Russia Regain Lead In WTC
With just one round remaining of the World Team Championships, the Russian team swept back into the lead with a crushing win against Egypt.
The US team narrowly lost to Armenia, with Hikaru Nakamura losing to world #5 ranked Lev Aronian (pictured). Nakamura tried the King's Indian that had previously proved so devastating against Boris Gelfand, but Aronian did not suffer the same fate.
Russia will take on Israel in the final round, with the USA facing Azerbaijan. The gold medal is still up for grabs!
The results in round 8:
| ARMENIA | 2½ - 1½ | UNITED STATES |
| Aronian Levon | 1 - 0 | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Akopian Vladimir | ½ : ½ | Onischuk Alexander |
| Pashikian Arman | ½ : ½ | Shulman Yuri |
| Petrosian Tigran L | ½ : ½ | Akobian Varuzhan |
| AZERBAIJAN | 3 - 1 | GREECE |
| Gashimov Vugar | ½ : ½ | Kotronias Vasilios |
| Radjabov Teimour | 1 - 0 | Banikas Hristos |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 1 - 0 | Halkias Stelios |
| Mamedov Rauf | ½ : ½ | Mastrovasilis Athanasios |
| TURKEY | 1½ - 2½ | BRAZIL |
| Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 1 - 0 | Vescovi Giovanni |
| Yilmaz Mustafa | 0 - 1 | Leitao Rafael |
| Can Emre | ½ : ½ | Fier Alexandr |
| Esen Baris | 0 - 1 | Lima Darcy |
| INDIA | 2½ - 1½ | ISRAEL |
| Sasikiran Krishnan | ½ : ½ | Gelfand Boris |
| Harikrishna P | ½ : ½ | Roiz Michael |
| Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 1 - 0 | Postny Evgeny |
| Arun Prasad S | ½ : ½ | Rodshtein Maxim |
| RUSSIA | 3½ - ½ | EGYPT |
| Grischuk Alexander | ½ : ½ | Amin Bassem |
| Jakovenko Dmitry | 1 - 0 | Ezat Mohamed |
| Malakhov Vladimir | 1 - 0 | Abdelnabbi Imed |
| Vitiugov Nikita | 1 - 0 | Sarwat Walaa |
The standings after round 8:
| Team | P | W | D | L | MP | ||
| 1 | RUSSIA | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | USA | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19½ |
| 3 | AZERBAIJAN | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | INDIA | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17½ |
| 5 | ARMENIA | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17½ |
| 6 | ISRAEL | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | GREECE | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15½ |
| 8 | BRAZIL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | EGYPT | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | TURKEY | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
