World Team Chess Round 5: Ukraine, China in lead

The leaders spot at the World Team Chess Championship 2015 changed hands again as overnight leaders Cuba narrowly lost to Israel while Ukraine and China won their respective matches to take up the lead after Round 5.

In the Ukraine vs India encounter, GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko’s win over GM Krishnan Sasikiran proved decisive as the rest of the games finished in draws. While the China vs Egypt match-up was expected to be an easy one for China, the Egyptians made the matters really close as GM Samy Shoker stunned GM Yu Yangyi. In the end, the Chinese won by a narrow 2.5-1.5 margin, courtesy of the victories by Ding Liren and Wei Yi. The same scoreline was also witnessed in the Armenia vs U.S.A. encounter, with the Armenians coming out on top.

Top seeds Russia, meanwhile, registered their first match win of the tournament en route to a thumping 3.5-0.5 win over Hungary.

The full pairings and results can be checked here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr170346.aspx?lan=1&art=2&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984