Here are further details about today's round.
India 2-2 Armenia
(first drawn match of the tournament)
Sasikiran 1-0 Aronian
Harikrishna 0-1 Akopian
Russia 3.5-0.5 Turkey
(predictable)
Egypt 1-3 Azerbaijan
Adly 1-0 Gashimov
(continuing Gashimov's miserable performance: three losses in a row!)
Mamedyarov wins again making it 5/5!!
Brazil 1-3 Greece
(Another good result for the Greeks this time against close rivals)
Israel 1.5-2.5 USA
Gelfand (2761) 0-1 Nakamura (2708)
Smirin (2668) 0-1 Onischuk (2670)
Sutovsky (2657) 1-0 R.Hess (2572)
Postny (2648) 0.5-0.5 Ray Robson (2570)
(Great experience for young Robson who was born as recently as 1994!)
The fifth round standings have Russia in the lead just half-a-point ahead of the United States. Armenia and India are just one match point behind.
Ranking | Country | Wins | Draws | Losses | Match points | Game points |
1 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
2 | USA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
3 | Armenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
4 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
5 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11.5 |
6 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
7 | Greece | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
9 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
10 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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