World Team Championship 2010

Mark Crowther - Thursday 14th January 2010

Hikaru Nakamura has scored 5.5/6 in helping the USA to top the standings after 7 rounds.

Hikaru Nakamura has scored 5.5/6 in helping the USA to top the standings after 7 rounds. | http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr

The World Team Championship took place in Bursa, Turkey 3rd-14th January 2010. The event has taken place every 4 years since 1985. The official title for the event is the World Team Championship 2009 as it should have taken place last year.

Final Round 9. The USA drew 2-2 with Azerbaijan to guarantee the silver medals. Russia beat Israel 3-1 to guarantee Gold. India took the Bronze medal. Some puzzlement has been expressed that Radjabov didn't play the last round for Azerbaijan (they also rather understandably dropped Gashimov who has been in miserable form) I can only assume that he was not available.

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Nakamura Brilliancy beats Gelfand (5)

Hikaru Nakamura won a spectacular brilliancy against Boris Gelfand in the USA's narrow win against Israel in Round 5. A number of huge blows on the kingside brought about ruinous loss of material for Gelfand. Such games are quite rare these days. Usually top Grandmasters avoid losing in such a publishable manner and manage to convert to something losing rather more prosaically. IM Malcolm Pein Annotates.

World Team Championship 2010 (5)

Mark Crowther (Sun Jan 10 00:39:00 2010)

Hikaru Nakamura. Photo © John Saunders. | www.londonchessclassic.com

World Teams 2010 (Bursa TUR)
Tue 5th Jan 2010 - Thu 14th Jan 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

World Teams (60 players 9 Rds WTeams Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: World Teams

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7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	MP	Pts.	Res.	SB.
1	RUSSIA	9	7	1	1	15	24	0	127,75
2	UNITED STATES	9	6	1	2	13	21½	0	103,00
3	INDIA	9	6	1	2	13	21	0	103,25
4	AZERBAIJAN	9	5	2	2	12	22	0	93,75
5	ARMENIA	9	5	2	2	12	20½	0	97,00
6	GREECE	9	4	0	5	8	18	0	68,50
7	ISRAEL	9	3	1	5	7	17	0	53,50
8	BRAZIL	9	2	0	7	4	12½	0	23,50
9	EGYPT	9	1	1	7	3	12	0	23,75
10	TURKEY	9	1	1	7	3	11½	0	23,00

