660 ½ : ½ GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720

9.3 7 United States of America 2 – 2 3 Netherlands
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 ½ : ½ GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 ½ : ½ GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Onischuk Alexander 2672 1 : 0 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663
4 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625 0 : 1 GM Sokolov Ivan 2625

9.4 8 China 3 – 1 2 Turkey
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 1 : 0 GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 ½ : ½ GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577
3 GM Wang Yue 2725 1 : 0 GM Esen Baris 2565
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2668 ½ : ½ GM Can Emre 2519

9.5 9 Azerbaijan 1 – 3 1 Germany
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 ½ : ½ GM Khenkin Igor 2612
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653 ½ : ½ GM Meier Georg 2623
3 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616 0 : 1 GM Fridman Daniel 2600
4 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559 0 : 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727

View the full standings here.

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World Chess Team Championship 2013

Ukraine-Russia
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The Russian team managed to win against Ukraine in the 8th round and is now leading with 13 match points. China & Ukraine share 2nd-3rd with 12.

Results of the 8th round

8.1 10 Egypt 0 – 4 9 Azerbaijan
1 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450 0 : 1 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
2 IM Shoker Samy 2500 0 : 1 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616
3 GM Amin Bassem 2652 0 : 1 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559
4 IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411 0 : 1 GM Guseinov Gadir 2607

8.2 1 Germany 1½ – 2½ 8 China
1 GM Khenkin Igor 2612 ½ : ½ GM Li Chao B 2679
2 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 ½ : ½ GM Ding Liren 2711
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727 ½ : ½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683
4 GM Baramidze David 2614 0 : 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2668

8.3 2 Turkey 2 – 2 7 United States of America
1 GM Solak Dragan 2618 ½ : ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2721
2 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577 ½ : ½ GM Onischuk Alexander 2672
3 GM Esen Baris 2565 1 : 0 GM Robson Ray 2613
4 GM Can Emre 2519 0 : 1 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625

8.4 3 Netherlands ½ – 3½ 6 Armenia
1 GM Giri Anish 2732 0 : 1 GM Aronian Levon 2801
2 GM Van Wely Loek 2678 0 : 1 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681
3 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663 ½ : ½ GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2648 0 : 1 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660

8.5 4 Ukraine 1½ – 2½ 5 Russia
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½ : ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793
2 GM Korobov Anton 2713 ½ : ½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2756
3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 ½ : ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701 0 : 1 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721

View the standings here.

Pairings of the last round

9.1 5 Russia – 10 Egypt
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793 : IM Ezat Mohamed 2454
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 : IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721 : IM Shoker Samy 2500
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741 : GM Amin Bassem 2652

9.2 6 Armenia – 4 Ukraine
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 : GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 : GM Korobov Anton 2713
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 : GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709
4 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660 : GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720

9.3 7 United States of America – 3 Netherlands
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 : GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 : GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Onischuk Alexander 2672 : GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663
4 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625 : GM Sokolov Ivan 2625

9.4 8 China – 2 Turkey
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 : GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 : GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577
3 GM Wang Yue 2725 : GM Esen Baris 2565
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2668 : GM Can Emre 2519

9.5 9 Azerbaijan – 1 Germany
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 : GM Khenkin Igor 2612
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653 : GM Meier Georg 2623
3 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616 : GM Fridman Daniel 2600
4 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559 : GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727

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Van Wely, Giri, Kramnik
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After 7 rounds Ukraine is leading with 12 match points, Russia is 2nd with 11 and China is 3rd with 10.

Results of the 7th round by boards

7.1 4 Ukraine 2½ – 1½ 10 Egypt
1 GM Korobov Anton 2713 1 : 0 IM Ezat Mohamed 2454
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 ½ : ½ IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701 1 : 0 IM Shoker Samy 2500
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720 0 : 1 GM Amin Bassem 2652

7.2 5 Russia 3½ – ½ 3 Netherlands
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793 1 : 0 GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 1 : 0 GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ : ½ GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741 1 : 0 GM Sokolov Ivan 2625

7.3 6 Armenia 3 – 1 2 Turkey
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 1 : 0 GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 ½ : ½ GM Solak Dragan 2618
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 1 : 0 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577
4 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660 ½ : ½ GM Can Emre 2519

7.4 7 United States of America 3 – 1 1 Germany
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 1 : 0 GM Meier Georg 2623
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 ½ : ½ GM Fridman Daniel 2600
3 GM Robson Ray 2613 ½ : ½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727
4 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625 1 : 0 GM Baramidze David 2614

7.5 8 China 3 – 1 9 Azerbaijan
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 1 : 0 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 ½ : ½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683 ½ : ½ GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2668 1 : 0 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559

View the full standings here.

