After a little break Armenian players crushed a team from England with amazing 4-0 score while Russian team defeated Kazakhstan with 3-1 score. The victory in the match didn't help Russian Team to remain on the first place, so after a little break Armenia keeps leading in the tournament half a point above Russia. Azerbaijan team managed to win against Switzerland and shares the third place together with Iranian Team 2 points behind of Russian team. It remains two rounds only and every half a point can be decisive. The ninth round will start tomorrow at 4 p.m. You can follow our photo report which includes photos of the famous chess journalist WGM Anastasia Karlovich below;
Russia 3 -1 Kazakhstan
Arjun Sengupta from Kenya
GM Daniil Dubov from Russia has got 5 points out of 8 at the first board
Georgia 1,5 - 2,5 Malaysia
GM Fedoseev Vladimir has got 5 points out of 7 at the second board
UAE Team A 0 - 4 Moldova
Ali Abeer from UAE Team C
Two Turkish Teams are playing against each other - Turkish White and Turkish Red
James Holland from England has got 4 points out of 8 on the first board