TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
8th World Team Championship 2011 (3)
Russia retains the lead after draw with Armenia in Round 3
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 19th July 2011
Levon Aronian defeated Sergey Karjakin. Photo © Gu Xiaobing. | http://ningbo2011.fide.com
The 3rd round of the 8th World Chess Teams in Ningbo, China saw the fall of its final 100% record when Russia were held by Armenia with Aronian's win against Karjakin being the top pairing. Svidler leveled things up for the Russians. Hungary shocked Azerbaijan with a rather fortunate win on the back of a Polgar win and Gashimov's failure to convert a winning advantage against Almasi.
Peter Svidler scored Russia's win against Armenia. Team captain Evgeny Bareev looks on. Photo © Gu Xiaobing FIDE World Team Championship 2011
Armenia and Russia drew 2-2 in the fixture of the day. Levon Aronian beat major top 10 rival Sergey Karjakin in a lengthy game. Aronian's 17.Nxc6 was a shock move and perhaps Karjakin could have got an advantage with 17...Nxb3 but instead had to suffer in a major piece ending for a very long time a pawn down until Aronian forced the win on move 74. Grischuk-Movsesian and Akopian-Nepomniachtchi were both drawn. Peter Svidler won against Sargissian where his doubled rooks on the 7th proved decisive.
Judit Polgar's win was key for Hungary in Round 3. Photo © Gu Xiaobing FIDE World Team Championship 2011
Hungary scored their first win of the event in beating Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 probably rather fortunately. Judit Polgar beat Rauf Mamedov in a lively, if rather strange game. Peter Leko drew his third game in a row but surely should have played on when the game was agreed drawn in 32 moves. Zoltan Almasi was very fortunate not to lose his 3rd game in a row as black against Vugar Gashimov when he missed the concrete 49...Qc8+ and allowed a perpetual. Mamedyarov was held by Balogh in a really lively game.
Israel beat hosts China 2.5-1.5. Wang Hao drew an interesting Sicilian against Emil Sutovsky on top board. Ilya Smirin may have had some winning chances against Yu Yangyi but in the end a draw by perpetual was probably fair enough. Tamir Nabaty scored the decisive point in beating Diren Ling in a French when black drifted into a lost ending after being fine out of the opening.
The US beat tail enders Egypt 3.5-0.5. Ahmed Adly traded his way to a draw as white against Kamsky but after that there were wins for Alexander Onischuk, Yasser Seirawan and Robert Hess on the othe boards.
The Ukraine edged past India 2.5-1.5 after a lengthy win by Alexander Moiseenko against Gopal. The remaining games were all drawn without too many traumas.
| 8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011
Round 3 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Russia | * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Armenia | 2 | * | 3½ | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Ukraine | * | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Israel | ½ | * | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Azerbaijan | * | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 6.5 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | USA | 1 | 2 | * | 3½ | 3 | 6.5 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | China | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | * | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Hungary | 1 | 2½ | * | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | India | 1½ | 1 | 2 | * | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Egypt | 1½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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| Round 3 on 2011/07/19 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo. | 10 | Armenia | Rtg | - | 6 | Russia | Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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