World Team Championship 2015

[Andy Shaw]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

What was the Armenia-China result? Was it indeed 3.5-0.5 in favor of the Chinese?

[Tom O'Donnell]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

World Team Championship 2015

Thank you, Graham.

I was afraid this was going to happen.

If you look at the pairings and results for each round on the Official Site, you will see that the chap who was entering them thought it would be easier to give one country four Whites and his opponent four Blacks, rather than alternating them:

http://tsaghkadzor2015.fide.com/stat...cle/49?lang=en

I had to change my results twice this morning and as you see, still got Armenia vs China wrong.

Just FYI usually when a score goes:

Randomstan 3-1 Whateverland

it means Randomstan won 3-1 and had White on the odd-numbered boards (i.e. 1, 3, 5, etc.) because they were the first-named country of the two.

[Hans Jung]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

The Naroditsky endgame against Jakovenko is a work of art. Good advertising for Daniel Naroditsky who is the new endgame columnist for Chess Life replacing the legendary Pal Benko!

[Jack Maguire]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

Ding Liren's win today is worth checking out (:

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...en-Amin_Bassem

[Hans Jung]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

Yes Jack - 14.Ne4! - what a find! Ive played that position before and checked it out with a draw LOL! but would never have dreamed of 14.Ne4! Has to be computer prep but a great way to find the full point!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

World Team Championship 2015

Round Five, April 23, 2015

Round Five Results

Ukraine – India 2.5-1.5

Ponomariov-Harikrishna 0.5-0.5
Sethuraman-Ivanchuk 0.5-0.5
Kryvoruchko-Sasikiran 1-0
Vidit-Moiseenko 0.5-0.5

Cuba-Israel 1.5-2.5

Dominguez-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
Sutovsky-Bruzon 0.5-0.5
Quesada-Smirin 0.5-0.5
Rodshtein-Ortiz 1-0

China-Egypt 2.5-1.5

Ding Liren-Amin 1-0
Shoker-Yu Yangyi 1-0
Wei Yi-Eisherief 1-0
Farahat-Wang Chen 0.5-0.5

USA-Armenia 1.5-2.5

Shankland-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Movsesian-Lenderman 0.5-0.5
Onischuk-Akopian 0.5-0.5
Meikumyan-Naroditsky 1-0

Hungary-Russia 0.5-3.5

Leko-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Erdos 1-0
Almasi-Tomashevsky 0-1
Vitiugov-Balogh 1-0

Standing After Round Five

1. Cuba 10
2. Ukraine 10.5
3. China 10
4. Israel 9.5
5. India 8
6. Hungary 8
7. Russia 7
8. USA 7
9. Armenia 6
10. Egypt 4

Games

WCTC 2015
Round 5, April 23, 2015
Ding, Liren – Amin, Bassem
E11 Bobo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.Qc2 g6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e6 fxe6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qxg6+ Kh8 14.Ne4 dxe4 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Bh6 Rf6 17.Qg4+ Kf7 18.Ng5+ Kg6 19.Nxe6+ Kf7 20.Nxd8+ Bxd8 21.Qg7+ Ke8 22.O-O-O Be7 23.Bg5 Bf8 24.Qh7 cxd4 25.Rxd4 1-0

Round 5, April 23, 2015
Wei, Yi – Ezat, Mohamed
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.O-O Nbc6 9.Bb5 Bg6 10.c4 a6 11.Ba4 dxc4 12.Na3 Bd3 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nxc4 Bxc4 15.Rxc4 b5 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Bxb5 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 f5 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Rd6 Rb8 21.Bxc6+ Nxc6 22.Rdxc6 Rxb2 23.Rxe6+ Kf7 24.Rxf6+ Ke8 25.g3 Rxa2 26.Rc8+ Ke7 27.Rfxf8 1-0

Shoker Games

Nakamura (tweet) - The SHOKER is on fire, beating both Sutovsky and most likely Yu Yangyi in China!

Samy Shoker is playing for Egypt. His bio says that he is 27 years old, a GM, lives in Lubbock, Texas.

