42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women last round

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) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Hou, Yifan
2658 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 ½ – ½
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2583 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 1 – 0
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2475 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 1 – 0
IM
Guo, Qi
2417 – WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 0 – 1
8   Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 7   Poland (POL) Rtg ½ :3½
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Socko, Monika
2437 ½ – ½
IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429 0 – 1
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 – WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2346 0 – 1
IM
Gara, Anita
2355 – WIM
Wozniak, Mariola
2246 0 – 1
2   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 9   Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 – GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2515 1 – 0
GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 – IM
Videnova, Iva
2386 ½ – ½
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 – WGM
Nikolova, Adriana
2358 ½ – ½
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2457 – WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
2232 1 – 0
16   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg – 66   Malaysia (MAS) Rtg 3 : 1
WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295 – WFM
Tan, Li Ting
1993 ½ – ½
WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2361 – WFM
Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa
1923 ½ – ½
WFM
Hojjatova, Aydan
2339 – WCM
Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila
1994 1 – 0
WGM
Kazimova, Narmin
2302 – WFM
Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada
1945 1 – 0
6   United States of America (USA) Rtg – 5   India (IND) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Krush, Irina
2444 – GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2542 ½ – ½
IM
Paikidze, Nazi
2366 – IM
Padmini, Rout
2408 1 – 0
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2449 – IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402 0 – 1
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2365 – WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2379 ½ – ½

Continue reading →

42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open last round

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) Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2808 – GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 1 – 0
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2789 – GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 ½ – ½
GM
So, Wesley
2782 – GM
Lesiege, Alexandre
2512 1 – 0
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2679 – GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 0 – 1
5   Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 29   Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2739 – GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602 1 – 0
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709 – GM
Lenic, Luka
2622 ½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2675 – GM
Borisek, Jure
2558 1 – 0
GM
Volokitin, Andrei
2647 – GM
Sebenik, Matej
2526 1 – 0
1   Russia (RUS) Rtg – 36   Italy (ITA) Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2808 – GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2583 1 – 0
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2731 – GM
Rombaldoni, Axel
2567 ½ – ½
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740 – GM
Brunello, Sabino
2568 ½ – ½
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2754 – FM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2459 1 – 0
62   Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg – 4   Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2485 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 ½ – ½
IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2453 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 ½ – ½
FM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 0 – 1
GM
Odeev, Handszar
2401 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2688 0 – 1
9   India (IND) Rtg – 12   Norway (NOR) Rtg 2 : 2
GM
Harikrishna, P.
2752 – GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2857 ½ – ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2671 – GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651 ½ – ½
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669 – GM
Tari, Aryan
2570 1 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2640 – GM
Urkedal, Frode
2537 0 – 1

Continue reading →