Category Archives: European Open & Women Team Championship 2013

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Azerbaijan won the Open Championship with 14 match points! France, Russia and Armenia shared 2nd-4th with 13 points.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 2 ARMENIA Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 ½ – ½
1.2 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
1.3 GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 – GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 ½ – ½
1.4 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607 ½ – ½

Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
2.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
2.3 GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 1 – 0
2.4 GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny 2722 – GM HAMDOUCHI, Hicham 2627 ½ – ½

Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 1 – 0
3.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 ½ – ½
3.3 GM HRACEK, Zbynek 2638 – GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556 ½ – ½
3.4 GM STOCEK, Jiri 2543 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 0 – 1

Bo. 7 HUNGARY Rtg – 17 BELARUS Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 – GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 1 – 0
4.2 GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 – GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 ½ – ½
4.3 GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 – GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 1 – 0
4.4 GM BANUSZ, Tamas 2593 – GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 ½ – ½

Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 13 ITALY Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM CARUANA, Fabiano 2782 ½ – ½
5.2 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM VOCATURO, Daniele 2577 0 – 1
5.3 GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 – GM GODENA, Michele 2501 ½ – ½
5.4 GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 – GM ROMBALDONI, Axel 2530 1 – 0

View the final standings here.

In the Women’s Championship Ukraine won the 1st place with 15 match points, Russia and Poland shared 2nd-3rd places with 14.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 1 – 0
1.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 1 – 0
1.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 ½ – ½
1.4 WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2402 ½ – ½

Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 16 Lithuania Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – GM Cmilyte, Viktorija 2506 ½ – ½
2.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 – WGM Daulyte, Deimante 2336 ½ – ½
2.3 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – WIM Zaksaite, Salomeja 2200 1 – 0
2.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – Batkovskyte, Dominyka 2111 1 – 0

Bo. 8 Hungary Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457 1 – 0
3.2 IM Gara, Anita 2311 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 0 – 1
3.3 WGM Papp, Petra 2300 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 0 – 1
3.4 WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 1 – 0

Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 14 Netherlands Rtg 4 : 0
4.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – WIM Schut, Lisa 2333 1 – 0
4.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – GM Peng, Zhaoqin 2378 1 – 0
4.3 IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 – IM Lanchava, Tea 2289 1 – 0
4.4 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 2180 1 – 0

Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 1 – 0
5.2 WGM Schleining, Zoya 2379 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 ½ – ½
5.3 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347 ½ – ½
5.4 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 ½ – ½

View the full standings here.

Official Site.

In the Open championship France and Azerbaijan share 1st-2nd places and have 13 points. Armenia is 3rd with 12 points.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 3 FRANCE Rtg – 2 ARMENIA Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 – GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 0 – 1
1.2 GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 – GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 1 – 0
1.3 GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 – GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 ½ – ½
1.4 GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 – GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 ½ – ½

Bo. 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 ½ – ½
2.2 GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 ½ – ½
2.3 GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 – GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 ½ – ½
2.4 GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 1 – 0

Bo. 8 NETHERLANDS Rtg – 1 RUSSIA Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM GIRI, Anish 2732 – GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 ½ – ½
3.2 GM L’AMI, Erwin 2648 – GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 0 – 1
3.3 GM SMEETS, Jan 2620 – GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 ½ – ½
3.4 GM VAN KAMPEN, Robin 2618 – GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander 2727 ½ – ½

Bo. 4 UKRAINE Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 0 – 1
4.2 GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 ½ – ½
4.3 GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 ½ – ½
4.4 GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 – IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 ½ – ½

Bo. 5 ENGLAND Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 – GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 1 – 0
5.2 GM SHORT, Nigel D 2680 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
5.3 GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 0 – 1
5.4 GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 – GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 ½ – ½

View the full standings here.

