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Thursday Quiz
European Open & Women Team Championship 2013
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
View the full standings here.
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
View the full standings here.
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
Wednesday Quiz
European Open & Women Team Championship 2013
France is leading with 8 points in the Open competition. Eight teams are on 6 points.
Results of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 3 FRANCE Rtg – 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 – GM NAVARA, David 2705 ½ – ½
1.2 GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 – GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 ½ – ½
1.3 GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 – GM HRACEK, Zbynek 2638 1 – 0
1.4 GM HAMDOUCHI, Hicham 2627 – GM BABULA, Vlastimil 2574 ½ – ½
Bo. 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 – GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 ½ – ½
2.2 GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
2.3 GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 ½ – ½
2.4 GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 – GM BANUSZ, Tamas 2593 ½ – ½
Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 0 – 1
3.2 GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 ½ – ½
3.3 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556 1 – 0
3.4 GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 ½ – ½
Bo. 4 UKRAINE Rtg – 2 ARMENIA Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 – GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 ½ – ½
4.2 GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 – GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 1 – 0
4.3 GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 – GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 ½ – ½
4.4 GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 – GM PETROSIAN, Tigran L. 2660 1 – 0
Bo. 16 CROATIA Rtg – 29 ISRAEL Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM SARIC, Ivan 2628 – GM NABATY, Tamir 2580 1 – 0
5.2 GM STEVIC, Hrvoje 2611 – GM POPILSKI, Gil 2483 ½ – ½
5.3 GM PALAC, Mladen 2571 – IM RAZNIKOV, Danny 2481 ½ – ½
5.4 GM BRKIC, Ante 2580 – IM BORUCHOVSKY, Avital 2472 0 – 1
Pairings of the first 5 matches by boards
Bo. 7 HUNGARY Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749
1.2 GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742
1.3 GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653
1.4 GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637
Bo. 19 ROMANIA Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720
2.2 GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682
2.3 GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709
2.4 GM SZABO, Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2548 – GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666
Bo. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM NAVARA, David 2705 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757
3.2 GM LAZNICKA, Viktor 2677 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715
3.3 GM BABULA, Vlastimil 2574 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653
3.4 GM STOCEK, Jiri 2543 – GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607
Bo. 17 BELARUS Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633
4.2 GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639
4.3 GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 – GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589
4.4 GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564
Bo. 29 ISRAEL Rtg – 14 GEORGIA Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM POPILSKI, Gil 2483 – GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695
5.2 IM RAZNIKOV, Danny 2481 – GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631
5.3 GM BARON, Tal 2487 – GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595
5.4 IM BORUCHOVSKY, Avital 2472 – IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494
In the women’s championship Poland and Ukraine share 1st-2nd places, while Georgia is 3rd.
Results of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457 ½ – ½
1.2 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 0 – 1
1.3 IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 1 – 0
1.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 1 – 0
Bo. 1 Ukraine Rtg – 15 Israel Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 – WIM Efroimski, Marsel 2313 1 – 0
2.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 – IM Klinova, Masha 2291 ½ – ½
2.3 IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 – WIM Vasiliev, Olga 2282 ½ – ½
2.4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 – WIM Shvayger, Yuliya 2294 ½ – ½
Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 12 Serbia Rtg 3½: ½
3.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2405 ½ – ½
3.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – WGM Manakova, Maria 2324 1 – 0
3.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2352 1 – 0
3.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – WGM Stojanovic, Andjelija 2293 1 – 0
Bo. 25 Poland Futures Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 0 : 4
4.1 WIM Kulon, Klaudia 2276 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 0 – 1
4.2 WIM Iwanow, Anna 2206 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 0 – 1
4.3 WFM Wisniowska, Klaudia 2153 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 0 – 1
4.4 WCM Wozniak, Mariola 2069 – WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 0 – 1
Bo. 16 Lithuania Rtg – 5 Germany Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM Cmilyte, Viktorija 2506 – IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 ½ – ½
5.2 WGM Daulyte, Deimante 2336 – WGM Schleining, Zoya 2379 1 – 0
5.3 WIM Zaksaite, Salomeja 2200 – IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 0 – 1
5.4 Batkovskyte, Dominyka 2111 – WGM Michna, Marta 2357 0 – 1
Pairings of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 1 Ukraine Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 – GM Socko, Monika 2431
1.2 GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383
1.3 IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404
1.4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382
Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 3 Georgia Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556
2.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374
2.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462
2.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524
Bo. 2 Russia Rtg – 5 Germany Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 – IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449
3.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 – IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365
3.3 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 – WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367
3.4 WGM Girya, Olga 2447 – WGM Michna, Marta 2357
Bo. 12 Serbia Rtg – 9 Spain Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 IM Bojkovic, Natasa 2405 – IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427
4.2 WGM Manakova, Maria 2324 – IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385
4.3 WGM Vojinovic, Jovana 2352 – IM Matnadze, Ana 2373
4.4 WIM Rakic, Marija 2291 – WIM Hernandez Estevez, Yudania 2284
Bo. 14 Netherlands Rtg – 10 Romania Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 WIM Schut, Lisa 2333 – IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399
5.2 IM Lanchava, Tea 2289 – WGM L’ami, Alina 2361
5.3 WIM Haast, Anne 2262 – IM Foisor, Cristina-Adela 2347
5.4 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 2180 – WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326


