Turkey scored its first win today by knocking out the (no Gelfand) Israeli team. The final two matches, Russia vs. Armenia and Egypt vs. India will be decided by a pair of R+B vs. R endgame.

Update Malakhov held to give Russia a tie while Abdel Razik Khaled lost which gave India a match win.

Round 7 on 2010/01/11 at 15:00
7.1 4 RUSSIA
2 – 2
 10 ARMENIA
1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2736 1/2
 GM Aronian Levon 2781
2 GM Morozevich Alexander 2732 0:1 GM Akopian Vladimir 2678
3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2705 1:0 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2680
4 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2716 1/2
 GM Pashikian Arman 2647
7.2 5 EGYPT
1.5 – 2.5
 3 INDIA
1 GM Adly Ahmed 2591 1/2
 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2653
2 GM Amin Bassem 2544 1/2
 GM Harikrishna P 2672
3 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2468 0:1 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2584
4 IM Sarwat Walaa 2386 1/2
 IM Adhiban B 2511
7.3 6 ISRAEL
1.5 – 2.5
 2 TURKIYE
1 GM Smirin Ilia 2668 1:0 IM Erdogdu Mert 2513
2 GM Sutovsky Emil 2657 0:1 IM Yilmaz Mustafa 2478
3 GM Postny Evgeny 2648 1/2
 IM Can Emre 2442
4 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2622 0:1 IM Esen Baris 2513
7.4 7 BRAZIL
0.5 – 3.5 1 AZERBAIJAN
1 GM Vescovi Giovanni 2660 0:1 GM Radjabov Teimour 2733
2 GM Fier Alexandr 2601 1/2
 GM Guseinov Gadir 2614
3 GM Milos Gilberto 2618 0:1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2741
4 GM Diamant Andre 2497 0:1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2640
7.5 8 GREECE
1.5 – 2.5 9 UNITED STATES
1 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2599 0:1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2708
2 GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2625 1/2
 GM Onischuk Alexander 2670
3 GM Banikas Hristos 2608 1/2
 GM Shulman Yuri 2624
4 GM Halkias Stelios 2566 1/2
 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2628

Official website: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr

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