World Chess Team Championship R6: Armenia leads

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Hi everyone,


The latest chess news from the World Team Chess Championship 2011 is that Armenia continues to lead with 


In Round 6 Russia drew with Ukraine (all four boards drawn), Israel and Azerbaijan also drew with wins by Radjabov and Postny, USA also drew with Hungary (Zoltan beating Shulman and Seirawan beating Judit Polgar), Egypt lost to China and Armenia beat India. The standings after Round 6 are as follows:  

Rk.	Team	Gms	+	=	-	Pts	BPts	TB3
1	Armenia	6	4	2	0	10	16.0	0
2	Russia	6	3	2	1	8	14.0	0
3	Hungary	6	3	2	1	8	13.5	0
4	China	6	3	1	2	7	14.5	0
5	Ukraine	6	3	1	2	7	12.5	0
6	Azerbaijan	6	2	2	2	6	13.0	0
7	USA	6	2	2	2	6	12.0	0
8	Israel	6	2	1	3	5	10.0	0
9	India	6	1	1	4	3	9.5	0
10	Egypt	6	0	0	6	0	5.0	0

You can access the official website at this link. Meanwhile, here are some nice games from Round 6. Enjoy.

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