Aronian leads the Armenians to top spot

Levon Aronian

The Armenian team had a particularly good opening day with their 3½-½ thrashing of Israel. The champions Russia, and the high-ranking Ukrainians also opened their account with victories. The Franco-Egyptian Samy Shoker's win over Alexander Areshchenko was the individual exploit of the day.

Here are the round 1 results:

Match/board	Title	USA	Rating	vs.	Title	Russia	Rating	1-3
1.1	GM	Kamsky Gata	2741	-	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2788	½-½
1.2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2675	-	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2711	0-1
1.3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2617	-	GM	Svidler Peter	2739	½-½
1.4	GM	Hess Robert	2609	-	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2733	0-1
		Armenia		-		Israel		3½-½
2.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2805	-	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2700	1-0
2.2	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2700	-	GM	Roiz Michael	2669	½-½
2.3	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2667	-	GM	Postny Evgeny	2618	1-0
2.4	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2663	-	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2584	1-0
		Egypt		-		Ukraine		1½-2½
3.1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2631	-	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2768	0-1
3.2	GM	Amin Bassem	2609	-	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2706	½-½
3.3	GM	El Gindy Essam	2510	-	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	0-1
3.4	IM	Shoker Samy	2475	-	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2682	1-0
		China		-		Azerbaijan		2-2
4.1	GM	Wang Hao	2718	-	GM	Radjabov Teimur	2744	½-½
4.2	GM	Wang Yue	2709	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2760	1-0
4.3	GM	Li Chao B	2669	-	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2679	½-½
4.4	GM	Yu Yangyi	2672	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2765	0-1
		India		-		Hungary		2-2
5.1	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2669	-	GM	Leko Peter	2717	½-½
5.2	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2681	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2726	1-0
5.3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2627	-	GM	Polgar Judit	2699	0-1
5.4	GM	Gopal G.N.	2576	-	GM	Balogh Csaba	2643	½-½

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Armenia	*									3½	2	3.5	0
2	Russia		*							3		2	3.0	0
3	Ukraine			*					2½			2	2.5	0
4-7	China				*			2				1	2.0	1
4-7	India					*	2					1	2.0	1
4-7	Hungary					2	*					1	2.0	1
4-7	Azerbaijan				2			*				1	2.0	1
8	Egypt			1½					*			0	1.5	0
9	USA		1							*		0	1.0	0
10	Israel	½									*	0	0.5	0

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