42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women last round

China won the gold medal with 20 points, while Poland has a better tie-break than Ukraine and finished 2nd (17 points).

Results of top 5 matches

1   China (CHN) Rtg – 3   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 ½ – ½
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 1 – 0
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 1 – 0
IM
Guo, Qi
2417 – WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 0 – 1
8   Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 7   Poland (POL) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Socko, Monika
2437 ½ – ½
IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 0 – 1
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 – WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 0 – 1
IM
Gara, Anita
2355 – WIM
Wozniak, Mariola
2246 0 – 1
2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 9   Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 – GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2515 1 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 – IM
Videnova, Iva
2386 ½ – ½
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 – WGM
Nikolova, Adriana
2358 ½ – ½
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 – WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
2232 1 – 0
16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 66   Malaysia (MAS) Rtg 3 : 1
WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 – WFM
Tan, Li Ting
1993 ½ – ½
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 – WFM
Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa
1923 ½ – ½
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 – WCM
Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila
1994 1 – 0
WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 – WFM
Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada
1945 1 – 0
6   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 5   India (IND) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Krush, Irina
2444 – GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 ½ – ½
IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366 – IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 1 – 0
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 – IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 0 – 1
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 – WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 10th round

China leads with 18 points, Russia is 2nd with 16, while 6 (!) teams share 3rd place with 15 points.

Results of top 5 matches

7   Poland (POL) Rtg – 1   China (CHN) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Socko, Monika
2437 – GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 0 – 1
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 – GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 1 – 0
WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409 – GM
Zhao, Xue
2522 ½ – ½
WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 – WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 0 – 1
5   India (IND) Rtg – 2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 – GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 ½ – ½
IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 – GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 ½ – ½
IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 – GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 1 – 0
WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 – GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 0 – 1
3   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 4   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 – GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2522 1 – 0
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 – IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2486 1 – 0
WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 – GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2463 ½ – ½
WGM
Girya, Olga
2452 – IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2474 0 – 1
16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 33   Colombia (COL) Rtg 3 : 1
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 – IM
Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea
2326 1 – 0
WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304 – WIM
Chirivi C, Jenny Astrid
2209 1 – 0
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 – WIM
Rivera, Ingris
2201 0 – 1
WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 – WIM
Castrillon Gomez, Melissa
2194 1 – 0
15   Mongolia (MGL) Rtg – 6   United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
IM
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel
2422 – GM
Krush, Irina
2444 1 – 0
IM
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
2391 – IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 ½ – ½
WIM
Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh
2228 – WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 0 – 1
WGM
Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii
2288 – WGM
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
2279 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 9th round

China leads with 16 points, Poland is 2nd with 15, while Ukraine, Russia, India and USA share 3rd with 14.

Results of top 5 matches

6   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 1   China (CHN) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Krush, Irina
2444 – GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 ½ – ½
IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366 – GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 0 – 1
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 – WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 ½ – ½
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 – IM
Guo, Qi
2417 ½ – ½
18   Israel (ISR) Rtg – 7   Poland (POL) Rtg ½ :3½
WIM
Shvayger, Yuliya
2408 – GM
Socko, Monika
2437 0 – 1
WIM
Efroimski, Marsel
2322 – WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 0 – 1
IM
Klinova, Masha
2290 – WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 ½ – ½
WIM
Gutmakher, Olga
2216 – WIM
Wozniak, Mariola
2246 0 – 1
19   Vietnam (VIE) Rtg – 3   Russia (RUS) Rtg 1½:2½
IM
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen
2338 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 ½ – ½
WGM
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
2325 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 0 – 1
WGM
Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung
2316 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 ½ – ½
WGM
Nguyen, Thi Thanh An
2249 – WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 ½ – ½
2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 – WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 1 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 – WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 1 – 0
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 – WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304 ½ – ½
IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2416 – WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 1 – 0
5   India (IND) Rtg – 21   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 – GM
Peng, Zhaoqin
2368 1 – 0
IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 – WGM
Haast, Anne
2306 0 – 1
IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 – FM
Kazarian, Anna-Maja
2231 1 – 0
WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 –
Keetman, Maaike
2221 1 – 0

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 9th round

USA and Ukraine lead with 16 points, Russia is 3rd with 15.

Results of top 5 matches

5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 9   India (IND) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 – GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 ½ – ½
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 – GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 ½ – ½
GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 – GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 ½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 – GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 1 – 0
2   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 12   Norway (NOR) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 – GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2857 ½ – ½
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 – GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651 1 – 0
GM
So, Wesley
2782 – GM
Tari, Aryan
2570 ½ – ½
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 – GM
Urkedal, Frode
2537 1 – 0
46   Iran (IRI) Rtg – 6   England (ENG) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566 – GM
Adams, Michael
2738 ½ – ½
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566 – GM
Howell, David W L
2665 ½ – ½
IM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478 – GM
McShane, Luke J
2671 1 – 0
Firouzja, Alireza
2463 – GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635 0 – 1
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 – GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 ½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 – GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 0 – 1
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 – GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 ½ – ½
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 0 – 1
21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg – 29   Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 – GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602 1 – 0
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 – GM
Lenic, Luka
2622 ½ – ½
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 – GM
Borisek, Jure
2558 ½ – ½
IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 – GM
Sebenik, Matej
2526 0 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 8th round

China and USA lead with 14 points.

Results of the top 5 matches of the 8th round

3   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 6   United States of America (USA) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 – GM
Krush, Irina
2444 0 – 1
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 – IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366 1 – 0
WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 – IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 ½ – ½
WGM
Girya, Olga
2452 – WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 0 – 1
7   Poland (POL) Rtg – 21   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Socko, Monika
2437 – WGM
Haast, Anne
2306 0 – 1
WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409 – IM
Lanchava, Tea
2258 ½ – ½
WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 – FM
Kazarian, Anna-Maja
2231 1 – 0
WIM
Wozniak, Mariola
2246 –
Keetman, Maaike
2221 1 – 0
8   Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 ½ – ½
IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 1 – 0
WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 – GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 ½ – ½
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 – IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2416 0 – 1
1   China (CHN) Rtg – 16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 – WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 1 – 0
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 – WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 1 – 0
GM
Zhao, Xue
2522 – WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304 ½ – ½
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 – WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 1 – 0
52   Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg – 18   Israel (ISR) Rtg 1½:2½
WGM
Geldiyeva, Mahri
2285 – WIM
Shvayger, Yuliya
2408 0 – 1
WFM
Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal
2031 – WIM
Efroimski, Marsel
2322 0 – 1
WFM
Atabayeva, Gozel
2021 – IM
Klinova, Masha
2290 ½ – ½
WFM
Hallaeva, Bahar
2103 – WIM
Gutmakher, Olga
2216 1 – 0

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