42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 6th round

India leads with 12 points.

Results of first 5 matches

9  India (IND)Rtg11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752GM
Giri, Anish
2755½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671GM
L’Ami, Erwin
26111 – 0
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674½ – ½
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640GM
Bok, Benjamin
2592½ – ½
2  United States of America (USA)Rtg5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808GM
Eljanov, Pavel
27391 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693½ – ½
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679GM
Korobov, Anton
2675½ – ½
17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Navara, David
2742GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665½ – ½
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2651GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609½ – ½
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2591GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2601½ – ½
IM
Plat, Vojtech
2519GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575½ – ½
27  Greece (GRE)Rtg4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2601GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761½ – ½
GM
Banikas, Hristos
2571GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722½ – ½
GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2555GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
26961 – 0
GM
Halkias, Stelios
2565GM
Safarli, Eltaj
26880 – 1
25  Canada (CAN)Rtg23  Belarus (BLR)Rtg2½:1½
GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2652½ – ½
GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2599½ – ½
GM
Hansen, Eric
2582GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
25911 – 0
IM
Krnan, Tomas
2430GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2547½ – ½

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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 6th round

Russia and Ukraine lead the event.

Results of the first 5 matches

2  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg3  Russia (RUS)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
25381 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520½ – ½
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475½ – ½
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457WGM
Girya, Olga
24520 – 1
11  Romania (ROU)Rtg1  China (CHN)Rtg2 : 2
IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2394GM
Ju, Wenjun
25831 – 0
IM
Foisor, Cristina-Adela
2353GM
Zhao, Xue
2522½ – ½
WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2331WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475½ – ½
IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2395IM
Guo, Qi
24170 – 1
31  Kazakhstan (KAZ)Rtg8  Hungary (HUN)Rtg2 : 2
WGM
Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2389GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467½ – ½
WIM
Dauletova, Gulmira
2275IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372½ – ½
WFM
Zhylkaidarova, Sholpan
2162WGM
Papp, Petra
2336½ – ½
Mukhit, Aisezym
2065IM
Gara, Anita
2355½ – ½
4  Georgia (GEO)Rtg16  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg2 : 2
GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2522WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
22951 – 0
IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2486WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361½ – ½
IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2474WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
23040 – 1
IM
Melia, Salome
2419WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302½ – ½
7  Poland (POL)Rtg19  Vietnam (VIE)Rtg3 : 1
GM
Socko, Monika
2437IM
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen
23381 – 0
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429WGM
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
23250 – 1
WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409WGM
Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung
23161 – 0
WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346WGM
Nguyen, Thi Thanh An
22491 – 0

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