42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 6th round

India leads with 12 points.

Results of first 5 matches

9   India (IND) Rtg – 11   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 – GM
Giri, Anish
2755 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 – GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611 1 – 0
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 – GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 ½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 – GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592 ½ – ½
2   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 – GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 1 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 – GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 ½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782 – GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 ½ – ½
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 – GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 ½ – ½
17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg – 20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Navara, David
2742 – GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 ½ – ½
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 – GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 ½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 – GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 ½ – ½
IM
Plat, Vojtech
2519 – GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 ½ – ½
27   Greece (GRE) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2601 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 ½ – ½
GM
Banikas, Hristos
2571 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 ½ – ½
GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2555 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 1 – 0
GM
Halkias, Stelios
2565 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
25   Canada (CAN) Rtg – 23   Belarus (BLR) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 – GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2652 ½ – ½
GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 – GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2599 ½ – ½
GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 – GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
2591 1 – 0
IM
Krnan, Tomas
2430 – GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2547 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 6th round

Russia and Ukraine lead the event.

Results of the first 5 matches

2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 3   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 1 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 ½ – ½
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 ½ – ½
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 – WGM
Girya, Olga
2452 0 – 1
11   Romania (ROU) Rtg – 1   China (CHN) Rtg 2 : 2
IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2394 – GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 1 – 0
IM
Foisor, Cristina-Adela
2353 – GM
Zhao, Xue
2522 ½ – ½
WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2331 – WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 ½ – ½
IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2395 – IM
Guo, Qi
2417 0 – 1
31   Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg – 8   Hungary (HUN) Rtg 2 : 2
WGM
Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2389 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 ½ – ½
WIM
Dauletova, Gulmira
2275 – IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 ½ – ½
WFM
Zhylkaidarova, Sholpan
2162 – WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 ½ – ½
Mukhit, Aisezym
2065 – IM
Gara, Anita
2355 ½ – ½
4   Georgia (GEO) Rtg – 16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2522 – WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 1 – 0
IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2486 – WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 ½ – ½
IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2474 – WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304 0 – 1
IM
Melia, Salome
2419 – WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 ½ – ½
7   Poland (POL) Rtg – 19   Vietnam (VIE) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Socko, Monika
2437 – IM
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen
2338 1 – 0
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 – WGM
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
2325 0 – 1
WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409 – WGM
Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung
2316 1 – 0
WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 – WGM
Nguyen, Thi Thanh An
2249 1 – 0

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