World Team Rd4: Cuba takes lead

by Johannes Fischer
4/23/2015 – After four rounds Cuba leads the field at the Men's World Team Championship. In the fourth round Cuba won 3-1 against Egypt and took the sole lead because Israel lost 1.5-2.5 against Ukraine. China won 3.5-0.5 against Armenia and Hungary narrowly defeated India 2.5-1.5. The match USA and Russia ended in a 2-2 draw - but not a peaceful one.
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World Team Chess Championship in Tsaghkadzor: Cuba leads

So far the World Team Championship has been full of surprises. The fourth round was no different. Thus Russia, though nominally clear favorite, could not win their match against the USA and had to content themselves with a bitterly fought 2-2 draw. Daniel Naroditsky won against Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Tomashevsky equalized by beating Varuzhan Akobian. The two other games (Sergey Karjakin against Alexander Onischuk and Alexander Grischuk against Sam Shankland) ended in a draw.

Alexander Grischuk, Russia's first board.

Sam Shankland, first board for the US

Even more surprising was the clear 3.5-0.5 victory the Chinese scored against Armenia. Aronian drew on first board against Ding Liren, but the three other Armenians all lost their games.

Ding Liren vs Levon Aronian

Yu Yangyi

China's number one Ding Liren is currently number 12 on the live elo-list.

Bu Xiangzhi

Gabriel Sargissian from Armenia

A rare situation arose in the game between China's young talent Wei Yi and Armenian Hrant Melkumyan: After 19 moves an absolutely symmetrical middlegame was reached. Then Melkumyan went astray and Wei Yi could win.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 c6 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.d4 Re8 12.Bc2 h6 13.h3 Be6 14.Re1 Bc7 15.Be3 d5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bd4 Bd5 20.Bxe4 c5 21.Bxc5 Rxe5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5 23.Bd4 Qd6 24.Qg4 Rg5 25.Qf3 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Qxg2 28.Qxg2 Rxg2 29.Kf3 Rh2 30.Re7 Rxh3+ 31.Kg4 Bd6 32.Rd7 Rd3 33.Rxd6 Re8 34.Rg1 g6 35.Rg3 Rd2 36.Re3 Rf8 37.Re7 1–0
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Wei,Y2703Melkumyan,H26511–02015C4910th World Teams 20154.4

India narrowly defeated Hungary 2.5-1.5. Indian GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, playing with Black against Richard Rapport, scored the decisive point - in a game with a number of unusual knight maneuvres by both sides. However, only a few moves after the last knights vanished from the board Black spotted a small combination that gave him a winning position.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 e6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Re8 10.b4 b6 11.a4 a5 12.b5 c5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Qb1 c4 17.Ba3 Qc7 18.g3 h5 19.Nh4 Ng4 20.Ng2 Ndf6 21.Rf1 Rcd8 22.Rce1 Nh7 23.Qd1 Qd7 24.Nf4 Ng5 25.h4 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Bf3 Ree8 28.Ne2 Qc7 29.Nf4 Nf6 30.Ne2 Bc8 31.Nc3 Bg4 32.Kg2 Qd7 33.Rh1 Bh6 34.Qc2 Bxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Ng4 36.Re2 Re6 37.Rhe1 Rde8 38.Bc1 f5 39.Ba3 Nf6 40.Kg2 Ng4 41.Nd1 Qf7 42.Qd2 Nf6 43.Qc2 Qh7 44.Nc3 Qc7 45.Qc1 Qh7 46.Qc2 Qd7 47.Nd1 Ng4 48.Qd2 Nf6 49.Qc2 Qg7 50.Nc3 Kh8 51.Bc1 Kh7 52.Kg1 Qd7 53.Ba3 Ne4 54.Kg2 Nxc3 55.Qxc3 f4 56.gxf4 Bxf4 57.f3 Qd8 58.Kh3 Qf6 59.Qd2 Bh6 60.Kg3 Rxe3 61.Rxe3 Qf4+ 62.Kf2 Qh2+ 63.Kf1 Qxd2 64.Rxe8 Qd3+ 0–1
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Rapport,R2710Vidit,S26300–12015A0910th World Teams 20154.4

Richard Rapport

Ukraine against Israel

Ukraine won 2.5-1.5 against Israel and in this match the game between Alexander Moiseenko and Evgeny Postny a queenless middlegame suddenly became tactical and showed how helpless bishops sometimes can be.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 e6 7.0-0 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Ra7 14.Qc2 h6 15.Qc3 Bf6 16.Qc5 Ra8 17.Ba3 Nd7 18.Qd6 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxd6 20.Bxd6 Rfd8 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.Bc5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Bd3 Rd5 25.exf6 Rxc5 26.Be4 Rd5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.e4 gxf6 29.exd5 cxd5 30.b4 Bc6 31.Ra1 Bb7 32.Rc1 d4 33.Rd1 1–0
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Moiseenko,A2697Postny,E26361–02015D1510th World Teams 20154.4

In the match between Cuba and Egypt a tactical melee could be seen in the game between Lazaro Batista Bruzon against Samy Shoker from Egypt. Shoker, who was playing with Black, felt tempted to play a speculative piece sacrifice on move 20 but the Cuban kept jos calm. He won the game and helped Cuba to win the match 3-1 and to take the lead in the table.

