USA and Armenia Lead World Team Champs
The World Team Championships is held every four years, and since the last event was held in Israel in 2005, this is technically the 2009 championship despite it now being 2010. Hmmm...
Moving swiftly on...after four rounds of the World Team Championships the joint leaders are Armenia and the USA. Both have 6 match points and 10 board points.
The matches have certainly been unpredictable so far, with perhaps the biggest upset being Russia's loss to Greece in round two.
Some of the best games so far are below, including a remarkable win by Alexander Grischuk (pictured) against Vugar Gashimov in the crucial match between Russia and Azerbaijan. Just look where his King ended up! 
The match results for rounds 1-4:
| ROUND 1 | ||
| AZERBAIJAN | 2½ - 1½ | ARMENIA |
| TURKEY | 1 - 3 | USA |
| INDIA | 2½ - 1½ | GREECE |
| RUSSIA | 2½ - 1½ | BRAZIL |
| EGYPT | 1 - 3 | ISRAEL |
| ROUND 2 | ||
| ARMENIA | 2½ - 1½ | ISRAEL |
| BRAZIL | 2½ - 1½ | EGYPT |
| GREECE | 2½ - 1½ | RUSSIA |
| USA | 3 - 1 | INDIA |
| AZERBAIJAN | 3 - 1 | TURKEY |
| ROUND 3 | ||
| TURKEY | ½ - 3½ | ARMENIA |
| INDIA | 2½ - 1½ | AZERBAIJAN |
| RUSSIA | 3 - 1 | USA |
| EGYPT | 2½ - 1½ | GREECE |
| ISRAEL | 2½ - 1½ | BRAZIL |
| ROUND 4 | ||
| ARMENIA | 2½ - 1½ | BRAZIL |
| GREECE | 1½ - 2½ | ISRAEL |
| USA | 3 - 1 | EGYPT |
| AZERBAIJAN | 1½ - 2½ | RUSSIA |
| TURKEY | 1 - 3 | INDIA |
Which makes the standings after four rounds:
| Team | P | W | D | L | MP | BP | |
| 1 |
ARMENIA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 |
USA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 |
RUSSIA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9½ |
| 4 |
ISRAEL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9½ |
| 5 |
INDIA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 |
AZERBAIJAN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8½ |
| 7 |
GREECE | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 |
BRAZIL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 |
EGYPT | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |
TURKEY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3½ |
All the games and live coverage can be found at the official site.
