World Team CC, Rd 1: Ukraine beats Russia
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.
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
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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 |
Replay the games from the first round
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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