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Olympiad Tromsø 2014 - Round 4 midnight report by GM Daniel King
| Round 4 on 2014/08/05 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 3 | France (FRA) | Rtg | - | 8 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 1.1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | - | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2743 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.2 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2720 | - | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 2724 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.3 | GM | Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 | - | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | 2659 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.4 | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | 2624 | - | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | 2649 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 29 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | - | 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 2.1 | GM | Ivanisevic, Ivan | 2613 | - | GM | Navara, David | 2716 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.2 | GM | Perunovic, Milos | 2602 | - | GM | Laznicka, Viktor | 2676 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.3 | GM | Markus, Robert | 2602 | - | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 2634 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.4 | GM | Sedlak, Nikola | 2554 | - | GM | Petr, Martin | 2530 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 14 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | - | 15 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | - | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2735 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.2 | GM | Agdestein, Simen | 2630 | - | GM | Gajewski, Grzegorz | 2659 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.3 | GM | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2628 | - | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2576 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | GM | Lie, Kjetil A. | 2528 | - | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | 2640 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | - | 7 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 4.1 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2760 | - | GM | Wang, Yue | 2718 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | 2795 | - | GM | Ding, Liren | 2742 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.3 | GM | Svidler, Peter | 2751 | - | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2668 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.4 | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | 2786 | - | GM | Ni, Hua | 2666 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | - | 9 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 5.1 | GM | Giri, Anish | 2745 | - | GM | Gelfand, Boris | 2753 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Tiviakov, Sergei | 2664 | - | GM | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2671 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | GM | Van Wely, Loek | 2662 | - | GM | Sutovsky, Emil | 2624 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | GM | Van Kampen, Robin | 2638 | - | GM | Postny, Evgeny | 2651 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | - | 32 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 6.1 | GM | Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | - | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2625 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.2 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2681 | - | GM | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian | 2574 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.3 | GM | Iotov, Valentin | 2553 | - | GM | Jianu, Vlad-Cristian | 2579 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.4 | IM | Dimitrov, Radoslav | 2461 | - | GM | Vajda, Levente | 2561 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 33 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Rtg | - | 12 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 7.1 | GM | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2700 | - | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2709 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.2 | GM | Filippov, Anton | 2615 | - | GM | Meier, Georg | 2646 | 0 - 1 |
| 7.3 | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | 2510 | - | GM | Fridman, Daniel | 2639 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | FM | Tillyaev, Ulugbek | 2367 | - | GM | Baramidze, David | 2612 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 26 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg | - | 20 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 8.1 | GM | Solak, Dragan | 2632 | - | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | GM | Esen, Baris | 2589 | - | GM | David, Alberto | 2565 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.3 | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa | 2569 | - | GM | Vocaturo, Daniele | 2587 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.4 | GM | Ipatov, Alexander | 2614 | - | GM | Dvirnyy, Danyyil | 2530 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 21 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | - | 