Yasser Seirawan has been relatively inactive for years, with the exception of just a few games in Holland here and there. But his play in the World Team Championship has been inspiring. After beating Judit yesterday, he scored again today against Mamedyarov, one of the top players in the world today, to help team USA beat Azerbaijan.

Round 7 on 2011/07/24 at 15:00
Bo. 4 China Rtg – 10 Russia Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM Wang Hao 2718 – GM Karjakin Sergey 2788 1 – 0
1.2 GM Wang Yue 2709 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2746 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Li Chao B 2669 – GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2711 ½ – ½
1.4 GM Yu Yangyi 2672 – GM Svidler Peter 2739 ½ – ½
Bo. 5 India Rtg – 3 Egypt Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2669 – GM Amin Bassem 2609 1 – 0
2.2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2681 – GM El Gindy Essam 2510 ½ – ½
2.3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2627 – IM Shoker Samy 2475 1 – 0
2.4 GM Gopal G.N. 2576 – IM Ezat Mohamed 2430 0 – 1
Bo. 6 Hungary Rtg – 2 Armenia Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM Leko Peter 2717 – GM Aronian Levon 2805 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2726 – GM Movsesian Sergei 2700 0 – 1
3.3 GM Polgar Judit 2699 – GM Akopian Vladimir 2667 ½ – ½
3.4 GM Balogh Csaba 2643 – GM Sargissian Gabriel 2663 ½ – ½
Bo. 7 Azerbaijan Rtg – 1 USA Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM Radjabov Teimur 2744 – GM Kamsky Gata 2741 0 – 1
4.2 GM Gashimov Vugar 2760 – GM Onischuk Alexander 2675 ½ – ½
4.3 GM Mamedov Rauf 2679 – GM Shulman Yuri 2617 1 – 0
4.4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2765 – GM Seirawan Yasser 2635 0 – 1
Bo. 8 Ukraine Rtg – 9 Israel Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2768 – GM Sutovsky Emil 2700 1 – 0
5.2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2697 – GM Roiz Michael 2669 0 – 1
5.3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2715 – GM Postny Evgeny 2618 1 – 0
5.4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2682 – GM Nabaty Tamir 2584 ½ – ½
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar July 24, 2011 Daily News, General News, Major Tournaments 5 Comments
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