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FIDE World Beats
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FIDE World Beats Azerbaijan Easily In Baku
By Arvind Aaron
Led by Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik the FIDE
World Team scored an easy 21.5-10.5 win over Azerbaijan
in a four a team eight round rapid match that took place
from May 7-9 at Baku.
World champion Viswanathan Anand scored three wins and
drew five to end on 5.5/8 and help his team win with
relative ease. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of
Russia playing for the world team scored 6.5/8 and was
impressive. Both remained undefeated. For the world
team, other two scorers were Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine
who made 5/8 and Alexei Shirov who scored 4.5/8. Both of
them lost one game apiece.
At the losing end of the Scheveningen format was
Azerbaijan. For them Radjabov scored 4/8, Mamedyarov
3/8, Vugar Gashimov 2/8, Gadir Gashimov 1/6 and Rauf
Mamedov 0.5/2. Azerbaijan started with a stunning
2.5-1.5 win in round one but lost the remaining seven
rounds.
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