This is like a marathon. When things matter most, the top guns put on their fighting hats. Russia demolished Turkey 3.5 – 0.5, Armenia knocked out the U.S. from the top position, Azerbaijan beat Greece 3-1, and India beat the out of form Israel.

Round 8 on 2010/01/12 at 15:00
8.1 10 ARMENIA
2½ – 1½ 9 UNITED STATES
1 GM Aronian Levon 2781 1 : 0 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2708
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2678 ½ : ½ GM Onischuk Alexander 2670
3 GM Pashikian Arman 2647 ½ : ½ GM Shulman Yuri 2624
4 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2627 ½ : ½ GM Akobian Varuzhan 2628
8.2 1 AZERBAIJAN
3 – 1 8 GREECE
1 GM Gashimov Vugar 2759 ½ : ½ GM Kotronias Vasilios 2599
2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2733 1 : 0 GM Banikas Hristos 2608
3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2741 1 : 0 GM Halkias Stelios 2566
4 GM Mamedov Rauf 2640 ½ : ½ GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios 2510
8.3 2 TURKIYE
1½ – 2½ 7 BRAZIL
1 GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2498 1 : 0 GM Vescovi Giovanni 2660
2 IM Yilmaz Mustafa 2478 0 : 1 GM Leitao Rafael 2620
3 IM Can Emre 2442 ½ : ½ GM Fier Alexandr 2601
4 IM Esen Baris 2513 0 : 1 GM Lima Darcy 2481
8.4 3 INDIA
2½ – 1½ 6 ISRAEL
1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2653 ½ : ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2761
2 GM Harikrishna P 2672 ½ : ½ GM Roiz Michael 2657
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2654 1 : 0 GM Postny Evgeny 2648
4 GM Arun Prasad S 2567 ½ : ½ GM Rodshtein Maxim 2622
8.5 4 RUSSIA
3½ – ½ 5 EGYPT
1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2736 ½ : ½ GM Amin Bassem 2544
2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2730 1 : 0 IM Ezat Mohamed 2471
3 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2716 1 : 0 IM Abdelnabbi Imed 2448
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2692 1 : 0 IM Sarwat Walaa 2386
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar January 12, 2010 Daily News, General News, Major Tournaments 4 Comments
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