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🏆 World Team Championship (2015)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Levon Aronian, Ding Liren, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Ruslan Ponomariov, Pentala Harikrishna, Pavel Eljanov, Peter Leko, Wei Yi, Yangyi Yu, Dmitry Jakovenko, Richard Rapport, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Nikita Vitiugov, Sergei Movsesian, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Xiangzhi Bu, Sam Shankland, Alexander Moiseenko, Zoltan Almasi, Krishnan Sasikiran, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Vladimir Akopian, Maxim Rodshtein, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Gabriel Sargissian, Alexander Onischuk, Bassem Amin, Hrant Melkumyan, Evgeny Postny, Varuzhan Akobian, Csaba Balogh, Sethuraman P Sethuraman, Viktor Erdos, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Aleksandr Lenderman, Daniel Naroditsky, Ahmed Adly, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez, Deep Sengupta, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal, Chen Wang, Samy Shoker, Mohamed Ezat, Ali Farahat

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Team Championship (2015)

Played in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia 19-28 April 2015. FIDE page: http://tsaghkadzor2015.fide.com/. Crosstable: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr170...

 page 2 of 8; games 26-50 of 180  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Ivanchuk vs G Sargissian  ½-½132015World Team ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
27. Movsesian vs Eljanov  ½-½772015World Team ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
28. A Moiseenko vs H Melkumyan  ½-½492015World Team ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
29. Harikrishna vs Shankland  ½-½462015World Team ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
30. Onischuk vs S P Sethuraman  ½-½342015World Team ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
31. Sasikiran vs V Akobian  ½-½442015World Team ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
32. Naroditsky vs V S Gujrathi  ½-½282015World Team ChampionshipE55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
33. B Amin vs Gelfand  ½-½262015World Team ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
34. Sutovsky vs S Shoker 0-1682015World Team ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
35. M Ezat vs Smirin  ½-½202015World Team ChampionshipA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
36. M Rodshtein vs A Adly  1-0712015World Team ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
37. Grischuk vs L Dominguez Perez 0-1942015World Team ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
38. L Bruzon Batista vs Karjakin  ½-½382015World Team ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
39. Tomashevsky vs Y Quesada Perez ½-½822015World Team ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
40. Y Gonzalez Vidal vs Vitiugov  ½-½552015World Team ChampionshipB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
41. Gelfand vs Harikrishna  ½-½272015World Team ChampionshipE15 Queen's Indian
42. S P Sethuraman vs Sutovsky  0-1282015World Team ChampionshipD70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
43. Smirin vs Sasikiran 1-0352015World Team ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
44. Sengupta vs E Postny  0-1542015World Team ChampionshipC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
45. Ivanchuk vs B Amin  1-0592015World Team ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
46. S Shoker vs Eljanov  0-1472015World Team ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
47. Kryvoruchko vs M Ezat  1-0692015World Team ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
48. A Adly vs A Moiseenko 0-1662015World Team ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
49. L Dominguez Perez vs Aronian  ½-½702015World Team ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
50. G Sargissian vs L Bruzon Batista  0-1402015World Team ChampionshipD36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
 page 2 of 8; games 26-50 of 180  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Apr-28-15  MagnusVerMagnus: Has anyone been so good and so young as Leko? He seem destined to be great, was the competition then that weak?
Apr-28-15  whiteshark: <Kinghunt: Leko went a perfect 8/8, here! (8 games, 8 draws, of course.)> Don't forget FIDE World Team Championship (2015)/Boris Gelfand !!
Apr-28-15  jphamlore: Leko married in 2000 and his father-in-law has been his permanent coach. In about 2009 Leko also sought the help of Jan Gustafsson.

http://en.chessbase.com/post/peter-...-

I am not sure that for the particular sport of chess it is wise to have one's father-in-law also be one's trainer.

Apr-28-15  crystalpauper: <I am not sure that for the particular sport of chess it is wise to have one's father-in-law also be one's trainer.>

I think that could probably be said of virtually any endevour.

