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Rounds 5 and 6 of the World Chess Team Championship underway in Bursa, Turkey, were not successful for the Armenian team. First, they ended in draw 2:2 with India, then they lost to Greece 1:3.

The standings after Round 6 are as follows:

1. RUSSIA 10
2. USA 10
3. AZERBAIJAN 7
4. ARMENIA 7
5. ISRAEL 7
6. INDIA 7
7. GREECE 6
8. EGYPT 3
9. BRAZIL 2
10. TURKEY 1

Round 5: India - Armenia 2:2

Krishnan Sasikiran - Levon Aronian 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bd2 Nd5 13. Rc1 Bxc5 14. Rxc4 Be7 15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. O-O Kb8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rc3 Rhe8 19. Re3 Bf6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. e3 d4 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 dxe3 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxa6 Rb3 28. Rd6 Kc7 29. Rd2 Rb4 30. Rc2+ Kd7 31. Rd2+ Kc7 32. Rc2+ Kd7 33. a5 Rb5 34. Rd2+ Kc7 35. Rc2+ Kd7 36. b4 Rxb4 37. Ra2 Kc7 38. a6 Kb8 39. Rf2 f6 40. Re2 h5 41.
Re8+ Ka7 42. Re7+ Kxa6 43. Rxg7 Kb6 44. Rf7 h4 45. Rxf6+ Kc7 46. Rf4 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 hxg3 48. hxg3 Kd7 49. Re4 Rb8 50. Re3 Rh8 51. Kf3 Rf8+ 52. Kg4 Kd6 53. Kg5 Rg8+ 54. Kf6 Kd5 55. Re5+ Kd6 56. Re3 Kd5 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. Rg5 Rf8+ 59. Kg7 Rf3 60. g4 Rf4 61. Kh6 Ke7 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. g5 Rf1 64. Ra7 Rg1 65. Kg6 Rg2 66. Ra8+ Ke7 67. Ra5 Kf8 68. Ra8+ Ke7 69. Rg8 1:0.

Vladimir Hakobyan - Harikrishna 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. a4 c5 19. axb5 axb5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Ra7 c4 22. Rxb7 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Qxb7 24. e5 Qa6 25. exf6 Ba7 26. Bd5 Rcd8 27. Nc3 b4 28. Ne4 gxf6 29. Kg2 f5 30. Ng5 Kg7 31. Nxf7 c3 32. Qxf5 Re2+ 33. Kh3 c2 34. Nxd8 cxd1Q 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ 1:0.

Shekhar Surya Ganguly – Gabriel Sargsyan 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 c6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. a3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O a5 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bh5 Bd3 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Bh5 Bd3 17. Be2 1/2:1/2.

Tigran L. Petrosian – Gopal Narayanan Geetha 0,5:0,5

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qa2 Rf6 22. b4 axb3ep 23. cxb3 b4 24. Qc2 Rxa3 25. Nc4 Rxb3 26. Nxd6 Qc6 27. Qc4 h6 28. Nf3 Ng6 29. Nd2 Rc3 30. Qxb4 Nd3 31. Qb5 Qxd6 32. Nb1 Rc5 33. Qxd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Nf4 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. g3 Ng6 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Rb2 Ne7 39. Nd2 Rc3 40. Nb1 Rcf3 41. Rc2 Rd3 42. Rec1 Rfd8 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Rc7 R8d7 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Na3 Kf6 47. Nb5 Rb7 48. Nc7 Kf7 49. Rc5 Ng6 50. h4 Ke7 51. Na6 Kd6 52. Rc1 Nf8 53. Rd1+ Kc6 54. Kh3 Rb2 55. f3 Nd7 56. Rc1+ Kd6 57. Rc3 Rb6 58. Ra3 Kc6 59. Ra2 Kb7 60. Rd2 Kc6 61. Rc2+ Kd6 62. Ra2 Kc6 63. Ra1 Kd6 64. Ra3 Kc6 65. h5 Kd6 66. g4 Kc6 67. Kh4 Rb1 68. Rc3+ Kd6 69. Rc2 Rh1+ 70. Kg3 Rb1 71. Rc8 Rb7 72. Rc4 Rb1 73. Rc2 Rb6 74. Ra2 Kc6 75. Kh4 Rb1 76. Rc2+ Kd6 77. Rc8 Rb6 78. Ra8 Rb7 79. Rd8 Ke7 80. Rg8 Kf7 81. Rc8 Rb6 82. Ra8 Rb7 83. Kg3 Ke7 84. Rg8 Kf7 85. Rc8 Rb6 86. Ra8 Rb7 87. Rc8 Rb6 88. Nc7 Nf6 89. Rd8 Rb7 90. Na6 Nd7 91. Ra8 Ke7 92. Rc8 Rb6 93. Nc7 Kf7 94. Rd8 Nf6 95. Rd3 Ke7 96. Ra3 Rb7 97. Rc3 Kd6 98. Na6 Nd7 99. Ra3 Rb2 100. Ra1 Rb6 101. Ra4 Rb3 102. Rc4 Rb7 103.
Rb4 Ra7 104. Ra4 Rb7 1/2:1/2.

