France is leading with 9 match points in the Open event. Greece, Georgia and Azerbaijan share 2nd place.
Results of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 7 HUNGARY Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
1.3 GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 ½ – ½
1.4 GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½
Bo. 19 ROMANIA Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 1 – 0
2.2 GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 ½ – ½
2.3 GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 0 – 1
2.4 GM SZABO, Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2548 – GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 ½ – ½
Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 ½ – ½
3.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
3.3 GM BABULA, Vlastimil 2574 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 ½ – ½
3.4 GM STOCEK, Jiri 2543 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607 0 – 1
Bo. 17 BELARUS Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 1 : 3
4.1 GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 ½ – ½
4.2 GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 ½ – ½
4.3 GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 – GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 0 – 1
4.4 GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 0 – 1
Bo. 29 ISRAEL Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg ½ :3½
5.1 GM POPILSKI, Gil 2483 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 0 – 1
5.2 IM RAZNIKOV, Danny 2481 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 0 – 1
5.3 GM BARON, Tal 2487 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 ½ – ½
5.4 IM BORUCHOVSKY, Avital 2472 – IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 0 – 1
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Pairings of top 5 matches
1 GREECE 12½ 8 : 9 12½ FRANCE
2 GEORGIA 12½ 8 : 8 11½ AZERBAIJAN
3 RUSSIA 13½ 7 : 7 13 ROMANIA
4 ARMENIA 11 7 : 7 12 HUNGARY
5 ENGLAND 12 7 : 7 11½ UKRAINE
Ukraine leads with 10 points in the Women’s event. Poland and Georgia share 2nd place.
Results of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 1 Ukraine Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 1 – 0
1.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 1 – 0
1.3 IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 1 – 0
1.4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 ½ – ½
Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 3 Georgia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 1 – 0
2.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 ½ – ½
2.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 ½ – ½
2.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 0 – 1
Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 5 Germany Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 1 – 0
3.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 0 – 1
3.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2447 – WGM Michna, Marta 2357 ½ – ½
Bo. 12 Serbia Rtg – 9 Spain Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2405 – IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 ½ – ½
4.2 WGM Manakova, Maria 2324 – IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 0 – 1
4.3 WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2352 – IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 0 – 1
4.4 WIM Rakic, Marija 2291 – WIM Hernandez Estevez, Yudania 2284 1 – 0
Bo. 14 Netherlands Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 WIM Schut, Lisa 2333 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 ½ – ½
5.2 IM Lanchava, Tea 2289 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 0 – 1
5.3 WIM Haast, Anne 2262 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347 1 – 0
5.4 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 2180 – WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 ½ – ½
View the full standings here.
Pairings of top 5 matches
1 Georgia 14 8 : 10 15½ Ukraine
2 Poland 12 8 : 7 14½ Russia
3 Germany 12½ 7 : 7 11 Poland III
4 Spain 11 7 : 7 14½ Armenia
5 Romania 12½ 6 : 6 11 Hungary