7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010
Round 9 13th January 2010
9.1	5	EGYPT		1 - 3	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	0 : 1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471	0 : 1	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
4	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	1 : 0	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627
9.2	6	ISRAEL		1 - 3	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761	½ : ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736
2	GM	Roiz Michael	2657	0 : 1	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705
3	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	½ : ½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716
4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622	0 : 1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692
9.3	7	BRAZIL		½ - 3½	3	INDIA
1	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620	½ : ½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	0 : 1	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618	0 : 1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654
4	GM	Diamant Andre	2497	0 : 1	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584
9.4	8	GREECE		2½ - 1½	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625	½ : ½	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498
2	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566	½ : ½	IM	Can Emre	2442
3	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2571	½ : ½	IM	Esen Baris	2513
4	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	1 : 0	FM	Firat Burak	2413
9.5	9	UNITED STATES		2 - 2	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	½ : ½	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614
2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	½ : ½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624	½ : ½	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	½ : ½	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2610
Round 8 12th January 2010
8.1	10	ARMENIA		2½ - 1½	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	1 : 0	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	½ : ½	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647	½ : ½	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627	½ : ½	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
8.2	1	AZERBAIJAN		3 - 1	8	GREECE
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	1 : 0	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	½ : ½	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510
8.3	2	TURKEY		1½ - 2½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478	0 : 1	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	IM	Esen Baris	2513	0 : 1	GM	Lima Darcy	2481
8.4	3	INDIA		2½ - 1½	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	½ : ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	1 : 0	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	½ : ½	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622
8.5	4	RUSSIA		3½ - ½	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	½ : ½	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
2	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730	1 : 0	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471
3	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	1 : 0	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	1 : 0	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386
Round 7 11th January 2010
7.1	4	RUSSIA		2 - 2	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	½ : ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	1 : 0	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680
4	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	½ : ½	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
7.2	5	EGYPT		1½ - 2½	3	INDIA
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	½ : ½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	½ : ½	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	0 : 1	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386	½ : ½	IM	Adhiban B	2511
7.3	6	ISRAEL		1½ - 2½	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668	1 : 0	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513
2	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	0 : 1	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478
3	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	½ : ½	IM	Can Emre	2442
4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622	0 : 1	IM	Esen Baris	2513
7.4	7	BRAZIL		½ - 3½	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	0 : 1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733
2	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	½ : ½	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614
3	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618	0 : 1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
4	GM	Diamant Andre	2497	0 : 1	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640
7.5	8	GREECE		1½ - 2½	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599	0 : 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625	½ : ½	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	½ : ½	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566	½ : ½	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
Round 6 10th January 2010
6.1	10	ARMENIA		1 - 3	8	GREECE
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	0 : 1	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	½ : ½	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627	0 : 1	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
6.2	9	UNITED STATES		3 - 1	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	1 : 0	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	1 : 0	GM	Diamant Andre	2497
6.3	1	AZERBAIJAN		2 - 2	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	½ : ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	½ : ½	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	½ : ½	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622
6.4	2	TURKEY		2 - 2	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	0 : 1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591
2	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513	0 : 1	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	1 : 0	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468
4	FM	Firat Burak	2413	1 : 0	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
6.5	3	INDIA		½ : ½	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	½ : ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	½ : ½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	½ : ½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	0 : 1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692
Round 5 9th January 2010
5.1	3	INDIA		2 - 2	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	1 : 0	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	½ : ½	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680
4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584	½ : ½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627
5.2	4	RUSSIA		3½ - ½	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730	½ : ½	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	1 : 0	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	1 : 0	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478
4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	1 : 0	IM	Esen Baris	2513
5.3	5	EGYPT		1 - 3	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	1 : 0	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	0 : 1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733
3	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471	0 : 1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386	0 : 1	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2610
5.4	6	ISRAEL		1½ - 2½	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761	0 : 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668	0 : 1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	1 : 0	GM	Hess Robert L	2572
4	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	½ : ½	IM	Robson Ray	2570
5.5	7	BRAZIL		1 - 3	8	GREECE
1	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620	½ : ½	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	0 : 1	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618	0 : 1	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
Round 4 8th January 2010
4.1	10	ARMENIA		2½ - 1½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	½ : ½	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
4.2	8	GREECE		1½ - 2½	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	½ : ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2571	½ : ½	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668
4	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	0 : 1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657
4.3	9	UNITED STATES		3 - 1	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	1 : 0	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591
2	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	½ : ½	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
3	GM	Hess Robert L	2572	1 : 0	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471
4	IM	Robson Ray	2570	½ : ½	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
4.4	1	AZERBAIJAN		1½ - 2½	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	0 : 1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	½ : ½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	0 : 1	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716
4.5	2	TURKEY		1 - 3	3	INDIA
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	0 : 1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513	0 : 1	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	IM	Esen Baris	2513	½ : ½	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567
4	FM	Firat Burak	2413	½ : ½	IM	Adhiban B	2511
Round 3 7th January 2010
3.1	2	TURKEY		½ - 3½	10	ARMENIA
1	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513	½ : ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	0 : 1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680
4	IM	Esen Baris	2513	0 : 1	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
3.2	3	INDIA		2½ - 1½	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	1 : 0	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	½ : ½	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	1 : 0	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614
4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584	0 : 1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
3.3	4	RUSSIA		3 - 1	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	½ : ½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	½ : ½	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	1 : 0	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	1 : 0	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
3.4	5	EGYPT		2½ - 1½	8	GREECE
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	1 : 0	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	1 : 0	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	½ : ½	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386	0 : 1	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2571
3.5	6	ISRAEL		2½ - 1½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	½ : ½	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
Round 2 6th January 2010
2.1	10	ARMENIA		2½ - 1½	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	1 : 0	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	½ : ½	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668
4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627	½ : ½	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622
2.2	7	BRAZIL		2½ - 1½	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	½ : ½	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591
2	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620	1 : 0	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
3	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	½ : ½	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468
4	GM	Diamant Andre	2497	½ : ½	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
2.3	8	GREECE		2½ - 1½	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599	0 : 1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730
2	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625	1 : 0	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732
3	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	1 : 0	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705
4	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	½ : ½	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692
2.4	9	UNITED STATES		3 - 1	3	INDIA
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	1 : 0	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	1 : 0	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624	½ : ½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	½ : ½	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567
2.5	1	AZERBAIJAN		3 - 1	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	1 : 0	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513
2	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614	½ : ½	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	IM	Can Emre	2442
4	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2610	½ : ½	FM	Firat Burak	2413
Round 1 5th January 2010
1.1	1	AZERBAIJAN		2½ - 1½	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	½ : ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	½ : ½	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	½ : ½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627
1.2	2	TURKEY		1 - 3	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	0 : 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478	0 : 1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	1 : 0	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	IM	Esen Baris	2513	0 : 1	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
1.3	3	INDIA		2½ - 1½	8	GREECE
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	½ : ½	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584	½ : ½	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	1 : 0	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
1.4	4	RUSSIA		2½ - 1½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	½ : ½	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
1.5	5	EGYPT		1 - 3	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	½ : ½	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668
3	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471	0 : 1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657
4	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	0 : 1	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648

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