46 | Mexico (MEX) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 9.1 | GM | Jobava, Baadur | 2713 | - | GM | Leon Hoyos, Manuel | 2517 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.2 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2618 | - | GM | Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto | 2519 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.3 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2581 | - | IM | Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando | 2467 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.4 | GM | Nigalidze, Gaioz | 2542 | - | CM | Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos | 2351 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 44 | Belgium (BEL) | Rtg | - | 51 | Switzerland (SUI) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 10.1 | GM | Winants, Luc | 2545 | - | GM | Pelletier, Yannick | 2578 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.2 | GM | Michiels, Bart | 2535 | - | GM | Gallagher, Joseph G. | 2473 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.3 | IM | Ringoir, Tanguy | 2508 | - | IM | Georgiadis, Nico | 2448 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.4 | IM | Docx, Stefan | 2491 | - | IM | Kurmann, Oliver | 2423 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 49 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | - | 45 | Moldova (MDA) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 11.1 | GM | Ismagambetov, Anuar | 2531 | - | GM | Bologan, Viktor | 2654 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.2 | GM | Kostenko, Petr | 2461 | - | GM | Svetushkin, Dmitry | 2547 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.3 | GM | Khusnutdinov, Rustam | 2470 | - | Cerbulenco, Liviu | 2203 | 1 - 0 | |
| 11.4 | IM | Aitbayev, Aslan | 2425 | - | GM | Sanduleac, Vasile | 2396 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 13 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | - | 19 | India (IND) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 12.1 | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2760 | - | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2590 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | GM | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 2664 | - | GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2669 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | GM | Quesada Perez, Yuniesky | 2649 | - | GM | Adhiban, B. | 2619 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.4 | GM | Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo | 2603 | - | GM | Lalith, Babu M.R. | 2565 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 48 | Paraguay (PAR) | Rtg | - | 31 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 13.1 | GM | Bachmann, Axel | 2644 | - | GM | Le, Quang Liem | 2710 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.2 | GM | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | 2602 | - | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2634 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.3 | GM | Cubas, Jose Fernando | 2455 | - | IM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | 2501 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.4 | FM | Latorre, Matias | 2277 | - | IM | Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy | 2507 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 10 | England (ENG) | Rtg | - | 23 | Latvia (LAT) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 14.1 | GM | Adams, Michael | 2740 | - | GM | Shirov, Alexei | 2709 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.2 | GM | Short, Nigel D | 2665 | - | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | 2650 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.3 | GM | Howell, David W L | 2650 | - | GM | Neiksans, Arturs | 2572 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | GM | Sadler, Matthew D | 2653 | - | GM | Miezis, Normunds | 2524 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 55 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Rtg | - | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 15.1 | GM | Rahman, Ziaur | 2523 | - | GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2744 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.2 | GM | Abdulla, Al-Rakib | 2522 | - | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2717 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.3 | GM | Hossain, Enamul | 2421 | - | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2723 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.4 | GM | Murshed, Niaz | 2453 | - | GM | Moiseenko, Alexander | 2707 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 35 | Argentina (ARG) | Rtg | - | 25 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 16.1 | GM | Peralta, Fernando | 2574 | - | GM | Banikas, Hristos | 2644 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.2 | GM | Mareco, Sandro | 2574 | - | GM | Papaioannou, Ioannis | 2641 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.3 | GM | Felgaer, Ruben | 2564 | - | GM | Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios | 2608 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.4 | GM | Flores, Diego | 2562 | - | GM | Mastrovasilis, Athanasios | 2526 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 24 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg | - | 59 | Mongolia (MGL) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 