42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women last round

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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)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Hou, Yifan
2658–GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538½ – ½
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583–GM
Gunina, Valentina
25201 – 0
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475–WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
24751 – 0
IM
Guo, Qi
2417–WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
24840 – 1
8  Hungary (HUN)Rtg–7  Poland (POL)Rtg½ :3½
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467–GM
Socko, Monika
2437½ – ½
IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372–WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
24290 – 1
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379–WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
23460 – 1
IM
Gara, Anita
2355–WIM
Wozniak, Mariola
22460 – 1
2  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg–9  Bulgaria (BUL)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550–GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
25151 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539–IM
Videnova, Iva
2386½ – ½
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475–WGM
Nikolova, Adriana
2358½ – ½
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457–WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
22321 – 0
16  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg–66  Malaysia (MAS)Rtg3 : 1
WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295–WFM
Tan, Li Ting
1993½ – ½
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361–WFM
Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa
1923½ – ½
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339–WCM
Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila
19941 – 0
WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302–WFM
Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada
19451 – 0
6  United States of America (USA)Rtg–5  India (IND)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Krush, Irina
2444–GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542½ – ½
IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366–IM
Padmini, Rout
24081 – 0
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449–IM
Tania, Sachdev
24020 – 1
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365–WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open last round

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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)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808–GM
Bareev, Evgeny
26751 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789–GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782–GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
25121 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679–GM
Hansen, Eric
25820 – 1
5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg–29  Slovenia (SLO)Rtg3½: ½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739–GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
26021 – 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709–GM
Lenic, Luka
2622½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675–GM
Borisek, Jure
25581 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647–GM
Sebenik, Matej
25261 – 0
1  Russia (RUS)Rtg–36  Italy (ITA)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808–GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
25831 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731–GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
2567½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740–GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568½ – ½
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754–FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
24591 – 0
62  Turkmenistan (TKM)Rtg–4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2485–GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722½ – ½
IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2453–GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666½ – ½
FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406–GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26960 – 1
GM
Odeev, Handszar
2401–GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26880 – 1
9  India (IND)Rtg–12  Norway (NOR)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752–GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2857½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671–GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669–GM
Tari, Aryan
25701 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640–GM
Urkedal, Frode
25370 – 1

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 10th round

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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)Rtg1½:2½
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665–GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ – ½
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609–GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
27891 – 0
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601–GM
So, Wesley
27820 – 1
GM
Sanikidze, Tornike
2497–GM
Shankland, Samuel L
26790 – 1
17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg–5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Navara, David
2742–GM
Eljanov, Pavel
27390 – 1
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651–GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591–GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693½ – ½
GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2540–GM
Volokitin, Andrei
26470 – 1
9  India (IND)Rtg–1  Russia (RUS)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752–GM
Karjakin, Sergey
27691 – 0
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671–GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
28080 – 1
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669–GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640–GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754½ – ½
6  England (ENG)Rtg–4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Adams, Michael
2738–GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2665–GM
Mamedov, Rauf
26660 – 1
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2635–GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26961 – 0
GM
Short, Nigel D
2666–GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26881 – 0
21  Latvia (LAT)Rtg–25  Canada (CAN)Rtg1 : 3
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673–GM
Bareev, Evgeny
26751 – 0
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651–GM
Kovalyov, Anton
26170 – 1
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628–GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
25120 – 1
IM
Sveshnikov, Vladimir
2404–GM
Hansen, Eric
25820 – 1

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