Born in 1987 in France, of French and Egyptian parents, Shoker attends Texas Tech University in Lubbock as a graduate student in French, and is also a member of the Texas Tech University Chess Program. He lived in Egypt for four years as a child and learned to play chess at the age of four.

Round 2, April 20, 2015
Sutovsky, Emil – Shoker, Samy
B07 Pirc-Robatsch

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 b4 7.Ne2 Bb7 8.Ng3 Nf6 9.Bd3 h5 10.Ng5 c5 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.Bd2 Bd4 13.c3 Bxc5 14.Rf1 Qb6 15.Qb3 O-O 16.f5 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nxh2 18.Qxb6 Bxb6 19.Rf4 Nd7 20.Rb1 Ng4 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.Bc4+ d5 23.exd5 Nge5 24.Bf1 Bxd5 25.c4 Rxf4 26.Bxf4 Ba5+ 27.Bd2 Bxd2+ 28.Kxd2 Nxc4+ 29.Bxc4 Bxc4 30.a3 Ra7 31.N3e4 Kg7 32.Ke3 Bg8 33.Nf3 Rc7 34.Nd4 Nf6 35.a4 Bd5 36.Ng5 Kh6 37.Nde6 Bxe6 38.Nxe6 Rc4 39.Kf3 Rxa4 40.Rb7 Ra3+ 41.Ke2 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Ra3+ 43.Ke2 Ra5 44.Kf3 Rf5+ 45.Kg3 Re5 46.Nd8 Re3+ 47.Kf2 Ng4+ 48.Kf1 Re4 49.g3 Ne3+ 50.Kf2 Nf5 51.Rb8 Rg4 52.Ne6 Kh7 53.Rf8 Nxg3 54.Rf7+ Kh6 55.Rf8 g5 56.Ra8 Ne4+ 57.Kf3 Nf6 58.Rxa6 h4 59.Ra8 Rg3+ 60.Kf2 Rb3 61.Nd4 Rb2+ 62.Kg1 Kg6 63.Nf3 h3 64.Ne5+ Kf5 65.Ra5 Rg2+ 66.Kh1 Ne4 67.Nd3+ Kf6 68.Ra6+ 0-1

Round 5, April 23, 2015
Shoker, Samy – Yu, Yangyi
A09, Reti, Advance Variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.e3 dxe3 5.fxe3 e5 6.c5 Bg4 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.b5 Nb4 9.Qb3 Bxc5 10.Bc4 e4 11.Ng5 fxg5 12.Bxg7 Ne7 13.O-O Kd7 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Bf6 Bg6 16.Be6+ Kd6 17.Bf7 Bxf7 18.Nxe4+ Kd7 19.Nxc5+ Ke8 20.Qxb4 Rg8 21.Nxb7 Qd7 22.Nc5 Qd6 23.Qe4 Rb8 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Qc6+ Kd8 26.Nb7+ Rxb7 27.Qxb7 Be6 28.Qxa7 Qd6 29.a4 Rg6 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.exd4 Kd7 32.a5 Rg8 33.a6 Bd5 34.Rf5 Ba8 35.a7 Kc8 36.Rf7 Kb7 37.Rxh7 Rd8 38.Rg7 Rd5 39.Rg8 1-0

Later Revision: I have edited some incorrect results. The material provided by the Official Site let me down again with regard to accuracy of game scores.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

World Team Championship 2015

Tsaghkadzor, Armenia
Round Six, April 25, 2015

Results of Round Six

India-Russia 1.5-2.5

Harikrishna-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Sethuraman 1-0
Sasikiran-Tomashevsky 0.5-0.5
Vitiugov-Vidit 0.5-0.5

Armenia-Hungary 2-2

Aronian-Erdos 1-0
Almasi-Sargissian 0.5-0.5
Akopian-Rapport 0.5-0.5
Balogh-Melkumyan 1-0

Egypt-USA 1-3

Amin-Shankland 0.5-0.5
Lenderman-Shoker 1-0
Adly-Onischuk 0.5-0.5
Akobian-Farahat 1-0

Israel-China 1.5-2.5

Gelfand-Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
Yu Yangyi-Sutovsky 0.5-0.5
Smirin-Bu 0.5-0.5
Wei Yi-Rodshtein 1-0

