China has won the World Team Chess Championship, held in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. China emerged champion, with 15 points. Ukraine finished runner-up with 12 points, while host Armenia was third with 11. India finished the championship at ninth position with seven points, losing the final round match 3-1 to China.
In the final round, China’s Yu Yangyi and Wei Yi defeated S.P. Sethuraman and Deep Sengupta.
Final standings
1 China
2 Ukraine
3 Armenia
4 Russia
5 USA
6 Hungary
7 Israel
8 Cuba
9 India
10 Egypt
Tidbits
- The World Team Chess Championship is a biennial event played with the participation of 10 countries under the aegis of FIDE, the governing body for international chess tournaments.
- In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads are the most important international tournaments for teams.
- From 1985 the championship was held every four years, since 2011 every two years.