Pairings of top 5 matches

Bo. 2 ARMENIA Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757
1.2 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715
1.3 GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 – GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647
1.4 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607

Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749
2.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742
2.3 GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637
2.4 GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny 2722 – GM HAMDOUCHI, Hicham 2627

Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695
3.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631
3.3 GM HRACEK, Zbynek 2638 – GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556
3.4 GM STOCEK, Jiri 2543 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595

Bo. 7 HUNGARY Rtg – 17 BELARUS Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 – GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694
4.2 GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 – GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619
4.3 GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 – GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583
4.4 GM BANUSZ, Tamas 2593 – GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494

Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 13 ITALY Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM CARUANA, Fabiano 2782
5.2 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM VOCATURO, Daniele 2577
5.3 GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 – GM GODENA, Michele 2501
5.4 GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 – GM ROMBALDONI, Axel 2530

In the women’s event Ukraine became the winner already before the last round as no team can get 15 points anymore! Russia and Poland have 12 match points and share 2nd-3rd places.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 1 Ukraine Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457 1 – 0
1.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 ½ – ½
1.3 IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 1 – 0
1.4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 3 Georgia Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 ½ – ½
2.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 1 – 0
2.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 1 – 0
2.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2447 – IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 ½ – ½

Bo. 11 Bulgaria Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2494 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 1 – 0
3.2 WIM Raeva, Elitsa 2361 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Videnova, Iva 2272 – WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 0 – 1
3.4 WGM Voiska, Margarita 2298 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 0 – 1

Bo. 18 Czech Republic Rtg – 16 Lithuania Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 WIM Havlikova, Kristyna 2237 – GM Cmilyte, Viktorija 2506 0 – 1
4.2 WIM Olsarova, Karolina 2275 – WGM Daulyte, Deimante 2336 0 – 1
4.3 WIM Olsarova, Tereza 2248 – WIM Zaksaite, Salomeja 2200 1 – 0
4.4 WIM Sikorova, Olga 2278 – Batkovskyte, Dominyka 2111 ½ – ½

Bo. 13 Poland III Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg ½ :3½
5.1 WIM Worek, Joanna 2336 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 0 – 1
5.2 WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2327 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 0 – 1
5.3 WGM Bartel, Marta 2308 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347 0 – 1
5.4 WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282 – WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen 2275 ½ – ½

View the full standings here.

Pairings of top 5 matches

Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542
1.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491
1.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466
1.4 WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2402

Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 16 Lithuania Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – GM Cmilyte, Viktorija 2506
2.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 – WGM Daulyte, Deimante 2336
2.3 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – WIM Zaksaite, Salomeja 2200
2.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – Batkovskyte, Dominyka 2111

Bo. 8 Hungary Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457
3.2 IM Gara, Anita 2311 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447
3.3 WGM Papp, Petra 2300 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301
3.4 WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339

Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 14 Netherlands Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – WIM Schut, Lisa 2333
4.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – GM Peng, Zhaoqin 2378
4.3 IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 – IM Lanchava, Tea 2289
4.4 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 2180

Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399
5.2 WGM Schleining, Zoya 2379 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361
5.3 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347
5.4 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326

Official Site.

In the Open competition France is leading with 12 points, Azerbaijan and Armenia share 2nd-3rd with 11.

Results of top 5 matches by boards

Bo. 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
1.3 GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 1 – 0
1.4 GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 0 – 1

Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 2 ARMENIA Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 ½ – ½
2.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 ½ – ½
2.3 GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander 2727 – GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 ½ – ½
2.4 GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny 2722 – GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 0 – 1

Bo. 4 UKRAINE Rtg – 17 BELARUS Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 – GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 0 – 1
3.2 GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 – GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 ½ – ½
3.3 GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 – GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 1 – 0
3.4 GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 – GM TETEREV, Vitaly 2501 ½ – ½

Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 5 ENGLAND Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 ½ – ½
4.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 1 – 0
4.3 GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556 – GM SHORT, Nigel D 2680 0 – 1
4.4 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 ½ – ½

Bo. 16 CROATIA Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 GM SARIC, Ivan 2628 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 0 – 1
5.2 GM STEVIC, Hrvoje 2611 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 ½ – ½
5.3 GM PALAC, Mladen 2571 – GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 ½ – ½
5.4 GM KOZUL, Zdenko 2597 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 0 – 1

View the full standings here.

