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 Open 8th round

USA, India and Ukraine lead the event with 14 points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 8th round

1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 ½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 GM
Robson, Ray
2674 1 – 0
20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 1 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693 0 – 1
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 0 – 1
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 0 – 1
6   England (ENG) Rtg 9   India (IND) Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738 GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 ½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665 GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 ½ – ½
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635 GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 ½ – ½
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666 GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 0 – 1
4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 ½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 ½ – ½
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 1 – 0
36   Italy (ITA) Rtg 46   Iran (IRI) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583 GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566 ½ – ½
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566 ½ – ½
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 IM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478 ½ – ½
FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459
Firouzja, Alireza
2463 ½ – ½

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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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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 7th round

Russia, China, Azerbaijan 1, USA and Netherlands lead with 12 points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 7th round

3   Russia (RUS) Rtg 7   Poland (POL) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 GM
Socko, Monika
2437 ½ – ½
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 1 – 0
WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409 0 – 1
WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 ½ – ½
1   China (CHN) Rtg 2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 ½ – ½
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 ½ – ½
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 1 – 0
IM
Guo, Qi
2417 GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 ½ – ½
6   United States of America (USA) Rtg 11   Romania (ROU) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Krush, Irina
2444 IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2394 ½ – ½
IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366 IM
Foisor, Cristina-Adela
2353 1 – 0
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2331 ½ – ½
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2395 ½ – ½
16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 5   India (IND) Rtg 2½:1½
WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 ½ – ½
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 1 – 0
WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304 IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 1 – 0
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 0 – 1
21   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 4   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Peng, Zhaoqin
2368 GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2522 ½ – ½
WGM
Haast, Anne
2306 IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2486 ½ – ½
IM
Lanchava, Tea
2258 GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2463 1 – 0
FM
Kazarian, Anna-Maja
2231 IM
Melia, Salome
2419 ½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 7th round

USA leads with 13 points, while Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, India, England and Latvia have 12.

Results of the top 5 matches

9   India (IND) Rtg 2   United States of America (USA) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 0 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 GM
So, Wesley
2782 0 – 1
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 0 – 1
21   Latvia (LAT) Rtg 11   Netherlands (NED) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 GM
Giri, Anish
2755 ½ – ½
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 1 – 0
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640 ½ – ½
IM
Meskovs, Nikita
2476 GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592 1 – 0
1   Russia (RUS) Rtg 17   Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769 GM
Navara, David
2742 1 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651 1 – 0
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591 1 – 0
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540 ½ – ½
18   Croatia (CRO) Rtg 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Saric, Ivan
2668 GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 ½ – ½
GM
Palac, Mladen
2623 GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 0 – 1
GM
Kozul, Zdenko
2622 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 0 – 1
GM
Brkic, Ante
2584 GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
20   Georgia (GEO) Rtg 30   Romania (ROU) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2618 1 – 0
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2595 ½ – ½
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601 IM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2524 1 – 0
GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2554 ½ – ½

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