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Azerbaijan bounced back from their loss to Hungary to beat the top seeds Russia 3-1 in Round 4. Teimour Radjabov brought out his Schliemann Defence to the Ruy Lopez against Sergey Karjakin to hold a comfortable draw. Vugar Gashimov gradually took the initiative after Alexander Grischuk missed the idea of 25...g6 directly eliminating a dangerous e-pawn and had a decisive advantage at first time control. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov looked to be doing well out of the opening, an Advanced French Defence, as black against Ian Nepomnichtchi but eventually the game was drawn by repetition. Peter Svidler's position went downhill fast after Gadir Guseinov got in 26.f5 in a Sicilian Kan, probably Svidler would have been just fine if he had chosen 25...Qb4 or dxe5.

Hungary defeated Ukraine 2.5-0.5. Peter Leko scored his first win in the event against Vassily Ivanchuk, and there was no particular surprise that it came on the black side of a Ruy Lopez Marshall, an opening in which he is a renowned expert. Ivanchuk just couldn't find the right way of arranging the Rook and two Bishops he had for a Queen and lost pawns that quickly became the decisive factor. Almasi-Eljanov, Efimenko-Polgar and Balogh-Moiseenko were all drawn without any great moments of interest.

Armenia did their job against the bottom seeds Egpyt winning 3.5-0.5 with only Shoker securing a draw for Egpyt but Bassem Amin blew a decisive advantage against Vladimir Akopian where he won his opponent's queen but later went badly astray. This result took Armenia back to the top of the standings as all their rivals around them lost.

China crushed the US 3.5-0.5. Kamsky got nothing against Wang Hao. Alexander Onischuk didn't play especially well at the US Championship recently, and here, apart from against Egypt, he has lost all his games, the latest being a terrible loss where his 27...f5 lost almost immediately in a levelish position against Wang Yue. Yuri Shulman was a pawn up against Li Chao but with his pieces in a bit of a tangle and he never solved this problem and ended up losing material defending his king. Yasser Seirawan got some play for lost material against Yu Yangyi but never looked like saving the game.

India beat Israel 2.5-1.5 Emil Sutovsky went astray on the white side of a Berlin Defence and was ground down by Pentala Harikrishna, Sasikiran couldn't quite convert an advantage in an ending against Michael Roiz, Smirin drew against Ganguly and Tamir Tabaty tried long and hard before drawing with Gopal in the final game to finish.

8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011 Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Armenia	*			2			3½		2	3½	6	11.0	0
2	Azerbaijan		*	2	3	1½			3			5	9.5	1
3	China		2	*			2½	1½		3½		5	9.5	1
4	Russia	2	1		*	3				3		5	9.0	0
5	Hungary		2½		1	*	2½		2			5	8.0	0
6	Ukraine			1½		1½	*		2½		2½	4	8.0	0
7	Israel	½		2½				*	1½		3	4	7.5	0
8	India		1			2	1½	2½	*			3	7.0	0
9	USA	2		½	1					*	3½	3	7.0	0
10	Egypt	½					1½	1		½	*	0	3.5	0

8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011
Round 4 on 2011/07/20 at 15:00
Bo.	10	Russia	Rtg	-	7	Azerbaijan	Rtg	1 : 3
1.1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2788	-	GM	Radjabov Teimur	2744	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2746	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2760	0 - 1
1.3	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2711	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2765	½ - ½
1.4	GM	Svidler Peter	2739	-	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2625	0 - 1
Bo.	8	Ukraine	Rtg	-	6	Hungary	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2768	-	GM	Leko Peter	2717	0 - 1
2.2	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2697	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2726	½ - ½
2.3	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2706	-	GM	Polgar Judit	2699	½ - ½
2.4	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	-	GM	Balogh Csaba	2643	½ - ½
Bo.	9	Israel	Rtg	-	5	India	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2700	-	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2669	0 - 1
3.2	GM	Roiz Michael	2669	-	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2681	½ - ½
3.3	GM	Smirin Ilya	2676	-	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2627	½ - ½
3.4	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2584	-	GM	Gopal G.N.	2576	½ - ½
Bo.	1	USA	Rtg	-	4	China	Rtg	½ :3½
4.1	GM	Kamsky Gata	2741	-	GM	Wang Hao	2718	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2675	-	GM	Wang Yue	2709	0 - 1
4.3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2617	-	GM	Li Chao B	2669	0 - 1
4.4	GM	Seirawan Yasser	2635	-	GM	Yu Yangyi	2672	0 - 1
Bo.	2	Armenia	Rtg	-	3	Egypt	Rtg	3½: ½
5.1	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2700	-	GM	Adly Ahmed	2631	1 - 0
5.2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2667	-	GM	Amin Bassem	2609	1 - 0
5.3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2663	-	IM	Shoker Samy	2475	½ - ½
5.4	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2556	-	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2430	1 - 0

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