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 FRANCE 17 12 : 11 16 ARMENIA
2 AZERBAIJAN 16½ 11 : 10 17 GREECE
3 NETHERLANDS 18½ 9 : 9 17½ RUSSIA
4 UKRAINE 15½ 9 : 9 15½ GEORGIA
5 ENGLAND 16 9 : 9 16½ HUNGARY

In the Women’s section Ukraine is leading with 13 match points, Armenia is 2nd with 11 and Georgia has 10.

Results of top 5 matches by boards

Bo. 13 Poland III Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 WIM Worek, Joanna 2336 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 ½ – ½
1.2 WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2327 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 ½ – ½
1.3 WGM Bartel, Marta 2308 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 0 – 1
1.4 WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2402 ½ – ½

Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 ½ – ½
2.2 IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 0 – 1
2.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 1 – 0
2.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 ½ – ½

Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 25 Poland Futures Rtg 3 : 1
3.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – WIM Iwanow, Anna 2206 1 – 0
3.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – WFM Wisniowska, Klaudia 2153 1 – 0
3.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – WCM Wozniak, Mariola 2069 1 – 0
3.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – WFM Kiolbasa, Oliwia 1982 0 – 1

Bo. 8 Hungary Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 ½ – ½
4.2 WGM Gara, Ticia 2350 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 0 – 1
4.3 WGM Papp, Petra 2300 – WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 0 – 1
4.4 WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 1 – 0

Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 11 Bulgaria Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 WGM Schleining, Zoya 2379 – GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2494 ½ – ½
5.2 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – WIM Raeva, Elitsa 2361 0 – 1
5.3 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Videnova, Iva 2272 ½ – ½
5.4 WGM Michna, Marta 2357 – WGM Voiska, Margarita 2298 0 – 1

View the full standings here.

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 Ukraine 20 13 : 11 21 Armenia
2 Russia 19 10 : 10 18 Georgia
3 Bulgaria 15½ 9 : 10 16 Poland
4 Czech Republic 17 9 : 9 17 Lithuania
5 Poland III 15 9 : 8 17½ Romania

Official Site.

France is leading the event with 11 match points, Azerbaijan is 2nd with 10 while Russia and Armenia share 3rd-4th.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 0 – 1
1.3 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 ½ – ½
1.4 GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½

Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 1 : 3
2.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 0 – 1
2.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
2.3 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 ½ – ½
2.4 IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 – GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 0 – 1

Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 19 ROMANIA Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 1 – 0
3.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM JIANU, Vlad-Cristian 2565 ½ – ½
3.3 GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 – GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 ½ – ½
3.4 GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander 2727 – GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 ARMENIA Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
4.2 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 1 – 0
4.3 GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 – GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 ½ – ½
4.4 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 – GM BANUSZ, Tamas 2593 ½ – ½

Bo. 5 ENGLAND Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 ½ – ½
5.2 GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 1 – 0
5.3 GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 – GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 ½ – ½
5.4 GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 0 – 1

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 AZERBAIJAN 14½ 10 : 11 15 FRANCE
2 RUSSIA 16 9 : 9 13½ ARMENIA
3 UKRAINE 13½ 8 : 8 13½ BELARUS
4 GEORGIA 13½ 8 : 8 14 ENGLAND
5 CROATIA 13½ 8 : 8 14 GREECE

In the women’s event Ukraine is leading also with 11 match points. Four teams have 9 – Armenia, Georgia, Poland and Poland III.

