42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 5th round

Netherlands, Ukraine and India lead the event. Today is a rest day.

Results of top 5 matches of the 5th round

5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg3  China (CHN)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739GM
Wang, Yue
2737½ – ½
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709GM
Ding, Liren
2753½ – ½
GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693GM
Yu, Yangyi
27251 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647GM
Wei, Yi
2717½ – ½
11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg23  Belarus (BLR)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Giri, Anish
2755GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2652½ – ½
GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2599½ – ½
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
2591½ – ½
GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592GM
Stupak, Kirill
25611 – 0
24  Serbia (SRB)Rtg2  United States of America (USA)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
2650GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ – ½
GM
Markus, Robert
2662GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
27890 – 1
GM
Sedlak, Nikola
2537GM
So, Wesley
27820 – 1
GM
Indjic, Aleksandar
2548GM
Robson, Ray
2674½ – ½
4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg9  India (IND)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761GM
Harikrishna, P.
27520 – 1
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722GM
Adhiban, B.
2671½ – ½
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26690 – 1
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640½ – ½
29  Slovenia (SLO)Rtg17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602GM
Navara, David
2742½ – ½
GM
Lenic, Luka
2622GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651½ – ½
GM
Borisek, Jure
2558GM
Hracek, Zbynek
25910 – 1
GM
Sebenik, Matej
2526GM
Babula, Vlastimil
25400 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 4th round

Six teams lead the event – China, Azerbajan 1, Netherlands, India, Belarus and Ukraine.

Results of top 5 matches of the 4th round

5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg1  Russia (RUS)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808½ – ½
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
27311 – 0
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27400 – 1
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647GM
Grischuk, Alexander
27541 – 0
9  India (IND)Rtg15  Cuba (CUB)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2623½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
26361 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640GM
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2581½ – ½
2  United States of America (USA)Rtg17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808GM
Navara, David
2742½ – ½
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591½ – ½
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679IM
Plat, Vojtech
2519½ – ½
30  Romania (ROU)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2618GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
27610 – 1
IM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2524GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722½ – ½
GM
Marin, Mihail
2572GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666½ – ½
GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2554GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26960 – 1
3  China (CHN)Rtg36  Italy (ITA)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Wang, Yue
2737GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
25431 – 0
GM
Ding, Liren
2753GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
25671 – 0
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568½ – ½
GM
Wei, Yi
2717FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 3rd round

Results of first 5 matches:

35  Moldova (MDA)Rtg1  Russia (RUS)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Bologan, Victor
2648GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769½ – ½
GM
Iordachescu, Viorel
2584GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731½ – ½
GM
Svetushkin, Dmitry
2543GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27400 – 1
IM
Hamitevici, Vladimir
2489GM
Grischuk, Alexander
27540 – 1
15  Cuba (CUB)Rtg7  Poland (POL)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2736½ – ½
GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2623GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
26750 – 1
GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
2636GM
Bartel, Mateusz
26461 – 0
GM
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2581GM
Swiercz, Dariusz
26391 – 0
28  Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2)Rtg9  India (IND)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Durarbayli, Vasif
2612GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752½ – ½
GM
Abasov, Nijat
2552GM
Adhiban, B.
26710 – 1
GM
Bajarani, Ulvi
2509GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26690 – 1
GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2625GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640½ – ½
4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg10  Hungary (HUN)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761GM
Rapport, Richard
27521 – 0
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722GM
Almasi, Zoltan
26840 – 1
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666GM
Balogh, Csaba
26141 – 0
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696IM
Gledura, Benjamin
25851 – 0
11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg32  Vietnam (VIE)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Giri, Anish
2755GM
Le, Quang Liem
27231 – 0
GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611GM
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
2633½ – ½
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674GM
Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy
2435½ – ½
GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640FM
Nguyen, Anh Khoi
2448½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 2nd round

Results of the first 5 matches of the 2nd round

1  Russia (RUS)Rtg62  Turkmenistan (TKM)Rtg4 : 0
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769GM
Atabayev, Maksat
24851 – 0
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808IM
Atabayev, Yusup
24531 – 0
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
24061 – 0
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754GM
Odeev, Handszar
24011 – 0
63  Scotland (SCO)Rtg2  United States of America (USA)Rtg½ :3½
IM
Greet, Andrew N
2455GM
Caruana, Fabiano
28080 – 1
GM
Shaw, John
2454GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
27890 – 1
GM
McNab, Colin A
2434GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679½ – ½
FM
Gourlay, Iain
2393GM
Robson, Ray
26740 – 1
3  China (CHN)Rtg64  Belgium (BEL)Rtg3½: ½
GM
Wang, Yue
2737GM
Winants, Luc
25581 – 0
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725IM
Vandenbussche, Thibaut
24011 – 0
GM
Li, Chao b
2746IM
Soors, Stef
23981 – 0
GM
Wei, Yi
2717FM
Capone, Nicola
2373½ – ½
65  FYROM (MKD)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg0 : 4
GM
Nedev, Trajko
2484GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
27610 – 1
IM
Pancevski, Filip
2503GM
Radjabov, Teimour
27220 – 1
GM
Colovic, Aleksandar
2432GM
Mamedov, Rauf
26660 – 1
FM
Nikolovski, Nikola
2265GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26960 – 1
66  Albania (ALB)Rtg5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg½ :3½
GM
Dervishi, Erald
2564GM
Eljanov, Pavel
27390 – 1
IM
Mehmeti, Dritan
2415GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693½ – ½
Pasko, Llambi
2316GM
Korobov, Anton
26750 – 1
FM
Ashiku, Franc
2322GM
Volokitin, Andrei
26470 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 1st round

Here are the results of the first 5 matches:

87  Nigeria (NGR)Rtg1  Russia (RUS)Rtg0 : 4
FM
Kigigha, Bomo
2340GM
Karjakin, Sergey
27690 – 1
FM
Anwuli Daniel,
2336GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
27310 – 1
IM
Adu, Oladapo
2334GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27400 – 1
 Emuakpeje, O
2272GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754– – +
2  United States of America (USA)Rtg88  Andorra (AND)Rtg4 : 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789IM
Aloma Vidal, Robert
24821 – 0
GM
So, Wesley
2782GM
De La Riva Aguado, Oscar
25031 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679
Fernandez Lopez, Joan
21421 – 0
GM
Robson, Ray
2674FM
Garcia Paolicchi, Raul
21531 – 0
89  Kosovo (KOS)Rtg3  China (CHN)Rtg0 : 4
FM
Saraci, Nderim
2337GM
Ding, Liren
27530 – 1
Makolli, Perparim
2289GM
Yu, Yangyi
27250 – 1
FM
Fejzullahu, Afrim
2298GM
Li, Chao b
27460 – 1
IM
Sadiku, Bedri
2189GM
Wei, Yi
27170 – 1
4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg92  Zimbabwe (ZIM)Rtg4 : 0
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761IM
Makoto, Rodwell
24051 – 0
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722IM
Mandizha, Farai
23631 – 0
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696
Masango, Spencer
22001 – 0
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688
Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa
21871 – 0
5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg91  Jordan (JOR)Rtg4 : 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709
Aboudi, Marwan
22091 – 0
GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693FM
Mansour, Sameer
22451 – 0
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675IM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
22531 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647FM
Mohannad, Farhan
22941 – 0

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