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)Rtg2  United States of America (USA)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ – ½
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740GM
So, Wesley
27820 – 1
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754GM
Robson, Ray
26741 – 0
20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
27091 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
26930 – 1
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601GM
Korobov, Anton
26750 – 1
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575GM
Volokitin, Andrei
26470 – 1
6  England (ENG)Rtg9  India (IND)Rtg1½:2½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665GM
Adhiban, B.
2671½ – ½
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669½ – ½
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
26400 – 1
4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg21  Latvia (LAT)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651½ – ½
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628½ – ½
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688IM
Meskovs, Nikita
24761 – 0
36  Italy (ITA)Rtg46  Iran (IRI)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566½ – ½
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566½ – ½
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568IM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478½ – ½
FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459
Firouzja, Alireza
2463½ – ½

Some games of the round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 9th round

UKRUkraine2214:1422IndiaIND
USAUnited States of America23½14:1320NorwayNOR
IRIIran2212:1220EnglandENG
AZEAzerbaijan 12313:1324RussiaRUS
LATLatvia2012:1221½SloveniaSLO

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