The sixth round results:
Russia | Ukraine | 2 : 2 | |||||
1.1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2788 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2768 | ½-½ |
1.2 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2746 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2697 | ½-½ |
1.3 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2711 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2706 | ½-½ |
1.4 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2733 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 | ½-½ |
Israel | Azerbaijan | 2 : 2 | |||||
2.1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2700 | GM | Radjabov Teimur | 2744 | 0-1 |
2.2 | GM | Smirin Ilya | 2676 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2760 | ½-½ |
2.3 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2618 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2679 | 1-0 |
2.4 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2584 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2765 | ½-½ |
USA | Hungary | 2 : 2 | |||||
3.1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2741 | GM | Leko Peter | 2717 | ½-½ |
3.2 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2617 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2726 | 0-1 |
3.3 | GM | Seirawan Yasser | 2635 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2699 | 1-0 |
3.4 | GM | Hess Robert | 2609 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2643 | ½-½ |
Armenia | India | 2½-1½ | |||||
4.1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2805 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2669 | 1-0 |
4.2 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2700 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 | ½-½ |
4.3 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2667 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2627 | ½-½ |
4.4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2663 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2642 | ½-½ |
Egypt | China | ½-3½ | |||||
5.1 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2631 | GM | Wang Hao | 2718 | 0-1 |
5.2 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2609 | GM | Wang Yue | 2709 | 0-1 |
5.3 | IM | Shoker Samy | 2475 | GM | Li Chao B | 2669 | ½-½ |
5.4 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2430 | GM | Ding Liren | 2654 | 0-1 |
The standings after round 6:
So Armenia are ahead by a full point with three rounds to go. However Russia and Hungary in equal second have a slightly easier run-in than the leaders.
The Schedule:
Rounds 1-5: 17th to 21st of July
Rest day: 22nd of July
Rounds 6-9 23rd to 26th of July
The first eight rounds will start at 3pm local time (GMT + 8 hours i.e. 9am in Paris, 8am in London, 3am in New York)
The final round will start 5 hours earlier (10 am local time, 4am in Paris etc).
The official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn
Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess2.html
A few rules specific to this competition:
The time limit will be 40 moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 mins KO, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. Draws of less than 30 moves (by mutual consent) are forbidden.