Armenia Extend Lead In Ningbo
The Armenian team extended their lead in the World Team Championships with a 2½-1½ victory over Hungary, thanks to a win from Sergei Movsesian against Zoltan Almasi.
In fact, every match in round seven was decided by this close scoreline.
Russia lost out to China, with Wang Hao (pictured) beating Sergey Karjakin on top board.
The US team achieved a surprise victory over Azerbaijan, thanks to wins from Gata Kamsky and another from the man of the moment - Yasser Seirawan!
The results in round seven:
| China | 2½-1½ | Russia | ||
| Wang Hao | 2718 | 1 - 0 | Karjakin Sergey | 2788 |
| Wang Yue | 2709 | ½ - ½ | Grischuk Alexander | 2746 |
| Li Chao B | 2669 | ½ - ½ | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2711 |
| Yu Yangyi | 2672 | ½ - ½ | Svidler Peter | 2739 |
| India | 2½-1½ | Egypt | ||
| Harikrishna Pentala | 2669 | 1 - 0 | Amin Bassem | 2609 |
| Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 | ½ - ½ | El Gindy Essam | 2510 |
| Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2627 | 1 - 0 | Shoker Samy | 2475 |
| Gopal G.N. | 2576 | 0 - 1 | Ezat Mohamed | 2430 |
| Hungary | 1½-2½ | Armenia | ||
| Leko Peter | 2717 | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon | 2805 |
| Almasi Zoltan | 2726 | 0 - 1 | Movsesian Sergei | 2700 |
| Polgar Judit | 2699 | ½ - ½ | Akopian Vladimir | 2667 |
| Balogh Csaba | 2643 | ½ - ½ | Sargissian Gabriel | 2663 |
| Azerbaijan | 1½-2½ | USA | ||
| Radjabov Teimur | 2744 | 0 - 1 | Kamsky Gata | 2741 |
| Gashimov Vugar | 2760 | ½ - ½ | Onischuk Alexander | 2675 |
| Mamedov Rauf | 2679 | 1 - 0 | Shulman Yuri | 2617 |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2765 | 0 - 1 | Seirawan Yasser | 2635 |
| Ukraine | 2½-1½ | Israel | ||
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2768 | 1 - 0 | Sutovsky Emil | 2700 |
| Eljanov Pavel | 2697 | 0 - 1 | Roiz Michael | 2669 |
| Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 | 1 - 0 | Postny Evgeny | 2618 |
| Areshchenko Alexander | 2682 | ½ - ½ | Nabaty Tamir | 2584 |
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 seven rounds:
| Team | M-Pts | B-Pts | |
| 1 | Armenia | 12 | 18.5 |
| 2 | China | 9 | 17.0 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 9 | 15.0 |
| 4 | Russia | 8 | 15.5 |
| 5 | Hungary | 8 | 15.0 |
| 6 |
USA | 8 | 14.5 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 14.5 |
| 8 | India | 5 | 12.0 |
| 9 | Israel | 5 | 11.5 |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 6.5 |
Zoltan Almasi (pictured) lost to Sergey Movsesian as Armenia beat Hungary
Sergey Karjakin lost to Wang Hao as China beat Russia
Azerbaijan lost to the US, with Gata Kamsky among the winners
Ukraine beat Israel to move into bronze medal position
Pictures from the FIDE website. More here.