Ukraine-Cuba 2.5-1.5

Ponomariov-Dominguez 0.5-0.5
Bruzon-Ivanchuk 0.5-0.5
Eljanov-Quesada 0.5-0.5
Gonzalez-Kryvoruchko 0-1

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Round 6, April 25, 2015
Wei Yi, - Rodshtein, Maxim
C48 Four Knights, Rubinstein Counter-Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4 Bc5 9. exd5 O-O 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Kd1 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf5 17. Qe5 Qf8 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxf5 Nd4 20. Qf4 Re8 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Qg5 Qb7 23. b4 Bb6 24. Qd5 Qc7 25. Kc1 Rd8 26. Qc4 Qg3 27. Kb2 Qxg2 28. Ne4 Qxh3 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Nxh3 Nf3 32. Bf4 Bd4+ 33. c3 Bf6 34. Nf2 Bh4 35. Be3 Re8 36. Ne4 Ne1 37. Rd1 a6 38. a4 Nxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxe4 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 h5 42. Bd4 Bg5 43. b6 Bf4 44. Rf3 g5 45. Kc2 h4 46. Kd3 Re7 47. c4 Rh7 48. c5 h3 49. Rxf4 gxf4 50. c6 h2 51. b7 Rh3+ 52. Kc4 h1=Q 53. b8=Q+ Kh7 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qf6+ Kh5 56. Qf5+ Kh6 57. Qf6+ Kh5 58. Qf5+ Kh6 59. Qxf4+ Kg6 60. Qf6+ Kh5 61. Qf5+ Kh6 62. Qf4+ Kg6 63. Qg4+ Kh6 64. Qe6+ Kh5 65. Qf5+ Kh6 66. Qf6+ Kh5 67. c7 Qc1+ 68. Bc3 Rh4+ 69. Kd5 Qd1+ 70. Kc5 Qg1+ 71. Kb5 Qb1+ 72. Kc5 Qg1+ 73. Bd4 Qc1+ 74. Kb6 Qb1+ 75. Ka7 Qa2+ 76. Qa6 Qf7 77. Qb5+ Kg6 78. Qb6+ Kf5 79. Kb8 1-0

One for an article on Humour in Chess. Wei Yi and Rodshtein are blitzing at the end with less than one minute on the clock. Wei Yi plays Kb8. Rodshtein is about to play 79…Qf8+ and realizes that Wei Yi will queen the pawn with 80.c8=Q and check and his queen and the game is gone!

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Standing After Round Six (Men)

Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for draws, 0 for losses)

Ukraine 10
China 10
Israel 7
Cuba 7
Russia 6
India 5
Armenia 5
Hungary 5
USA 4
Egypt 1

Next Round Matchups

Cuba-India, China-Ukraine, USA-Israel, Hungary-Egypt, Russia-Armenia

Standing After Round Six (Women)
Chengdu, China

Matchpoints

Georgia 11
Russia 10
China 8
Ukraine 7
India 6
Armenia 6
Kazakhstan 5
USA 4
Poland 3
Egypt 0

Next Round Matchups

Georgia-India, Armenia-USA, China-Ukraine, Russia-Kazakhstan and Egypt-Poland

[Jack Maguire]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

The battle for 1st tomorrow between China and Ukraine is seemingly a coin flip from a betting perspective. Both countries are 103/50 to win with 6/4 draw odds.

https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

World Team Championship 2015

Round Seven
April 26, 2015

Results

Cuba-India 1.5-2.5

Dominguez-Harikrishna 0.5-0.5
Sethuraman-Bruzon 0.5-0.5
Quesada-Sasikiran 0.5-0.5
Vidit-Ortiz 1-0

China-Ukraine 2-2

Ding Liren-Ponomariov 0.5-0.5
Ivanchuk-Yu Yangyi 1-0
Bu-Eljanov 1-0
Moiseenko-Wei Yi 0.5-0.5

USA-Israel 2.5-1.5

Shankland-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
Sutovsky-Lenderman 0-1
Onischuk-Smirin 0-1
Postny-Naroditsky 0-1

