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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 5th round

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

Results of top 5 matches of the 5th round

5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 3   China (CHN) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 – GM
Wang, Yue
2737 ½ – ½
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 – GM
Ding, Liren
2753 ½ – ½
GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 – GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725 1 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 – GM
Wei, Yi
2717 ½ – ½
11   Netherlands (NED) Rtg – 23   Belarus (BLR) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Giri, Anish
2755 – GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2652 ½ – ½
GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611 – GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2599 ½ – ½
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 – GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
2591 ½ – ½
GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592 – GM
Stupak, Kirill
2561 1 – 0
24   Serbia (SRB) Rtg – 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
2650 – GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Markus, Robert
2662 – GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 0 – 1
GM
Sedlak, Nikola
2537 – GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Indjic, Aleksandar
2548 – GM
Robson, Ray
2674 ½ – ½
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 9   India (IND) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 – GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 0 – 1
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 – GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 ½ – ½
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 – GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 0 – 1
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 – GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 ½ – ½
29   Slovenia (SLO) Rtg – 17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602 – GM
Navara, David
2742 ½ – ½
GM
Lenic, Luka
2622 – GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Borisek, Jure
2558 – GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 0 – 1
GM
Sebenik, Matej
2526 – GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540 0 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 4th round

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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) Rtg – 1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 – GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 – GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 1 – 0
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 0 – 1
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 1 – 0
9   India (IND) Rtg – 15   Cuba (CUB) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 – GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 – GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2623 ½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 – GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
2636 1 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 – GM
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2581 ½ – ½
2   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 – GM
Navara, David
2742 ½ – ½
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 – GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 ½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782 – GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 ½ – ½
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 – IM
Plat, Vojtech
2519 ½ – ½
30   Romania (ROU) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2618 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 0 – 1
IM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2524 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 ½ – ½
GM
Marin, Mihail
2572 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 ½ – ½
GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2554 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 0 – 1
3   China (CHN) Rtg – 36   Italy (ITA) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Wang, Yue
2737 – GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543 1 – 0
GM
Ding, Liren
2753 – GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
2567 1 – 0
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725 – GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 ½ – ½
GM
Wei, Yi
2717 – FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 3rd round

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Results of first 5 matches:

35   Moldova (MDA) Rtg – 1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Bologan, Victor
2648 – GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 ½ – ½
GM
Iordachescu, Viorel
2584 – GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 ½ – ½
GM
Svetushkin, Dmitry
2543 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 0 – 1
IM
Hamitevici, Vladimir
2489 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 0 – 1
15   Cuba (CUB) Rtg – 7   Poland (POL) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720 – GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2736 ½ – ½
GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2623 – GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2675 0 – 1
GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
2636 – GM
Bartel, Mateusz
2646 1 – 0
GM
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2581 – GM
Swiercz, Dariusz
2639 1 – 0
28   Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2) Rtg – 9   India (IND) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Durarbayli, Vasif
2612 – GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 ½ – ½
GM
Abasov, Nijat
2552 – GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 0 – 1
GM
Bajarani, Ulvi
2509 – GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 0 – 1
GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2625 – GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 ½ – ½
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 10   Hungary (HUN) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 – GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 1 – 0
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 – GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 0 – 1
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 – GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 1 – 0
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 – IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 1 – 0
11   Netherlands (NED) Rtg – 32   Vietnam (VIE) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Giri, Anish
2755 – GM
Le, Quang Liem
2723 1 – 0
GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611 – GM
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
2633 ½ – ½
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 – GM
Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy
2435 ½ – ½
GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640 – FM
Nguyen, Anh Khoi
2448 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 2nd round

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Results of the first 5 matches of the 2nd round

1   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 62   Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg 4 : 0
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 – GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2485 1 – 0
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 – IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2453 1 – 0
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 – FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406 1 – 0
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 – GM
Odeev, Handszar
2401 1 – 0
63   Scotland (SCO) Rtg – 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg ½ :3½
IM
Greet, Andrew N
2455 – GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 0 – 1
GM
Shaw, John
2454 – GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 0 – 1
GM
McNab, Colin A
2434 – GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 ½ – ½
FM
Gourlay, Iain
2393 – GM
Robson, Ray
2674 0 – 1
3   China (CHN) Rtg – 64   Belgium (BEL) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Wang, Yue
2737 – GM
Winants, Luc
2558 1 – 0
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725 – IM
Vandenbussche, Thibaut
2401 1 – 0
GM
Li, Chao b
2746 – IM
Soors, Stef
2398 1 – 0
GM
Wei, Yi
2717 – FM
Capone, Nicola
2373 ½ – ½
65   FYROM (MKD) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 0 : 4
GM
Nedev, Trajko
2484 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 0 – 1
IM
Pancevski, Filip
2503 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 0 – 1
GM
Colovic, Aleksandar
2432 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 0 – 1
FM
Nikolovski, Nikola
2265 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 0 – 1
66   Albania (ALB) Rtg – 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Dervishi, Erald
2564 – GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 0 – 1
IM
Mehmeti, Dritan
2415 – GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 ½ – ½
Pasko, Llambi
2316 – GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 0 – 1
FM
Ashiku, Franc
2322 – GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 0 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 1st round

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Here are the results of the first 5 matches:

87   Nigeria (NGR) Rtg – 1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 0 : 4
FM
Kigigha, Bomo
2340 – GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 0 – 1
FM
Anwuli Daniel,
2336 – GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 0 – 1
IM
Adu, Oladapo
2334 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 0 – 1
 Emuakpeje, O
2272 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 – – +
2   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 88   Andorra (AND) Rtg 4 : 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 – IM
Aloma Vidal, Robert
2482 1 – 0
GM
So, Wesley
2782 – GM
De La Riva Aguado, Oscar
2503 1 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 –
Fernandez Lopez, Joan
2142 1 – 0
GM
Robson, Ray
2674 – FM
Garcia Paolicchi, Raul
2153 1 – 0
89   Kosovo (KOS) Rtg – 3   China (CHN) Rtg 0 : 4
FM
Saraci, Nderim
2337 – GM
Ding, Liren
2753 0 – 1
Makolli, Perparim
2289 – GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725 0 – 1
FM
Fejzullahu, Afrim
2298 – GM
Li, Chao b
2746 0 – 1
IM
Sadiku, Bedri
2189 – GM
Wei, Yi
2717 0 – 1
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 92   Zimbabwe (ZIM) Rtg 4 : 0
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 – IM
Makoto, Rodwell
2405 1 – 0
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 – IM
Mandizha, Farai
2363 1 – 0
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 –
Masango, Spencer
2200 1 – 0
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 –
Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa
2187 1 – 0
5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 91   Jordan (JOR) Rtg 4 : 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 –
Aboudi, Marwan
2209 1 – 0
GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 – FM
Mansour, Sameer
2245 1 – 0
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 – IM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
2253 1 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 – FM
Mohannad, Farhan
2294 1 – 0

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