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🏆 World Team Championship (2017)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Peter Svidler, Ruslan Ponomariov, Wei Yi, Yangyi Yu, Chao Li, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nikita Vitiugov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxim Matlakov, Sam Shankland, Alexander Moiseenko, Anton Korobov, Alexander Areshchenko, Krishnan Sasikiran, Jeffery Xiong, Sergei Zhigalko, Ray Robson, Alexander Onischuk, Baskaran Adhiban, Martyn Kravtsiv, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Mateusz Bartel, Vladislav Kovalev, Varuzhan Akobian, Parimarjan Negi, Kacper Piorun, Mustafa Yilmaz, Alexei Fedorov, Grzegorz Gajewski, Murali Karthikeyan, Aryan Tari, Dragan Solak, Yang Wen, Emre Can, Kirill Stupak, Vahap Sanal, Muhammed Batuhan Dastan, Frode Urkedal, Lars Oskar Hauge, Adham Fawzy, Johan Salomon, Frode Elsness, Imed Abdelnabbi, Abdelrahman Hesham, Moheb Ameir, Ali Farahat

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Team Championship (2017)

The 11th World Team Chess Championship took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 17th to 26th June 2017. Crosstable: http://chess-results.com/tnr289296...., and 

                  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10   MP  Pts
 1 CHINA          *   2½  2½  2½  2   2½  3½  2   3½  3½   16  24½
 2 RUSSIA         1½  *   3   2½  2   2½  3   4   3   3½   15  25
 3 POLAND         1½  1   *   2½  1½  3   3   2½  2½  3    12  20½
 4 INDIA          1½  1½  1½  *   2   2½  2½  3½  3   2½   11  20½
 5 TURKEY         2   2   2½  2   *   2   1½  1   2½  3    10  18½
 6 UKRAINE        1½  1½  1   1½  2   *   2   2½  3   2½    8  17½
 7 BELARUS         ½  1   1   1½  2½  2   *   2   3½  3½    8  17½
 8 UNITED STATES  2   0   1½   ½  3   1½  2   *   2½  3     8  16
 9 NORWAY          ½  1   1½  1   1½  1    ½  1½  *   2½    2  11
10 EGYPT           ½  ½   1   1½  1   1½   ½  1   1½  *     0   9
China won with 16 match points (MP). Official site: http://ugra2017.fide.com/. Teams & players: http://ugra2017.fide.com/teams/.

Previous edition: FIDE World Team Championship (2015). Next: World Team Chess Championship (2019). See also World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017).

 page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 104  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Fedorov vs Robson  ½-½222017World Team ChampionshipB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
52. D Solak vs Ding Liren  ½-½402017World Team ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
53. E Can vs Wei Yi  ½-½292017World Team ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
54. Duda vs A Korobov  ½-½292017World Team ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
55. F Urkedal vs Nepomniachtchi  ½-½392017World Team ChampionshipD80 Grunfeld
56. Negi vs A Farahat  ½-½292017World Team ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
57. Svidler vs A Tari  ½-½292017World Team ChampionshipA22 English
58. V Akobian vs K Stupak  ½-½492017World Team ChampionshipA50 Queen's Pawn Game
59. I Abdelnabbi vs M Karthikeyan  ½-½672017World Team ChampionshipB55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack
60. C Li vs V Sanal  ½-½522017World Team ChampionshipE20 Nimzo-Indian
61. Shankland vs S Zhigalko  ½-½762017World Team ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
62. V Kovalev vs Onischuk  ½-½1152017World Team ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
63. A Hesham vs V S Gujrathi  ½-½792017World Team ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
64. A Moiseenko vs K Piorun  ½-½882017World Team ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
65. A Moiseenko vs C Li  ½-½132017World Team ChampionshipD22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
66. A Korobov vs Y Yu  ½-½442017World Team ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
67. A Farahat vs Xiong  ½-½212017World Team ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
68. Wei Yi vs Areshchenko  ½-½392017World Team ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
69. V S Gujrathi vs D Solak  ½-½252017World Team ChampionshipD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
70. A Aleksandrov vs J Salomon  ½-½542017World Team ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
71. Wojtaszek vs Svidler  ½-½582017World Team ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
72. K Piorun vs M Matlakov  ½-½492017World Team ChampionshipC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
73. M B Dastan vs Negi  ½-½752017World Team ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
74. A Fawzy vs V Akobian  ½-½662017World Team ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
75. D Solak vs Shankland  ½-½142017World Team ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
 page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 104  PGN Download
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Jun-21-17  botvinnik64: Atalik active; not sure why he's not here.
Krasnekow is no stranger to top flight chess: I remember he won the NY Open many years ago (in the 90's?) against a very strong field. I think he was robbed of everything as soon as he disembarked from his flight back in Europe - really horrible. An opening theoretician, I followed his work in the English systems with the early g4 spike. Quite interesting. Great to see his students succeed!
Jun-21-17  cro777: <keypusher> Suat Atalik (age 53), the first Turkish grandmaster, is still active. He is currently playing at the Silver lake Open 2017 in Serbia.

