China’s lead is shrinking

After 7 matches, China’s lead has shrunk to just 1 point. Here are the standings after 7 matches:

Chinese Men

1 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 3.5 2687
2 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 3.5 2672
3 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 3.5 2672
4 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 3.0 2632
5 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 2.0 2518
15.5

Chinese Women

1 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 4.5 2568
2 Ruan Lufei CHN 2433 4.5 2552
3 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 4.0 2511
4 Huang Qian wm CHN 2410 3.5 2455
5 Wang Yu A wg CHN 2384 3.5 2453
20.0

Combine score: 35.5

Russian Men

1 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2689 5.5 2898
2 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2663 4.5 2764
3 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2735 3.5 2673
4 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 3.0 2613
5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2654 3.0 2616
19.5

Russian Women

1 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2502 3.5 2443
2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2454 3.5 2429
3 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2445 3.0 2380
4 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2475 3.0 2385
5 Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2410 2.0 2268
15.0

Combine score: 34.5

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