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Monday, July 18, 2011

World team chess championship: Defending champions Russia lead after 2 rounds

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,




These are opening-ceremony photos from the world team chess championship that has begun in Ningbo, China with exciting chess. The Championship is taking place from July 15-26 in the 5-star New Century Grand Hotel in the seaside city. The teams include China, defending champion Russia, Israel, Hungary, Azerbaijan, india, USA, Egypt, Armenia.

Each team includes five players, one reserve and one coach/captain. The zero tolerance rule for appearing at the board is in effect, as well as a rule against draws before move 30. The event is a round-robin nine rounds with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. Friday July 22 is a rest day. You can check the round-wise results for individual performances at www.chess-results.com.

The standings after Round 2 are as follows:

1. Russia 4
2. Armenia, Azerbaijan, China 3
3. Ukraine, Israel 2
4. India, Hungary, USA 1
5. Egypt 0

Here are some interesting games from the two rounds. Enjoy.








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4 comments:

  1. Olga, MoscowJuly 18, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Russia rocks.

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  2. Sainath, ColomboJuly 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Judit Polgar's the only woman in these teams right? Interesting.

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  3. Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New DelhiJuly 18, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Come on India.

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  4. ST, Pune, IndiaJuly 18, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Chak De India.

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