Apr-28-15  ColdSong: Very good result for Shankland indeed,who manages to reach 3,5/8 (=7-1) against very strong opponents,with a very sound style,in my opinion.Maybe a new 2700+ soon.
Apr-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: <I am not sure that for the particular sport of chess it is wise to have one's father-in-law also be one's trainer.>

It might just be a sham, for tax purposes. Leko claims his father in law as a business expense, claiming to pay him a salary, which probably doesn't' actually happen. The fake salary is a direct reduction of Leko's taxable income on his tax returns, each year. I have no idea what the Hungarian tax system is, but it's probably similar to what we do in the USA.

Anand is probably doing the same thing. He lists his wife, Aruna, as a 'business manager.' This allows him to deduct her salary against his chess income each year; it's a business expense. How much 'managing' do you really think Aruna Anand does? About as much chess training as Peter Leko's father in law does, I would guess.

Apr-28-15  bobthebob: <It might just be a sham, for tax purposes. > Hiring a relative doesn't work that way.

You can deduct the salary from your expenses, but the relative would claim the income as income and pay taxes.

Apr-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: what if...there IS no income? What if the salary for a chess trainer or manager is non-existent, fraudulent? The supposed recipient simply doesn't claim it on their tax return. The 'employer' claims that payment was made in cash, no W-2s exist, or whatever they call them in Europe and Asia.

Depends on how automated a nation's tax collection system is. In the USA this might set off some bells and red lights but it's possible that such claims go unnoticed by the governments of small eastern European countries, unless such business or individual is audited. But, how many auditors are looking for someone making $100k a year? They have bigger fish to fry.

Apr-28-15  Maatalkko: <HeMateMe> That's a very bad tax evasion attempt. It would be much better for the chess player to simply not report some of their income in the first place.
Apr-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: You may be right, I don't know. As an experienced chess player don't you find it somewhat coincidental that a world class chess player is paying his father in law (I assume that 'trainer' means financial compensation, but that may not be the case) a salary to improve his chess skills? The father in law just happens to be someone with a skill level that could improve a Peter Leko's tournament performance? I'm a bit skeptical...so, I suspect it's just a fictitious expense written off against earned income.

I really don't think an upper middle class earner claiming say, a $10,000 expense for an employee is really that unusual or certain to draw the eye of auitors. Government auditors are looking for corporations or million dollar earners who are beating the system, real money to make an audit worthwhile. It doesn't have to be the smartest deduction, just one that won't trigger an audit.

Who knows--maybe there is no salary at all, and the guy works for free? I'm just playing devils advocate.

What about the Anands? If I were to bet money, I would bet that on their tax return she is being paid a salary of $75k-$100k, which is a direct offset of earned income on their joint return. Does she really do anything to warrant this hypothetical salary? Probably not. But, it's a smart tax deduction, if the Anands are proceeding in such a way.

Apr-29-15  bobthebob: <The 'employer' claims that payment was made in cash, no W-2s exist, or whatever they call them in Europe and Asia.>

I don't know about Europe and Asia, but if it were that simple, I think you wouldn't even bother with the fake expense to a family member. Just claim a lot of other small expenses without receipts - travel, training, massages, etc. Lot easier than claiming a 75k salary without an paperwork.

In the U.S. claiming that type of expense without filing a w2 or an i-9 is just a red cape to an auditor to charge at you. The systems will flag that.

Apr-29-15  jphamlore: End hyphens in URLs don't seem to work so well being linked through CG.

From the above interview from 2009/5/26:

<I [Leko] had many trainers during my carrier to whom I am all very thankful. Since this year besides my permanent coach Arshak Petrosian, with whom we have been working for eight years, I also started a serious professional work with German grandmaster Jan Gustafsson, who is helping me a lot in refreshing my opening repertoire. I cannot assess the daily number of hours, as it differs. During intensive training sessions it can well be ten or twelve hours a day ...

I met my wife Sofy during the tournament in 1999. This was a great moment. Due to this victory I entered the top ten for the first time and met my big love at the same time. And you should not forget that my manager Carsten Hensel is from there. I have known him since 1991, and he was always a good friend already before we started the professional co-operation in 1998.>

So apparently Leko had both a trainer(s) and a manager as of 2009. If this timeline is accurate, Leko's father-in-law would have been his trainer after his Leko's marriage to the trainer's daughter.

