China Defeat Russia In Match
The annual match between China and Russia was won by the Chinese team by a score of 128-122.
The match took place from 4-15 August in Ningbo, China, with teams of 5 men and 5 women from each country competing over 5 classical games and 20 rapid games. What a feast of chess!
It was a close contest, but the Chinese managed to win the event overall. (Bu Xiangzhi pictured, part of the winning Chinese team).
| China | Russia | |
| Men's Classical | 15.5 | 9.5 |
| Women's Classical | 11.5 | 13.5 |
| Men's Rapid | 51.5 | 48.5 |
| Women's Rapid | 49.5 | 50.5 |
| Overall | 128.0 | 122.0 |
The teams were:
| Chinese Men | Chinese Women | ||
| Bu Xiangzhi | 2676 | Ju Wenjun | 2496 |
| Wang Yue | 2716 | Tan Zhongyi | 2461 |
| Wang Hao | 2724 | Huang Qian | 2447 |
| Ni Hua | 2645 | Wang Yu A | 2369 |
| Zhou Jianchao | 2668 | Ding Yixin | 2385 |
| Russian Men | Russian Women | ||
| Timofeev, Artyom | 2690 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | 2352 |
| Rublevsky, Sergei | 2688 | Gunina, Valentina | 2462 |
| Potkin, Vladimir | 2626 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | 2551 |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | 2722 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 2397 |
| Malakhov, Vladimir | 2732 | Pogonina, Natalija | 2501 |
The official website (in Chinese) is here.
