42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 3rd round

Results of first 5 matches:

35  Moldova (MDA)Rtg1  Russia (RUS)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Bologan, Victor
2648GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769½ – ½
GM
Iordachescu, Viorel
2584GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731½ – ½
GM
Svetushkin, Dmitry
2543GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27400 – 1
IM
Hamitevici, Vladimir
2489GM
Grischuk, Alexander
27540 – 1
15  Cuba (CUB)Rtg7  Poland (POL)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2736½ – ½
GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2623GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
26750 – 1
GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
2636GM
Bartel, Mateusz
26461 – 0
GM
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2581GM
Swiercz, Dariusz
26391 – 0
28  Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2)Rtg9  India (IND)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Durarbayli, Vasif
2612GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752½ – ½
GM
Abasov, Nijat
2552GM
Adhiban, B.
26710 – 1
GM
Bajarani, Ulvi
2509GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26690 – 1
GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2625GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640½ – ½
4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg10  Hungary (HUN)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761GM
Rapport, Richard
27521 – 0
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722GM
Almasi, Zoltan
26840 – 1
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666GM
Balogh, Csaba
26141 – 0
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696IM
Gledura, Benjamin
25851 – 0
11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg32  Vietnam (VIE)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Giri, Anish
2755GM
Le, Quang Liem
27231 – 0
GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611GM
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
2633½ – ½
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674GM
Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy
2435½ – ½
GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640FM
Nguyen, Anh Khoi
2448½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women

The first round starts in a bit more than an hour. Here are the first 5 pairings:

Br.1  China (CHN)Elo67  Luxembourg (LUX)Elo0 : 0
1.1GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583WIM
Steil-Antoni, Fiona
2159
1.2GM
Zhao, Xue
2522WFM
Bakalarz, Grazyna
1953
1.3WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475
Biryukov, Alice
1898
1.4IM
Guo, Qi
2417
Kremer, Nadine
1844
Br.68  Portugal (POR)Elo2  Ukraine (UKR)Elo0 : 0
2.1WFM
Baptista, Ana Filipa
2125GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539
2.2WFM
Coimbra, Margarida
2078GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475
2.3
Silva, Mariana Sofia T.
1789GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457
2.4
Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da
1855IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2416
Br.3  Russia (RUS)Elo69  Scotland (SCO)Elo0 : 0
3.1GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538GM
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan
2381
3.2WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475
Roy, Ali
1894
3.3WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484WFM
Durno, Joy
1894
3.4WGM
Girya, Olga
2452
Espinosa Cancino, Monica
1679
Br.83  Nicaragua (NCA)Elo16  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Elo0 : 0
4.1WFM
Mendieta, Kathya
1943WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295
4.2WIM
Granados Diaz, Maria Esther
1831WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2304
4.3
Alarcon, Pamela
1834WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339
4.4
Moraga, Maria
1732WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302
Br.70  ICCD (ICCD)Elo4  Georgia (GEO)Elo0 : 0
5.1WIM
Baklanova, Tatiana
2200IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2486
5.2
Lagutina, Olga
1910GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2463
5.3
Myronenko, Natalya
1922IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2474
5.4
Gonchar, Svitlana
1807IM
Melia, Salome
2419

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open

The 1st round starts today in a little. The first 5 pairings are:

 

Br.87  Nigeria (NGR)Elo1  Russia (RUS)Elo0 : 0
1.1FM
Kigigha, Bomo
2340GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2769
1.2FM
Anwuli Daniel,
2336GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731
1.3IM
Adu, Oladapo
2334GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740
1.4
Emuakpeje, Ochuko
2272GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754
Br.2  United States of America (USA)Elo88  Andorra (AND)Elo0 : 0
2.1GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789IM
Aloma Vidal, Robert
2482
2.2GM
So, Wesley
2782GM
De La Riva Aguado, Oscar
2503
2.3GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679
Fernandez Lopez, Joan
2142
2.4GM
Robson, Ray
2674FM
Garcia Paolicchi, Raul
2153
Br.89  Kosovo (KOS)Elo3  China (CHN)Elo0 : 0
3.1FM
Saraci, Nderim
2337GM
Ding, Liren
2753
3.2
Makolli, Perparim
2289GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725
3.3FM
Fejzullahu, Afrim
2298GM
Li, Chao b
2746
3.4IM
Sadiku, Bedri
2189GM
Wei, Yi
2717
Br.4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Elo92  Zimbabwe (ZIM)Elo0 : 0
4.1GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761IM
Makoto, Rodwell
2405
4.2GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722IM
Mandizha, Farai
2363
4.3GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696
Masango, Spencer
2200
4.4GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688
Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa
2187
Br.5  Ukraine (UKR)Elo91  Jordan (JOR)Elo0 : 0
5.1GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709
Aboudi, Marwan
2209
5.2GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693FM
Mansour, Sameer
2245
5.3GM
Korobov, Anton
2675IM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
2253
5.4GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647FM
Mohannad, Farhan
2294

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