7th World Team Chess Championship: Bursa 2010

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Basic data

7th World Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 4th - 13th January 2010
City: Bursa, Turkey
Venue: Merinos Congress Centre
Tournament Director: Mr. Melih Sağıt (TUR)
Chief Arbiter: IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE)
Teams participating: Turkey - host nation;
Armenia, Israel, USA - top three teams from 2008 Olympiad;
Russia - winners of 2007 European Team Championship;
China - winners of 2008 Asian Team Championship (did not arrive);
India - second at 2008 Asian Team Championship (replaced China);
Brasil - winners of 2009 Panamerican Team Championship;
Egypt - winners of 2007 All-Africa Games;
Azerbaijan, Greece - invited teams.
Players participating: 60 (incl. 49 GMs, 10 IMs and 1 FM)
Games played: 180
Competition format: Four board round robin.
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points; 3. Direct match result; 4. Berger; 5. Board count (Berlin system)
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes for the rest of the game, 30 sec. increment starting from move 1
Official logo: BURSA 2010
Website: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr
Downloadable game file: 10wtch.zip


Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 6 8 75.0
2. GM Aronian, Levon ARM 6 9 66.7
3. GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 7 64.3

2nd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Onischuk, Alexander USA 9 72.2
2. GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE 5 7 71.4
3. GM Akopian, Vladimir ARM 6 9 66.7

3rd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 5 7 71.4
2. GM Banikas, Hristos GRE 8 56.3
3. GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 3 6 50.0

4th Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 8 9 88.9
2. GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR 7 64.3
3. GM Pashikian, Arman ARM 6 58.3

1st Reserve Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 5 7 71.4
2. GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE 3 6 50.0
3. GM Arun, Prasad IND 5 50.0

2nd Reserve Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 6 91.7
2. GM Mastrovasilis, Athanasios* GRE 2 4 50.0
3. FM Fırat, Burak* TUR 2 4 50.0


*They did not meed minimum game condition as stated in FIDE handbook chapter D.III.07, article 8.6.4., but due to lack of eligible players they were both granted board prizes nonetheless.




Interesting games


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