World Chess Team Championship, Beer Sheva City, Israel, 31 October - 11 November

Russian team becomes the World Champion after winning 3.5-0.5 in the final round vs China:
1 Bu, Xiangzhi - Svidler, Peter 0.5:0.5
2 Grischuk, Alexander - Zhang, Pengxiang 1-0
3 Ni, Hua - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1
4 Bareev, Evgeny - Zhong, Zhang 1-0
Our congratulations to Russian team!
1 Peter Svidler GM 2740
2 Alexey Dreev GM 2694
3 Alexander Grischuk GM 2720
4 Alexander Morozevich GM 2707
5 Evgeny Bareev GM 2675
6 Sergei Rublevsky GM 2652
World Chess Team Championship , Beer Sheva City, Israel, 31 October - 11 November.
Round 1:
USA - Georgia 2.5 - 1.5
Armenia - Israel 2.0 - 2.0
Russia - Cuba 3.0 - 1.0
China Women - China Men 0.0 - 4.0
Ukraine - BYE
      Round 2:
Cuba - China Women 3.0 - 1.0
Israel - Russia 1.5 - 2.5
Georgia - Armenia 1.0 - 3.0
Ukraine - USA 2.5 - 1.5
China Men - BYE
      Round 3:
China Men - Cuba 3.5 - 0.5
Russia - Georgia 2.5 - 1.5
China Women - Israel 1.5 - 2.5
Armenia - Ukraine 2.5 - 1.5
USA - BYE
Round 4:
Israel - China Men 1.5 - 2.5
Georgia - China Women 2.0 - 2.0
Ukraine - Russia 1.5 - 2.5
USA - Armenia 2.0 - 2.0
Cuba - BYE
      Round 5:
Russia - USA 2.5 - 1.5
China Women - Ukraine 0.5 - 3.5
China Men - Georgia 3.5 - 0.5
Cuba - Israel 1.5 - 2.5
Armenia - BYE
      Round 6: :
Georgia - Cuba 3.0 - 1.0
Ukraine - China Men 1.5 - 2.5
USA - China Women 4.0 - 0.0
Armenia - Russia 1.5 - 2.5
Israel - BYE
Round 7:
Israel - Georgia 1.5 - 2.5
China Women - Armenia 1.0 - 3.0
Cuba - Ukraine 2.0 -2.0
China Men - USA 3.5 - 0.5
Russia - BYE
      Round 8:
Armenia - China Men 2.5 - 1.5
USA - Cuba 2.0 - 2.0
Ukraine - Israel 2.5 - 1.5
Russia - China Women 3.0 - 1.0
Georgia - BYE
      Round 9:
China Men - Russia 0.5 - 3.5
Cuba - Armenia 2.0 - 2.0
Georgia - Ukraine 1.5 - 2.5
Israel - USA 1.5 - 2.5
China women - BYE
Final standings:
1 Russia 22.0
2 China Men 21.5
3 Armenia 18.5
4 Ukraine 17.5
5 USA 16.5
6 Israel 14.5
7 Georgia 13.5
8 Cuba 13.0
9 China Women 7.0
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