Pairings of the 8th round

8.1 10 Egypt – 9 Azerbaijan
1 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450 : GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
2 IM Shoker Samy 2500 : GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616
3 GM Amin Bassem 2652 : GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559
4 IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411 : GM Guseinov Gadir 2607

8.2 1 Germany – 8 China
1 GM Khenkin Igor 2612 : GM Li Chao B 2679
2 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 : GM Ding Liren 2711
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727 : GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683
4 GM Baramidze David 2614 : GM Yu Yangyi 2668

8.3 2 Turkey – 7 United States of America
1 GM Solak Dragan 2618 : GM Kamsky Gata 2721
2 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577 : GM Onischuk Alexander 2672
3 GM Esen Baris 2565 : GM Robson Ray 2613
4 GM Can Emre 2519 : GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625

8.4 3 Netherlands – 6 Armenia
1 GM Giri Anish 2732 : GM Aronian Levon 2801
2 GM Van Wely Loek 2678 : GM Akopian Vladimir 2681
3 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663 : GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2648 : GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660

8.5 4 Ukraine – 5 Russia
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 : GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793
2 GM Korobov Anton 2713 : GM Karjakin Sergey 2756
3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 : GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701 : GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721

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The Dutch team and captain
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The Dutch team was indeed the hero of the round as they won 2.5-1.5 against Ukraine! The Russian team won again, this time against Turkey. So, Ukraine is 1st with 10 match points, Russia is 2nd with 9, Netherlands and China share 3rd-4th with 8 points.

Results of the 6th round

6.1 10 Egypt 1 – 3 8 China
1 IM Ezat Mohamed 2454 0 : 1 GM Li Chao B 2679
2 IM Shoker Samy 2500 0 : 1 GM Ding Liren 2711
3 GM Amin Bassem 2652 1 : 0 GM Wang Yue 2725
4 IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411 0 : 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2668

6.2 9 Azerbaijan 1½ – 2½ 7 United States of America
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 ½ : ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653 ½ : ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2721
3 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616 ½ : ½ GM Onischuk Alexander 2672
4 GM Guseinov Gadir 2607 0 : 1 GM Robson Ray 2613

6.3 1 Germany 3 – 1 6 Armenia
1 GM Meier Georg 2623 ½ : ½ GM Aronian Levon 2801
2 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 1 : 0 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727 1 : 0 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681
4 GM Baramidze David 2614 ½ : ½ GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676

6.4 2 Turkey 1 – 3 5 Russia
1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2630 0 : 1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793
2 GM Solak Dragan 2618 ½ : ½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2756
3 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577 0 : 1 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721
4 GM Esen Baris 2565 ½ : ½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741

6.5 3 Netherlands 2½ – 1½ 4 Ukraine
1 GM Giri Anish 2732 ½ : ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
2 GM Van Wely Loek 2678 1 : 0 GM Korobov Anton 2713
3 GM Sokolov Ivan 2625 ½ : ½ GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2648 ½ : ½ GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720

View the full standings here.

Pairings of the 7th round

7.1 4 Ukraine – 10 Egypt
1 GM Korobov Anton 2713 : IM Ezat Mohamed 2454
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 : IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701 : IM Shoker Samy 2500
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720 : GM Amin Bassem 2652

7.2 5 Russia – 3 Netherlands
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793 : GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 : GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 : GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741 : GM Sokolov Ivan 2625

7.3 6 Armenia – 2 Turkey
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 : GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 : GM Solak Dragan 2618
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 : GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577
4 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2660 : GM Can Emre 2519

7.4 7 United States of America – 1 Germany
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 : GM Meier Georg 2623
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 : GM Fridman Daniel 2600
3 GM Robson Ray 2613 : GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727
4 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625 : GM Baramidze David 2614

7.5 8 China – 9 Azerbaijan
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 : GM Mamedov Rauf 2647
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 : GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683 : GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2668 : GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559

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World Chess Team Championship 2013

Ivanchuk, Sulypa, Moiseenko
(Photo taken from the official site)

Today is a rest day in the championship. Ukraine leads with 10 match points, Russia is 2nd with 7, Netherlands, Armenia and China share 3rd place with 6 points.

Results of the 5th round

5.1 3 Netherlands 3 – 1 10 Egypt
1 GM Giri Anish 2732 1 : 0 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
2 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663 ½ : ½ IM Shoker Samy 2500
3 GM Sokolov Ivan 2625 1 : 0 GM Amin Bassem 2652
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2648 ½ : ½ IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411

5.2 4 Ukraine 2½ – 1½ 2 Turkey
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½ : ½ GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 ½ : ½ GM Solak Dragan 2618
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701 1 : 0 GM Esen Baris 2565
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720 ½ : ½ GM Can Emre 2519

5.3 5 Russia 3½ – ½ 1 Germany
1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 1 : 0 GM Khenkin Igor 2612
2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 1 : 0 GM Meier Georg 2623
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721 ½ : ½ GM Fridman Daniel 2600
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741 1 : 0 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727

5.4 6 Armenia 2 – 2 9 Azerbaijan
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 ½ : ½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2647
2 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700 ½ : ½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
3 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 1 : 0 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616
4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 0 : 1 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559

5.5 7 United States of America 1½ – 2½ 8 China
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 1 : 0 GM Li Chao B 2679
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 0 : 1 GM Ding Liren 2711
3 GM Onischuk Alexander 2672 ½ : ½ GM Wang Yue 2725
4 GM Robson Ray 2613 0 : 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683

View the full standings here.

Egypt – China
Azerbaijan – United States of America
Germany – Armenia
Turkey – Russia
Netherlands – Ukraine

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