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The surprise of the round was definitely the loss of both (!) Russian teams. The men’s lost to the Turkish team and the women’s to Israeli.
Results of top 5 matches by board
Bo. 18 TURKEY Rtg – 1 RUSSIA Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM SOLAK, Dragan 2618 – GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 1 – 0
1.2 GM IPATOV, Alexander 2630 – GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 ½ – ½
1.3 GM ESEN, Baris 2565 – GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 ½ – ½
1.4 GM YILMAZ, Mustafa 2577 – GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny 2722 ½ – ½
Bo. 17 BELARUS Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
2.2 GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
2.3 GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 0 – 1
2.4 GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½
Bo. 4 UKRAINE Rtg – 16 CROATIA Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 – GM SARIC, Ivan 2628 1 – 0
3.2 GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 – GM STEVIC, Hrvoje 2611 1 – 0
3.3 GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 – GM PALAC, Mladen 2571 ½ – ½
3.4 GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 – GM KOZUL, Zdenko 2597 0 – 1
Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 5 ENGLAND Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 ½ – ½
4.2 GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 – GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 1 – 0
4.3 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 ½ – ½
4.4 GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 – GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 1 – 0
Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 1 – 0
5.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
5.3 GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 ½ – ½
5.4 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 0 – 1
Results of all the matches
1 TURKEY RUSSIA 2½ : 1½
2 BELARUS FRANCE 1½ : 2½
3 UKRAINE CROATIA 2½ : 1½
4 GREECE ENGLAND 3 : 1
5 GEORGIA HUNGARY 2 : 2
6 ITALY CZECH REPUBLIC 1 : 3
7 GERMANY POLAND 2 : 2
8 AUSTRIA ROMANIA 2 : 2
9 ARMENIA MONTENEGRO 2½ : 1½
10 AZERBAIJAN BULGARIA 2½ : 1½
11 SWEDEN SPAIN 1½ : 2½
12 NETHERLANDS WALES 4 : 0
13 SERBIA SCOTLAND 2 : 2
14 SLOVENIA NORWAY 3 : 1
15 FYROM POLAND FUTURES ½ : 3½
16 POLAND GOLDIES LITHUANIA 2½ : 1½
17 DENMARK BELGIUM 2½ : 1½
18 ICELAND FINLAND 2 : 2
19 SWITZERLAND ISRAEL 1 : 3
Standings after 2 rounds
1 4 UKRAINE UKR 2 2 0 0 4 6.0 5.5
2 9 CZECH REPUBLIC CZE 2 2 0 0 4 6.0 5.5
3 15 GREECE GRE 2 2 0 0 4 6.0 5.5
4 18 TURKEY TUR 2 2 0 0 4 5.0 5.5
5 3 FRANCE FRA 2 2 0 0 4 5.0 5.0
6 19 ROMANIA ROM 2 1 1 0 3 6.0 6.0
7 7 HUNGARY HUN 2 1 1 0 3 6.0 5.0
8 12 POLAND POL 2 1 1 0 3 6.0 5.0
9 27 AUSTRIA AUT 2 1 1 0 3 6.0 4.5
10 10 GERMANY GER 2 1 1 0 3 6.0 4.5
11 14 GEORGIA GEO 2 1 1 0 3 6.0 4.5
12 2 ARMENIA ARM 2 1 1 0 3 2.5 4.5
13 6 AZERBAIJAN AZE 2 1 1 0 3 2.5 4.5
14 11 SPAIN ESP 2 1 1 0 3 2.5 4.5
15 17 BELARUS BLR 2 1 0 1 2 6.0 4.5
16 22 SLOVENIA SLO 2 1 0 1 2 6.0 4.5
17 1 RUSSIA RUS 2 1 0 1 2 6.0 4.0
18 16 CROATIA CRO 2 1 0 1 2 6.0 4.0
19 8 NETHERLANDS NED 2 1 0 1 2 4.5 5.5
20 29 ISRAEL ISR 2 1 0 1 2 4.5 4.5
21 23 POLAND FUTURES POL 2 1 0 1 2 4.0 4.5
22 5 ENGLAND ENG 2 1 0 1 2 4.0 4.0
23 13 ITALY ITA 2 1 0 1 2 4.0 4.0
24 26 DENMARK DEN 2 1 0 1 2 3.0 3.5
25 24 POLAND GOLDIES POL 2 1 0 1 2 2.0 3.5
26 21 BULGARIA BUL 2 0 1 1 1 6.0 3.5
27 25 SWEDEN SWE 2 0 1 1 1 6.0 3.5
28 30 MONTENEGRO MNE 2 0 1 1 1 6.0 3.5
29 28 ICELAND ISL 2 0 1 1 1 6.0 3.5
30 37 SCOTLAND SCO 2 0 1 1 1 4.0 3.0
31 20 SERBIA SRB 2 0 1 1 1 3.0 3.5
32 32 FINLAND FIN 2 0 1 1 1 2.0 3.0
33 34 LITHUANIA LTU 2 0 0 2 0 6.0 3.0
34 33 BELGIUM BEL 2 0 0 2 0 4.5 3.0
35 31 SWITZERLAND SUI 2 0 0 2 0 3.0 2.0
36 35 FYROM MKD 2 0 0 2 0 3.0 2.0
37 36 NORWAY NOR 2 0 0 2 0 2.0 2.0
38 38 WALES WLS 2 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 3rd round
Bo. 3 FRANCE Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720
1.2 GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682
1.3 GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 – GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657
1.4 GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709
Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 18 TURKEY Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM SOLAK, Dragan 2618
2.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM IPATOV, Alexander 2630
2.3 GM HRACEK, Zbynek 2638 – GM ESEN, Baris 2565
2.4 GM BABULA, Vlastimil 2574 – GM YILMAZ, Mustafa 2577
Bo. 19 ROMANIA Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633
3.2 GM JIANU, Vlad-Cristian 2565 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639
3.3 GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 – GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589
3.4 GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 – GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555