Round 6: Armenia-Greece 1:3

Levon Aronian - Vasilios Kotronias 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 Qb4 13. Na4 Bg4 14. a3 Qe7 15. Re1 Rac8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nc3 h6 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ne4 20. Rec2 Qe8 21. Nce2 Ne7 22. Rc7 Nd6 23. Nf4 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. Rc5 Nc4 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. Qb4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Nc6 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Nh5 Nc4 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qf8 Qxb2 35. Qxf7 Qe5+ 36. Nf4 Nd2 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Qxc6 Nf1+ 39. Kh1 Qa1 40. Qxd5+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. g3 Nxe3+ 43. Kh2 Nd1 44. h4 Nc3 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. h5 Qb2 47. Qd4 Qxa3 48. Qd3+ Kg8 49. Nd5 Qd6 1/2:1/2.

Ioannis Papaioannou – Vladimir Hakobyan 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nb5 Ne5 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. N1a3 Ke7 11. Qd2 a5 12. O-O d6 13. Rfd1 Ra6 14. Rac1 h5 15. h4 Neg4 16. e3 Rg8 17. Nc2 g5 18. b4 axb4 19. hxg5 Ne8 20. Nxb4 Ra4 21. a3 h4 22. gxh4 Qe5 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Qc2 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Rxa3 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Rxh4 30. Bxb7 Ne5 31. Nc6+ Nxc6 32. Bxc6 Rg4+ 33. Kf1 Rxg5 34. b6 Nf6 35. b7 Rg8 36. Ra1 Rb3 37. Ra8 d5 38. Rda1 Kd6 39. Rc8 Rg5 40. Ra6 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Ne4 43. b8Q+ Rxb8 44. Bb5+ Ke5 45. Rxb8 Nxf2+ 46. Ke2 Ne4 47. Bd3 Nd6 48. Rbb6 Ne8 49. Rb7 Rg2+ 50. Ke1 Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Rg7 52. Raa7 Nd6 53. Rd7 1:0.

Gabriel Sargsyan - Hristos Banikas 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Na5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. c5 Bg7 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Qd1 Ne7 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nc6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. Rb2 Qb7 24. Ra1 d5 25. cxd6ep cxd6 26. Nde4 Rfd8 27. Qd1 f5 28. Nd2 Kh7 29. Nf3 e5 30. Ne2 Ra8 31. Rc1 Rac8 32. h3 exd4 33. Nexd4 Nxd4 34. Nxd4 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Rc8 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Nxc2 Qd5 38. Qf1 Qd2 39. Na3 Qxb4 40. Nxb5 d5 41. g3 d4 1/2:1/2.

Stelios Halkias - Tigran L. Petrosian 1:0

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bh5 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 b5 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. e4 b4 14. Nb1 Qb5 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Bg5 c5 17. a4 Qb7 18. Nbd2 cxd4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 e5 23. Nb3 O-O-O 24. Rfc1+ Nc7 25. Qf5 Qa6 26. Nfxd4 Kb7 27. Qf3+ Kc8 28. Nb5 Bd6 29. Rc6 1:0.

Round 5

RUSSIA - TURKEY 3½:½
EGYPT - AZERBAIJAN 1:3
ISRAEL - USA 1½:2½
BRAZIL - GREECE 1:3

Round 6

USA - BRAZIL 3:1
AZERBAIJAN - ISRAEL 2:2
TURKEY - EGYPT 2:2
INDIA - RUSSIA 1½:2½