17.1 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2671 | - | GM | Batchuluun, Tsegmed | 2513 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | GM | Stevic, Hrvoje | 2606 | - | IM | Battulga, Namkhai | 2411 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.3 | GM | Palac, Mladen | 2563 | - | GM | Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan | 2501 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.4 | GM | Kozul, Zdenko | 2608 | - | IM | Munkhgal, Gombosuren | 2418 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 69 | Ecuador (ECU) | Rtg | - | 40 | Denmark (DEN) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 18.1 | GM | Matamoros Franco, Carlos S. | 2525 | - | GM | Palo, Davor | 2562 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.2 | FM | Guerra Tulcan, Lenin | 2374 | - | GM | Rasmussen, Allan Stig | 2522 | 1 - 0 |
| 18.3 | IM | Mieles Palau, Daniel | 2374 | - | GM | Aagaard, Jacob | 2525 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.4 | IM | Santos Flores, Alberto | 2291 | - | IM | Andersen, Mads | 2477 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 79 | South Africa (RSA) | Rtg | - | 6 | United States of America (USA) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 19.1 | IM | Solomon, Kenny | 2378 | - | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.2 | IM | Steel, Henry Robert | 2399 | - | GM | Kamsky, Gata | 2706 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.3 | IM | Kobese, Watu | 2333 | - | GM | Onischuk, Alexander | 2659 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.4 | IM | Gluckman, David | 2236 | - | GM | Shankland, Samuel L | 2624 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 75 | Portugal (POR) | Rtg | - | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 20.1 | IM | Dias, Paulo | 2416 | - | GM | Leko, Peter | 2740 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.2 | IM | Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo | 2413 | - | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2637 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.3 | IM | Rocha, Sergio | 2392 | - | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.4 | Santos, Hugo Lima | 2266 | - | GM | Polgar, Judit | 2676 | 0 - 1 | |
The most important result of the day was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's win against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and with Black! With three draws on the remaining boards this gave the edge to Azerbaijan against France. MVL blundered in time pressure:
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2743"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p1p/3q1bpk/Pp6/1PpRB1Q1/6PP/2N2n2/6K1 b - - 0 33"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Frankreich"] [BlackTeam "Aserbeidschan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] {A tense position after a fascinating game. Mamedyarov helf the advantage almost straight out of the opening, but the defining moment really came here.} 33... Bxd4 34. Qh4+ $2 (34. Qf4+ $1 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Ba7 $8 {and Black is up a pawn but this is not an endgame that can be won. Draw is the most likely scenario.}) 34... Kg7 35. Bxg6 $5 {Very clever, but insufficient.} Ng4+ $1 { Clever back! The knight goes to g4 because now White cannot take on d4.} 36. Kf1 hxg6 37. Nxd4 Qxd4 38. Qxg4 Qd3+ {for now there are equal pawns, but Black's c-pawn is more dangerous as in many lines it queens with check.} 39. Qe2 Qxg3 40. a6 Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qc3 43. Qa2 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 c3 {the extra pawns now make all the difference. Both the c and a-pawns will queen, but the endgame will be hopeless for MVL.} 45. Qa1 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Kh7 {Azerbaijan goes 8/8 in the Olympiad!} 0-1
Big Shakh gave Azerbaijan the win and the temporary tournament lead
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave couldn't find his way through complications in time-trouble
A A highly anticipated match happened on the second board as Norway faced Poland, which meant Carlsen vs. Wojtaszek
Can you find why 29...Qb6 was a deadly error in the game Carlsen-Wojtaszek? Solution further down.
Carlsen won a critically important game, as his victory over Wojtaszek
was what ultimately won Norway the match over Poland
The problem with 29...Qb6 is the following:
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B26"] [WhiteElo "2877"] [BlackElo "2735"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2rq1r2/p3npk1/3p2p1/1b4P1/1p1PPN2/5R2/PP3QB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Norwegen"] [BlackTeam "Polen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] 29... Qb6 $6 (29... Rh8 $16) 30. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 31. Be6 $1 {The threat of Bxf7 is nearly unstoppable, while the Bishop itself is taboo!} Be8 32. Nd5 (32. Rh3 { going for Checkmate was another way to end the game.}) 32... Nxd5 33. Bxd5 { Black is absolutely helpless against moving the rook from f3 and Qf6 checkmate. } 1-0
Serbia was able to narrowly beat the Czech Republic 2.5-1.5 as Markus converted a long endgame against Hracek on board three, the last game to finish.
In the Netherlands vs. Israel Rodshtein's win over Tiviakov gave Israel a 2-1 lead with the last game remaining being Giri vs. Gelfand.
