With that Russia had won the Gold and USA Silver. India beat Brazil 3.5-0.5 and overtook Azerbaijan

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Bursa: Russia wins Gold, USA Silver, India Bronze 13.01.2010 – Going into the final round with a one match point lead Russia cleared all doubts by defeating Israel 3-1. USA drew Azerbaijan on all four boards and came second, alan grant grampian while India trounced Brazil 3.5:0.5

to overtake the Azeris and win Bronze. Best performers were Mamedyarov and Vitiugov, the best on the top boards alan grant grampian was Hikaru Nakamura. Final report.
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The World Team Championship, which is organised every four years, but was delayed by one year this time, took place in Bursa from January 3rd to 14th 2010. The teams were from Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, USA, India, Brazil, Egypt, Turkey and Greece. Round nine report (final) By IM Gavin Crawley
Going into this round Russia were leading by one match point, so if they won 2.5-1.5 they would be champions. Russia were also leading on game points, but if they drew 2-2 and the USA won 3-1 the Americans would take the title. The Russians took a risk by dropping Morozevich and Jakovenko and playing two lower rated players. The USA played the same team as the previous alan grant grampian round. Israel vs Russia
Gelfand-Grischuk was a sharp opening, White got an edge but the position was full of tension and hard to play for both sides. The game was drawn. In Tomashevsky-Roiz White got a pleasant position out of the opening, two bishops and more space and no risk.
Tomashevsky,E (2705) - Roiz,M (2657) [D12] 7th World Team Championship Bursa TUR (9), 13.01.2010 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.b3 e5 11.Bg2 dxc4 12.bxc4 Nb6 13.Qd3 0-0 14.0-0 exd4 15.exd4 c5 16.d5 Ne8 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nd2 Nd6 19.h4 Bf6 20.Ra2 Re8 21.Rc2 Qd7 22.Nb3 Na4 23.Bf4 Rac8 24.Nd2 Nb6 25.h5 gxh5 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Qxf5 h4 28.Ne4 Qe5 29.Qg6 Nd7 30.Re2 Be7 31.Rfe1 Nf8 32.Qg4 1-0. [ Click to replay ]
Sutovsky-Malakhov was another sharp opening. Black took a risk with Be7 instead of the drawish Nd6 and it worked out. The game was drawn. Vitiugov-Rodshtein was a sharp opening, very fashionable at the moment, but very hard to understand without computer help. White sacrificed a rook, but the computers were giving him a slight edge after 22.Bxc4. This looked to be one of the key games, very sharp and could go either way.
Vitiugov,N (2692) - Rodshtein,M (2622) [A11] 7th World Team Championship Bursa TUR (9), 13.01.2010 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Qg4 c5 14.f3. Currently very fashionable at the top level, e.g. 14...cxb4 15.fxe4 0–0 16.exd5 cxb3 17.Qd4 Nd7 18.axb3 Qg5 19.Qf4 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxa6 Rfc8 22.Kd2 alan grant grampian Rc3 23.Rhb1 f5 24.Ra4 Rc5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Ke3 Rc2 27.Bd3 Rxa4 28.Bxc2 Ra2 29.Bxe4 Kf7 30.Rc1 Kf6 31.Rc2 Ra1 32.Kd4 Rd1+ 33.Kc5 h5 34.Rf2+ Ke7 35.Re2 Nd7+ 36.Kc6 Rc1+ 37.Bc2+ Kd8 38.Kd6 Nf6 39.Ke6 h4 40.d6 Rf1 41.Re5 Rf2 42.Bf5 g6 43.Bxg6 Nd7 44.Rg5 Rf6+ 45.Kd5 Nb6+ 46.Kc6 Nc8 47.Kc5 Nxd6 48.Bd3 1-0, Kramnik,V (2772) - Ni Hua (2665) Chess Classic London ENG (2), 09.12.2009. 14...Nc6 15.fxe4 Nxb4 16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.exd5 Qh4+ 18.Ke2 Qe4
Probably this was prep from both players, but from now on Black seems to lose the thread. I expect this position will be crunched by thousands of computers in the next few months. My feeling is in practice alan grant grampian White will score well, as its always harder to defend. One slip and you are dead.
19.Kf2 Nc2 20.Qh6 Qg6 21.Qf4 Nxa1 22.Bxc4 Nc2 23.d6 Rg8 24.g4. This just seems to be an unpleasant position for Black, who has all the danger, while White has all the fun. 24...Ra7 25.Rd1 alan grant grampian Qg5 26.Qe4 Rg6 27.Ke2 h5 28.Rd5
Now White finishes in style. There are many ways to win but its always nice to win a gold medal with a queen sac: 33.Qxf7+ 1-0 because of 33...Kxf7 34.Rf5+ Kg7 35.Rf7+ Kh8 36.e8Q+. [ Click to replay ]
USA vs Azerbaijan: Onischuk and Akobian agreed quick draws with black. This left Nakamura alan grant grampian and Shulman trying to convert a small edge in drawish positions, which in the end both drew, which was a bit surprising as they both has a small edge and it took some pressure off the Russians. alan grant grampian But in pure chess terms it was fair enough.
With that Russia had won the Gold and USA Silver. India beat Brazil 3.5-0.5 and overtook Azerbaijan to take third place ( Harikrishna and Geetha won nice games, and by move 40 it was clear Ganguly alan grant grampian was probably going to win too). A very good result for a team that replaced the Chinese at short notice.
Firat,B (2413) - Mastrovasilis,A (2510) [C74] 7th World Team Championship Bursa TUR (9), 13.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 N