Hungary-Egypt 2.5-1.5

Leko-Amin 0.5-0.5
Ezat-Almasi 0-1
Rapport-Adly 0-1
Farahat-Balogh 0-1

Russia-Armenia 1.5-2.5

Grischuk-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Sargissian-Karjakin 1-0
Tomashevsky-Movsesian 0.5-0.5
Melkumyan-Vitiugov 0.5-0.5

Standing After Round Seven

Matchpoints

Ukraine 11
China 11
Israel 7
Cuba 7
India 7
Armenia 7
Hungary 7
Russia 6
USA 6
Egypt 1

Best Player per Board

Board 1
Ding Liren, China 64.3%

Board 2
Ivanchuk, Ukraine 71.4%

Board 3
Quesada, Perez, Cuba 71.4%

Board 4
Wei Yi, China 71.4%

A game from Ivanchuk:

WTCC 2015
Round 7, April 26, 2015
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Yu Yangyi
E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation (5.cd ed)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Nce4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Rc4 20. Qb1 Rfc8 21. h3 R8c7 22. Rc2 Ng8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rdc1 Bd5 25. b3 R4c5 26. Na4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qa5 28. b4 Qxa4 29. Rxc7 Nc6 30. Qa1 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qb3 32. Qxa7 Kh7 33. Qc5 Qb1+ 34. Qc1 Qa2 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Rc3 Qa2 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Rd4 Bf5 40. Rd2 b5 41. Qb2 Qe6 42. Qd4 1-0

(42.Qd4 Qg6 43.Kh2 Be6 44.Qb6 Bc4 45.Qxg6+ Kxg6 46.Rd4 Bd3 47.f3 f5 48.g4 fxg4 49.hxg4 Be2)

[Jack Maguire]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

Wei Yi had an amusing game today with a spectacular King march, finishing with 39.Kg6 (:

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...lez_Vidal_Yuri

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

World Team Championship 2015

Round Eight
April 27, 2015

Results

India-Armenia 1.5-2.5

Harikrishna-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Sargissian-Sethuraman 0.5-0.5
Sasikiran-Movsesian 0.5-0.5
Melkumyan-Vidit 1-0

Egypt-Russia 0.5-3.5

Amin-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
Tomashevsky-Shoker 1-0
Ezat-Jakovenko 0-1
Vitiugov-Adly 1-0

Israel-Hungary 2-2

Gelfand-Leko 0.5-0.5
Erdos-Smirin 0.5-0.5
Rodshtein-Almasi 0.5-0.5
Balogh-Postny 0.5-0.5

Ukraine-USA 1.5-2.5

Ponomariov-Shankland 0.5-0.5
Lenderman-Ivanchuk 1-0
Eljanov-Onischuk 0.5-0.5
Naroditsky-Kryvoruchko 0.5-0.5

Cuba-China 1-3

Dominguez-Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
Yu Yangyi-Bruzon 1-0
Quesada-Bu 0.5-0.5
Wei Yi – Gonzalez 1-0

Ranking After Round Eight by Matchpoints

China 13
Ukraine 11
Armenia 9
Russia 8
Israel 8
USA 8
Hungary 8
Cuba 7
India 7
Egypt 1

Round Nine Matchups

China-India, USA-Cuba, Hungary-Ukraine, Russia-Israel and Armenia-Egypt

WTCC
Round 8, April 27, 2015
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E94 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Donner Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.d5 cxd5 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.cxd5 Nc5 13.Nd2 a5 14.Nc4 Ncxe4 15.f3 Bd7 16.a4 Bxb5 17.axb5 Nc5 18.Nb6 Ra7 19.Be3 Rd8 20.Ra3 Bf8 21.Rda1 Qc7 22.b4 Qxb6 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Rxa5 Nxd5 25.Bf2 Bh6 26.R5a3 Nf4 27.Ra8 Kg7 28.Bc4 Rxa8 29.Rxa8 Qc7 30.Kf1 Qd7 31.Qd1 Nce6 32.g3 Nh3 33.Bb6 Neg5 34.Bc5 Nf4 35.Bxd6 Qh3+ 36.Ke1 Ng2+ 37.Ke2 Nf4+ 38.Ke1 Ng2+ 39.Ke2 Nf4+ 40.Kd2 Nfe6 41.Kc3 Qf5 42.h4 1-0

