Armenia Defeat India, Extend Lead In Ningbo
The Armenian team extended their lead at the World Team Championships in Ningbo, China, after beating India in round six.
Lev Aronian's sparkling victory against Pentala Harikrishna on top board was enough to take the match 2½-1½.
Armenia's nearest rivals failed to keep pace with them. Russia and Ukraine finished deadlocked at 2-2, and Hungary drew with the US team, thanks to a win by Yasser Seirawan against Judit Polgar - on her birthday!
Israel and Azerbaijan also ended all square at 2-2, but China hammered Egypt 3½-½ to stay in the top half with three rounds remaining. Egypt have yet to win or draw a match.
The full results in round six:
| Russia | 2-2 | Ukraine | ||
| Karjakin Sergey | 2788 | ½ - ½ | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2768 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2746 | ½ - ½ | Eljanov Pavel | 2697 |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2711 | ½ - ½ | Efimenko Zahar | 2706 |
| Vitiugov Nikita | 2733 | ½ - ½ | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 |
| Israel | 2-2 | Azerbaijan | ||
| Sutovsky Emil | 2700 | 0 - 1 | Radjabov Teimur | 2744 |
| Smirin Ilya | 2676 | ½ - ½ |
Gashimov Vugar | 2760 |
| Postny Evgeny | 2618 | 1 - 0 | Mamedov Rauf | 2679 |
| Nabaty Tamir | 2584 | ½ - ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2765 |
| USA | 2-2 | Hungary | ||
| Kamsky Gata | 2741 | ½ - ½ | Leko Peter | 2717 |
| Shulman Yuri | 2617 | 0 - 1 | Almasi Zoltan | 2726 |
| Seirawan Yasser | 2635 | 1 - 0 | Polgar Judit | 2699 |
| Hess Robert | 2609 | ½ - ½ | Balogh Csaba | 2643 |
| Armenia | 2½-1½ | India | ||
| Aronian Levon | 2805 | 1 - 0 | Harikrishna Pentala | 2669 |
| Movsesian Sergei | 2700 | ½ - ½ | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 |
| Akopian Vladimir | 2667 | ½ - ½ | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2627 |
| Sargissian Gabriel | 2663 | ½ - ½ | Negi Parimarjan | 2642 |
| Egypt | ½-3½ | China | ||
| Adly Ahmed | 2631 | 0 - 1 | Wang Hao | 2718 |
| Amin Bassem | 2609 | 0 - 1 | Wang Yue | 2709 |
| Shoker Samy | 2475 | ½ - ½ | Li Chao B | 2669 |
| Ezat Mohamed | 2430 | 0 - 1 | Ding Liren | 2654 |
FIDE are covering the championships here, and a live relay of the games (starting at 15:00 local time in Ningbo) can be found at the official Chinese site here. Games remain available for replay at the live link until the start of the next round.
The teams score 2 points for a match win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. The first tie-break is board points scored.
The standings after six rounds:
| Team | M-Pts | B-Pts | |
| 1 | Armenia | 10 | 16.0 |
| 2 | Russia | 8 | 14.0 |
| 3 | Hungary | 8 | 13.5 |
| 4 | China | 7 | 14.5 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 7 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 13.0 |
| 7 | USA | 6 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Israel | 5 | 10.0 |
| 9 |
India | 3 | 9.5 |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 5.0 |
Aronian employs the loud shirt gambit to good effect...
Sergey Karjakin drew against Vassily Ivanchuk
Judit Polgar's birthday was spoilt by Yasser Seirawan
Teimour Radjabov crushed Emil Sutovsky with the black pieces
18 year-old Ding Liren was among the winners as China beat Egypt
Happy birthday Judit!
Pictures from the FIDE website. More here.