 
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1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 Nc6 4.Ne2 d6 5.Nbc3 e5 6.Be3 Nh6 7.d5 Ne7 8.f3 f5 9.Qd2 Nf7 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.Kb1 a6 12.Nc1 Bd7 13.Be2 Kh8 14.g4 Qc8 15.h3 Ng8 16.Nd3 Nf6 17.c5 Bb5 18.Rhg1 fxe4 19.fxe4 c6 20.g5 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 cxd5 22.Bg4 Qd8 23.cxd6 d4 24.Ndc5 Bc6 25.Ka1 Qb6 26.Rge1 Nxd6 27.Bg1 Rf4 28.Qd3 Raf8 29.Nxd6 Qxc5 30.Ne4 Qd5 31.Nf6 R4xf6 32.gxf6 Bxf6 33.Qa3 Rf7 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.Be6 Qd8 36.Bxf7 Bb5 37.Re8+ 1–0
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Bruzon Batista,L2691Shoker,S24821–02015A4010th World Teams 20154.2

Samy Shoker

Leinier Dominguez, Cuba's board one

Results

4.1 10 India   2½ - 1½ 7 Hungary
1 GM Harikrishna P. 2731 ½ : ½ GM Leko Peter 2713
2 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2634 ½ : ½ GM Erdos Viktor 2612
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2654 ½ : ½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2698
4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2630 1 : 0 GM Rapport Richard 2710

 

4.2 8 Russia 2 - 2 6 USA
1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2794 ½ : ½ GM Shankland Samuel L 2661
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757 ½ : ½ GM Onischuk Alexander 2665
3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2745 1 : 0 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2622
4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2744 0 : 1 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2640

 

4.3 9 Armenia ½ - 3½ 5 China
1 GM Aronian Levon 2770 ½ : ½ GM Ding Liren 2751
2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2674 0 : 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2724
3 GM Movsesian Sergei 2665 0 : 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2681
4 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2651 0 : 1 GM Wei Yi 2703

 

4.4 1 Egypt 1 - 3 4 Cuba
1 GM Amin Bassem 2634 ½ : ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2729
2 GM Shoker Samy 2482 0 : 1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2691
3 IM Ezat Mohamed 2479 0 : 1 GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky 2629
4 IM Farahat Ali 2389 ½ : ½ GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo 2612

 

4.5 2 Israel 1½ - 2½ 3 Ukraine
1 GM Gelfand Boris 2747 ½ : ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2713
2 GM Sutovsky Emil 2628 0 : 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
3 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2667 1 : 0 GM Eljanov Pavel 2733
4 GM Postny Evgeny 2636 0 : 1 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2697

Replay games of the fourth round

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Ke1 Qa5+ 15.Kf2 c3 16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.Rb1 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Qd4+ 19.Qe3 Qxd7 20.h4 0-0 21.h5 Rfd8 22.h6 b6 23.hxg7 Qd4 24.Rh3 Kxg7 25.Bd3 h6 26.Rbh1 Qxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Rh8 28.Be4 Rac8 29.Kf4 c5 30.Ke5 c4 31.Rg3+ Kf8 32.Rf1 Ke7 33.Rg7 Rhf8 34.Kd4 c3 35.Bc2 Rc5 36.Kd3 Rd8+ 37.Ke3 Re5+ 38.Be4 Rf8 39.Kd4 Rc5 40.Rf2 a6 41.Rh7 h5 42.Kd3 Kd6 43.Kc2 Rc4 44.Bb7 Rxa4 45.Kxc3 h4 46.Rhxf7 Rxf7 47.Rxf7 b5 48.Rh7 a5 49.Rh5 Rc4+ 50.Kd3 Rb4 51.Kc3 Rc4+ 52.Kd3 Rb4 53.Kc3 ½–½
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Grischuk,A2794Shankland,S2661½–½2015D1710th World Teams 20154.1
Onischuk,A2665Karjakin,S2757½–½2015D4510th World Teams 20154.2
Tomashevsky,E2745Akobian,V26221–02015D3010th World Teams 20154.3
Naroditsky,D2640Jakovenko,D27441–02015C5010th World Teams 20154.4
Amin,B2634Dominguez Perez,L2729½–½2015C6710th World Teams 20154.1
Bruzon Batista,L2691Shoker,S24821–02015A4010th World Teams 20154.2
Ezat,M2479Quesada Perez,Y26290–12015E1110th World Teams 20154.3
Ortiz Suarez,I2612Farahat,A2389½–½2015B3210th World Teams 20154.4
Gelfand,B2747Ponomariov,R2713½–½2015E0410th World Teams 20154.1
Ivanchuk,V2731Sutovsky,E26281–02015B3010th World Teams 20154.2
Rodshtein,M2667Eljanov,P27331–02015D2710th World Teams 20154.3
Moiseenko,A2697Postny,E26361–02015D1510th World Teams 20154.4
Aronian,L2770Ding,L2751½–½2015E7010th World Teams 20154.1
Yu,Y2724Sargissian,G26741–02015A1510th World Teams 20154.2
Movsesian,S2665Bu,X26810–12015C4210th World Teams 20154.3
Wei,Y2703Melkumyan,H26511–02015C4910th World Teams 20154.4
Harikrishna,P2731Leko,P2713½–½2015A3410th World Teams 20154.1
Erdos,V2612Sethuraman,S2634½–½2015A0710th World Teams 20154.2
Sasikiran,K2654Almasi,Z2698½–½2015C6510th World Teams 20154.3
Rapport,R2710Vidit,S26300–12015A0910th World Teams 20154.4

 

Standings

Rank Team Gam. + = - MP Pts.
1 Cuba 4 3 1 0 7 10
2 Ukraine 4 3 0 1 6 10½
3 China 4 2 2 0 6 10
4 Israel 4 2 1 1 5 9½
5 India 4 2 1 1 5 8
6 Hungary 4 1 2 1 4 8
7 Russia 4 0 2 2 2 7
8 USA 4 0 2 2 2 7
9 Armenia 4 1 0 3 2 6
10 Egypt 4 0 1 3 1 4

 

Pictures: Arman Karakhanyan on the the official tournament site

 

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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