Bulgaria had a very even match against Romania, despite their board three's demolition of his opponent:
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Iotov, Valentin"] [Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2553"] [BlackElo "2579"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgarien"] [BlackTeam "Rumänien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "ROU"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 {A quiet start to the game doesn't always mean the game will remain so!} O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {This line was once considered the most critical test of the set-up Black has chosen. Nowadays 7.Be2 is more popular at the top level.} Nh5 (7... c6 {is also possible and leads to completely different type of games.}) 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 Nxg3 {Black eliminates the bishop before it can move to h4, but now White has an open h-file to work with.} 10. hxg3 b6 11. Bd3 f5 $6 {The wrong way of shutting down White's attack.} (11... h6 {was much stronger, since it doesn't give White an extra target. It does however look risky as more light-squares are being weakened.}) 12. g4 $1 {Of course! Now Black's position is difficult to defend.} bxc5 13. gxf5 c4 14. fxe6 Nf6 15. Bxh7+ $1 {Black must have missed this move.} Nxh7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ng5 (17. Qf5 {was also strong.}) 17... Bb4 18. Qg6 {Black is helpless against the threat of Nf7 and Rh8 checkmate.} Bxe6 { Pure desperation, after this Iotov will have more material and a free attack.} 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Rh4 Qb5 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. Ke2 1-0
A couple of boards further down Turkey absolutely smashed Italy 3.5-0.5, a great result for the Turks as only their top board "conceded" a draw against Caruana. Georgia beat Mexico by the slimmest of margins while Cuba did the same with India.
The match between China and Russia was quite close... and at one moment it seemed that Russia's chances were hopeless. Kramnik spoilt a beautiful position against Wang Yue and he had to be happy with a draw. Meanwhile, with draws on boards three and four it all came down to Grischuk against Ding Liren. In a very strange decision, when the Chinese player was a up a full two pawns (!) he decided to go into an opposite colored bishop endgame.
This may have seemed winning for him when he entered the endgame, but it certainly was not simple at all! Eventually Grischuk created some type of fortress and the game ended when Grischuk claimed a three-fold repetition.
Ponomariov's Ukraine dispatched Bangladesh, despite Ivanchuk drawing in 15 moves.
ALe Quang Liem's game was the last to finish in Vietnam's victory over Paraguay
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Pts | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 51.0 | 12.5 |
| 2 | 18 | Bulgaria | 8 | 47.5 | 12.5 |
| 3 | 29 | Serbia | 8 | 47.0 | 13.0 |
| 4 | 1 | Russia | 7 | 59.0 | 13.5 |
| 5 | 11 | Netherlands | 7 | 53.0 | 12.5 |
| 6 | 33 | Uzbekistan | 7 | 47.0 | 11.5 |
| 7 | 7 | China | 7 | 45.0 | 12.0 |
| 8 | 9 | Israel | 7 | 45.0 | 12.0 |
| 9 | 26 | Turkey | 7 | 43.5 | 12.5 |
| 10 | 49 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 43.5 | 12.0 |
| 11 | 21 | Georgia | 7 | 42.5 | 12.5 |
| 12 | 2 | Ukraine | 7 | 42.0 | 12.0 |
| 13 | 31 | Vietnam | 7 | 39.5 | 13.5 |
| 14 | 10 | England | 7 | 39.0 | 12.0 |
| 15 | 14 | Norway | 7 | 37.5 | 10.0 |
| 16 | 44 | Belgium | 7 | 36.5 | 12.0 |
| 17 | 13 | Cuba | 7 | 34.5 | 12.5 |
| 18 | 12 | Germany | 6 | 44.0 | 12.0 |
| 19 | 24 | Croatia | 6 | 44.0 | 11.5 |
| 20 | 3 | France | 6 | 43.0 | 12.0 |
| Round 4 on 2014/08/05 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 21 | Iran (IRI) | Rtg | - | 18 | Slovakia (SVK) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 1.1 | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | 2352 | - | IM | Repkova, Eva | 2358 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | WGM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | 2324 | - | IM | Stockova, Zuzana | 2383 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.3 | WIM | Hejazipour, Mitra | 2269 | - | WGM | Kochetkova, Julia | 2338 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.4 | WIM | Hakimifard, Ghazal | 2232 | - | WFM | Gazikova, Veronika | 2034 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 38 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | - | 27 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 2.1 | WIM | Bjerke, Silje | 2189 | - | WIM | Havlikova, Kristyna | 2215 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.2 | WGM | Dolzhikova, Olga | 2166 | - | WIM | Olsarova, Karolina | 2237 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.3 | WGM | Koskela, Niina | 2213 | - | WGM | Sikorova, Olga | 2289 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.4 | WIM | Hagesather, Ellen | 2182 | - | WIM | Olsarova, Tereza | 2271 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 1 | China (CHN) | Rtg | - | 22 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Hou, Yifan | 2661 | - | WGM | Mamedjarova, Zeinab | 2229 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.2 | WGM | Ju, Wenjun | 2559 | - | WGM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2334 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.3 | WGM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2468 | - | WGM | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 2274 