Results of top 5 matches

Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 1 – 0
1.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 0 – 1
1.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 0 – 1
1.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 1 – 0

Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 1 – 0
2.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 ½ – ½
2.3 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 0 – 1
2.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 ½ – ½

Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 13 Poland III Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 – WIM Worek, Joanna 2336 0 – 1
3.2 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2327 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Bartel, Marta 2308 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM Michna, Marta 2357 – WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282 ½ – ½

Bo. 9 Spain Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg ½ :3½
4.1 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457 0 – 1
4.2 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 0 – 1
4.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 ½ – ½
4.4 WIM Nicolas Zapata, Irene 2241 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 0 – 1

Bo. 10 Romania Rtg – 8 Hungary Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 – GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 0 – 1
5.2 WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 – WGM Gara, Ticia 2350 ½ – ½
5.3 WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 – IM Gara, Anita 2311 1 – 0
5.4 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen 2275 – WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 0 – 1

Pairings of top 5 matches

1 Poland III 13½ 9 : 11 17½ Ukraine
2 Georgia 16 9 : 9 14 Poland
3 Armenia 18 9 : 8 14 Poland Futures
4 Hungary 13½ 8 : 8 16½ Russia
5 Germany 14 7 : 7 12½ Bulgaria

Official Site.

France is leading with 9 match points in the Open event. Greece, Georgia and Azerbaijan share 2nd place.

Results of top 5 matches by boards

Bo. 7 HUNGARY Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
1.3 GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 ½ – ½
1.4 GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½

Bo. 19 ROMANIA Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 1 – 0
2.2 GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 ½ – ½
2.3 GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 0 – 1
2.4 GM SZABO, Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2548 – GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 ½ – ½

Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 ½ – ½
3.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
3.3 GM BABULA, Vlastimil 2574 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 ½ – ½
3.4 GM STOCEK, Jiri 2543 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607 0 – 1

Bo. 17 BELARUS Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 1 : 3
4.1 GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 ½ – ½
4.2 GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 ½ – ½
4.3 GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 – GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 0 – 1
4.4 GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 0 – 1

Bo. 29 ISRAEL Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg ½ :3½
5.1 GM POPILSKI, Gil 2483 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 0 – 1
5.2 IM RAZNIKOV, Danny 2481 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 0 – 1
5.3 GM BARON, Tal 2487 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 ½ – ½
5.4 IM BORUCHOVSKY, Avital 2472 – IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 0 – 1

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Pairings of top 5 matches

1 GREECE 12½ 8 : 9 12½ FRANCE
2 GEORGIA 12½ 8 : 8 11½ AZERBAIJAN
3 RUSSIA 13½ 7 : 7 13 ROMANIA
4 ARMENIA 11 7 : 7 12 HUNGARY
5 ENGLAND 12 7 : 7 11½ UKRAINE

Ukraine leads with 10 points in the Women’s event. Poland and Georgia share 2nd place.

Results of top 5 matches by boards

Bo. 1 Ukraine Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 1 – 0
1.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 1 – 0
1.3 IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 1 – 0
1.4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 ½ – ½

Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 3 Georgia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 1 – 0
2.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 ½ – ½
2.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 ½ – ½
2.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 0 – 1

Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 5 Germany Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 1 – 0
3.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 0 – 1
3.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2447 – WGM Michna, Marta 2357 ½ – ½

Bo. 12 Serbia Rtg – 9 Spain Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2405 – IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 ½ – ½
4.2 WGM Manakova, Maria 2324 – IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 0 – 1
4.3 WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2352 – IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 0 – 1
4.4 WIM Rakic, Marija 2291 – WIM Hernandez Estevez, Yudania 2284 1 – 0

Bo. 14 Netherlands Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 WIM Schut, Lisa 2333 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 ½ – ½
5.2 IM Lanchava, Tea 2289 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 0 – 1
5.3 WIM Haast, Anne 2262 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347 1 – 0
5.4 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 2180 – WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 ½ – ½

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Pairings of top 5 matches

1 Georgia 14 8 : 10 15½ Ukraine
2 Poland 12 8 : 7 14½ Russia
3 Germany 12½ 7 : 7 11 Poland III
4 Spain 11 7 : 7 14½ Armenia
5 Romania 12½ 6 : 6 11 Hungary

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