| Round 2 on 2010/01/06 at 15:00 | |||||||
| 2.1 | 10 | ARMENIA | – | 6 | ISRAEL | ||
| 1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2781 | : | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2761 |
| 2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2678 | : | GM | Roiz Michael | 2657 |
| 3 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2680 | : | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2668 |
| 4 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2627 | : | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2622 |
| 2.2 | 7 | BRAZIL | – | 5 | EGYPT | ||
| 1 | GM | Vescovi Giovanni | 2660 | : | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2591 |
| 2 | GM | Leitao Rafael | 2620 | : | GM | Amin Bassem | 2544 |
| 3 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2601 | : | IM | Abdel Razik Khaled | 2468 |
| 4 | GM | Diamant Andre | 2497 | : | IM | Abdelnabbi Imed | 2448 |
| 2.3 | 8 | GREECE | – | 4 | RUSSIA | ||
| 1 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2599 | : | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2730 |
| 2 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2625 | : | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2732 |
| 3 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2608 | : | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2705 |
| 4 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2510 | : | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2692 |
| 2.4 | 9 | UNITED STATES | – | 3 | INDIA | ||
| 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2708 | : | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2653 |
| 2 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2670 | : | GM | Harikrishna P | 2672 |
| 3 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2624 | : | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2654 |
| 4 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2628 | : | GM | Arun Prasad S | 2567 |
| 2.5 | 1 | AZERBAIJAN | – | 2 | TURKIYE | ||
| 1 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2759 | : | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2513 |
| 2 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2614 | : | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2478 |
| 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2741 | : | IM | Can Emre | 2442 |
| 4 | GM | Mamedov Nidjat | 2610 | : | FM | Firat Burak | 2413 |
Official website: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How come they’re not giving the kids a chance?
“How come they’re not giving the kids a chance?”
I think the strategy is to reserve the kids for the powerhouse teams (Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel). The first 2 matches are relatively light so they’re tiring out the top players. Wise plan! 🙂
Azeris played with wrong board order.