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 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) Rtg 25   Canada (CAN) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 1 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 ½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782 GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
2512 1 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 0 – 1
5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 29   Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602 1 – 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 GM
Lenic, Luka
2622 ½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 GM
Borisek, Jure
2558 1 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 GM
Sebenik, Matej
2526 1 – 0
1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 36   Italy (ITA) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583 1 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
2567 ½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 ½ – ½
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459 1 – 0
62   Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2485 GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 ½ – ½
IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2453 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 ½ – ½
FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406 GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 0 – 1
GM
Odeev, Handszar
2401 GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
9   India (IND) Rtg 12   Norway (NOR) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2857 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 GM
Tari, Aryan
2570 1 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 GM
Urkedal, Frode
2537 0 – 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) Rtg 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 1 – 0
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Sanikidze, Tornike
2497 GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 0 – 1
17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Navara, David
2742 GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 0 – 1
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 ½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 ½ – ½
GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540 GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 0 – 1
9   India (IND) Rtg 1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 1 – 0
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 0 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 ½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 ½ – ½
6   England (ENG) Rtg 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738 GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 ½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 0 – 1
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635 GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 1 – 0
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666 GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 1 – 0
21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg 25   Canada (CAN) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 1 – 0
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 0 – 1
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
2512 0 – 1
IM
Sveshnikov, Vladimir
2404 GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 0 – 1

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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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