The meetings of second round of the World Team Chess Championship took place today in Tsaghkadzor. Armenia bounced back and beat Ukraine 2.5 to 1.5 after suffering a loss to Israel in the first round. Levon Aronian defeated Ruslan Ponomarev to give the edge to Armenia.
Match Day Two Results:
Armenia – Ukraine 2 1/2 – 1 1/2
Hungary – China 2 – 2
India – USA 2-2
Egypt – Israel 2-2
Russia – Cuba 1 1/2 – 2 1/2
Team Ranking after Round two:
1 India 2 1 1 0 3 5
2 China 2 1 1 0 3 4½
3 Israel 2 1 1 0 3 4½
4 Cuba 2 1 1 0 3 4½
5 Hungary 2 0 2 0 2 4
6 Armenia 2 1 0 1 2 4
7 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 2 4
8 USA 2 0 1 1 1 3½
9 Egypt 2 0 1 1 1 3
10 Russia 2 0 0 2 0 3
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