Armenia vs. Rest of the World match
devoted to
the 75th anniversary of the birth of World Champion Tigran Petrosian
took place 10-15 June in Moscow.
The Armenian team consists of three Armenians; Vladimir Akopian,
Smbat Lputian and Rafael Vaganian and three players with Armenian
connections; Garry Kasparov whose mother is Armenian, Peter Leko whose
wife is Armenian and Boris Gelfand who is most famous pupil of the
Tigran Petrosian chess school.
The Rest of the World team(ROW):
Vishy Anand, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler,
Etienne Bacrot, Paco Vallejo and Loek Van Wely.
The final score is 18.5:17.5 in favour of
ROW
Results:
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1st round
:
Kasparov - Van Wely 1-0 Anand - Lputian 1-0 Svidler - Gelfand 1-0 Leko - Adams 1/2 Akopian - Vallejo 1/2 Bacrot - Vaganian 1/2 ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5 |
2nd round
:
Bacrot - Leko 1/2 Vallejo - Kasparov 1/2 Gelfand - Van Wely 1/2 Adams - Akopian 1-0 Vaganian - Anand 1/2 Lputian - Svidler 0-1 ROW 4 - ARM 2 |
3rd round
:
Kasparov - Bacrot 1/2 Svidler - Vaganian 1/2 Akopian - Anand 0-1 Adams - Lputian 1/2 Gelfand - Vallejo Pons 0-1 Van Wely - Leko 0-1 ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5 |
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4th round
:
Kasparov - Adams 1/2 Anand - Gelfand 1/2 Leko - Svidler 1/2 Vallejo Pons - Vaganian 1/2 Lputian - Bacrot 0-1 Van Wely - Akopian 0-1 ROW 3.0 - ARM 3.0 |
5th round
:
Svidler - Kasparov 1/2 Leko - Anand 1-0 Bacrot - Akopian 1/2 Lputian - Vallejo Pons 1-0 Adams - Gelfand 1/2 Vaganian - Van Wely 1/2 ROW 2.0 - ARM 4.0 |
6th round
:
Anand - Kasparov 1/2 Vaganian - Adams 1-0 Vallejo - Leko 1/2 Akopian - Svidler 1/2 Van Wely - Lputian 1/2 Gelfand - Bacrot 1/2 ROW 2.5 - ARM 3.5 |