The Daily Update: ETC, World Junior
In the European Team Championship, Russia defeated Armenia (2.5-1.5) and Azerbaijan beat Poland (3-1), and so they are tied going into the last round. Russia leads on tiebreak (the total points scored on the boards individually) by a single point, so the Azeris will have their work cut out for them. They’ve already played each other, so the top pairings for the last round look like this:
Russia 13 (20.5) – Spain 11 (19)
Netherlands 11 (19) – Azerbaijan 13 (19.5)
Israel 11 (17) – Ukraine 11 (20)
Switzerland 10 (17) – Armenia 11 (19)
As for the World Junior Championship, it’s back in a tie for first, again between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Sergei Zhigalko, who both have 6.5/8. Here are the top pairings for round 9 (of 13):
Vachier-Lagrave 6.5 – Howell 6
Zhigalko 6.5 – Li Chao 6
Iturrizaga 6 – Popov 6
As for the Americans, Ray Robson has 5.5 and will face Dmitry Andreikin on board 4, while Alex Lenderman has 5 points and faces Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa on board 8.
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