Round 8, April 27, 2015
Wei Yi – Gonzalez, Yuri
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Rxd8 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Bc5 15.Bc4 a5 16.c3 Rd6 17.Bb5 Rfd8 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Nd7 20.cxb4 Nxb4 21.Rc1 c6 22.Bc4 h6 23.g3 g6 24.Kg2 Kg7 25.h4 f6 26.h5 g5 27.Be2 Nf8 28.Bc4 Nd7 29.Kh3 Nc5 30.Kg4 Nxa4 31.Ra3 Nc5 32.Rxa5 Nxe4 33.Kf5 Nxf2 34.Be6 e4 35.Ra7+ Kh8 36.Nd4 Nbd3 37.Rxc6 Rxc6 38.Nxc6 Rf8 39.Kg6 1-0

Look at the king!

Round 8, April 27, 2015
Yu Yangyi – Bruzon, Lazaro
C45 Scotch, Mieses Variation, Main Line

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nd2 Qe6 10.b3 Bb4 11.Bb2 O-O 12.O-O-O Qe7 13.Ne4 Re8 14.Qc2 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nc3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 c5 18.Bd3 g6 19.f4 c4 20.bxc4 Bg4 21.Rde1 Rac8 22.Kb2 Nxc4+ 23.Ka1 d4 24.Bxd4 Red8 25.Qf2 Qd7 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.Bb2 Be6 28.f5 gxf5 29.Qf3 Ra4 30.a3 Qb5 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Qc3 f4 33.Rd6 Rc4 34.Qd2 Rcc8 35.Qb4 Qe2 36.Re1 Qf2 37.Qd2 Rxb2 38.Kxb2 Rb8+ 39.Ka1 Qc5 40.Rd3 Qc4 41.Rc1 Qa4 42.g3 Bf5 43.Rd8+ Kg7 44.Qd6 Rxd8 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.Qxd8+ Kg7 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qd6 f3 49.Qd8+ Kg7 50.Qg5+ Kh8 51.Qe3 f2 52.Rf1 Kg8 53.Rxf2 Qd1+ 54.Kb2 Qb1+ 55.Kc3 Qa1+ 56.Kb4 Qb1+ 57.Ka5 Bd3 58.a4 Qb7 59.Qg5+ Kh8 60.Qd8+ Kg7 61.Qd6 Bc4 62.Qf6+ Kg8 63.Qd8+ Kg7 64.Rd2 h6 65.Rd7 Qb3 66.Qf6+ Kh7 67.Qf5+ Kg7 68.Qg4+ Kh7 69.Qd4 a6 70.e6 Bxe6 71.Qd3+ 1-0

(71.Qd3+ Qxd3 72.Rxd3 Kg7 73.Rd4 Bc8 74.Rd8 Bb7 75.Kb6 Bg2 76.Kxa6 Bc6 77.a5 Bf3 78.Kb6)

And from the preceding round, a game recommended for its opening that is out of the box. Is this the future of chess?

Round 7, April 26, 2015
Rapport, Richard – Adly, Ahmed
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.b3 a5 2.e4 a4 3.b4 e6 4.Bb2 d5 5.a3 dxe4 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.g4 c5 8.b5 h6 9.Bg2 Ra5 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Rxb5 15.Qxa4 Qc6 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.Ke2 c4 18.Bxg7 Re5+ 19.Nxe5 Qxa4 20.Bxh8 c3 21.f3 Qf4 22.dxc3 Bc5 23.Rb5 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qe3+ 25.Kd1 Qxf3+ 26.Kd2 Be3+ 27.Kd3 Bf4+ 28.Kc4 Qxh1 29.Kd4 0-1

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Standing in the Womens WTC After Round Seven
Matchpoints

Georgia 15
Russia 13
China 11
India 8
Ukraine 8
Kazakhstan 8
Armenia 7
Poland 5
USA 5
Egypt 0

[Hans Jung]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

Some eyepopping games - Wei Yi mentioned above with the king walk and I dont know what Richard Rapport was doing but he got hammered. Lots of interesting games.

