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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
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World Chess Team Championship 2013

(Photo taken from the official site)
Ukraine is leading the event with 6 match points after winning 2.5-1.5 vs Azerbaijan. Armenia is 2nd with 5, while Azerbaijan and Germany share 3rd-4th with 4 points.
Results of the 3rd round by boards
3.1 2 Turkey 2½ – 1½ 10 Egypt
1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2630 1 : 0 IM Ezat Mohamed 2454
2 GM Solak Dragan 2618 ½ : ½ IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
3 GM Esen Baris 2565 1 : 0 IM Shoker Samy 2500
4 GM Can Emre 2519 0 : 1 GM Amin Bassem 2652
3.2 3 Netherlands 2½ – 1½ 1 Germany
1 GM Giri Anish 2732 1 : 0 GM Khenkin Igor 2612
2 GM Van Wely Loek 2678 ½ : ½ GM Meier Georg 2623
3 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663 ½ : ½ GM Fridman Daniel 2600
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2648 ½ : ½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727
3.3 4 Ukraine 2½ – 1½ 9 Azerbaijan
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½ : ½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2647
2 GM Korobov Anton 2713 ½ : ½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 1 : 0 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720 ½ : ½ GM Guseinov Gadir 2607
3.4 5 Russia 2½ – 1½ 8 China
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793 ½ : ½ GM Li Chao B 2679
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 ½ : ½ GM Wang Yue 2725
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ : ½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683
4 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721 1 : 0 GM Yu Yangyi 2668
3.5 6 Armenia 2½ – 1½ 7 United States of America
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 1 : 0 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786
2 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700 ½ : ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2721
3 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 ½ : ½ GM Onischuk Alexander 2672
4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 ½ : ½ GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625
View the full standings here.
Pairings of the 4th round
4.1 10 Egypt – 7 United States of America
1 IM Ezat Mohamed 2454 : GM Kamsky Gata 2721
2 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450 : GM Onischuk Alexander 2672
3 GM Amin Bassem 2652 : GM Robson Ray 2613
4 IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411 : GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625
4.2 8 China – 6 Armenia
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 : GM Aronian Levon 2801
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 : GM Movsesian Sergei 2700
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683 : GM Akopian Vladimir 2681
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2668 : GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676
4.3 9 Azerbaijan – 5 Russia
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 : GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653 : GM Karjakin Sergey 2756
3 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616 : GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
4 GM Guseinov Gadir 2607 : GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741
4.4 1 Germany – 4 Ukraine
1 GM Khenkin Igor 2612 : GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
2 GM Meier Georg 2623 : GM Korobov Anton 2713
3 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 : GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709
4 GM Baramidze David 2614 : GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701
4.5 2 Turkey – 3 Netherlands
1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2630 : GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Solak Dragan 2618 : GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577 : GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663
4 GM Can Emre 2519 : GM L’ami Erwin 2648
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World Chess Team Championship 2013

(Photo taken from the official site)
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


