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In the final Round 9 of the World Chess Team Championship held in the Turkish city of Bursa the Armenian team won against Egypt 3:1, however, this didn’t provide opportunity for the team to advance since the leading four teams also had brilliant performances.

Levon Aronian defeated Ahmed Adly, Vladimir Hakobyan and Arman Pashikyan won against Basem Amin and Mohamed Ezat respectively. Tigran L. Petrosyan lost to Khaled Abdel Razik.

Round 9: Egypt - Armenia 1:3

Ahmed Adly – Levon Aroanian 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qb6 11. Nd3 Na6 12. a5 Qb7+ 13. f3 Be7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Ra4 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be3 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Ndc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rb4 Qc6 21. Rg4 h5 22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Rd4 O-O 24. f4 g6 25. Kh3 Kg7 26. Nbxd5 exd5 27. f5 Bg5 28. b4 Ne6 29. Rd3 d4 30. Ne2 gxf5 31. Rxd4 Be3 32. Rxf5 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Qd7 34. g4 Rc3 35. Kh4 Qd8+ 0:1.

Vladimir Hakobyan - Basem Amin 1:0

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. Bf2 e5 15. Nf5 exf4 16. gxf4 Nc5 17. Ng3 Ng4 18. Bd4 Ne6 19. h3 Nxd4 20. hxg4 Ne6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nh5 Rc8 23. g5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Nc5 26. Qc3 a5 27. b3 Qd7 28. Qg3 Qb5 29. Re3 Qb4 30. Kh2 Qd4 31. Re2 a4 32. bxa4 Nxa4 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Nc5 35. Ra3 Be7 36. Ra7 g6 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. gxf6 h6 39. e5 dxe5 40. Re7 Kf8 41. d6 e4 42. Bf1 Nd3 43. Rc7 1:0.

Mohamed Ezat - Arman Pashikyan 0:1

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. g4 Nxg4 15. Nxg4 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Rf6 17. Rc2 e5 18. fxe5 Bxg4 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rf4 Be6 21. Rg2 Rd7 22. Rf6 Re8 23. Rg3 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. Bb5 Rc8 26. Ba4 Ne7 27. Bb3 g6 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. e4 Rd8 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Re3 Nf5 32. Nxd5 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 Rxd4 34. Nf1 Kf6 35. Kf2 Ke5 36. Bc2 Kf4 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. Bb3 h5 39. Bc4 Re7+ 40. Kf2 Rd7 41. Ke2 Rc7 42. Bd3 g5 43. Kf2 Rd7 44. Bg6 h4 45. h3 Rd1 46. a3 Rd6 47. Bc2 Rb6 48. b3 Rd6 49. a4 Rd7 50. Bg6 Rd6 51. Bc2 b6 52. Bh7 Rd8 53. Bg6 g4 54. hxg4 Kxg4 55. Ne3+ Kf4 56. Nf1 h3 57. Bc2 Rg8 58. Ne3 h2 0:1.

Tigran L. Petrosyan - Khaled Abdel Razik 0:1

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Qe3 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Na4 18. Rd2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nfd4 Na4 21. Nf5 Bg5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Qf2 Qd7 26. Ne3 d4 27. Qf3 d3 28. Nd5 Bxb2 29. Rxd3 Qe6 30. e3 g6 31. Re1 f5 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Kh3 Nb2 34. Rd2 Nc4 35. Rdd1 Kh8 36. Re2 Qf7 37. Nb4 a5 38. Nd5 Rcd8 39. Ree1 g5 40. fxg5 Ne5 41. Qh1 Ng4 42. Re2 Re4 43. Nf4 Rde8 44. Qf3 Be5 45. Ng2 Qh5+ 46. Nh4 Bf4 47. Rd5 Bxg5 48. Rxf5 Qh6 49. Nc5 Rc4 50. e4 Ne5 51. Qa3 Bxh4 52. gxh4 b4 53. Qxa5 Rg8 54. Nd3 Nxd3 55. Qd5 Nf4+ 0:1.

Round 9 Results

ISRAEL - RUSSIA 1:3
BRAZIL - INDIA ½:3½
GREECE - TURKEY 2½:1½
USA - AZERBAIJAN 2:2

Final standing

1. RUSSIA 15 (24)
2. USA 13 (21½)
3. INDIA 13 (21)
4. AZERBAIJAN 12 (22)
5. ARMENIA 9 (20½)
6. GREECE 9 (18)
7. ISRAEL 9 (17)
8. BRAZIL 9 (12½)
9. EGYPT 9 (12)
10. TURKEY 9 (11½)