Russia Draw Armenia, Keep Lead In Ningbo
In the third round of the World Team Chess Championships in Ningbo, China, the Russian team drew with rivals Armenia to hold on to their early lead.
Despite Sergey Karjakin's loss to Lev Aronian on top board, a win for Peter Svidler on board 4 levelled the match.
Ukraine moved up to third place by narrowly beating India 2½-1½ thanks to a win from Alexander Moiseenko (pictured), who had been rested in the previous match loss to China.
Hungary earned their first match win by beating Azerbaijan thanks to Judit Polgar's defeat of Rauf Mamedov.
The US team also earned their first match win, beating Egypt by a convincing 3½-½ score.
Finally, Israel edged out the hosts 2½-1½ when Tamir Nabaty overcame Ding Liren on board 4.
The results in round three:
| Armenia | 2-2 | Russia | ||
| Aronian Levon | 2805 | 1 - 0 | Karjakin Sergey | 2788 |
| Movsesian Sergei | 2700 | ½ - ½ | Grischuk Alexander | 2746 |
| Akopian Vladimir | 2667 | ½ - ½ | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2711 |
| Sargissian Gabriel | 2663 | 0 - 1 | Svidler Peter | 2739 |
| Egypt | ½ -3½ | USA | ||
| Adly Ahmed | 2631 | ½ - ½ | Kamsky Gata | 2741 |
| Amin Bassem | 2609 | 0 - 1 | Onischuk Alexander | 2675 |
| El Gindy Essam | 2510 | 0 - 1 | Seirawan Yasser | 2635 |
| Shoker Samy | 2475 | 0 - 1 | Hess Robert | 2609 |
| China | 1½-2½ | Israel | ||
| Wang Hao | 2718 | ½ - ½ | Sutovsky Emil | 2700 |
| Wang Yue | 2709 | ½ - ½ | Roiz Michael | 2669 |
| Yu Yangyi | 2672 | ½ - ½ | Smirin Ilya | 2676 |
| Ding Liren | 2654 | 0 - 1 | Nabaty Tamir | 2584 |
| India | 1½-2½ | Ukraine | ||
| Harikrishna Pentala | 2669 | ½ - ½ | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2768 |
| Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 | ½ - ½ | Eljanov Pavel | 2697 |
| Negi Parimarjan | 2642 | ½ - ½ | Efimenko Zahar | 2706 |
| Gopal G.N. | 2576 | 0 - 1 | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 |
| Hungary | 2½-1½ | Azerbaijan | ||
| Leko Peter | 2717 | ½ - ½ | Radjabov Teimur | 2744 |
| Almasi Zoltan | 2726 | ½ - ½ | Gashimov Vugar | 2760 |
| Polgar Judit | 2699 | 1 - 0 | Mamedov Rauf | 2679 |
| Balogh Csaba | 2643 | ½ - ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2765 |
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 three rounds:
| Team | M-Pts | B-Pts | |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Armenia | 4 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 4 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Israel | 4 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 6.5 |
| 6 | USA | 3 | 6.5 |
| 7 | China | 3 | 6.0 |
| 8 | Hungary | 3 | 5.5 |
| 9 | India | 1 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 3.0 |
Lev Aronian got back to winning ways in round three
Alexander Moiseenko helped Ukraine to a win against India
Judit makes a friend before the start of her third round game
Pictures from the FIDE website. More here.
