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Chess Olympiad 2014

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Open Section

Aronian-Carlsen

Aronian-Carlsen


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Serbia and Bulgaria drew against Azeris and Russians respectively. Armenia managed to score a win against Norway. Seven (!!) teams are tied for 1st place with 9 match points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 5th round

Bo. 8 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg – 29 Serbia (SRB) Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2743 – GM Ivanisevic, Ivan 2613 1 – 0
1.2 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2724 – GM Perunovic, Milos 2602 0 – 1
1.3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2659 – GM Markus, Robert 2602 ½ – ½
1.4 GM Guseinov, Gadir 2613 – GM Sedlak, Nikola 2554 ½ – ½

Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 18 Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2760 – GM Topalov, Veselin 2772 1 – 0
2.2 GM Svidler, Peter 2751 – GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2681 ½ – ½
2.3 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2786 – GM Iotov, Valentin 2553 0 – 1
2.4 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714 – GM Rusev, Krasimir 2548 ½ – ½

Bo. 4 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Aronian, Levon 2805 – GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 ½ – ½
3.2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 – GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 1 – 0
3.3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2672 – GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 ½ – ½
3.4 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2655 – GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 ½ – ½

Bo. 7 China (CHN) Rtg – 11 Netherlands (NED) Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM Wang, Yue 2718 – GM Giri, Anish 2745 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Ding, Liren 2742 – GM L’Ami, Erwin 2631 ½ – ½
4.3 GM Yu, Yangyi 2668 – GM Van Wely, Loek 2662 ½ – ½
4.4 GM Wei, Yi 2638 – GM Van Kampen, Robin 2638 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 33 Uzbekistan (UZB) Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2744 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2700 0 – 1
5.2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 – GM Filippov, Anton 2615 ½ – ½
5.3 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2723 – GM Dzhumaev, Marat 2510 1 – 0
5.4 GM Korobov, Anton 2680 – IM Vakhidov, Jahongir 2471 0 – 1

Top 10 teams after 5 rounds

1 Azerbaijan AZE 9 82.0 14.5
2 Serbia SRB 9 77.0 15.0
3 Kazakhstan KAZ 9 73.5 15.0
4 Bulgaria BUL 9 71.0 14.5
5 Cuba CUB 9 69.0 15.0
6 Uzbekistan UZB 9 66.5 14.0
7 Georgia GEO 9 63.5 15.5
8 Russia RUS 8 82.5 15.5
9 France FRA 8 81.5 15.5
10 Croatia CRO 8 76.5 14.5

Some games of the 5th round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 6th round

1 AZE Azerbaijan 14½ 9 : 9 15½ Georgia GEO
2 SRB Serbia 15 9 : 9 14½ Bulgaria BUL
3 ITA Italy 13½ 7 : 7 11½ Norway NOR
4 CUB Cuba 15 9 : 9 15 Kazakhstan KAZ
5 UZB Uzbekistan 14 9 : 8 15½ Russia RUS

Women’s Section

Lagno-Dzagnidze

Lagno-Dzagnidze


(Photo taken from chessbase.com)

The Chinese, Hungarian and Russians managed to win their matches (China won heavily against Indonesia) and share the lead with 10 match points.

Results of top 5 matches of the 5th round

Bo. 23 Indonesia (INA) Rtg – 1 China (CHN) Rtg ½ :3½
1.1 WGM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 2396 – GM Hou, Yifan 2661 0 – 1
1.2 WGM Aulia, Medina Warda 2397 – WGM Ju, Wenjun 2559 0 – 1
1.3 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias 2206 – GM Zhao, Xue 2508 ½ – ½
1.4 WFM Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia 2128 – WGM Tan, Zhongyi 2468 0 – 1

Bo. 112 Barbados (BAR) Rtg – 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg 0 : 4
2.1 WCM Blackman, Katrina 1627 – WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 0 – 1
2.2 Murray, Donna 1454 – WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 0 – 1
2.3 WCM Ramsay, Sheena 1579 – WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 0 – 1
2.4 Nurse, Lydia 1364 – WIM Hagesather, Ellen 2182 0 – 1

Bo. 13 Hungary (HUN) Rtg – 21 Iran (IRI) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2485 – WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2352 1 – 0
3.2 IM Madl, Ildiko 2347 – WGM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2324 ½ – ½
3.3 IM Gara, Anita 2327 – WIM Hejazipour, Mitra 2269 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM Papp, Petra 2274 – WFM Asgarizadeh, Minoo 2147 ½ – ½

Bo. 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 – GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2550 ½ – ½
4.2 GM Gunina, Valentina 2524 – GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2494 1 – 0
4.3 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 – IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2478 ½ – ½
4.4 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 – IM Melia, Salome 2475 ½ – ½

Bo. 11 Spain (ESP) Rtg – 16 Netherlands (NED) Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2395 – GM Peng, Zhaoqin 2391 1 – 0
5.2 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2424 – WIM Haast, Anne 2324 0 – 1
5.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2385 – WIM Schut, Lisa 2317 ½ – ½
5.4 WIM Aranaz Murillo, Amalia 2314 – WGM Muhren, Bianca 2314 0 – 1

Standings of top 10 teams after 5 rounds

1 China CHN 10 97.0 18.0 28.00
2 Hungary HUN 10 86.0 16.5 28.00
3 Russia RUS 10 68.5 15.5 25.00
4 Netherlands NED 9 76.5 13.5 28.00
5 Poland POL 9 71.0 13.5 25.00
6 Serbia SRB 9 70.5 14.0 27.00
7 France FRA 8 84.5 15.5 29.00
8 Iran IRI 8 79.5 17.0 27.00
9 Indonesia INA 8 77.0 14.5 32.00
10 United States of America USA 8 70.0 14.5 29.00

Some games of the 5th round

Pairings of top 5 matches of the 6th round

1 CHN China 18 10 : 10 16½ Hungary HUN
2 VEN Venezuela 11 6 : 6 13 Norway NOR
3 SRB Serbia 14 9 : 10 15½ Russia RUS
4 NED Netherlands 13½ 9 : 9 13½ Poland POL
5 SVK Slovakia 14 8 : 8 15½ France FRA

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