Congrats to women's teams Armenia, Russia and China on their 1st round victories in #WTCC2019.

India vs Georgia and USA vs Ukraine ended in a draw.

The #WTCC2019 2nd round sees only one draw in 5 matches, India 2-2 Iran.
Congratulations to teams #Kazakhstan, #USA, #England, and #Russia on their 2nd-round victories.

#WTCC2019 round 3 results in the open section:
Iran 🇮🇷 3,5-0,5 🇸🇪 Sweden
Egypt 🇪🇬 0,5-3,5 🇮🇳 India
China 🇨🇳 1,5-2,5 🇷🇺 Russia
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2-2 🇺🇸 USA
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 2-2 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
#worldchessteam

#WTCC2019 round 3 results in the women section:
Russia 🇷🇺4-0🇪🇬 Egypt
India 🇮🇳 2,5-1,5 🇦🇲 Armenia
China 🇨🇳 2,5-1,5 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
USA 🇺🇸 0,5-3,5 🇬🇪 Georgia
Ukraine 🇺🇦 3-1 🇭🇺 Hungary
#worldchessteam

Today at the #WTCC2019, we received the visit of Theodore J. Lyng, head of the US diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan.

https://goo.gl/ccYN2k

Theodore J. Wright, head of the US diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan: "I was a frustrated young chess player, and it has been sort of fulfilling a dream to visit this championship". #WTCC2019

📸: David Llada

#WTCC2019 round 4 results.
Open:
Sweden🇸🇪 3-1 🇦🇿Azerbaijan
USA🇺🇸 2-2 🇰🇿Kazakhstan
Russia🇷🇺 2-2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England
India🇮🇳 2-2 🇨🇳China
Iran🇮🇷 3-1 🇪🇬Egypt

#WTCC2019 round 4 results
Women:
Egypt🇪🇬 1,5-2,5 🇭🇺Hungary
Georgia🇬🇪 2-2 🇺🇦Ukraine
Kazakhstan🇰🇿 2,5-1,5 🇺🇸USA
Armenia🇦🇲 1,5-2,5 🇨🇳China
Russia🇷🇺 3,5-1,5 🇮🇳India

Halfway through the #WTCC2019 with Russian leading solely with 9/10 points.
Round 5 saw only one draw: England vs India. Congrats to the winning teams:
Egypt🇪🇬 1,5-2,5 🇸🇪Sweden
China🇨🇳 2,5-1,5 🇮🇷Iran
England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2-2 🇮🇳India
Kazakhstan🇰🇿 1-3 🇷🇺Russia
Azerbaijan🇦🇿 3-1 🇺🇸USA

#WTCC2019 Round6
Open:
Sweden🇸🇪 0,5-3,5 🇺🇸USA
Russia🇷🇺 2-2 🇦🇿Azerbaijan
India🇮🇳 3,5-0,5 🇰🇿Kazakhstan
Iran🇮🇷 1-3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England
Egypt🇪🇬 2-2 🇨🇳China
Women:
Egypt🇪🇬 0,5-3,5 🇬🇪Georgia
Kazakhstan🇰🇿 2,5-1,5 🇭🇺Hungary
Armenia🇦🇲 1,5-2,5 🇺🇦Ukraine
Russia🇷🇺 2,5-1,5 🇺🇸USA
India🇮🇳 1,5-2,5 🇨🇳China

Impressive performance by Iran's 15-year-old Alireza Firouzja (2657) at #WTCC2019 who wins his 4th game in a row.

#WTCC2019 round7 results
Open:
China🇨🇳 2,5-1,5 🇸🇪Sweden
England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2,5-1,5 🇪🇬Egypt
Kazakhstan🇰🇿 1,5-2,5 🇮🇷Iran
Azerbaijan🇦🇿 2-2 🇮🇳India
USA🇺🇸 1,5-2,5 🇷🇺Russia
Women:
China🇨🇳 4-0 🇪🇬Egypt
USA🇺🇸 0-4 🇮🇳India
Ukraine🇺🇦 2-2 🇷🇺Russia
Hungary🇭🇺 2-2 🇦🇲Armenia
Georgia🇬🇪 3,5-0,5 🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Lei Tingjie winning the game, match and championship on her birthday! #WTCC2019

Happy 50th Birthday to Michael Adams! Teammate, gentleman, and overall inspiration. #chess #throwback #wtcc2019

🔗 David Howell (@DavidHowellGM)