42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 8th round

USA, India and Ukraine lead the event with 14 points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 8th round

1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 ½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 GM
Robson, Ray
2674 1 – 0
20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 1 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 0 – 1
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 0 – 1
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 0 – 1
6   England (ENG) Rtg 9   India (IND) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738 GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 ½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665 GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 ½ – ½
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635 GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 ½ – ½
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666 GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 0 – 1
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 ½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 ½ – ½
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 1 – 0
36   Italy (ITA) Rtg 46   Iran (IRI) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583 GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566 ½ – ½
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566 ½ – ½
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 IM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478 ½ – ½
FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459
Firouzja, Alireza
2463 ½ – ½

Some games of the round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 9th round

UKR Ukraine 22 14 : 14 22 India IND
USA United States of America 23½ 14 : 13 20 Norway NOR
IRI Iran 22 12 : 12 20 England ENG
AZE Azerbaijan 1 23 13 : 13 24 Russia RUS
LAT Latvia 20 12 : 12 21½ Slovenia SLO

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