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.4 | WGM | Guo, Qi | 2453 | - | WIM | Ibrahimova, Sabina | 2263 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 23 | Indonesia (INA) | Rtg | - | 10 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 4.1 | WGM | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | 2396 | - | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2490 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.2 | WGM | Aulia, Medina Warda | 2397 | - | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2453 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.3 | WIM | Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias | 2206 | - | IM | Galojan, Lilit | 2275 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.4 | WFM | Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia | 2128 | - | WGM | Kursova, Maria | 2313 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 12 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | - | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 5.1 | IM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2464 | - | GM | Gunina, Valentina | 2524 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.2 | WGM | Melamed, Tatjana | 2364 | - | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2531 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | WGM | Ohme, Melanie | 2301 | - | WGM | Girya, Olga | 2484 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.4 | WGM | Hoolt, Sarah | 2318 | - | WGM | Pogonina, Natalija | 2479 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 16 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | - | 4 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 6.1 | GM | Peng, Zhaoqin | 2391 | - | GM | Khotenashvili, Bela | 2494 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.2 | WIM | Haast, Anne | 2324 | - | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2478 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.3 | WGM | Muhren, Bianca | 2314 | - | IM | Melia, Salome | 2475 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.4 | IM | Lanchava, Tea | 2276 | - | IM | Batsiashvili, Nino | 2435 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 13 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | - | 19 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 7.1 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2485 | - | WGM | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | 2345 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | IM | Madl, Ildiko | 2347 | - | WGM | Marrero Lopez, Yaniet | 2324 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.3 | IM | Gara, Anita | 2327 | - | WGM | Vigoa Apecheche, Yanira | 2317 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2321 | - | WGM | Arribas Robaina, Maritza | 2291 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 43 | Philippines (PHI) | Rtg | - | 11 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 8.1 | WIM | Camacho, Chardine Cheradee | 2214 | - | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2395 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.2 | WFM | Frayna, Janelle Mae | 2205 | - | IM | Alexandrova, Olga | 2424 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.3 | Fronda, Jan Jodilyn | 2098 | - | IM | Matnadze, Ana | 2385 | 0 - 1 | |
| 8.4 | Bernales, Christy Lamiel | 2055 | - | WIM | Aranaz Murillo, Amalia | 2314 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | - | 8 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 9.1 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2505 | - | GM | Socko, Monika | 2470 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.2 | WGM | Videnova, Iva | 2342 | - | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 2398 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.3 | WGM | Nikolova, Adriana | 2325 | - | WGM | Bartel, Marta | 2359 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.4 | WGM | Djingarova, Emilia | 2303 | - | WIM | Kulon, Klaudia | 2301 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 30 | Colombia (COL) | Rtg | - | 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 10.1 | WIM | Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea | 2368 | - | WGM | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | 2336 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.2 | WIM | Rivera Banquez, Ingris | 2210 | - | WGM | Saduakassova, Dinara | 2375 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.3 | WIM | Franco Valencia, Angela | 2186 | - | WGM | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 2333 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.4 | WIM | Castrillon Gomez, Melissa | 2168 | - | WIM | Dauletova, Gulmira | 2252 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 5 | India (IND) | Rtg | - | 15 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 11.1 | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | 2521 | - | WGM | Vojinovic, Jovana | 2312 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.2 | IM | Sachdev, Tanya | 2418 | - | WGM | Stojanovic, Andjelija | 2297 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.3 | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | 2352 | - | WIM | Rakic, Marija | 2323 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.4 | WGM | Padmini, Rout | 2318 | - | Velikic, Adela | 2145 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | - | 33 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 12.1 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2555 | - | WGM | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | 2296 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.2 | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2530 | - | WGM | Ozturk, Kubra | 2291 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2487 | - | WIM | Isgandarova, Khayala | 2190 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.4 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | 2379 | - | WCM | Cemhan, Kardelen | 2019 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 39 | England (ENG) | Rtg | - | 40 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 13.1 | IM | Houska, Jovanka | 2401 | - | IM | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | 2407 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.2 | WIM | Maroroa, Sue | 2120 | - | FM | Stetsko, Lanita | 2261 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.3 | Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya | 2016 | - | Nevioselaya, Maria | 2032 | 0 - 1 | ||
| 13.4 | WFM | James, Ann-Marie | 2095 | - | Revo, Tatiana | 2023 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 9 | France (FRA) | Rtg | - | 55 | ICCD (ICCD) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 14.1 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2385 | - | WCM | Mucha, Annegret | 2008 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.2 | WGM | Guichard, Pauline | 2375 | - | Myronenko, Natalya | 1942 | 1 - 0 | |
| 14.3 | IM | Collas, Silvia | 2316 | - | WIM | Gerasimova, Olga | 2045 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | WIM | Congiu, Mathilde | 2318 | - | Marcinkeviciene, Egle | 1675 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 20 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | - | 77 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 15.1 | WIM | Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung | 2307 | - | WFM | Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa | 1964 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | WIM | Hoang, Thi Nhu Y | 2269 | - | WCM | Tan, Li Ting | 1945 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.3 | WGM | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | 2329 | - | WCM | Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila | 1916 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.4 | Luong, Phuong Hanh | 2171 | - | WFM | Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha | 1886 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 42 | Switzerland (SUI) | Rtg | - | 59 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 16.1 | WIM | Seps, Monika | 2236 | - | WIM | Shamima, Akter Liza | 2147 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.2 | WGM | Hund, Barbara | 2153 | - | WFM | Khan, Nazrana | 2001 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.3 | WIM | Heinatz, Gundula | 2169 | - | WIM | Hamid, Rani | 1995 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.4 | WFM | Stoeri, Laura | 2123 | - | WFM | Sultana, Sharmin Shirin | 1984 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 50 | Brazil (BRA) | Rtg | - | 6 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 17.1 | WIM | Feliciano Ebert, Vanessa | 2226 | - | IM | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | 2404 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | WIM | Terao, Juliana Sayumi | 2222 | - | WGM | L'ami, Alina | 2446 | 0 - 1 |
| 17.3 | WIM | Chaves, Joara | 2026 | - | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2354 | 0 - 1 |
| 17.4 | WIM | Ribeiro, Regina | 2000 | - | WGM | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | 2327 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 87 | Uruguay (URU) | Rtg | - | 35 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 18.1 | WIM | Colombo, Camila | 2107 | - | WGM | Golubenko, Valentina | 2269 | 1 - 0 |
| 18.2 | WFM | De Leon, Patricia | 1921 | - | WIM | Franciskovic, Borka | 2318 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.3 | De San Vicente, Sabrina | 1687 | - | WIM | Jelica, Mara | 2184 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.4 | Costa, Anaclara | 1658 | - | WFM | Purgar, Ivona | 2102 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 24 | Argentina (ARG) | Rtg | - | 44 | Moldova (MDA) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 19.1 | IM | Lujan, Carolina | 2367 | - | WIM | Baciu, Diana | 2294 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.2 | WGM | Amura, Claudia | 2282 | - | IM | Petrenko, Svetlana | 2205 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.3 | WIM | Fernandez, Maria Florencia | 2218 | - | Hincu, Olga | 2027 | 1 - 0 | |
| 19.4 | WIM | Zuriel, Marisa | 2235 | - | Gitu, Paula-Alexandra | 1815 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 41 | Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) | Rtg | - | 36 | Lithuania (LTU) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 20.1 | WFM | Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra | 2293 | - | WGM | Daulyte, Deimante | 2386 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.2 | WIM | Boric, Elena | 2196 | - | WIM | Zaksaite, Salomeja | 2170 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.3 | WFM | Dengler, Dijana | 2070 | - | Batkovskyte, Dominyka | 2117 | ½ - ½ | |
| 20.4 | Jacimovic, Sara | 2032 | - | Vanagaite, Giedre | 2032 | 1 - 0 | ||
Surprises, surprises in the Women's section! Indonesia demolished the strong team of Armenia with a 3.5-0.5 score. While Iran continues to be on a roll.