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr267...

As far as this championship is concerned, the younger players Sanal (age 19) and Dastan (age 20) have been given a chance.

Jun-21-17  nok: <Suat Atalik (...) is still active. He is currently playing at the Silver lake Open 2017 in Serbia.> Do you work for the NSA or something?
Jun-21-17  I Like Fish:

hello...
where can i...
join team white...

Jun-21-17  Nf8: <Country-ranked players for each team: China: 1-2-3-4-13
Russia: 4-5-7-10-12
Ukraine: 3-4-6-7-8
India: 3-4-5-6-12
Poland: 1-2-4-5-7
USA: 4-6-7-8-9
Belarus: 1-2-3-5-6
Turkey: 2-3-4-5-8
Norway: 4-5-7-10-14
Egypt: 6-7-8-9-13

China is the only team to bring top-4, but Belarus, Poland and Turkey (although without Ipatov) clearly are taking this seriously as well. Ukraine and the US are bringing only top-10 players, but are missing top-2 and top-3 respectively. India is almost the same. Russia, Norway and especially Egypt (but why??) are bringing the comparatively weakest teams.>

I think Russia, the US & India are taking this quite seriously as well, at least at the level of the federations. In the case of the US, nos. 1-3 & 5 are simply unavailable (So, Caruana & Nakamura due to conflicting schedules with Altibox Norway & the Grand Tour, Kamsky retired from the national team a few years ago). Same for Russia's nos. 1-3; whereas their "10" & "12" (Matlakov & Fedoseev) are actually 6 & 9 according to live ratings, and were last-minute replacements for Jakovenko & Inarkiev probably because they're considered as "hot" players in good form - they've just finished the European Championship with great results (Matlakov won it), and Fedoseev is having a very good year in general (gained about 50 rating points in the last half year). Of course, Russia also has the luxury of several 2700+ players at a similar level to choose from - at least rating-wise, the difference between their no.6 and no.10 is very small, whereas the difference between USA's no.3 & no.4 is huge. And in India, Anand doesn't want to play in the national team for a very long time (his last time was 2006, I believe).

Jun-21-17  PhilFeeley: Re: <Suat Atalik>: If you check his <CG> page you'll find that he was banned by the Turkish Chess Federation in 2012 for petty reasons. He's never played for any of their teams since.
Jun-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member		  ketchuplover: You don't win by resigning for your country. You win by making the other poor dumb bastard resign for his country!
Jun-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member		  AylerKupp: <chessgames.com> Any chance that you could calculate and post the team standings as part of this page's header? After all, it IS a team competition and it's the team standings that count. You list the player standings in a regular tournament, and it wouldn't take up any more space.
Jun-22-17  sonia91: <AylerKupp> CG.com doesn't read the kibitzing boards, better ask in their forum. By the way, cg.com never made team standings.
Jun-22-17  ozu: <ketchuplover> BRAVIS
Jun-24-17  Imran Iskandar: Li Chao helps China edge Russia 3.5-2.5 and grab sole lead!
Jun-25-17  cro777: The defending champion Chinese men's team before the victory over Russia (2.5-1.5) in the seventh round:

http://img.mp.itc.cn/upload/2017062...

(From right to left): Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Li Chao with (standing) GMs Ye Jiangchuan, head coach, and Xu Jun, coach.

