Open Section
Aronian
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Azerbaijan won against the closest rival, Cuba and is now leading alone with 13 match points. China, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania share 2nd place.
Results of top 5 matches of the 7th round
Bo. 13 Cuba (CUB) Rtg – 8 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2760 – GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2743 1 – 0
1.2 GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 2664 – GM Radjabov, Teimour 2724 0 – 1
1.3 GM Quesada Perez, Yuniesky 2649 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 2659 ½ – ½
1.4 GM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo 2603 – GM Guseinov, Gadir 2613 0 – 1
Bo. 16 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg – 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 GM Navara, David 2716 – GM Grischuk, Alexander 2795 1 – 0
2.2 GM Laznicka, Viktor 2676 – GM Svidler, Peter 2751 1 – 0
2.3 GM Hracek, Zbynek 2634 – GM Karjakin, Sergey 2786 ½ – ½
2.4 GM Babula, Vlastimil 2549 – GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714 ½ – ½
Bo. 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 12 Germany (GER) Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 – GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2709 0 – 1
3.2 GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 – GM Fridman, Daniel 2639 ½ – ½
3.3 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 – GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 2689 ½ – ½
3.4 GM Lie, Kjetil A. 2528 – GM Baramidze, David 2612 ½ – ½
Bo. 29 Serbia (SRB) Rtg – 7 China (CHN) Rtg ½ :3½
4.1 GM Perunovic, Milos 2602 – GM Ding, Liren 2742 0 – 1
4.2 GM Markus, Robert 2602 – GM Yu, Yangyi 2668 0 – 1
4.3 GM Sedlak, Nikola 2554 – GM Ni, Hua 2666 ½ – ½
4.4 GM Indjic, Aleksandar 2539 – GM Wei, Yi 2638 0 – 1
Bo. 18 Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg – 11 Netherlands (NED) Rtg 3 : 1
5.1 GM Topalov, Veselin 2772 – GM Giri, Anish 2745 ½ – ½
5.2 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2681 – GM L’Ami, Erwin 2631 ½ – ½
5.3 GM Iotov, Valentin 2553 – GM Tiviakov, Sergei 2664 1 – 0
5.4 GM Rusev, Krasimir 2548 – GM Van Wely, Loek 2662 1 – 0
Top 10 teams after 7 rounds
1 Azerbaijan AZE 13 166.5 20.5 61.00
2 China CHN 12 166.0 21.0 58.00
3 Czech Republic CZE 12 150.0 20.5 55.00
4 Bulgaria BUL 12 149.5 19.5 59.00
5 Romania ROU 12 138.0 20.5 52.00
6 France FRA 11 159.0 20.5 60.00
7 Cuba CUB 11 153.5 20.0 61.00
8 Armenia ARM 11 145.0 19.5 58.00
9 India IND 11 138.5 20.5 51.00
10 Ukraine UKR 11 136.5 20.5 50.00
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 8th round
1 CHN China 21 12 : 13 20½ Azerbaijan AZE
2 ROU Romania 20½ 12 : 12 20½ Czech Republic CZE
3 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 17½ 9 : 9 16 Norway NOR
4 UKR Ukraine 20½ 11 : 12 19½ Bulgaria BUL
5 FRA France 20½ 11 : 11 20 Poland POL
Women’s Section
Lagno-Hou
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The Russian ladies beat China and lead the event with 14 match points. China, Hungary and Poland share 2nd place with 12 points.
Results of top 5 matches of the 7th round
Bo. 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 1 China (CHN) Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 – GM Hou, Yifan 2661 1 – 0
1.2 GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 – WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 – GM Zhao, Xue 2508 ½ – ½
1.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2484 – WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 1 – 0
Bo. 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 20 Vietnam (VIE) Rtg ½ :3½
2.1 WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 – WIM Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung 2307 ½ – ½
2.2 WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 – WIM Hoang, Thi Nhu Y 2269 0 – 1
2.3 WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 – WGM Hoang, Thi Bao Tram 2329 0 – 1
2.4 WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 – Luong, Phuong Hanh 2171 0 – 1
Bo. 8 Poland (POL) Rtg – 9 France (FRA) Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Socko, Monika 2470 – GM Sebag, Marie 2480 0 – 1
3.2 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2380 – IM Milliet, Sophie 2385 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Bartel, Marta 2359 – WGM Guichard, Pauline 2375 1 – 0
3.4 WIM Kulon, Klaudia 2301 – IM Collas, Silvia 2316 ½ – ½
Bo. 13 Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 6 Romania (ROU) Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2485 – IM Peptan, Corina-Isabela 2422 ½ – ½
4.2 IM Madl, Ildiko 2347 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2404 ½ – ½
4.3 WGM Gara, Ticia 2321 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2446 1 – 0
4.4 WGM Papp, Petra 2274 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2354 ½ – ½
Bo. 10 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 7 United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2490 – GM Krush, Irina 2474 1 – 0
5.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2453 – IM Zatonskih, Anna 2466 ½ – ½
5.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2275 – WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2366 ½ – ½
5.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2313 – WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2252 0 – 1
Top 10 teams after 7 rounds
1 Russia RUS 14 179.5 22.0 61.00
2 China CHN 12 188.5 22.0 66.00
3 Hungary HUN 12 148.0 20.0 58.00
4 Poland POL 12 136.5 18.5 55.00
5 France FRA 11 170.5 20.5 62.00
6 Georgia GEO 11 153.0 20.0 57.00
7 United States of America USA 11 143.0 19.5 56.00
8 Indonesia INA 11 141.5 19.0 59.00
9 Ukraine UKR 11 134.0 19.0 54.00
10 Armenia ARM 11 133.5 19.0 57.00
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 8th round
1 RUS Russia 22 14 : 12 20 Hungary HUN
2 TUR Turkey 14½ 8 : 8 17½ Norway NOR
3 CHN China 22 12 : 12 18½ Poland POL
4 FRA France 20½ 11 : 11 19½ United States of America USA
5 UKR Ukraine 19 11 : 11 20 Georgia GEO