Two rounds of Beer Sheva World Team Championship have been played so far and none of teams earned considerable advantage over the rest. Russia are in front with 5,5 points ahead of Armenia (5). China's men's team are lying in third but they already had a rest day after ruthless 4-0 over their female country-mates. Olympiad winners Ukraine beat USA 2,5-1,5 on day two while Israel, the hosts took off poorly losing to Russia and halving vs Armenia.

Read round 1 extensite report by Alon Greenfeld.

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