The top match between Germany 1 and Armenia found no winner. With the draw Germany 1 can keep the claim to the first place with 13 points. Behind them, with 12 points, are Armenia and the Emanuel-Lasker-Gesellschaft. The tension is rising!

In the women’s section, the Russians have been defeated by England 1 today, but remain in the narrow lead with nine points. Behind them with the same number of team points is Latvia Women, who won against Dresden-Striesen 1990 e.V. The German women were successful today: Germany Women 1 won against England 3 and Germany Women 2 against the Team from Dresden “Blue Wonder”. They currently range on the third and fourth place. Mongolia Women and SK 1968 ended their match with a draw.

In the section 65 + Russia 65 + is still in the lead with 14 points after a win against Austria. St. Petersburg won against England 1 and remains in second place with 12 points. Because of their victory against Germany and 2 and due to the higher number of board points the Schachfreunde Leipzig moved up to the third place. They are followed by Belgium1 and England 1.

A look behind the scenes – Project Game Recording

A novelty at this World Cup is the „Project Game Recording“. Each day all 216 games of the round are being recorded. In „Game-Recording-Office“ six team-members are working hard to enter all played matches into the computer. These are directly sent to the ChessBase-cloud and can be replayed at any time. A big advantage for all players, as they can prepare for their next opponents straightforward. To master this challenge, a detailed operational plan was conducted by the team leader Hugo Schulz. The plan and the team are so good that the games are usually already fully recorded at 5.00 pm.