Russia Wins World Chess Team Championship
11 November, 2005
Herald News Daily
BEERSHEBA, Israel - Russia captured the world chess team championship Thursday with a last-minute, come-from-behind victory over the surprised Chinese team.
[...]
China was seeking its first championship ever, but the team‘s coach, Ye Tiangchuan, said the second-place finish was still considered an astounding achievement.
[...]
Armenia finished in third place, followed by Ukraine, the United States, Israel, Georgia, Cuba and the Chinese women‘s team [...].
Team points
1 Russia 22
2 China Men 21.5
3 Armenia 18.5
4 Ukraine 17.5
5 USA 16.5
6 Israel 14.5
7 Georgia 13.5
8 Cuba 13
9 China Women 7
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
Herald News Daily
BEERSHEBA, Israel - Russia captured the world chess team championship Thursday with a last-minute, come-from-behind victory over the surprised Chinese team.
[...]
China was seeking its first championship ever, but the team‘s coach, Ye Tiangchuan, said the second-place finish was still considered an astounding achievement.
[...]
Armenia finished in third place, followed by Ukraine, the United States, Israel, Georgia, Cuba and the Chinese women‘s team [...].
Team points
1 Russia 22
2 China Men 21.5
3 Armenia 18.5
4 Ukraine 17.5
5 USA 16.5
6 Israel 14.5
7 Georgia 13.5
8 Cuba 13
9 China Women 7
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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