Arshak Petrosian has been the national coach for the Armenian chess team when it won team events and is evidently well respected in that role:

http://chess-news.ru/en/node/8519

<The coach of Armenia men's national team GM Arshak Petrosian has been awarded the Mikhail Botvinnik Best Chess Coach Medal for 2011 by Fide ...

Let us remind you that Arshak Petrosian has already been awarded the Best Chess Coach title in 2008 when the Armenia national team won the gold medal at the Olympiad held in Dresden.>

It seems tricky for a player to choose a trainer, and sometimes changes in direction must be made. Boris Spassky initially thought an trainer who could optimize Spassky's already formidable attacking skills might be the perfect fit, but Spassky had to switch to Bondarevsky to realize his full potential. This kind of decision it seems to me needs to be made dispassionately and in a business-like sense.

Apr-29-15  AsosLight: Nice to see USA playing with a legitimate team. They proved that achieving something with your own sources is much more respectful and ethical than stealing from someone else table.
Apr-29-15  dumbgai: <C team> I'm pretty sure the American team here is their B team.

The team here (Shankland, Onischuk, Lenderman, Naroditsky, Akobian) are ranked 4, 5, 7, 8, 9.

The A team would be Nakamura, So, Kamsky, Shankland, and Onischuk (or possibly Robson).

Apr-29-15  dumbgai: <AsosLight> Not sure what you mean, 3 of the 5 players on the American team weren't born here. Lenderman moved here as a kid, but Akobian and Onischuk moved here when they were adults.
Apr-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: To some, Nakamura does not count either, though he also moved to USA at a very early age--not that <asholight> cares one whit for any view other than his line of xenophobia and racism.
Apr-29-15  Climatebomb: Make taxation illegal.Doh!!
Don't fund socialism,it destroyed the west!
End the massive war on prosperity,masqueraded
as a war on poverty.
China,a socialist country,has taken 800 million people out of poverty. The west has plunged as many into poverty using outdated 19th and 20th century ideologies.
Apr-29-15  jphamlore: I think it won't be long until Samuel Sevian's play has progressed to where he would be worthy to be on the United States A team of chess.
Apr-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: How about: The Pimple Summit--Wei v. Sammy S. at the St. Louis Chess Club, 4 game match, sponsored by Rex S.? The future of chess, two strong teen players slugging it out. Winner gets the new Apple watch and a fold out picture book of Sofia Vergara's butt?
Apr-30-15  ex0duz: Congrats to China. I guess they are now the undisputed world team champions since they won the olympiad and now also this..?

Ding, Li Chao, and Wei Yi have had an awesome month, with Ding at rank 11 in the world and with a 2757.4 rating, and Li Chao at 16 in the world with a 2748.1 rating(moved up 11 spots). Wei Yi also had a good month and is now 2717.5 and rank 34(also moved up 11 spots)

Ridiculous how quickly these young guys improved.. and yeah. Sadly Wang Hao has dropped and is below them all now with 2710.2. Even Wang Yue is above him with 2724, same as Yu Yangyi(2722.9 and rank 31).

I think we'll get a future world champion from one of these guys.. or at least between Wei Yi and/or Ding Liren.. since they seem to have a certain motivation and 'drive' to play/win, and imo that's what the others lack, or at least compared to them.. like how Wang Hao is basically still a uni student and doesn't devote all his time and effort to improving and doesn't spend 24/7 thinking about chess.. what do you guys think?

Apr-30-15  jphamlore: <ex0duz> All of the Chinese top players of that age are university students including Ding Liren according to:

http://whychess.com/node/6196

Like the other Chinese players in university that allows him to train about 3 to 4 hours per day.

Apr-30-15  MagnusVerMagnus: China is kicking @ss in EVERYTHING now, thank God for Magnus. Russia (and whatever countries they annex) will be insignificant in everything but oil in 100 years, and they may be China properties by that point. China is the next country to dominate.
Apr-30-15  Catholic Bishop: Now that chess has been conquered can we please move on to GO
Apr-30-15  MagnusVerMagnus: < Catholic Bishop: > is that the code word for bring in the underage boys!? and wine of course.
Apr-30-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: will we have to learn how to use chopsticks?
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