World Team CC, Rd 1: Ukraine beats Russia

by André Schulz
4/20/2015 – On Sunday, 19th April 2015, the 10th World Team Championship began in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia - with a number of small surprises. Ukraine won 2.5-1.5 against Russia, and with the same result Israel, led by Boris Gelfand, won against Armenia, and China against the USA. India won 3-1 against Egypt while Hungary drew against Cuba. Impressions...
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World Team Championship in Tsaghkadzor

In contrast to the Chess Olympiad where all nations of the world can participate only ten teams take part in the World Team Championship. Usually these are the best teams in the world - plus teams that qualified by winning Continental Championships. However, such teams - in this year Egypt - are usually outsiders in a very strong field.

Azerbaijan qualified for the World Championship but waived its right to play because of political tension between Aserbaijan and its neighbouring country Armenia.

The very first round brought a match between two favorites - Ukraine had to play against Russia. Ukraine won 2.5-1.5. Matchwinner was Pavel Eljanov who beat Evgeny Tomashevsky in an endgame queen and rook vs. queen and rook.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.Ne5 Bb7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.b3 cxb3 9.axb3 Be7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nxb5 Nd5 12.Na3 c5 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Nac4 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bb4 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rfc8 19.Qe4 Bc6 20.Qg4 f6 21.Bb2 Rd8 22.Rdc1 f5 23.Qh3 Rac8 24.e4 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nf6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rc8 31.Qe4 Bc5 32.Kg2 f5 33.Qf3 Rd8 34.Re1 Bd4 35.Ne5 Bxe5 36.Rxe5 Qd7 37.Qe3 Re8 38.Ra5 Re7 39.Qc3+ Kg8 40.Rc5 Kf7 41.h4 Qd6 42.b4 e5 43.Qf3 Qd7 44.Qh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ Kf7 46.b5 f4 47.gxf4 Re6 48.f5 Rf6 49.Rxe5 Qb7+ 50.f3 Qd7 51.Qe3 Rd6 52.Kg3 Rd1 53.Qh6 1–0
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Eljanov,P2727Tomashevsky,E27451–02015D3010th World Teams 20151.3

 

The "Technical Meeting" before the start of the tournament

Levon Aronian

Peter Leko

Boris Gelfand

Chess historian John Donaldson, who captains the American team, is reading a book

The venue: the Golden Palace Zakhkadzor Hotel  (Photo: Barev Armenia)

Results

1.1 1 Egypt     1   -  3 10 India
1 GM Shoker Samy 2482      0   :  1 GM Harikrishna P. 2731
2 IM Ezat Mohamed 2479      1   :  0 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2634
3 GM Adly Ahmed 2595      0   :  1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2630
4 IM Farahat Ali 2389      0   :  1 GM Sengupta Deep 2576


 

1.2 2 Israel 2½ - 1½ 9 Armenia
1 GM Gelfand Boris 2747     ½  : ½ GM Aronian Levon 2770
2 GM Sutovsky Emil 2628 ½  : ½ GM Sargissian Gabriel 2674
3 GM Smirin Ilia 2652 ½  : ½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2665
4 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2667 1  : 0 GM Akopian Vladimir 2656


 

1.3 3 Ukraine 2½ - 1½ 8 Russia
1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2713 ½  : ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2794
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½  : ½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2757
3 GM Eljanov Pavel 2733 1  : 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2745
4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2686 ½  : ½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2744


 

1.4 4 Cuba 2 - 2 7 Hungary
1 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2729 ½  : ½ GM Leko Peter 2713
2 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2691 ½  : ½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2698
3 GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky 2629 1  : 0 GM Rapport Richard 2710
4 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo 2612 0 : 1 GM Balogh Csaba 2651

 

1.5 5 China 2½ - 1½ 6 USA
1 GM Ding Liren 2751 1  : 0 GM Shankland Samuel L 2661
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 ½  : ½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2617
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2681 ½  : ½ GM Onischuk Alexander 2665
4 GM Wei Yi 2703 ½  : ½ GM Akobian Varuzhan 2622

 

 

Standings after the first round

Rank Team Gam. + = - MP Pts.
1 India 1 1 0 0 2 3
2 Israel 1 1 0 0 2 2½
3 Ukraine 1 1 0 0 2 2½
4 China 1 1 0 0 2 2½
5 Cuba 1 0 1 0 1 2
6 Hungary 1 0 1 0 1 2
7 USA 1 0 0 1 0 1½
8 Russia 1 0 0 1 0 1½
9 Armenia 1 0 0 1 0 1½
10 Egypt 1 0 0 1 0 1

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Qe3+ Be7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Ne4 Qe5 15.Bd2 0-0 16.Bc3 Qf5 17.Rad1 Qg6 18.Rd3 Bd5 19.Qd2 Bh4 20.Qf4 Rae8 21.Qxh4 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Qxe4 23.Qxe4 Bxe4 24.Rd7 Bxc2 25.a5 f6 26.Rxb7 Rf7 27.Rb8+ Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.a6 Bd3 30.Bd4 Bxa6 31.Bxa7 ½–½
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Dominguez Perez,L2729Leko,P2713½–½2015C6710th World Teams 20151.1
Almasi,Z2695Bruzon Batista,L2691½–½2015B9010th World Teams 20151.2
Quesada Perez,Y2637Rapport,R27091–02015B0610th World Teams 20151.3
Ortiz Suarez,I2625Balogh,C26550–12015B5110th World Teams 20151.4
Ding,L2755Shankland,S26611–02015D3710th World Teams 20151.1
Lenderman,A2617Yu,Y2724½–½2015E3710th World Teams 20151.2
Bu,X2681Onischuk,A2665½–½2015A1410th World Teams 20151.3
Akobian,V2622Wei,Y2706½–½2015D8510th World Teams 20151.4
Ponomariov,R2713Grischuk,A2794½–½2015B5310th World Teams 20151.1
Karjakin,S2757Ivanchuk,V2731½–½2015B9910th World Teams 20151.2
Eljanov,P2727Tomashevsky,E27451–02015D3010th World Teams 20151.3
Jakovenko,D2742Kryvoruchko,Y2695½–½2015E1710th World Teams 20151.4
Gelfand,B2747Aronian,L2770½–½2015E0610th World Teams 20151.1
Sargissian,G2668Sutovsky,E2623½–½2015A0410th World Teams 20151.2
Smirin,I2644Movsesian,S2665½–½2015B4610th World Teams 20151.3
Akopian,V2660Rodshtein,M26540–12015C6510th World Teams 20151.4
Shoker,S2466Harikrishna,P27290–12015A0510th World Teams 20151.1
Sethuraman,S2623Ezat,M24790–12015B1910th World Teams 20151.2
Adly,A2589Vidit,S26250–12015A0410th World Teams 20151.3
Sengupta,D2567Farahat,A23891–02015B3010th World Teams 20151.4

Pictures from the opening ceremony

The team spirit of the Armenian team is famous

The Russian team

Boris Gelfand, Israel's number one, chats with Emil Sutovsky

The officials including the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and Smbat Lputjan.

The national anthems are played

A chess performance opened the tournament

Pictures: Official tournament site

 

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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