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Chess Olympiad 2014

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Carlsen


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Azerbaijan and Cuba won against Georgia and Kazakhstan respectively and now share 1st-2nd places with 11 match points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 6th round

Bo. 8 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg – 21 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2743 – GM Jobava, Baadur 2713 1 – 0
1.2 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2724 – GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 2618 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2659 – GM Nigalidze, Gaioz 2542 1 – 0
1.4 GM Safarli, Eltaj 2649 – GM Shanava, Konstantine 2563 1 – 0

Bo. 29 Serbia (SRB) Rtg – 18 Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Ivanisevic, Ivan 2613 – GM Topalov, Veselin 2772 0 – 1
2.2 GM Perunovic, Milos 2602 – GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2681 ½ – ½
2.3 GM Markus, Robert 2602 – GM Iotov, Valentin 2553 ½ – ½
2.4 GM Indjic, Aleksandar 2539 – IM Dimitrov, Radoslav 2461 1 – 0

Bo. 20 Italy (ITA) Rtg – 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg 1 : 3
3.1 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2801 – GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 0 – 1
3.2 GM David, Alberto 2565 – GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 0 – 1
3.3 GM Vocaturo, Daniele 2587 – GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 1 – 0
3.4 GM Brunello, Sabino 2560 – GM Lie, Kjetil A. 2528 0 – 1

Bo. 13 Cuba (CUB) Rtg – 49 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 3½: ½
4.1 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2760 – GM Ismagambetov, Anuar 2531 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 2664 – GM Kotsur, Pavel 2559 1 – 0
4.3 GM Quesada Perez, Yuniesky 2649 – GM Kostenko, Petr 2461 1 – 0
4.4 GM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo 2603 – IM Aitbayev, Aslan 2425 1 – 0

Bo. 33 Uzbekistan (UZB) Rtg – 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2700 – GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2760 1 – 0
5.2 GM Filippov, Anton 2615 – GM Grischuk, Alexander 2795 0 – 1
5.3 GM Dzhumaev, Marat 2510 – GM Svidler, Peter 2751 ½ – ½
5.4 IM Vakhidov, Jahongir 2471 – GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714 0 – 1

Top 10 teams after 6 rounds

1 Azerbaijan AZE 11 127.0 18.0 46.00
2 Cuba CUB 11 112.0 18.5 40.00
3 Russia RUS 10 118.0 18.0 44.00
4 China CHN 10 117.0 17.5 44.00
5 Serbia SRB 10 116.5 17.0 46.00
6 Netherlands NED 10 114.5 17.5 43.00
7 Czech Republic CZE 10 107.5 17.5 41.00
8 Croatia CRO 10 107.5 17.5 40.00
9 Bulgaria BUL 10 105.0 16.5 43.00
10 Hungary HUN 10 103.0 17.0 40.00

Some games of the round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 7th round

1 CUB Cuba 18½ 11 : 11 18 Azerbaijan AZE
2 CZE Czech Republic 17½ 10 : 10 18 Russia RUS
3 NOR Norway 14½ 9 : 9 16½ Germany GER
4 SRB Serbia 17 10 : 10 17½ China CHN
5 BUL Bulgaria 16½ 10 : 10 17½ Netherlands NED

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Tan and Zhao

Tan and Zhao


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China and Russia lead with 12 match points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 6th round

Bo. 1 China (CHN) Rtg – 13 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM Hou, Yifan 2661 – GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2485 1 – 0
1.2 WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 – IM Madl, Ildiko 2347 ½ – ½
1.3 GM Zhao, Xue 2508 – IM Gara, Anita 2327 1 – 0
1.4 WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 – WGM Gara, Ticia 2321 ½ – ½

Bo. 49 Venezuela (VEN) Rtg – 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg 0 : 4
2.1 IM Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina 2207 – WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 0 – 1
2.2 WIM Rovira Contreras, Tairu Manuela 2076 – WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 0 – 1
2.3 WFM Gutierrez Salazar, Leonela 2096 – WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 0 – 1
2.4 WIM Montilla, Jorcerys 2118 – WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 0 – 1

Bo. 15 Serbia (SRB) Rtg – 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg ½ :3½
3.1 IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2425 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 0 – 1
3.2 WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2312 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Stojanovic, Andjelija 2297 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 0 – 1
3.4 WIM Rakic, Marija 2323 – WGM Girya, Olga 2484 0 – 1

Bo. 16 Netherlands (NED) Rtg – 8 Poland (POL) Rtg 1 : 3
4.1 WIM Haast, Anne 2324 – GM Socko, Monika 2470 0 – 1
4.2 WIM Schut, Lisa 2317 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2398 0 – 1
4.3 WGM Muhren, Bianca 2314 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2380 1 – 0
4.4 IM Lanchava, Tea 2276 – WGM Bartel, Marta 2359 0 – 1

Bo. 18 Slovakia (SVK) Rtg – 9 France (FRA) Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 IM Repkova, Eva 2358 – GM Sebag, Marie 2480 0 – 1
5.2 IM Stockova, Zuzana 2383 – IM Milliet, Sophie 2385 0 – 1
5.3 WGM Kochetkova, Julia 2338 – IM Collas, Silvia 2316 ½ – ½
5.4 WFM Machalova, Veronika 2214 – WIM Congiu, Mathilde 2318 ½ – ½

Top 10 teams after 6 rounds

1 China CHN 12 147.0 21.0 44.00
2 Russia RUS 12 123.0 19.0 42.00
3 Poland POL 11 110.0 16.5 39.00
4 France FRA 10 115.5 18.5 41.00
5 Romania ROU 10 115.5 17.5 41.00
6 Hungary HUN 10 114.5 17.5 45.00
7 Indonesia INA 10 110.0 17.0 46.00
8 United States of America USA 10 101.0 17.5 41.00
9 Armenia ARM 10 97.0 17.0 40.00
10 Georgia GEO 9 116.0 17.0 44.00

Some games of the round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 7th round

1 RUS Russia 19 12 : 12 21 China CHN
2 NOR Norway 17 8 : 8 15 Vietnam VIE
3 POL Poland 16½ 11 : 10 18½ France FRA
4 HUN Hungary 17½ 10 : 10 17½ Romania ROU
5 ARM Armenia 17 10 : 10 17½ United States of America USA

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