42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 7th round

USA leads with 13 points, while Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, India, England and Latvia have 12.

Results of the top 5 matches

9   India (IND) Rtg 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 0 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 0 – 1
21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg 11   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 GM
Giri, Anish
2755 ½ – ½
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 1 – 0
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640 ½ – ½
IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592 1 – 0
1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 GM
Navara, David
2742 1 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 1 – 0
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 1 – 0
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540 ½ – ½
18   Croatia (CRO) Rtg 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Saric, Ivan
2668 GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 ½ – ½
GM
Palac, Mladen
2623 GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 0 – 1
GM
Kozul, Zdenko
2622 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 0 – 1
GM
Brkic, Ante
2584 GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 30   Romania (ROU) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2618 1 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2595 ½ – ½
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 IM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2524 1 – 0
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2554 ½ – ½

Some games of the round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 8th round

RUS Russia 22 12 : 13 21½ United States of America USA
GEO Georgia 20 12 : 12 19 Ukraine UKR
ENG England 18½ 12 : 12 19½ India IND
AZE Azerbaijan 1 20½ 11 : 12 18½ Latvia LAT
ITA Italy 18½ 11 : 11 20 Iran IRI

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