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World Chess Team Championship 2013

(Taken from the official site)
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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World Chess Team Championship 2013

(Photo taken from the official site)
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


