Kramnik watches the games
(Photo taken from the official site)
The 2nd round in the Open section was full of upsets as Norway 2 drew Ukraine and Finland drew Norway 1. Most of the top teams won though.
Results of top 5 matches of the 2nd round
Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 57 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2760 – GM Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 2549 1 – 0
1.2 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2795 – GM Zhu, Chen 2461 1 – 0
1.3 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2786 – IM Nezad, Husein Aziz 2365 1 – 0
1.4 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714 – Al-Tamimi, Hamad 2186 ½ – ½
Bo. 58 Norway 2 (NOR2) Rtg – 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 IM Urkedal, Frode 2500 – GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2744 1 – 0
2.2 IM Elsness, Frode 2477 – GM Eljanov, Pavel 2723 ½ – ½
2.3 IM Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal 2450 – GM Korobov, Anton 2680 ½ – ½
2.4 IM Tari, Aryan 2440 – GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2707 0 – 1
Bo. 56 Finland (FIN) Rtg – 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Nyback, Tomi 2591 – GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 ½ – ½
3.2 IM Karttunen, Mika 2437 – GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 ½ – ½
3.3 IM Sipila, Vilka 2425 – GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 ½ – ½
3.4 FM Ebeling, Daniel 2445 – GM Lie, Kjetil A. 2528 ½ – ½
Bo. 3 France (FRA) Rtg – 59 Mongolia (MGL) Rtg 4 : 0
4.1 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2768 – GM Batchuluun, Tsegmed 2513 1 – 0
4.2 GM Fressinet, Laurent 2708 – GM Khatanbaatar, Bazar 2390 1 – 0
4.3 GM Edouard, Romain 2680 – GM Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan 2501 1 – 0
4.4 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav 2624 – IM Munkhgal, Gombosuren 2418 1 – 0
Bo. 60 Australia (AUS) Rtg – 4 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 GM Smerdon, David 2513 – GM Aronian, Levon 2805 ½ – ½
5.2 IM Ly, Moulthun 2462 – GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 0 – 1
5.3 IM Illingworth, Max 2439 – GM Movsesian, Sergei 2672 ½ – ½
5.4 FM Ikeda, Junta 2402 – GM Akopian, Vladimir 2655 0 – 1
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 3rd round
1 ARM Armenia 7 4 : 4 8 France FRA
2 USA United States of America 7 4 : 4 8 Netherlands NED
3 NOR Norway 4½ 3 : 3 6 Montenegro MNE
4 GER Germany 8 4 : 4 7 England ENG
5 POL Poland 7 4 : 4 8 Cuba CUB
Anna Muzychuk
(Photo taken from the official site)
There were no real upsets in the Women’s section as all top teams won their matches.
Results of top 5 matches of the 2nd round
Bo. 1 China (CHN) Rtg – 49 Venezuela (VEN) Rtg 4 : 0
1.1 WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 – IM Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina 2207 1 – 0
1.2 GM Zhao, Xue 2508 – WIM Rovira Contreras, Tairu Manuela 2076 1 – 0
1.3 WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 – WFM Gutierrez Salazar, Leonela 2096 1 – 0
1.4 WGM Guo, Qi 2453 – WIM Montilla, Jorcerys 2118 1 – 0
Bo. 48 Ecuador (ECU) Rtg – 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg 0 : 4
2.1 WGM Heredia Serrano, Carla 2168 – WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 0 – 1
2.2 WFM Bosch Garcia, Jacqueline 2173 – WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 0 – 1
2.3 WIM Moncayo Romero, Evelyn 2119 – WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 0 – 1
2.4 WIM Vasquez Ramirez, Rocio 2122 – WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 0 – 1
Bo. 50 Brazil (BRA) Rtg – 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg 0 : 4
3.1 WIM Feliciano Ebert, Vanessa 2226 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 0 – 1
3.2 WIM Terao, Juliana Sayumi 2222 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 0 – 1
3.3 WIM Ribeiro, Regina 2000 – WGM Girya, Olga 2484 0 – 1
3.4 WFM Chang, Suzana 1991 – WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 0 – 1
Bo. 3 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 51 Australia (AUS) Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM Muzychuk, Anna 2555 – IM Berezina, Irina 2182 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2487 – WFM Nguyen, Thu Giang 2165 ½ – ½
4.3 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2468 – WIM Dekic, Biljana N. 2048 1 – 0
4.4 IM Gaponenko, Inna 2379 – Yu, Sally 1953 1 – 0
Bo. 54 Montenegro (MNE) Rtg – 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 WFM Milovic, Aleksandra 2170 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2550 0 – 1
5.2 Blagojevic, Tijana 2095 – GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2494 0 – 1
5.3 WFM Stojanovic, Marija R 2100 – IM Melia, Salome 2475 1 – 0
5.4 Misovic, Sanja 1862 – IM Batsiashvili, Nino 2435 0 – 1
Some games from the 2nd round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 3rd round
1 USA United States of America 7 4 : 4 8 China CHN
2 NOR Norway 7 4 : 4 8 Hungary HUN
3 RUS Russia 8 4 : 4 7 France FRA
4 ARM Armenia 8 4 : 4 7 Vietnam VIE
5 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 4 : 4 8 Iran IRI