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Magnus Carlsen
(Photo taken from the official site)
Quite some top matches were drawn today as the elite players start to face a tough opposition. There is an 11 team tie for 1st so far, with France and Serbia having the same tie-break points which puts them on 1st-2nd places.
Results of top 5 matches of the 3rd round
Bo. 4 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 3 France (FRA) Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM Aronian, Levon 2805 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2768 ½ – ½
1.2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 – GM Bacrot, Etienne 2720 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2672 – GM Fressinet, Laurent 2708 0 – 1
1.4 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2655 – GM Edouard, Romain 2680 ½ – ½
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg – 11 Netherlands (NED) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2787 – GM Giri, Anish 2745 ½ – ½
2.2 GM Kamsky, Gata 2706 – GM L’Ami, Erwin 2631 0 – 1
2.3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2659 – GM Van Wely, Loek 2662 1 – 0
2.4 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2653 – GM Van Kampen, Robin 2638 0 – 1
Bo. 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 53 Montenegro (MNE) Rtg 3 : 1
3.1 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 – GM Djukic, Nikola 2521 1 – 0
3.2 GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 – GM Drasko, Milan 2437 ½ – ½
3.3 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 – GM Kosic, Dragan 2486 1 – 0
3.4 GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 – GM Nikcevic, Nebojsa 2427 ½ – ½
Bo. 12 Germany (GER) Rtg – 10 England (ENG) Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2709 – GM Adams, Michael 2740 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Meier, Georg 2646 – GM Jones, Gawain C B 2665 1 – 0
4.3 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 2689 – GM Howell, David W L 2650 ½ – ½
4.4 GM Baramidze, David 2612 – GM Sadler, Matthew D 2653 0 – 1
Bo. 15 Poland (POL) Rtg – 13 Cuba (CUB) Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2735 – GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2760 ½ – ½
5.2 GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2576 – GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 2664 ½ – ½
5.3 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2640 – GM Quesada Perez, Yuniesky 2649 ½ – ½
5.4 GM Socko, Bartosz 2612 – GM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo 2603 ½ – ½
View the full results here.
Top 10 teams after 3 rounds
1 France FRA 3 6 32.0 10.5
2 Serbia SRB 3 6 32.0 10.5
3 Russia RUS 3 6 30.0 11.5
4 Uzbekistan UZB 3 6 28.0 9.5
5 Netherlands NED 3 6 26.0 10.5
6 Romania ROU 3 6 24.0 10.5
7 China CHN 3 6 24.0 10.0
8 Azerbaijan AZE 3 6 24.0 10.0
9 Israel ISR 3 6 24.0 10.0
10 Bulgaria BUL 3 6 24.0 10.0
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 teams of the 4th round
1 FRA France 10½ 6 : 6 10 Azerbaijan AZE
2 SRB Serbia 10½ 6 : 6 10 Czech Republic CZE
3 NOR Norway 7½ 5 : 5 9 Poland POL
4 RUS Russia 11½ 6 : 6 10 China CHN
5 NED Netherlands 10½ 6 : 6 10 Israel ISR
Women’s section
Ju Wenjun
(Photo taken from the official site)
The Chinese team had a good match against the US ladies, while Russia won against France with a narrow margin. But despite all that Iran is currently on the 1st place, having slightly better tie-breaks than China.
Results of top 5 matches of the 3rd round
Bo. 7 United States of America (USA) Rtg – 1 China (CHN) Rtg 1 : 3
1.1 GM Krush, Irina 2474 – GM Hou, Yifan 2661 0 – 1
1.2 IM Zatonskih, Anna 2466 – WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 0 – 1
1.3 WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2366 – WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 ½ – ½
1.4 WGM Nemcova, Katerina 2315 – WGM Guo, Qi 2453 ½ – ½
Bo. 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 13 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 1 : 3
2.1 WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 – GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2485 0 – 1
2.2 WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 – IM Madl, Ildiko 2347 0 – 1
2.3 WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 – WGM Gara, Ticia 2321 ½ – ½
2.4 WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 – WGM Papp, Petra 2274 ½ – ½
Bo. 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 9 France (FRA) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 – GM Sebag, Marie 2480 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 – IM Milliet, Sophie 2385 ½ – ½
3.3 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 – WGM Guichard, Pauline 2375 1 – 0
3.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2484 – WIM Congiu, Mathilde 2318 ½ – ½
Bo. 10 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 20 Vietnam (VIE) Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2490 – WIM Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung 2307 ½ – ½
4.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2453 – WIM Hoang, Thi Nhu Y 2269 1 – 0
4.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2275 – WGM Hoang, Thi Bao Tram 2329 ½ – ½
4.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2313 – Luong, Phuong Hanh 2171 1 – 0
Bo. 41 Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) Rtg – 21 Iran (IRI) Rtg 0 : 4
5.1 WFM Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra 2293 – WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2352 0 – 1
5.2 WIM Boric, Elena 2196 – WGM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2324 0 – 1
5.3 WFM Dengler, Dijana 2070 – WIM Hejazipour, Mitra 2269 0 – 1
5.4 Jacimovic, Sara 2032 – WFM Asgarizadeh, Minoo 2147 0 – 1
View the full results here.
Standings of top 10 teams after 3 rounds
1 Iran IRI 3 6 28.0 12.0 7.00
2 China CHN 3 6 28.0 11.0 8.00
3 Armenia ARM 3 6 28.0 11.0 8.00
4 Russia RUS 3 6 26.0 10.5 8.00
5 Indonesia INA 3 6 26.0 10.5 8.00
6 Netherlands NED 3 6 26.0 9.0 8.00
7 Hungary HUN 3 6 24.0 11.0 7.00
8 Cuba CUB 3 6 24.0 10.0 8.00
9 Georgia GEO 3 6 20.0 10.5 6.00
10 Slovakia SVK 3 6 20.0 10.5 6.00
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 4th round
1 IRI Iran 12 6 : 6 10½ Slovakia SVK
2 NOR Norway 8 4 : 4 9½ Czech Republic CZE
3 CHN China 11 6 : 6 10½ Azerbaijan AZE
4 INA Indonesia 10½ 6 : 6 11 Armenia ARM
5 GER Germany 9½ 6 : 6 10½ Russia RUS