It's all Greek to me!

Ioannis Papaioannou has won two games so far in Bursa, against Morozevich (when Greece beat Russia 2.5-1.5 in round 2) and Akopian in Greece's 3-1 victory.
Definitely a big match player!

What a tournament for Greece! After the shock of beating Russia now they have managed to defeat Armenia and by the comfortable score of 3-1.

Here are the details.

Armenia 1-3 Greece

1	Levon Aronian	2781	0.5-0.5	Vasilios Kotronias	2599
2	Vladimir Akopian	2678	0-1	Ioannis Papaioannou	2625
3	Gabriel Sargissian	2680	0.5-0.5	Hristos Banikas	2608
4	Tigran L Petrosian	2627	0-1	Stellos Halkias	2566

The average ratings were Armenia 2692 and Greece 2600.

United States 3-1 Brazil

Nakamura continues his excellent tournament with another win.

Azerbaijan 2-2 Israel

A tight match with four draws, Mamedyarov and Sutovsky playing out an astonishing draw.

Mamedyarov, top scorer with 5.5/6
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Turkey 2-2 Egypt

Turkey are off the mark winning on boards three and four.

India 1.5-2.5 Russia

Three draws and a win by Vitiugov.

Russia and the USA are now neck-and-neck some way ahead of the chasing pack of four.

Rank

Country

Match (Game) pts.

1=	Russia	5	0	1	10 (15.5)
1=	USA	5	0	1	10 (15.5)
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	7 (13.5)
4=	Armenia	3	1	2	7 (13)
4=	Israel	3	1	2	7 (13)
6	India	3	1	2	7 (12.5)
7	Greece	3	0	3	6 (13)
8	Egypt	1	1	4	3 (9)
9	Brazil	1	0	5	2 (9)
10	Turkey	0	1	5	1 (6)

Russia rating average (over top four) 2729

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Alexander Grischuk	2736	2	2	0	75
2	GM	Dmitry Jakovenko	2730	1	3	0	62.5
3	GM	Alexander Morozevich	2732	1	2	2	40
4	GM	Evgeny Tomashevsky	2705	1	1	1	50
5	GM	Vladimir Malakhov	2716	2	2	0	75
6	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2692	3	1	0	87.5

Match points 10

Game points 15.5

Azerbaijan rating average 2718

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Vugar Gashimov	2759	1	2	3	33.3
2	GM	Teimour Radjabov	2733	1	4	0	60
3	GM	Gadir Guseinov	2614	0	1	1	25
4	GM	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2741	5	1	0	91.7
5	GM	Rauf Mamedov	2640	0	1	2	16.7
6	GM	Nidjat Mamedov	2610	1	1	0	75

Match points 7

Game points 13.5

Armenia rating average 2697

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Levon Aronian	2781	2	3	1	58.3
2	GM	Vladimir Akopian	2678	2	3	1	58.3
3	GM	Gabriel Sargissian	2680	1	4	0	60
4	GM	Arman Pashikian	2647	1	1	1	50
5	GM	Tigran L Petrosian	2627	0	3	1	37.5
6	GM	Tigran Kotanjian	2537

Match points 7

Game points 13

Israel rating average 2686

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Boris Gelfand	2761	1	2	2	40
2	GM	Michael Roiz	2657	0	4	0	50
3	GM	Ilia Smirin	2668	0	3	1	37.5
4	GM	Emil Sutovsky	2657	3	2	0	80
5	GM	Evgeny Postny	2648	1	2	0	66.6
6	GM	Maxim Rodshtein	2622	0	3	0	50

Match points 7

Game points 13

Sutovsky, Israel's highest scorer
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USA rating average 2658

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	2708	4	1	0	90
2	GM	Alexander Onischuk	2670	4	2	0	83.3
3	GM	Yuri Shulman	2624	0	2	2	25
4	GM	Varuzhan Akobian	2628	2	2	1	60
5	GM	Robert L Hess	2572	1	0	1	50
6	IM	Ray Robson	2570	0	2	0	50

Match points 10

Game points 15.5

India rating average 2641

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Krishnan Sasikiran	2653	3	2	1	66.6
2	GM	Pentala Harikrishna	2672	1	2	2	40
3	GM	Shekhar Ganguly Surya	2654	1	4	0	60
4	GM	Gopal Geetha Narayanan	2584	0	2	1	33.3
5	GM	Subramanian Arun Prasad	2567	1	2	1	50
6	IM	Baskaran Adhiban	2511	0	1	0	50

Match points 7

Game points 12.5

Brazil rating average 2625

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Giovanni Vescovi	2660	0	2	4	16.7
2	GM	Rafael Leitao	2620	1	4	0	60
3	GM	Alexandr Fier	2601	0	5	1	41.7
4	GM	Gilberto Milos	2618	0	4	1	40
5	GM	Andre Diamant	2497	0	1	1	25
6	GM	Darcy Lima	2481

Match points 2

Game points

Greece rating average 2601

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Vasilios Kotronias	2599	0	3	2	30
2	GM	Ioannis Papaioannou	2625	2	2	1	60
3	GM	Hristos Banikas	2608	2	4	0	66.7
4	GM	Stellos Halkias	2566	2	1	1	62.5
5	GM	Dimitrios Mastrovasilis	2571	1	1	0	75
6	GM	Athanasios Mastrovasilis	2510	0	1	1	25

Match points 6

Game points 13

Egypt rating average 2519

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Ahmed Adly	2591	3	2	1	66.7
2	GM	Bassem Amin	2544	2	2	2	50
3	IM	Mohamed Ezat	2471	0	0	3	0
4	IM	Khaled Abdel Razik	2468	0	2	2	25
5	IM	Imed Abdelnabbi	2448	0	2	1	33.3
6	IM	Walaa Sarwat	2386	0	0	2	0

Match points 3

Game points 9

Turkey rating average 2501

Board	Title	Name	Rating	Wins	Draws	Losses	Percentage
1	GM	Kivanc Haznedanglu	2498	0	1	3	12.5
2	IM	Mert Erdogdu	2513	0	1	4	10
3	IM	Mustafa Yilmaz	2478	0	1	3	12.5
4	IM	Emre Can	2442	2	0	2	50
5	IM	Baris Esen	2513	0	1	3	12.5
6	FM	Burak Firat	2413	1	2	0	66.7

Match points 1

Game points 6

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