World Team Ch. Rd5 – Armenia leads, Russia and Hungary second

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7/21/2011 – Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. While Armenia kept its slim lead, Russia and Hungary moved into clear second. Russia beat Egypt as expected, but Hungary's destructive win over Israel by 3.5-0.5 just confirmed no one was safe. Leko and Polgar have been the driving force behind their team, and Judit will be rejoining the 2700 ranks in the next list. Round five report.
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The Chinese Chess Association with the patronage and support of the Ningbo Municipal Government and Ningbo Sports Bureau is staging the 2011 World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo, China. The event is being held from July 15 2011 (arrival) to July 26 2011 (Departure) at the playing venue in the five-star New Century Grand Hotel Ningbo.

Round five report

Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. The tendency for unpredictability continues, though not blindly so. The Russians won their match against Egypt, which was expected, and a few players in the tournament are starting to show who is in sizzling form. The number one player is indeed Russian: Ian Nepomniachtchi, who has scored 4.0/5 and is at a 2923 performance.


Too hot to touch, Ian Nepomniachtchi has scored an impressive 4.0/5 and 2923 TPR

The next 800-pound gorilla thus far is Ukrainian Alexander Moiseenko, who has scored 3.5/4 and a 2925 performance.


Alexander Moiseenko has also done more than his share and was instrumental in
his team's victory in round five.

The most impressive result of round five was Hungary's third straight win, this time destroying Israel by 3.5-0.5. Peter Leko continues his ravage, and is at 3.5/5 and a huge 2877 performance, while Judit Polgar also took another scalp, and is also at 3.5/5 and a 2817 performance. Look to find her back in the 2700 club in the next rating list.


Judit Polgar ready to rejoin the 2700 club

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Polgar,J2699Postny,E26181–02011C958th World Teams5


The Azerbaijani were unable to build up any momentum after yesterday, losing to
Ukraine in round five.

Among the top results were Armenia's 2.5-1.5 win over China, while the Ukraine beat the Azerbaijanis, ebullient over their victory over Russia, after a key victory by Moiseenko on board four. The US showed their resilience as a team, after having lost badly to the Chinese, and bounced back inflicting a strong 3-1 defeat on India.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.0-0 Nc6 13.c5 Re5 14.Bb5N 14.Re1 Bd7 15.a3 Nh5 16.g3 Qg5 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Qc1 d4 19.Nb5 Qxc1 0-1 (19) El Debs,F (2499)-Sasikiran,K (2690)/Caleta 2011/CB05_2011 14...Bd7 15.Qa4 Qc8 16.Rfe1 a6 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qc2 Rh5?! A really strange move, and one wonders what the plan is. It is hard to believe this is the best square for the rook. 19.b4 Bd7 20.Rad1 Bh6 21.Bg3 Bf8 22.a3 Bc6 23.Na4 In order to exploit the awkwardly placed rook, White had 23.Bf4! threatening to trap the rook with g4. 23...Nd7 24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.cxb6 Bd7 26.Rc1 Qd8 Black had to play 26...Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Bg7 28.Ne2 Be5 29.Rec1 and though the situation is tough, it would still offer the best chances to hold. 27.Qc7? Bg7 28.Nb3 28.Bf2! 28...Ba4 29.Qxd8+ Rxd8 30.Bc7 Rf8 31.g4 Rh6 There is a subtle idea behind this move. 32.Nc5 The point is that after 32.Na5 Bd4+ 33.Kg2 Black manages to avoid having the house collapse immediately thanks to g5! 34.Nxb7 Bxb6 32...Bd4+ 33.Kg2 Bxc5 34.Rxc5 g5 35.Rxd5 Rg6 36.Re7 h6 37.Kg3 Re6 38.Rxe6 fxe6 39.Rc5 Bb3 40.f4 Bd5 41.a4 Kh7 42.h4 gxh4+ 43.Kxh4 Rc8 44.a5 The immediate 44.f5! would have been stronger, but the overall evaulation of the position is not changed in any fundamental way. 44...Bf3 45.Kg3 Be2 46.b5 Rg8 47.bxa6 Bxa6 48.Re5 Rg6 49.Kf3 Kg8 50.Bd6 Kf7 51.Rc5 Rg8 52.Rc7+ Kg6 53.Ke4 h5 54.f5+ exf5+ 55.gxf5+ Kg5 56.Be7+ Kh6 57.Ke5 Rg2 58.Bf8+ 1–0
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Onischuk,A2675Sasikiran,K26811–02011E928th World Teams5