Standings after 7 rounds:

China 12
Russia 11
Poland 10
India 9
United States, Turkey 8
Belarus 6
Ukraine 4
Norway 2
Egypt 0

Jun-25-17  Chessinfinite: Vidit Gujrati in a very strong position against Svidler. India - Russia is very exciting at the 2 remains boards.
Jun-25-17  Chessinfinite: ..and Vidit blew a +6 winning advantage against Svidler.. what a blowout. He should have just taken the bishop on h3 and it was still winning.. unbelievable. Fight is on in the 2 games.
Jun-25-17  Chessinfinite: Fedoseev has to find Nd6 against Negi to win in a complex position and Vidit has managed to steal draw from Victory!.. this is very tight.
Jun-25-17  Syphic101: Ideal Chinese A team:

Board 1: Wei Yi = No pressure against him to perform against other board one players who are older and have more experience. This will put pressure on his board one opponents instead!

Board 2: Ding Liren = Super solid against weaker players. Needs to show his superiority.

Board 3: Wang Hao = Highly aggressive player. Will get plenty of wins against other board 3 opponents.

Board 4: Yu Yangyi = One of China's most promising players. The backbone of Team China.

Backup: Bu Xiangzhi = Best sub who can play any board and compete well.

Strategy: Accumulate wins from Yu Yangyi and Wang Hao. Wei Yi can settle for draws and have no pressure to perform. Ding Liren needs to get some wins against weaker opposition on board two.

Bu Xiangzhi subs for anyone not performing well or needs rest.

What do people think?

Jun-26-17  12Knaves: @syphic101
Li Chao as backup instead of Bu Xiangzhi.
Jun-26-17  cro777: The Chinese team defended the World Team Championship title.

1) China 16

2) Russia 15

3) Poland 12

GM Xu Jun (coach): "I think our key secret is that we have a very good team spirit, and our players have improved a lot during recent years". As GM Ye Jiangchuan (head coach) added, "this team is now more and more mature".

Li Chao and Ding Liren revealed the other secrets (blessed buddhist bracelet and playing billiards after dinner every evening):

http://ugra2017.fide.com/2017/06/26...

Jun-26-17  SirRuthless: So is this like the B squad Olympiad or something?
Jun-26-17  siamesedream: Congratulations to medalists, especially for my countrymen from <Poland>.
Jun-26-17  12Knaves: <siamesdream> indeed, a valiant effort from the polish. I was particularly impressed by teenage wunderkind Duda, really rose to the challenge in this tourney.
Jun-28-17  cro777: The teams have returned home -

Flowers for champions (China) ... and for great performance (Turkey):

http://s.imsa.cn/cmsa_cms/uploads/a...

http://www.tsf.org.tr/images/storie...

Jul-04-17  sonia91: Russia defeated US 4-0 (!) in the last round, but that was enough only for silver medal.

chess24: "Svidler notes Russia lost one game in the whole World Teams, but it was in the wrong match (vs. China)" Li Chao vs V Fedoseev, 2017

http://twitter.com/chess24com/statu...

Jul-04-17  sonia91: chess24 report: http://chess24.com/en/read/news/fla...

<If Poland had held China to a draw in the final round Russia could have snatched victory with a 3:1 victory over the USA. That looked a difficult ask against a team that, while underperforming and lacking the big three of So, Caruana and Nakamura, was still formidable. In the end, though, Russia claimed the only 4:0 whitewash of the whole Open tournament!>

<Poland score a historic result

The last time a Polish men’s team won medals at a major chess team competition was in 1939 in Buenos Aires, when a team including Tartakower and Najdorf took silver in an event utterly overshadowed by the outbreak of World War II. Najdorf would remain in Argentina and is now perhaps remembered more as an Argentinian player.>

Jul-09-17  sonia91: < 1 RUSSIA * 3 2½ 3 3 3½ 2 3 2 3½ 16 25½ 2 CHINA 1 * 3½ 2 2 3 3 2½ 2 3 13 22 3 GEORGIA 1½ ½ * 2 2½ 2 3 3 3 4 12 21½ 4 INDIA 1 2 2 * 1½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 12 20 5 UKRAINE 1 2 1½ 2½ * 2 2½ 3 2½ 2½ 12 19½ 6 POLAND ½ 1 2 1½ 2 * 2 2½ 3½ 3½ 9 18½ 7 UNITED STATES 2 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 * 2 2 3½ 6 16½ 8 VIETNAM 1 1½ 1 1½ 1 1½ 2 * 2½ 4 5 16 9 AZERBAIJAN 2 2 1 1 1½ ½ 2 1½ * 4 5 15½ 10 EGYPT ½ 1 0 1 1½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 0 5>

This is the women's crosstable!

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