[Jack Maguire]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

China ends up winning the event rather handily with 15 points, 3 ahead of Ukraine (12) and 4 in front of Armenia (11). These 3 countries have won the last 6 Olympiads (Armenia 3 times, Ukraine twice, and China in 2014). I don't think there can be any question that China is the new world powerhouse in team play. Wei Yi was the individual star with a spectacular 7/9 on board 4. I doubt he'll still be the 4 board on their 2016 Olympiad team. At 2717.5 he's currently the number 5 ranked player in China, behind Ding Liren (2757.4), Li Chao (2748.1), Wang Yue (2724.3), Yu Yangyi (2722.9).

[Hans Jung]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

Alex Lenderman finished on a hot streak with 4 wins. In 3 of them his opponents basically forced him to checkmate them! and in the other a great game against Chucky where he survived the attack. He's the main reason why the US team was competitve. Congratulations Alex!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Team Championship 2015

World Team Championships 2015

Round Nine
April 28, 2015

With the youngest team in the event, China takes the gold medal. Ukraine gets silver and Armenia, the bronze. The USA surprisingly ties with Russia for 4th spot, with Lenderman having the best percentage on Board 2.

The Ukrainian team agreed all draws with Hungary, thus guaranteeing themselves second place, and leaving China first. The fate of the title was decided yesterday, when the long-time leaders Ukraine, lost to the USA. The team from China was the only one not to suffer a single defeat in the event.

How would you show in one picture that Vassily Ivanchuk is a front-row grandmaster, yet lives in his own chess world? For the answer, see the photo at

http://en.chessbase.com/post/world-t...tle-for-bronze

If I could, I would get a framed copy for my wall!

Results

China-India 3-1

Ding Liren – Harikrishna 0.5-0.5
Sethuraman-Yu Yangyi 0-1
Bu-Sasikiran 0.5-0.5
Sengupta-Wei Yi 0-1

USA-Cuba 3-1

Shankland-Dominguez 0.5-0.5
Bruzon-Lenderman 0-1
Akobian-Ortiz 1-0
Gonzalez-Naroditsky 0.5-0.5

Hungary-Ukraine 2-2

Leko-Ponomariov 0.5-0.5
Ivanchuk-Erdos 0.5-0.5
Almasi-Kryvoruchko 0.5-0.5
Moiseenko-Balogh 0.5-0.5

Russia-Israel 2.5-1.5

Grischuk-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
Sutovsky-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Tomashevsky-Rodshtein 1-0
Postny-Vitiugov 0.5-0.5

Armenia-Egypt 2.5-1.5

Aronian-Shoker 1-0
Ezat-Sargissian 0-1
Movsesian-Adly 0-1
Farahat-Melkumyan 0.5-0.5

Final Ranking
Matchpoints

China 15
Ukraine 12
Armenia 11
Russia 10
USA 10
Hungary 9
Israel 8
Cuba 7
India 7
Egypt 1

Board Leaders

Board 1 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 66.7%
Board 2 Aleksandr Lenderman (USA) 71.4%
Board 3 Perez Quesada (Cuba) 68.8%
Board 4 Wei Yi (China) 77.8%
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WWTC, Final Standing

Georgia 17
Russia 15
China 11
India 10
Ukraine 10
Kazakhstan 9
Armenia 7
Poland 6
USA 5
Egypt 0
________

WTCC 2015
Round 9, April 28, 2015
Bruzon, Lazaro – Lenderman, Aleksandr
D38 QGD, Ragozin Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qf4 Ke7 12.g3 e5 13.Qh6 Be6 14.Bh3 Bxh3 15.Qxh3 Nd4 16.O-O Bxc3 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.bxc3 dxc3 19.Qg2 Rac8 20.Qxb7+ Rc7 21.Qe4+ Qe5 22.Qa4 Rd8 23.Qa3+ Ke8 24.Rc2 Rd2 25.Rb1 Qe4 26.Rb8+ Kd7 27.Rc1 c2 28.Qb3 Qc4 29.Qe3 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Qd5+ 31.f3 Qe5 32.Qa3 Qxe2+ 33.Kh3 Qf1+ 34.Kh4 Rc4+ 35.g4 Qf2+ 36.Kh3 Rd2 37.Rh1 c1=Q 0-1

Black has two rooks and two queens in the ending!

