Russia Wins World Team Champs
The Russian team won their final round match at the World Team Championships to successfully defend their title.
Russia made sure of the victory by beating Israel 3-1, with the US team earning a silver medal. Congratulations to the Russian team, and well done also to the American team on an excellent result.
The Russian Team - not taking quick draws in the final round! Pic from the official site.
The results from round 9:
| EGYPT | 1 - 3 | ARMENIA |
| Adly Ahmed | 0 - 1 | Aronian Levon |
| Amin Bassem | 0 - 1 | Akopian Vladimir |
| Ezat Mohamed | 0 - 1 | Pashikian Arman |
| Abdel Razik Khaled | 1 - 0 | Petrosian Tigran L |
| ISRAEL | 1 - 3 | RUSSIA |
| Gelfand Boris | ½ : ½ | Grischuk Alexander |
| Roiz Michael | 0 - 1 | Tomashevsky Evgeny |
| Sutovsky Emil | ½ : ½ | Malakhov Vladimir |
| Rodshtein Maxim | 0 - 1 | Vitiugov Nikita |
| BRAZIL | ½ - 3½ | INDIA |
| Leitao Rafael | ½ : ½ | Sasikiran Krishnan |
| Fier Alexandr | 0 - 1 | Harikrishna P |
| Milos Gilberto | 0 - 1 | Ganguly Surya Shekhar |
| Diamant Andre | 0 - 1 | Geetha Narayanan Gopal |
| GREECE | 2½ - 1½ | TURKEY |
| Papaioannou Ioannis | ½ : ½ | Haznedaroglu Kivanc |
| Halkias Stelios | ½ : ½ | Can Emre |
| Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | ½ : ½ | Esen Baris |
| Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 1 - 0 | Firat Burak |
| UNITED STATES | 2 - 2 | AZERBAIJAN |
| Nakamura Hikaru | ½ : ½ | Guseinov Gadir |
| Onischuk Alexander | ½ : ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Shulman Yuri | ½ : ½ | Mamedov Rauf |
| Akobian Varuzhan | ½ : ½ | Mamedov Nidjat |
The final standings:
| Team | W | D | L | MP | Pts. | SB. | |
| 1 | RUSSIA | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 127,75 |
| 2 | USA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 21½ | 103,00 |
| 3 | INDIA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 103,25 |
| 4 | AZERBAIJAN | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 93,75 |
| 5 | ARMENIA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20½ | 97,00 |
| 6 | GREECE | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 68,50 |
| 7 | ISRAEL | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 53,50 |
| 8 | BRAZIL | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12½ | 23,50 |
| 9 | EGYPT | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 23,75 |
| 10 | TURKEY | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11½ | 23,00 |
