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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.
China's win over Russia not only knocked out
placed China
They say that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but not only did it do exactly that in Ningbo, but it was a veritable storm of unexpected lightning bolts. The first was Russia's loss to China which represented a change in the guard as Russia no doubt still hoped to fight Armenia for the gold. It was a double lightning bolt of sorts, since it was not just a surprise loss by Russia, though China is certainly strong enough, but all the more since they had every reason to believe they were going to win the match.
Nepomniachtchi finds time to give a broad smile to photographer WGM Gu Xiaobing
Karjakin was Black against Wang Hao, and was doing extremely well, so much that the real question was how he would convert his advantage: in the middlegame, or an endgame? Somehow he failed to find the continuation, and in time trouble panicked and swung from won to lost to won to lost. A dramatic ending to a tough match.
Wang Hao's unexpected victory over Karjakin was a giant windfall to China
Russian captain, Evgeny Bareev with Peter
Svidler
Armenia
It was a rollercoaster ride, but Kamsky came through
in the end
On board three, Shulman lost to Mamedov, which tied the score up, and then lightning chose to strike twice in the same place, as Seirawan showed he was feeling inspired, and he beat Mamedyarov (2765) when the latter chose to face him with a highly offbeat opening, perhaps expecting to prevail by superior play. It is a debatable decision since Seirawan has been away from high level competition for so many years, he cannot possibly be up to speed in highly theoretical lines so soon after his return. Either way, it was a thunderous result, ensuring there was little to no chance of a medal for Azerbaijan
[Event "8th World Teams"] [Site "Ningbo CHN"] [Date "2011.07.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2011.07.17"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 {Mamedyarov is known for his offbeat opening choices at times, but perhaps it was best to actually go for a highly theoretical line against Seirawan, since the latter cannot possibly be up-to-date in his theory so soon after his very long hiatus.} 3. e4 $1 fxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g4 h6 6. h3 d6 (6... Qb6 7. Nge2 e6 8. Bg2 Kf7 9. O-O Na6 10. Ng3 Nb4 11. dxe6+ dxe6 12. Ncxe4 Be7 13. Nxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5+ Ke7 18. Qh5 Rh8 19. Qg6 {1-0 (19) Rashkovsky,N (2560)-Gormally,D/Hastings 1995/CBM 048 ext}) 7. Nge2 e5 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Bg2 Na6 10. Ncxe4 Bd7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. f4 $5 {Seirawan announces his ambitions.} exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 15. Qd2 ({The question that beckons is what was wrong with} 15. Bxd6 {since} Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Qb6 17. Be5 $16) 15... c4 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Nb4 20. Ne3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 c3 22. bxc3 Nxa2 23. c4 a5 $2 {This move is based on either faulty evaluation or calculation.} 24. Nf5 a4 $2 {Consistent, but it was still time to try and recover with Rd8. Shak either hasn't seen the problem yet, or refuses to acknowledge it and is seeking a win at all costs.} 25. Nxd6 a3 26. Nxb7 Nb4 27. c3 Nd3 28. c5 Nf4 29. d6 1-0
Many of the pictures have been courtesy of the charming WGM Gu Xiaobing
Pictures by Gu Xiaobing and FIDE
Bd |
4 |
China | Rtg |
2½:1½ |
10 |
Russia | Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Wang Hao | 2718 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Karjakin Sergey | 2788 |
1.2 |
GM |
Wang Yue | 2709 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Grischuk Alexander | 2746 |
1.3 |
GM |
Li Chao B | 2669 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2711 |
1.4 |
GM |
Yu Yangyi | 2672 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Svidler Peter | 2739 |
Bd |
5 |
India | Rtg |
2½:1½ |
3 |
Egypt | Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Harikrishna Pentala | 2669 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Amin Bassem | 2609 |
2.2 |
GM |
Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
El Gindy Essam | 2510 |
2.3 |
GM |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2627 |
1 - 0 |
IM |
Shoker Samy | 2475 |
2.4 |
GM |
Gopal G.N. | 2576 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Ezat Mohamed | 2430 |
Bd |
6 |
Hungary | Rtg |
1½:2½ |
2 |
Armenia | Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Leko Peter | 2717 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Aronian Levon | 2805 |
3.2 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan | 2726 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Movsesian Sergei | 2700 |
3.3 |
GM |
Polgar Judit | 2699 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir | 2667 |
3.4 |
GM |
Balogh Csaba | 2643 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel | 2663 |
Bd |
7 |
Azerbaijan | Rtg |
1½:2½ |
1 |
USA | Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimur | 2744 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Kamsky Gata | 2741 |
4.2 |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar | 2760 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Onischuk Alexander | 2675 |
4.3 |
GM |
Mamedov Rauf | 2679 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Shulman Yuri | 2617 |
4.4 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2765 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Seirawan Yasser | 2635 |
Bd |
8 |
Ukraine | Rtg |
2½:1½ |
9 |
Israel | Rtg |
5.1 |
GM |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2768 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Sutovsky Emil | 2700 |
5.2 |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel | 2697 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Roiz Michael | 2669 |
5.3 |
GM |
Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Postny Evgeny | 2618 |
5.4 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alexander | 2682 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Nabaty Tamir | 2584 |
Rk. |
Team | Gms | + | = | - | Pts | BPts | TB3 |
1 |
Armenia | 7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
18.5 |
0 |
2 |
China | 7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
17.0 |
0 |
3 |
Ukraine | 7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
15.0 |
0 |
4 |
Russia | 7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
15.5 |
0 |
5 |
Hungary | 7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
15.0 |
0 |
6 |
USA | 7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
14.5 |
0 |
7 |
Azerbaijan | 7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
14.5 |
0 |
8 |
India | 7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12.0 |
0 |
9 |
Israel | 7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
11.5 |
0 |
10 |
Egypt | 7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
6.5 |
0 |
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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