42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open last round

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)Rtg25  Canada (CAN)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808GM
Bareev, Evgeny
26751 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
25121 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679GM
Hansen, Eric
25820 – 1
5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg29  Slovenia (SLO)Rtg3½: ½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
26021 – 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709GM
Lenic, Luka
2622½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675GM
Borisek, Jure
25581 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647GM
Sebenik, Matej
25261 – 0
1  Russia (RUS)Rtg36  Italy (ITA)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
25831 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
2567½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568½ – ½
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
24591 – 0
62  Turkmenistan (TKM)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2485GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722½ – ½
IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2453GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666½ – ½
FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26960 – 1
GM
Odeev, Handszar
2401GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26880 – 1
9  India (IND)Rtg12  Norway (NOR)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2857½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669GM
Tari, Aryan
25701 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640GM
Urkedal, Frode
25370 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 10th round

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

Results of top 5 matches

20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg2  United States of America (USA)Rtg1½:2½
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ – ½
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
27891 – 0
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601GM
So, Wesley
27820 – 1
GM
Sanikidze, Tornike
2497GM
Shankland, Samuel L
26790 – 1
17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Navara, David
2742GM
Eljanov, Pavel
27390 – 1
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693½ – ½
GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540GM
Volokitin, Andrei
26470 – 1
9  India (IND)Rtg1  Russia (RUS)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752GM
Karjakin, Sergey
27691 – 0
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
28080 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754½ – ½
6  England (ENG)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665GM
Mamedov, Rauf
26660 – 1
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26961 – 0
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26881 – 0
21  Latvia (LAT)Rtg25  Canada (CAN)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673GM
Bareev, Evgeny
26751 – 0
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651GM
Kovalyov, Anton
26170 – 1
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
25120 – 1
IM
Sveshnikov, Vladimir
2404GM
Hansen, Eric
25820 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 8th round

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

Results of top 5 matches of the 8th round

1  Russia (RUS)Rtg2  United States of America (USA)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ – ½
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740GM
So, Wesley
27820 – 1
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754GM
Robson, Ray
26741 – 0
20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
27091 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
26930 – 1
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601GM
Korobov, Anton
26750 – 1
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575GM
Volokitin, Andrei
26470 – 1
6  England (ENG)Rtg9  India (IND)Rtg1½:2½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665GM
Adhiban, B.
2671½ – ½
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669½ – ½
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
26400 – 1
4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg21  Latvia (LAT)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651½ – ½
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628½ – ½
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688IM
Meskovs, Nikita
24761 – 0
36  Italy (ITA)Rtg46  Iran (IRI)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566½ – ½
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566½ – ½
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568IM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478½ – ½
FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459
Firouzja, Alireza
2463½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 7th round

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

Results of the top 5 matches

9  India (IND)Rtg2  United States of America (USA)Rtg½ :3½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
27890 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669GM
So, Wesley
27820 – 1
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640GM
Shankland, Samuel L
26790 – 1
21  Latvia (LAT)Rtg11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673GM
Giri, Anish
2755½ – ½
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651GM
Van Wely, Loek
26741 – 0
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640½ – ½
IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476GM
Bok, Benjamin
25921 – 0
1  Russia (RUS)Rtg17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg3½: ½
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769GM
Navara, David
27421 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731GM
Laznicka, Viktor
26511 – 0
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740GM
Hracek, Zbynek
25911 – 0
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540½ – ½
18  Croatia (CRO)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg½ :3½
GM
Saric, Ivan
2668GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761½ – ½
GM
Palac, Mladen
2623GM
Radjabov, Teimour
27220 – 1
GM
Kozul, Zdenko
2622GM
Mamedov, Rauf
26660 – 1
GM
Brkic, Ante
2584GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26880 – 1
20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg30  Romania (ROU)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
26181 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2595½ – ½
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601IM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
25241 – 0
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2554½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 6th round

India leads with 12 points.

Results of first 5 matches

9  India (IND)Rtg11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752GM
Giri, Anish
2755½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671GM
L’Ami, Erwin
26111 – 0
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592½ – ½
2  United States of America (USA)Rtg5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808GM
Eljanov, Pavel
27391 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693½ – ½
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679GM
Korobov, Anton
2675½ – ½
17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Navara, David
2742GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665½ – ½
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601½ – ½
IM
Plat, Vojtech
2519GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575½ – ½
27  Greece (GRE)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2601GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761½ – ½
GM
Banikas, Hristos
2571GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722½ – ½
GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2555GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26961 – 0
GM
Halkias, Stelios
2565GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26880 – 1
25  Canada (CAN)Rtg23  Belarus (BLR)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2652½ – ½
GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2599½ – ½
GM
Hansen, Eric
2582GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
25911 – 0
IM
Krnan, Tomas
2430GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2547½ – ½

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