Open Section
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China and France lead the event with 15 match points. One point behind are Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
Results of top 5 matches of the 9th round
Bo. 7 China (CHN) Rtg – 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM Wang, Yue 2718 – GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2744 ½ – ½
1.2 GM Ding, Liren 2742 – GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Yu, Yangyi 2668 – GM Eljanov, Pavel 2723 ½ – ½
1.4 GM Wei, Yi 2638 – GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2707 ½ – ½
Bo. 16 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg – 3 France (FRA) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Navara, David 2716 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2768 ½ – ½
2.2 GM Laznicka, Viktor 2676 – GM Bacrot, Etienne 2720 0 – 1
2.3 GM Hracek, Zbynek 2634 – GM Fressinet, Laurent 2708 ½ – ½
2.4 GM Petr, Martin 2530 – GM Edouard, Romain 2680 ½ – ½
Bo. 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 26 Turkey (TUR) Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 – GM Solak, Dragan 2632 1 – 0
3.2 GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 – GM Can, Emre 2529 0 – 1
3.3 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 – GM Yilmaz, Mustafa 2569 ½ – ½
3.4 GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 – GM Ipatov, Alexander 2614 ½ – ½
Bo. 8 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg – 32 Romania (ROU) Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2743 – GM Lupulescu, Constantin 2625 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2724 – GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian 2574 ½ – ½
4.3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2659 – GM Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 2579 ½ – ½
4.4 GM Guseinov, Gadir 2613 – GM Nevednichy, Vladislav 2554 ½ – ½
Bo. 9 Israel (ISR) Rtg – 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2753 – GM Leko, Peter 2740 ½ – ½
5.2 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2671 – GM Balogh, Csaba 2637 0 – 1
5.3 GM Smirin, Ilia 2656 – GM Almasi, Zoltan 2690 ½ – ½
5.4 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2624 – GM Rapport, Richard 2704 0 – 1
Top 10 teams after 9 rounds
1 China CHN 15 276.0 26.0 102.00
2 France FRA 15 260.0 25.5 98.00
3 Ukraine UKR 14 257.0 25.0 96.00
4 Azerbaijan AZE 14 248.5 23.5 103.00
5 Bulgaria BUL 14 247.0 23.5 101.00
6 Hungary HUN 14 240.5 24.0 97.00
7 Romania ROU 14 235.0 24.5 94.00
8 United States of America USA 13 241.0 24.0 94.00
9 Russia RUS 13 241.0 23.5 101.00
10 India IND 13 240.0 24.5 93.00
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 10th round
1 FRA France 25½ 15 : 15 26 China CHN
2 UKR Ukraine 25 14 : 14 23½ Azerbaijan AZE
3 CRO Croatia 23½ 12 : 12 21 Norway NOR
4 HUN Hungary 24 14 : 14 24½ Romania ROU
5 BUL Bulgaria 23½ 14 : 13 25 Poland POL
Women’s Section
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Russia continues to lead (18 points), China is 2nd with 16 and Ukraine is 3rd with 15 points.
Results of top 5 matches of the 9th round
Bo. 10 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2490 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 1 – 0
1.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2453 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 0 – 1
1.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2275 – WGM Girya, Olga 2484 ½ – ½
1.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2313 – WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 0 – 1
Bo. 47 Estonia (EST) Rtg – 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 WCM Narva, Mai 2205 – WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 1 – 0
2.2 WIM Tsiganova, Monika 2094 – WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 0 – 1
2.3 WCM Narva, Triin 2068 – WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 ½ – ½
2.4 WIM Fomina, Tatyana 2216 – WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 0 – 1
Bo. 9 France (FRA) Rtg – 1 China (CHN) Rtg ½ :3½
3.1 GM Sebag, Marie 2480 – GM Hou, Yifan 2661 ½ – ½
3.2 IM Milliet, Sophie 2385 – WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 0 – 1
3.3 WGM Guichard, Pauline 2375 – WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 0 – 1
3.4 WIM Congiu, Mathilde 2318 – WGM Guo, Qi 2453 0 – 1
Bo. 5 India (IND) Rtg – 3 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM Harika, Dronavalli 2521 – GM Muzychuk, Anna 2555 ½ – ½
4.2 IM Sachdev, Tanya 2418 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2530 0 – 1
4.3 IM Karavade, Eesha 2392 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2487 ½ – ½
4.4 WGM Gomes, Mary Ann 2352 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2468 ½ – ½
Bo. 11 Spain (ESP) Rtg – 24 Argentina (ARG) Rtg 3½: ½
5.1 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2395 – IM Lujan, Carolina 2367 1 – 0
5.2 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2424 – WGM Amura, Claudia 2282 ½ – ½
5.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2385 – WIM Fernandez, Maria Florencia 2218 1 – 0
5.4 WIM Aranaz Murillo, Amalia 2314 – WIM Zuriel, Marisa 2235 1 – 0
Top 10 teams after 9 rounds
1 Russia RUS 18 301.0 28.0 102.00
2 China CHN 16 294.0 28.5 101.00
3 Ukraine UKR 15 236.5 24.0 95.00
4 Spain ESP 14 246.0 24.5 93.00
5 Germany GER 14 234.0 24.0 93.00
6 Romania ROU 14 230.0 24.0 90.00
7 Poland POL 14 226.0 22.0 100.00
8 Georgia GEO 13 250.5 25.0 100.00
9 France FRA 13 244.5 23.5 107.00
10 Bulgaria BUL 13 230.5 26.0 89.00
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 10th round
1 UKR Ukraine 24 15 : 18 28 Russia RUS
2 NOR Norway 22½ 12 : 12 23 Azerbaijan AZE
3 CHN China 28½ 16 : 14 24½ Spain ESP
4 GER Germany 24 14 : 14 24 Romania ROU
5 GEO Georgia 25 13 : 14 22 Poland POL