42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 9th round

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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

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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

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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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