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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women last round

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China won the gold medal with 20 points, while Poland has a better tie-break than Ukraine and finished 2nd (17 points).

Results of top 5 matches

1   China (CHN) Rtg – 3   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 ½ – ½
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 1 – 0
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 1 – 0
IM
Guo, Qi
2417 – WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 0 – 1
8   Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 7   Poland (POL) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Socko, Monika
2437 ½ – ½
IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 0 – 1
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 – WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 0 – 1
IM
Gara, Anita
2355 – WIM
Wozniak, Mariola
2246 0 – 1
2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 9   Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 – GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2515 1 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 – IM
Videnova, Iva
2386 ½ – ½
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 – WGM
Nikolova, Adriana
2358 ½ – ½
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 – WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
2232 1 – 0
16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 66   Malaysia (MAS) Rtg 3 : 1
WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 – WFM
Tan, Li Ting
1993 ½ – ½
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 – WFM
Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa
1923 ½ – ½
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 – WCM
Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila
1994 1 – 0
WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 – WFM
Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada
1945 1 – 0
6   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 5   India (IND) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Krush, Irina
2444 – GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 ½ – ½
IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366 – IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 1 – 0
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 – IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 0 – 1
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 – WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open last round

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USA shared 1st-2nd places with Ukraine (both teams are on 20 points) but had a better tie-break. Russia finished 3rd with 18 points.

Results of top 5 matches

2   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 25   Canada (CAN) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 – GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 1 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 – GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 ½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782 – GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
2512 1 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 – GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 0 – 1
5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 29   Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 – GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602 1 – 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 – GM
Lenic, Luka
2622 ½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 – GM
Borisek, Jure
2558 1 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 – GM
Sebenik, Matej
2526 1 – 0
1   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 36   Italy (ITA) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 – GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583 1 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 – GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
2567 ½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 – GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 ½ – ½
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 – FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459 1 – 0
62   Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2485 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 ½ – ½
IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2453 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 ½ – ½
FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 0 – 1
GM
Odeev, Handszar
2401 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
9   India (IND) Rtg – 12   Norway (NOR) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 – GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2857 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 – GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 – GM
Tari, Aryan
2570 1 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 – GM
Urkedal, Frode
2537 0 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 10th round

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USA and Ukraine share 1st with 18 points, Russia is 3rd with 16.

Results of top 5 matches

20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg – 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 – GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 – GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 1 – 0
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 – GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Sanikidze, Tornike
2497 – GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 0 – 1
17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg – 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Navara, David
2742 – GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 0 – 1
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 – GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 ½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 – GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 ½ – ½
GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540 – GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 0 – 1
9   India (IND) Rtg – 1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 – GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 1 – 0
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 – GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 0 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 ½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 ½ – ½
6   England (ENG) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 ½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 0 – 1
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 1 – 0
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 1 – 0
21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg – 25   Canada (CAN) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 – GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 1 – 0
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 – GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 0 – 1
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 – GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
2512 0 – 1
IM
Sveshnikov, Vladimir
2404 – GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 0 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 10th round

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China leads with 18 points, Russia is 2nd with 16, while 6 (!) teams share 3rd place with 15 points.

Results of top 5 matches

7   Poland (POL) Rtg – 1   China (CHN) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Socko, Monika
2437 – GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 0 – 1
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 – GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 1 – 0
WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409 – GM
Zhao, Xue
2522 ½ – ½
WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 – WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 0 – 1
5   India (IND) Rtg – 2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 – GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 ½ – ½
IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 – GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 ½ – ½
IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 – GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 1 – 0
WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 – GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 0 – 1
3   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 4   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 – GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2522 1 – 0
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 – IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2486 1 – 0
WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 – GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2463 ½ – ½
WGM
Girya, Olga
2452 – IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2474 0 – 1
16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 33   Colombia (COL) Rtg 3 : 1
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 – IM
Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea
2326 1 – 0
WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304 – WIM
Chirivi C, Jenny Astrid
2209 1 – 0
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 – WIM
Rivera, Ingris
2201 0 – 1
WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 – WIM
Castrillon Gomez, Melissa
2194 1 – 0
15   Mongolia (MGL) Rtg – 6   United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
IM
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel
2422 – GM
Krush, Irina
2444 1 – 0
IM
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
2391 – IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 ½ – ½
WIM
Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh
2228 – WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 0 – 1
WGM
Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii
2288 – WGM
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
2279 ½ – ½

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