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Wang Yue
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Azerbaijan, Serbia and Norway won their matches with narrow margins, while Russia drew China. Azeris, Bulgarians and Serbians share 1st place.
Results of top 5 matches of the 4th round
Bo. 3 France (FRA) Rtg – 8 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2768 – GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2743 0 – 1
1.2 GM Bacrot, Etienne 2720 – GM Radjabov, Teimour 2724 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Fressinet, Laurent 2708 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 2659 ½ – ½
1.4 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav 2624 – GM Safarli, Eltaj 2649 ½ – ½
Bo. 29 Serbia (SRB) Rtg – 16 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM Ivanisevic, Ivan 2613 – GM Navara, David 2716 ½ – ½
2.2 GM Perunovic, Milos 2602 – GM Laznicka, Viktor 2676 0 – 1
2.3 GM Markus, Robert 2602 – GM Hracek, Zbynek 2634 1 – 0
2.4 GM Sedlak, Nikola 2554 – GM Petr, Martin 2530 1 – 0
Bo. 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 15 Poland (POL) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 – GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2735 1 – 0
3.2 GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 – GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 2659 ½ – ½
3.3 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 – GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2576 ½ – ½
3.4 GM Lie, Kjetil A. 2528 – GM Bartel, Mateusz 2640 ½ – ½
Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 7 China (CHN) Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2760 – GM Wang, Yue 2718 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2795 – GM Ding, Liren 2742 ½ – ½
4.3 GM Svidler, Peter 2751 – GM Yu, Yangyi 2668 ½ – ½
4.4 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2786 – GM Ni, Hua 2666 ½ – ½
Bo. 11 Netherlands (NED) Rtg – 9 Israel (ISR) Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM Giri, Anish 2745 – GM Gelfand, Boris 2753 1 – 0
5.2 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 2664 – GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2671 0 – 1
5.3 GM Van Wely, Loek 2662 – GM Sutovsky, Emil 2624 ½ – ½
5.4 GM Van Kampen, Robin 2638 – GM Postny, Evgeny 2651 ½ – ½
Top 10 teams after 4 rounds
1 Azerbaijan AZE 4 8 51.0 12.5
2 Bulgaria BUL 4 8 47.5 12.5
3 Serbia SRB 4 8 47.0 13.0
4 Russia RUS 3 7 59.0 13.5
5 Netherlands NED 3 7 53.0 12.5
6 Uzbekistan UZB 3 7 47.0 11.5
7 China CHN 3 7 45.0 12.0
8 Israel ISR 3 7 45.0 12.0
9 Turkey TUR 3 7 43.5 12.5
10 Kazakhstan KAZ 3 7 43.5 12.0
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 5th round
1 AZE Azerbaijan 12½ 8 : 8 13 Serbia SRB
2 RUS Russia 13½ 7 : 8 12½ Bulgaria BUL
3 ARM Armenia 12½ 6 : 7 10 Norway NOR
4 CHN China 12 7 : 7 12½ Netherlands NED
5 UKR Ukraine 12 7 : 7 11½ Uzbekistan UZB
Women’s Section
Germany-Russia
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Five teams lead the event:
1 China CHN 4 8 63.0 14.5 18.00
2 Indonesia INA 4 8 52.0 14.0 16.00
3 Hungary HUN 4 8 46.0 14.0 14.00
4 Russia RUS 4 8 46.0 13.0 16.00
5 Iran IRI 4 8 45.5 15.5 12.00
Interesting matches were played by Iran vs Slovakia and Indonesia vs Armenia, while China and Russia won against Azerbaijan and Germany respectively.
Results of top 5 matches of the 4th round
Bo. 21 Iran (IRI) Rtg – 18 Slovakia (SVK) Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2352 – IM Repkova, Eva 2358 ½ – ½
1.2 WGM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2324 – IM Stockova, Zuzana 2383 1 – 0
1.3 WIM Hejazipour, Mitra 2269 – WGM Kochetkova, Julia 2338 1 – 0
1.4 WIM Hakimifard, Ghazal 2232 – WFM Gazikova, Veronika 2034 1 – 0
Bo. 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 27 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 1 : 3
2.1 WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 – WIM Havlikova, Kristyna 2215 ½ – ½
2.2 WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 – WIM Olsarova, Karolina 2237 0 – 1
2.3 WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 – WGM Sikorova, Olga 2289 ½ – ½
2.4 WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 – WIM Olsarova, Tereza 2271 0 – 1
Bo. 1 China (CHN) Rtg – 22 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg 3½: ½
3.1 GM Hou, Yifan 2661 – WGM Mamedjarova, Zeinab 2229 1 – 0
3.2 WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 – WGM Mammadova, Gulnar 2334 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 – WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan 2274 1 – 0
3.4 WGM Guo, Qi 2453 – WIM Ibrahimova, Sabina 2263 1 – 0
Bo. 23 Indonesia (INA) Rtg – 10 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 3½: ½
4.1 WGM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 2396 – GM Danielian, Elina 2490 1 – 0
4.2 WGM Aulia, Medina Warda 2397 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2453 ½ – ½
4.3 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias 2206 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2275 1 – 0
4.4 WFM Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia 2128 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2313 1 – 0
Bo. 12 Germany (GER) Rtg – 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2464 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 0 – 1
5.2 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2364 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 0 – 1
5.3 WGM Ohme, Melanie 2301 – WGM Girya, Olga 2484 1 – 0
5.4 WGM Hoolt, Sarah 2318 – WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 ½ – ½
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 5th round
1 INA Indonesia 14 8 : 8 14½ China CHN
2 BAR Barbados 8 4 : 4 9 Norway NOR
3 HUN Hungary 14 8 : 8 15½ Iran IRI
4 RUS Russia 13 8 : 7 12½ Georgia GEO
5 ESP Spain 12 7 : 7 11 Netherlands NED