World team chess championship R7: Armenia leads, Russia loses won match to China

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The latest chess news from Ningbo, China - World Team Chess Championship 2011 - is that Armenia continues to lead. Russia had a dramatic loss against China with Sergey Karjakin losing a won game against Wang Hao and USA beating Azerbaijan. Armenia also beat Hungary.

Wang Haa and Sergey Karjakin

As you know 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 to July 26 at the playing venue in the five-star New Century Grand Hotel Ningbo.



Results of round seven

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

Rank table

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

You can access the official website at this link. Meanwhile, some games from Round 7. Enjoy.

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