Information by TWIC
Men
| Round 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 3 – 2 | Russia | ||||||
| 1.1 | GM | Wang Hao | 2724 | ½-½ | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2732 | |
| 1.2 | GM | Wang Yue | 2716 | 1-0 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | 2626 | |
| 1.3 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2676 | ½-½ | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2688 | |
| 1.4 | GM | Zhou Jianchao | 2668 | ½-½ | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2722 | |
| 1.5 | GM | Ni Hua | 2645 | ½-½ | GM | Timofeev Artyom | 2690 | |
| Round 2 |
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| Russia | ½ – 4½ | China | ||||||
| 1.1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2722 | 0-1 | GM | Wang Hao | 2724 | |
| 1.2 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2732 | 0-1 | GM | Wang Yue | 2716 | |
| 1.3 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | 2690 | 0-1 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2676 | |
| 1.4 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2688 | 0-1 | GM | Zhou Jianchao | 2668 | |
| 1.5 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | 2626 | ½-½ | GM | Ni Hua | 2645 | |
Women
| Russia | 3½-1½ | China | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2551 | 0-1 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2496 | |
| 1.2 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2501 | ½-½ | IM | Wang Yu A | 2369 | |
| 1.3 | WGM | Gunina Valentina | 2462 | 1-0 | WFM | Ding Yixin | 2385 | |
| 1.4 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | 2397 | 1-0 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2461 | |
| 1.5 | WGM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2352 | 1-0 | WGM | Huang Qian | 2447 | |
| Round 2 |
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| China | 2½-2½ | Russia | ||||||
| 1.1 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2461 | ½-½ | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2551 | |
| 1.2 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2496 | ½-½ | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2501 | |
| 1.3 | WGM | Huang Qian | 2447 | 1-0 | WGM | Gunina Valentina | 2462 | |
| 1.4 | WFM | Ding Yixin | 2385 | 0-1 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | 2397 | |
| 1.5 | IM | Wang Yu A | 2369 | ½-½ | WGM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2352 | |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Is China really better than Russia?
Well among the men it’s China’s best vs Russia’s second best.
Serves Russia right. They’re being clobbered for not sending their “best” team. Then again, Kram and Moro are struggling currently. Only Grishuk and Svidler would probably have made some difference.