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Aronian-Carlsen

Aronian-Carlsen


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Serbia and Bulgaria drew against Azeris and Russians respectively. Armenia managed to score a win against Norway. Seven (!!) teams are tied for 1st place with 9 match points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 5th round

Bo. 8 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg – 29 Serbia (SRB) Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2743 – GM Ivanisevic, Ivan 2613 1 – 0
1.2 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2724 – GM Perunovic, Milos 2602 0 – 1
1.3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2659 – GM Markus, Robert 2602 ½ – ½
1.4 GM Guseinov, Gadir 2613 – GM Sedlak, Nikola 2554 ½ – ½

Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 18 Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2760 – GM Topalov, Veselin 2772 1 – 0
2.2 GM Svidler, Peter 2751 – GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2681 ½ – ½
2.3 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2786 – GM Iotov, Valentin 2553 0 – 1
2.4 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714 – GM Rusev, Krasimir 2548 ½ – ½

Bo. 4 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Aronian, Levon 2805 – GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 – GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 1 – 0
3.3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2672 – GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 ½ – ½
3.4 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2655 – GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 ½ – ½

Bo. 7 China (CHN) Rtg – 11 Netherlands (NED) Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM Wang, Yue 2718 – GM Giri, Anish 2745 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Ding, Liren 2742 – GM L’Ami, Erwin 2631 ½ – ½
4.3 GM Yu, Yangyi 2668 – GM Van Wely, Loek 2662 ½ – ½
4.4 GM Wei, Yi 2638 – GM Van Kampen, Robin 2638 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 33 Uzbekistan (UZB) Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2744 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2700 0 – 1
5.2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 – GM Filippov, Anton 2615 ½ – ½
5.3 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2723 – GM Dzhumaev, Marat 2510 1 – 0
5.4 GM Korobov, Anton 2680 – IM Vakhidov, Jahongir 2471 0 – 1

Top 10 teams after 5 rounds

1 Azerbaijan AZE 9 82.0 14.5
2 Serbia SRB 9 77.0 15.0
3 Kazakhstan KAZ 9 73.5 15.0
4 Bulgaria BUL 9 71.0 14.5
5 Cuba CUB 9 69.0 15.0
6 Uzbekistan UZB 9 66.5 14.0
7 Georgia GEO 9 63.5 15.5
8 Russia RUS 8 82.5 15.5
9 France FRA 8 81.5 15.5
10 Croatia CRO 8 76.5 14.5

Some games of the 5th round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 6th round

1 AZE Azerbaijan 14½ 9 : 9 15½ Georgia GEO
2 SRB Serbia 15 9 : 9 14½ Bulgaria BUL
3 ITA Italy 13½ 7 : 7 11½ Norway NOR
4 CUB Cuba 15 9 : 9 15 Kazakhstan KAZ
5 UZB Uzbekistan 14 9 : 8 15½ Russia RUS

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Lagno-Dzagnidze

Lagno-Dzagnidze


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The Chinese, Hungarian and Russians managed to win their matches (China won heavily against Indonesia) and share the lead with 10 match points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 5th round

Bo. 23 Indonesia (INA) Rtg – 1 China (CHN) Rtg ½ :3½
1.1 WGM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 2396 – GM Hou, Yifan 2661 0 – 1
1.2 WGM Aulia, Medina Warda 2397 – WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 0 – 1
1.3 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias 2206 – GM Zhao, Xue 2508 ½ – ½
1.4 WFM Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia 2128 – WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 0 – 1

Bo. 112 Barbados (BAR) Rtg – 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg 0 : 4
2.1 WCM Blackman, Katrina 1627 – WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 0 – 1
2.2 Murray, Donna 1454 – WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 0 – 1
2.3 WCM Ramsay, Sheena 1579 – WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 0 – 1
2.4 Nurse, Lydia 1364 – WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 0 – 1

Bo. 13 Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 21 Iran (IRI) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2485 – WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2352 1 – 0
3.2 IM Madl, Ildiko 2347 – WGM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2324 ½ – ½
3.3 IM Gara, Anita 2327 – WIM Hejazipour, Mitra 2269 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM Papp, Petra 2274 – WFM Asgarizadeh, Minoo 2147 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2550 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 – GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2494 1 – 0
4.3 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 – IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2478 ½ – ½
4.4 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 – IM Melia, Salome 2475 ½ – ½

Bo. 11 Spain (ESP) Rtg – 16 Netherlands (NED) Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2395 – GM Peng, Zhaoqin 2391 1 – 0
5.2 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2424 – WIM Haast, Anne 2324 0 – 1
5.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2385 – WIM Schut, Lisa 2317 ½ – ½
5.4 WIM Aranaz Murillo, Amalia 2314 – WGM Muhren, Bianca 2314 0 – 1

Standings of top 10 teams after 5 rounds

1 China CHN 10 97.0 18.0 28.00
2 Hungary HUN 10 86.0 16.5 28.00
3 Russia RUS 10 68.5 15.5 25.00
4 Netherlands NED 9 76.5 13.5 28.00
5 Poland POL 9 71.0 13.5 25.00
6 Serbia SRB 9 70.5 14.0 27.00
7 France FRA 8 84.5 15.5 29.00
8 Iran IRI 8 79.5 17.0 27.00
9 Indonesia INA 8 77.0 14.5 32.00
10 United States of America USA 8 70.0 14.5 29.00

Some games of the 5th round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 6th round

1 CHN China 18 10 : 10 16½ Hungary HUN
2 VEN Venezuela 11 6 : 6 13 Norway NOR
3 SRB Serbia 14 9 : 10 15½ Russia RUS
4 NED Netherlands 13½ 9 : 9 13½ Poland POL
5 SVK Slovakia 14 8 : 8 15½ France FRA

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Wang Yue

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

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Germany-Russia

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

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Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen


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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

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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

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Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun


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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

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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

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