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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 Open 8th round

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USA, India and Ukraine lead the event with 14 points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 8th round

1   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 – GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 – GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 ½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 – GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 – GM
Robson, Ray
2674 1 – 0
20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg – 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 – GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 1 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 – GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 0 – 1
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 – GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 0 – 1
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 – GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 0 – 1
6   England (ENG) Rtg – 9   India (IND) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738 – GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 ½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665 – GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 ½ – ½
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635 – GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 ½ – ½
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666 – GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 0 – 1
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 – GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 ½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 – GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 – GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 ½ – ½
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 – IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 1 – 0
36   Italy (ITA) Rtg – 46   Iran (IRI) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583 – GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566 ½ – ½
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543 –
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566 ½ – ½
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 – IM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478 ½ – ½
FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459 –
Firouzja, Alireza
2463 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 7th round

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USA leads with 13 points, while Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, India, England and Latvia have 12.

Results of the top 5 matches

9   India (IND) Rtg – 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 – GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 – GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 0 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 – GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 – GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 0 – 1
21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg – 11   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 – GM
Giri, Anish
2755 ½ – ½
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 – GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 1 – 0
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 – GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640 ½ – ½
IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 – GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592 1 – 0
1   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 – GM
Navara, David
2742 1 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 – GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 1 – 0
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 – GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 1 – 0
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 – GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540 ½ – ½
18   Croatia (CRO) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Saric, Ivan
2668 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 ½ – ½
GM
Palac, Mladen
2623 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 0 – 1
GM
Kozul, Zdenko
2622 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 0 – 1
GM
Brkic, Ante
2584 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg – 30   Romania (ROU) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 – GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2618 1 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 – GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2595 ½ – ½
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 – IM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2524 1 – 0
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 – GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2554 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 6th round

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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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