Bo. 2 ARMENIA Rtg – 27 AUSTRIA Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 – GM RAGGER, Markus 2672
4.2 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 – GM SHENGELIA, David 2543
4.3 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 – IM KREISL, Robert 2410
4.4 GM PETROSIAN, Tigran L. 2660 – IM SCHREINER, Peter 2452
Bo. 12 POLAND Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM SOCKO, Bartosz 2661 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757
5.2 GM SWIERCZ, Dariusz 2627 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715
5.3 GM BARTEL, Mateusz 2626 – GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647
5.4 GM MITON, Kamil 2597 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607
Seven teams lead the women’s event after 2 rounds.
Results of top 5 matches
Bo. 15 Israel Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 WIM Efroimski, Marsel 2313 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 ½ – ½
1.2 IM Klinova, Masha 2291 – WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 1 – 0
1.3 WIM Vasiliev, Olga 2282 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 ½ – ½
1.4 WIM Shvayger, Yuliya 2294 – WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 ½ – ½
Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 11 Bulgaria Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2494 ½ – ½
2.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – WIM Raeva, Elitsa 2361 1 – 0
2.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – WGM Videnova, Iva 2272 1 – 0
2.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – WGM Voiska, Margarita 2298 ½ – ½
Bo. 9 Spain Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 1 : 3
3.1 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 ½ – ½
3.2 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 0 – 1
3.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 ½ – ½
3.4 WIM Nicolas Zapata, Irene 2241 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 0 – 1
Bo. 30 Belgium Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg ½ :3½
4.1 IM Zozulia, Anna 2334 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 ½ – ½
4.2 Goossens, Hanne 2069 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 0 – 1
4.3 Barbier, Wiebke 1945 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 0 – 1
4.4 Dierckens, Sarah 1872 – WIM Hairapetian, Anna 2221 0 – 1
Bo. 7 France Rtg – 21 Greece Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 GM Sebag, Marie 2510 – WGM Botsari, Anna-Maria 2338 1 – 0
5.2 IM Milliet, Sophie 2383 – WGM Makropoulou, Marina 2234 1 – 0
5.3 WGM Maisuradze, Nino 2302 – WIM Fakhiridou, Ekaterini 2168 ½ – ½
5.4 WIM Benmesbah, Natacha 2248 – Tsolakidou, Stavroula 2117 0 – 1
Results of all the matches
1 Israel Russia 2½ : 1½
2 Georgia Bulgaria 3 : 1
3 Spain Poland 1 : 3
4 Belgium Armenia ½ : 3½
5 France Greece 2½ : 1½
6 Serbia Romania 2 : 2
7 Poland III Lithuania 2½ : 1½
8 Ukraine Belarus 3½ : ½
9 Iceland Hungary 1 : 3
10 Germany Switzerland 3 : 1
11 Croatia Netherlands 0 : 4
12 Italy Azerbaijan 1½ : 2½
13 Czech Republic Austria 1½ : 2½
14 Poland Futures England 4 : 0
15 Finland Slovenia 2 : 2
16 Turkey Norway 4 : 0
Pairings of top 5 matches by board
Bo. 7 France Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Sebag, Marie 2510 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542
1.2 IM Milliet, Sophie 2383 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2492
1.3 WGM Maisuradze, Nino 2302 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491
1.4 IM Collas, Silvia 2292 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2402
Bo. 15 Israel Rtg – 3 Georgia Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 WIM Efroimski, Marsel 2313 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556
2.2 WIM Vasiliev, Olga 2282 – WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374
2.3 WIM Shvayger, Yuliya 2294 – IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462
2.4 IM Borsuk, Angela 2186 – IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524
Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 13 Poland III Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – WIM Worek, Joanna 2336
3.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – IM Dworakowska, Joanna 2326
3.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – WGM Bartel, Marta 2308
3.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282
Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – WGM Bulmaga, Irina 2399
4.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361
4.3 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347
4.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen 2275
Bo. 8 Hungary Rtg – 12 Serbia Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 – IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2405
5.2 IM Gara, Anita 2311 – WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2352
5.3 WGM Papp, Petra 2300 – WGM Stojanovic, Andjelija 2293
5.4 WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 – WIM Rakic, Marija 2291