Round 9, April 28, 2015
Akobian, Varuzhan – Ortiz, Reyna ldo
A61 Benoni Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Nh5 13.Bxd6 Qb6 14.Bh2 Qxb2 15.Ne4 Qxa1 16.Qxa1 Bxa1 17.Rxa1 Nhf6 18.Nd6 Re7 19.e4 Nb6 20.a5 Nbxd5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Bc4 Nf6 23.Ng5 Kg7 24.Ngxf7 Bd7 25.Be5 Be6 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.f4 h6 28.g4 g5 29.f5 Re7 30.Rb1 Rf8 31.Rb6 Rfxf7 32.Nxf7 Rxf7 33.Kf2 Rf8 34.Re6 Rf7 35.Ke3 Rf8 36.Kd3 Rf7 1-0

Round 9, April 28, 2015
Sengupta, Deep – Wei Yi
C83 Ruy Lopez, Open, Classical Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Bf4 O-O 16.Ne1 Qd5 17.Bxd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qxb3 19.Qf3 Qe6 20.Nd3 Rfd8 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.Rde1 Rad8 23.Nc1 Na5 24.Ne2 Nb3 25.Qg3 c5 26.Kh1 Nd2 27.Bxd2 Rxd2 28.Nf4 Qf5 29.b3 c4 30.bxc4 bxc4 31.h4 a5 32.h5 a4 33.h6 Bg5 34.Nh3 R2d3 35.f3 Bxh6 36.Qh4 Bd2 37.Re2 Bxc3 38.e6 fxe6 39.Qxc4 a3 40.Nf2 Rd2 41.Rfe1 Rxe2 42.Rxe2 Be5 43.Qb3 Rb8 0-1

Round 9, April 28, 2015
Sethuraman, S. – Yu, Yangyi
B22 Sicilian-Alekhine-Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.a3 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 h6 15.Ba2 Ne7 16.c4 Bc6 17.Bb2 Ng6 18.g3 Re8 19.Rad1 Qa5 20.c5 Be7 21.h4 Bf6 22.Nh2 Qd8 23.Ng4 Bxh4 24.gxh4 Qxh4 25.Nh2 Nf4 26.Qe3 Ng2 27.Qe5 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Qh3 29.f3 Bd5 30.Bb1 f6 31.Qf4 b6 32.Re2 f5 33.Rg2 Rf8 34.Rg3 Qh5 35.Nf1 Rf6 36.Ne3 Qf7 37.Kf2 Qb7 38.Nd1 Kf7 39.Qe5 Qb8 40.Nc3 bxc5 41.Ba1 cxd4 42.Qxd4 Rc4 43.Qd3 Rg6 44.Rxg6 Kxg6 45.Nxd5 Qh2+ 46.Ke3 Qg1+ 47.Ke2 Rc1 48.Nf4+ Kh7 49.Bc3 Rxb1 50.Nxe6 Qf1+ 51.Ke3 Qxd3+ 52.Kxd3 g5 53.a4 Kg6 54.Ke2 h5 55.a5 h4 56.Kf2 h3 57.Kg3 Rh1 58.Bd4 a6 59.Bb6 f4+ 60.Nxf4+ gxf4+ 61.Kxf4 Kf6 62.Kg3 Ke5 63.Bc7+ Kd4 64.Bb6+ Kd3 65.Kf2 h2 66.Kg2 Rf1 67.Kxh2 Rxf3 68.Kg1 Kd2 69.Kh2 Kd1 70.Bc7 Rf7 71.Bb6 Rg7 72.Kh3 Ke2 73.Kh4 Kd3 74.Kh3 Kc4 75.Kh2 Kb4 76.Kh3 Rg5 77.Kh2 Rxa5 78.Bxa5+ Kxa5 79.Kg3 Kb4 0-1