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
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
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.
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