World Teams: Russia leads after three rounds

Russia is leading the World Team Championship in Ningbo, China after three rounds. After today's clash with Armenia ended in a 2-2 tie, the Russians have one match point more than Armenia, Ukraine and Israel. Nepomniachtchi beats Polgar in round 2

General info

The World Team Championship takes place July 15-26 in Ningbo, China. China, Ukraine, Israel, Hungary, Azerbaijan, India, USA, Egypt and Armenia play. Each team consists of five players, one reserve and one coach/captain. The zero tolerance rule for appearing at the board is in effect, as well as a rule against draws before move thirty. The championship is a round-robin of nine rounds. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. There is one rest day, on Friday, July 22nd. More info here.

Rounds 2-3

In the second round Russia took over the lead from Armenia, thanks to a 3-1 victory over Hungary. Karjakin and Leko drew a Ruy Lopez but on second board Grischuk beat Almasi from the black side of a Caro-Kann Advance. Nepomniachtchi defeated Polgar with a nice king's attack in a Rauzer Sicilian.

Nepomniachtchi-Polgar Ningbo, 2011



31. Bxa6 bxa6 32. Nxa6 Qa5 33. Nb5 Bd8 34. Rb3 Bb6 35. Nxd6 Ne5 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Rd6 Ka7 38. Rdxb6 Qxb6 39. Rxb6 Kxb6 40. a4 Rc8 41. Qb5+ 1-0

Armenia were held 2-2 by the USA, with a big role for Kamsky who beat Aronian with White on top board. (It was a fantastic fight that shouldn't be missed in the viewer below.) Movsesian won for the Armenians, against Onischuk. Ukraine lost 1.5-2.5 to China thanks to Ding Liren's win against Areshchenko on four.

In the third round on Tuesday Russia maintained their lead. The big clash with Armenia ended in 2-2: on four Svidler beat Sargissian but on top board Aronian bounced back with a good win against Karjakin to level the score.

Photos © WGM Gu Xiaobing, more here

Again Ding Liren played the only decisive game for his team but this time the Chinese talent surprisingly lost to Israel's board four Tamir Nabaty. Moiseenko decided the India-Ukraine match with a win against Gopalo and Polgar did the same for Hungary, beating Azerbaijan's Mamedov.

Games rounds 2-3

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World Team Championship 2011 | Round 2 Results

Bo.	10	Russia	Rtg	-	6	Hungary	Rtg	3 : 1
1.1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2788	-	GM	Leko Peter	2717	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2746	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2726	1 - 0
1.3	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2711	-	GM	Polgar Judit	2699	1 - 0
1.4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2733	-	GM	Balogh Csaba	2643	½ - ½
Bo.	7	Azerbaijan	Rtg	-	5	India	Rtg	3 : 1
2.1	GM	Radjabov Teimur	2744	-	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2669	1 - 0
2.2	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2760	-	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2681	½ - ½
2.3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2765	-	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2627	1 - 0
2.4	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2625	-	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2642	½ - ½
Bo.	8	Ukraine	Rtg	-	4	China	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2768	-	GM	Wang Hao	2718	½ - ½
3.2	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2697	-	GM	Wang Yue	2709	½ - ½
3.3	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2706	-	GM	Li Chao B	2669	½ - ½
3.4	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2682	-	GM	Ding Liren	2654	0 - 1
Bo.	9	Israel	Rtg	-	3	Egypt	Rtg	3 : 1
4.1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2700	-	GM	Adly Ahmed	2631	1 - 0
4.2	GM	Smirin Ilya	2676	-	GM	Amin Bassem	2609	½ - ½
4.3	GM	Postny Evgeny	2618	-	IM	Shoker Samy	2475	½ - ½
4.4	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2584	-	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2430	1 - 0
Bo.	1	USA	Rtg	-	2	Armenia	Rtg	2 : 2
5.1	GM	Kamsky Gata	2741	-	GM	Aronian Levon	2805	1 - 0
5.2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2675	-	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2700	0 - 1
5.3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2617	-	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2667	½ - ½
5.4	GM	Seirawan Yasser	2635	-	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2663	½ - ½

World Team Championship 2011 | Round 3 Results

Bo.	2	Armenia	Rtg	-	10	Russia	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2805	-	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2788	1 - 0
1.2	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2700	-	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2746	½ - ½
1.3	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2667	-	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2711	½ - ½
1.4	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2663	-	GM	Svidler Peter	2739	0 - 1
Bo.	3	Egypt	Rtg	-	1	USA	Rtg	½ :3½
2.1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2631	-	GM	Kamsky Gata	2741	½ - ½
2.2	GM	Amin Bassem	2609	-	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2675	0 - 1
2.3	GM	El Gindy Essam	2510	-	GM	Seirawan Yasser	2635	0 - 1
2.4	IM	Shoker Samy	2475	-	GM	Hess Robert	2609	0 - 1
Bo.	4	China	Rtg	-	9	Israel	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Wang Hao	2718	-	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2700	½ - ½
3.2	GM	Wang Yue	2709	-	GM	Roiz Michael	2669	½ - ½
3.3	GM	Yu Yangyi	2672	-	GM	Smirin Ilya	2676	½ - ½
3.4	GM	Ding Liren	2654	-	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2584	0 - 1
Bo.	5	India	Rtg	-	8	Ukraine	Rtg	1½:2½
4.1	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2669	-	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2768	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2681	-	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2697	½ - ½
4.3	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2642	-	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2706	½ - ½
4.4	GM	Gopal G.N.	2576	-	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	0 - 1
Bo.	6	Hungary	Rtg	-	7	Azerbaijan	Rtg	2½:1½
5.1	GM	Leko Peter	2717	-	GM	Radjabov Teimur	2744	½ - ½
5.2	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2726	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2760	½ - ½
5.3	GM	Polgar Judit	2699	-	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2679	1 - 0
5.4	GM	Balogh Csaba	2643	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2765	½ - ½

World Team Championship 2011 | Round 3 Standings

Rk.	SNo	Team	Matches	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	10	Russia	3	2	1	0	5	8.0	0
2	2	Armenia	3	1	2	0	4	7.5	0
3	8	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	4	6.5	0
4	9	Israel	3	2	0	1	4	6.0	0
5	7	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	3	6.5	0
6	1	USA	3	1	1	1	3	6.5	0
7	4	China	3	1	1	1	3	6.0	0
8	6	Hungary	3	1	1	1	3	5.5	0
9	5	India	3	0	1	2	1	4.5	0
10	3	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	3.0	0

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