This is like a marathon. When things matter most, the top guns put on their fighting hats. Russia demolished Turkey 3.5 – 0.5, Armenia knocked out the U.S. from the top position, Azerbaijan beat Greece 3-1, and India beat the out of form Israel.
| Round 8 on 2010/01/12 at 15:00 | |||||||
| 8.1 | 10 | ARMENIA | 2½ – 1½ | 9 | UNITED STATES | ||
| 1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2781 | 1 : 0 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2708 |
| 2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2678 | ½ : ½ | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2670 |
| 3 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2647 | ½ : ½ | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2624 |
| 4 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2627 | ½ : ½ | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2628 |
| 8.2 | 1 | AZERBAIJAN | 3 – 1 | 8 | GREECE | ||
| 1 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2759 | ½ : ½ | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2599 |
| 2 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2733 | 1 : 0 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2608 |
| 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2741 | 1 : 0 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2566 |
| 4 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2640 | ½ : ½ | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2510 |
| 8.3 | 2 | TURKIYE | 1½ – 2½ | 7 | BRAZIL | ||
| 1 | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2498 | 1 : 0 | GM | Vescovi Giovanni | 2660 |
| 2 | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2478 | 0 : 1 | GM | Leitao Rafael | 2620 |
| 3 | IM | Can Emre | 2442 | ½ : ½ | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2601 |
| 4 | IM | Esen Baris | 2513 | 0 : 1 | GM | Lima Darcy | 2481 |
| 8.4 | 3 | INDIA | 2½ – 1½ | 6 | ISRAEL | ||
| 1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2653 | ½ : ½ | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2761 |
| 2 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2672 | ½ : ½ | GM | Roiz Michael | 2657 |
| 3 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2654 | 1 : 0 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2648 |
| 4 | GM | Arun Prasad S | 2567 | ½ : ½ | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2622 |
| 8.5 | 4 | RUSSIA | 3½ – ½ | 5 | EGYPT | ||
| 1 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2736 | ½ : ½ | GM | Amin Bassem | 2544 |
| 2 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2730 | 1 : 0 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2471 |
| 3 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2716 | 1 : 0 | IM | Abdelnabbi Imed | 2448 |
| 4 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2692 | 1 : 0 | IM | Sarwat Walaa | 2386 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian is clutch.
“The Russians” won they had nothing!Susan what trick did they use?
Susan,
in this tournament, if a country defeats another country 4-0, does the winning country get more points then if the score is 2.5-1.5? Or in both cases, does the winning country get the same number points?
Sam
I thought Russia today beat Turkey, not Egypt. I think the pairing was wrong in the Round 8 table.