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France is leading the event with 11 match points, Azerbaijan is 2nd with 10 while Russia and Armenia share 3rd-4th.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 0 – 1
1.3 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 ½ – ½
1.4 GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½

Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 1 : 3
2.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 0 – 1
2.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
2.3 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 ½ – ½
2.4 IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 – GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 0 – 1

Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 19 ROMANIA Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 1 – 0
3.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM JIANU, Vlad-Cristian 2565 ½ – ½
3.3 GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 – GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 ½ – ½
3.4 GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander 2727 – GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 ARMENIA Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
4.2 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 1 – 0
4.3 GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 – GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 ½ – ½
4.4 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 – GM BANUSZ, Tamas 2593 ½ – ½

Bo. 5 ENGLAND Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 ½ – ½
5.2 GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 1 – 0
5.3 GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 – GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 ½ – ½
5.4 GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 0 – 1

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 AZERBAIJAN 14½ 10 : 11 15 FRANCE
2 RUSSIA 16 9 : 9 13½ ARMENIA
3 UKRAINE 13½ 8 : 8 13½ BELARUS
4 GEORGIA 13½ 8 : 8 14 ENGLAND
5 CROATIA 13½ 8 : 8 14 GREECE

In the women’s event Ukraine is leading also with 11 match points. Four teams have 9 – Armenia, Georgia, Poland and Poland III.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 1 – 0
1.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 0 – 1
1.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 0 – 1
1.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 1 – 0

Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 1 – 0
2.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 ½ – ½
2.3 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 0 – 1
2.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 ½ – ½

Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 13 Poland III Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 – WIM Worek, Joanna 2336 0 – 1
3.2 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2327 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Bartel, Marta 2308 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM Michna, Marta 2357 – WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282 ½ – ½

Bo. 9 Spain Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg ½ :3½
4.1 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457 0 – 1
4.2 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 0 – 1
4.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 ½ – ½
4.4 WIM Nicolas Zapata, Irene 2241 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 0 – 1

Bo. 10 Romania Rtg – 8 Hungary Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 – GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 0 – 1
5.2 WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 – WGM Gara, Ticia 2350 ½ – ½
5.3 WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 – IM Gara, Anita 2311 1 – 0
5.4 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen 2275 – WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 0 – 1

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 Poland III 13½ 9 : 11 17½ Ukraine
2 Georgia 16 9 : 9 14 Poland
3 Armenia 18 9 : 8 14 Poland Futures
4 Hungary 13½ 8 : 8 16½ Russia
5 Germany 14 7 : 7 12½ Bulgaria

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France is leading with 9 match points in the Open event. Greece, Georgia and Azerbaijan share 2nd place.

Results of top 5 matches by boards

Bo. 7 HUNGARY Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
1.3 GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 ½ – ½
1.4 GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½

Bo. 19 ROMANIA Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 1 – 0
2.2 GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 ½ – ½
2.3 GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 0 – 1
2.4 GM SZABO, Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2548 – GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 ½ – ½

Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 ½ – ½
3.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
3.3 GM BABULA, Vlastimil 2574 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 ½ – ½
3.4 GM STOCEK, Jiri 2543 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607 0 – 1

Bo. 17 BELARUS Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 1 : 3
4.1 GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 ½ – ½
4.2 GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 ½ – ½
4.3 GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 – GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 0 – 1
4.4 GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 0 – 1

Bo. 29 ISRAEL Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg ½ :3½
5.1 GM POPILSKI, Gil 2483 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 0 – 1
5.2 IM RAZNIKOV, Danny 2481 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 0 – 1
5.3 GM BARON, Tal 2487 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 ½ – ½
5.4 IM BORUCHOVSKY, Avital 2472 – IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 0 – 1

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Pairings of top 5 matches

1 GREECE 12½ 8 : 9 12½ FRANCE
2 GEORGIA 12½ 8 : 8 11½ AZERBAIJAN
3 RUSSIA 13½ 7 : 7 13 ROMANIA
4 ARMENIA 11 7 : 7 12 HUNGARY
5 ENGLAND 12 7 : 7 11½ UKRAINE

Ukraine leads with 10 points in the Women’s event. Poland and Georgia share 2nd place.

Results of top 5 matches by boards

Bo. 1 Ukraine Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 1 – 0
1.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 1 – 0
1.3 IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 1 – 0
1.4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 ½ – ½

Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 3 Georgia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 1 – 0
2.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 ½ – ½
2.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 ½ – ½
2.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 0 – 1

Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 5 Germany Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 1 – 0
3.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 0 – 1
3.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2447 – WGM Michna, Marta 2357 ½ – ½

Bo. 12 Serbia Rtg – 9 Spain Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2405 – IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 ½ – ½
4.2 WGM Manakova, Maria 2324 – IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 0 – 1
4.3 WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2352 – IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 0 – 1
4.4 WIM Rakic, Marija 2291 – WIM Hernandez Estevez, Yudania 2284 1 – 0

Bo. 14 Netherlands Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 WIM Schut, Lisa 2333 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 ½ – ½
5.2 IM Lanchava, Tea 2289 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 0 – 1
5.3 WIM Haast, Anne 2262 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347 1 – 0
5.4 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 2180 – WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 ½ – ½

View the full standings here.

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 Georgia 14 8 : 10 15½ Ukraine
2 Poland 12 8 : 7 14½ Russia
3 Germany 12½ 7 : 7 11 Poland III
4 Spain 11 7 : 7 14½ Armenia
5 Romania 12½ 6 : 6 11 Hungary

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