23 July 2011

World chess team championship R5: Armenia leads
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

Notching up a a 2.5-1.5 victory over China, Armenia maintained its lead at the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo. Russia defeated Egypt 3-1 and the USA beat India with the same score. Hungary had a good day with a 3.5-0.5 win over Israel (Judit Polgar playing a long battle) while Ukraine won 2.5-1.5 against Azerbaijan.

The World Team Chess Championship is taking place from July 15-26 in Ningbo, China. China, Ukraine, Israel, Hungary, Azerbaijan, India, USA, Egypt and Armenia are playing in the event. 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. Friday was a rest day and the sixth round resumed today.





Rk.
Team
Gms
  +
  =
  – 
 Pts 
 BPts 
 TB3 
1
Armenia
5
3
2
0
8
13.5
0
2
Russia
5
3
1
1
7
12.0
0
3
Hungary
5
3
1
1
7
11.5
0
4
Ukraine
5
3
0
2
6
10.5
0
5
China
5
2
1
2
5
11.0
1
6
Azerbaijan
5
2
1
2
5
11.0
1
7
USA
5
2
1
2
5
10.0
0
8
Israel
5
2
0
3
4
8.0
0
9
India
5
1
1
3
3
8.0
0
10
Egypt
5
0
0
5
0
4.5
0



You can access the official website at this link. Here are some games from Round 5 including the longest game of the tournament we think – 158 moves by guess who! Enjoy.

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