Repkova (left) managed the only draw in the match between Iran and Slovakia. The Iranians now have amassed an amazing 15.5/16! China had no problems beating Azerbaijan, led by Hou Yifan who dispatched Zeinab Mamedjarova.
Diana Real Pereyra won her game, but Italy took the match 2.5-1.5 against Mexico
The Canadian team has a unique combination of experience and youth. Yuanling Yuan is their first board, a student at Yale University and an entrepeneur. Yuanling was Canada's only win today.
The Cuban team is spearheaded by Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes, but they lost to Hungary
Russia's Olga Girya lost against Melanie Ohme from Germany,
but her teammates picked up the slack and Russia won 2.5-1.5
| Rk. | Team | Pts | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
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China | 8 | 63.0 | 14.5 | 18.00 |
| 2 |
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Indonesia | 8 | 52.0 | 14.0 | 16.00 |
| 3 |
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Hungary | 8 | 46.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 |
| 4 |
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Russia | 8 | 46.0 | 13.0 | 16.00 |
| 5 |
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Iran | 8 | 45.5 | 15.5 | 12.00 |
| 6 |
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Georgia | 7 | 47.0 | 12.5 | 17.00 |
| 7 |
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Netherlands | 7 | 47.0 | 11.0 | 19.00 |
| 8 |
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Spain | 7 | 46.0 | 12.0 | 16.00 |
| 9 |
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Ukraine | 7 | 44.0 | 12.0 | 17.00 |
| 10 |
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Serbia | 7 | 40.0 | 11.0 | 15.00 |
| 11 |
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Poland | 7 | 37.5 | 10.5 | 16.00 |
| 12 |
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Kazakhstan | 7 | 35.0 | 11.5 | 14.00 |
| 13 |
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France | 6 | 49.0 | 12.5 | 18.00 |
| 14 |
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Romania | 6 | 47.5 | 11.0 | 19.00 |
| 15 |
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Belarus | 6 | 44.5 | 13.0 | 16.00 |
| 16 |
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Germany | 6 | 43.0 | 11.0 | 17.00 |
| 17 |
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United States of America | 6 | 39.0 | 12.0 | 17.00 |
| 18 |
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Switzerland | 6 | 39.0 | 12.0 | 14.00 |
| 19 |
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Cuba | 6 | 39.0 | 11.0 | 18.00 |
| 20 |
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Israel | 6 | 38.0 | 12.5 | 14.00 |
| 21 |
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Argentina | 6 | 38.0 | 12.0 | 14.00 |
| 22 |
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Armenia | 6 | 38.0 | 11.5 | 18.00 |
| 23 |
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Croatia | 6 | 36.0 | 11.0 | 16.00 |
| 24 |
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Greece | 6 | 35.0 | 11.0 | 15.00 |
| 25 |
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Vietnam | 6 | 34.0 | 11.0 | 14.00 |
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