Results of round five

Bd
3
   Egypt
Rtg
1 : 3
10
   Russia
Rtg
1.1
GM
 Adly Ahmed
2631
0 - 1
GM
 Grischuk Alexander
2746
1.2
GM
 Amin Bassem
2609
0 - 1
GM
 Nepomniachtchi Ian
2711
1.3
IM
 Shoker Samy
2475
½ - ½
GM
 Svidler Peter
2739
1.4
IM
 Ezat Mohamed
2430
½ - ½
GM
 Vitiugov Nikita
2733
Bd
4
   China
Rtg
1½:2½
2
   Armenia
Rtg
2.1
GM
 Wang Hao
2718
½ - ½
GM
 Aronian Levon
2805
2.2
GM
 Wang Yue
2709
½ - ½
GM
 Movsesian Sergei
2700
2.3
GM
 Li Chao B
2669
½ - ½
GM
 Akopian Vladimir
2667
2.4
GM
 Yu Yangyi
2672
0 - 1
GM
 Sargissian Gabriel
2663
Bd
5
   India
Rtg
1 : 3
1
   USA
Rtg
3.1
GM
 Harikrishna Pentala
2669
½ - ½
GM
 Kamsky Gata
2741
3.2
GM
 Sasikiran Krishnan
2681
0 - 1
GM
 Onischuk Alexander
2675
3.3
GM
 Ganguly Surya Shekhar
2627
½ - ½
GM
 Shulman Yuri
2617
3.4
GM
 Negi Parimarjan
2642
0 - 1
GM
 Hess Robert
2609
Bd
6
   Hungary
Rtg
3½: ½
9
   Israel
Rtg
4.1
GM
 Leko Peter
2717
1 - 0
GM
 Roiz Michael
2669
4.2
GM
 Almasi Zoltan
2726
½ - ½
GM
 Smirin Ilya
2676
4.3
GM
 Polgar Judit
2699
1 - 0
GM
 Postny Evgeny
2618
4.4
GM
 Balogh Csaba
2643
1 - 0
GM
 Nabaty Tamir
2584
Bd
7
   Azerbaijan
Rtg
1½:2½
8
   Ukraine
Rtg
5.1
GM
 Radjabov Teimur
2744
½ - ½
GM
 Ivanchuk Vassily
2768
5.2
GM
 Gashimov Vugar
2760
½ - ½
GM
 Eljanov Pavel
2697
5.3
GM
 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2765
½ - ½
GM
 Efimenko Zahar
2706
5.4
GM
 Guseinov Gadir
2625
0 - 1
GM
 Moiseenko Alexander
2715

Rank table

Rk.
 Team Gms   +    =    -   Pts   BPts   TB3 
1
 Armenia
5
3
2
0
8
13.5
0
2
 Russia
5
3
1
1
7
12.0
0
3
 Hungary
5
3
1
1
7
11.5
0
4
 Ukraine
5
3
0
2
6
10.5
0
5
 China
5
2
1
2
5
11.0
1
6
 Azerbaijan
5
2
1
2
5
11.0
1
7
 USA
5
2
1
2
5
10.0
0
8
 Israel
5
2
0
3
4
8.0
0
9
 India
5
1
1
3
3
8.0
0
10
 Egypt
5
0
0
5
0
4.5
0

Schedule

Friday 15 July   Arrival
Saturday 16 July 18:00h Opening Ceremony
Sunday 17 July 15:00h Round 1
Monday 18 July 15:00h Round 2
Tuesday 19 July 15:00h Round 3
Wednesday 20 July 15:00h Round 4
Thursday 21 July 15:00h Round 5
Friday 22 July   Rest Day
Saturday 23 July 15:00h Round 6
Sunday 24 July 15:00h Round 7
Monday 25 July 15:00h Round 8
Tuesday 26 July 10:00h Round 9, closing ceremony
Wednesday 27 July   Departure

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