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Olympiad Tromsø 2014 - Round 6 midnight report by GM Daniel King
| Round 6 on 2014/08/08 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 8 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | - | 21 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 1.1 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2743 | - | GM | Jobava, Baadur | 2713 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.2 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 2724 | - | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2618 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.3 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | 2659 | - | GM | Nigalidze, Gaioz | 2542 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.4 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | 2649 | - | GM | Shanava, Konstantine | 2563 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 29 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | - | 18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 2.1 | GM | Ivanisevic, Ivan | 2613 | - | GM | Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.2 | GM | Perunovic, Milos | 2602 | - | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2681 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.3 | GM | Markus, Robert | 2602 | - | GM | Iotov, Valentin | 2553 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.4 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | 2539 | - | IM | Dimitrov, Radoslav | 2461 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 20 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | - | 14 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 3.1 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | - | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.2 | GM | David, Alberto | 2565 | - | GM | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2628 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.3 | GM | Vocaturo, Daniele | 2587 | - | GM | Johannessen, Leif Erlend | 2528 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.4 | GM | Brunello, Sabino | 2560 | - | GM | Lie, Kjetil A. | 2528 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 13 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | - | 49 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 4.1 | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2760 | - | GM | Ismagambetov, Anuar | 2531 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 2664 | - | GM | Kotsur, Pavel | 2559 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.3 | GM | Quesada Perez, Yuniesky | 2649 | - | GM | Kostenko, Petr | 2461 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.4 | GM | Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo | 2603 | - | IM | Aitbayev, Aslan | 2425 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 33 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Rtg | - | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 5.1 | GM | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2700 | - | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2760 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Filippov, Anton | 2615 | - | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | 2795 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | 2510 | - | GM | Svidler, Peter | 2751 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | IM | Vakhidov, Jahongir | 2471 | - | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2714 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 42 | Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) | Rtg | - | 3 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 6.1 | GM | Predojevic, Borki | 2604 | - | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | GM | Dizdarevic, Emir | 2522 | - | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2720 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.3 | GM | Stojanovic, Dalibor | 2503 | - | GM | Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.4 | IM | Kadric, Denis | 2473 | - | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | 2624 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 24 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg | - | 72 | Indonesia (INA) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 7.1 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2671 | - | GM | Megaranto, Susanto | 2527 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | GM | Stevic, Hrvoje | 2606 | - | IM | Farid, Firman Syah | 2400 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.3 | GM | Kozul, Zdenko | 2608 | - | Ali Lutfi, Muhammad | 2339 | 1 - 0 | |
| 7.4 | GM | Zelcic, Robert | 2548 | - | CM | Setyaki, Azarya Jodi | 2186 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 7 | China (CHN) | Rtg | - | 38 | Egypt (EGY) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 8.1 | GM | Wang, Yue | 2718 | - | GM | Amin, Bassem | 2627 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | GM | Ding, Liren | 2742 | - | IM | Ezat, Mohamed | 2466 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.3 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2668 | - | GM | Adly, Ahmed | 2589 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.4 | GM | Ni, Hua | 2666 | - | GM | El Gindy, Essam | 2486 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 31 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | - | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 9.1 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | 2710 | - | GM | Leko, Peter | 2740 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.2 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2634 | - | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2637 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.3 | IM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | 2501 | - | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.4 | IM | Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy | 2507 | - | GM | Polgar, Judit | 2676 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | - | 39 | Iran (IRI) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 10.1 | GM | Giri, Anish | 2745 | - | GM | Moradiabadi, Elshan | 2598 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.2 | GM | L'Ami, Erwin | 2631 | - | IM | Idani, Pouya | 2499 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.3 | GM | Tiviakov, Sergei | 2664 | - | GM | Toufighi, Homayoon | 2424 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.4 | GM | Van Kampen, Robin | 2638 | - | GM | Golizadeh, Asghar | 2490 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 58 | Norway 2 (NOR2) | Rtg | - | 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 11.1 | IM | Urkedal, Frode | 2500 | - | GM | Navara, David | 2716 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.2 | IM | Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal | 2450 | - | GM | Laznicka, Viktor | 2676 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.3 | IM | Tari, Aryan | 2440 | - | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 2634 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.4 | Salomon, Johan | 2353 | - | GM | Babula, Vlastimil | 2549 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 10 | England (ENG) | Rtg | - | 4 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 12.1 | GM | Adams, Michael | 2740 | - | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2805 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | GM | Jones, Gawain C B | 2665 | - | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2686 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | GM | Short, Nigel D | 2665 | - | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | 2672 | 0 - 1 |
| 12.4 | GM | Sadler, Matthew D | 2653 | - | GM | Akopian, Vladimir | 2655 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 32 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg | - | 27 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 13.1 | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2625 | - | GM | Zhigalko, Sergei | 2678 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.2 | GM | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian | 2574 | - | GM | Zhigalko, Andrey | 2580 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.3 | GM | Jianu, Vlad-Cristian | 2579 | - | GM | Kovalev, Vladislav | 2532 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.4 | GM | Vajda, Levente | 2561 | - | GM | Stupak, Kirill | 2514 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 44 | Belgium (BEL) | Rtg | - | 12 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 14.1 | GM | Winants, Luc | 2545 | - | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2709 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.2 | GM | Michiels, Bart | 2535 | - | GM | Meier, Georg | 2646 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.3 | IM | Ringoir, Tanguy | 2508 | - | GM | Fridman, Daniel | 2639 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.4 | FM | Vandenbussche, Thibaut | 2411 | - | GM | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2689 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 19 | India (IND) | Rtg | - | 45 | Moldova (MDA) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 15.1 | GM | Negi, Parimarjan | 2645 | - | GM | Bologan, Viktor | 2654 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2669 | - | GM | Svetushkin, Dmitry | 2547 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.3 | GM | Adhiban, B. | 2619 | - | IM | Hamitevici, Vladimir | 2467 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.4 | GM | Lalith, Babu M.R. | 2565 | - | Cerbulenco, Liviu | 2203 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 23 | Latvia (LAT) | Rtg | - | 26 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 16.1 | GM | Shirov, Alexei | 2709 | - | GM | Solak, Dragan | 2632 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.2 | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | 2650 | - | GM | Esen, Baris | 2589 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.3 | GM | Neiksans, Arturs | 2572 | - | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa | 2569 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.4 | IM | Kantans, Toms | 2496 | - | GM | Ipatov, Alexander | 2614 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | - | 51 | Switzerland (SUI) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 17.1 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2744 | - | GM | Pelletier, Yannick | 2578 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2717 | - | GM | Gallagher, Joseph G. | 2473 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.3 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2723 | - | IM | Georgiadis, Nico | 2448 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.4 | GM | Moiseenko, Alexander | 2707 | - | IM | Kurmann, Oliver | 2423 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 9 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | - | 37 | Canada (CAN) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 18.1 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | 2753 | - | GM | Kovalyov, Anton | 2622 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.2 | GM | Smirin, Ilia | 2656 | - | GM | Hansen, Eric | 2593 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.3 | GM | Sutovsky, Emil | 2624 | - | IM | Gerzhoy, Leonid | 2473 | 1 - 0 |
| 18.4 | GM | Postny, Evgeny | 2651 | - | GM | Sambuev, Bator | 2528 | ½ - ½ |
| 19.1 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2735 | - | GM | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 2663 | ½ - ½ |
| 19.2 | GM | Gajewski, Grzegorz | 2659 | - | GM | Cordova, Emilio | 2629 | ½ - ½ |
| 19.3 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2576 | - | GM | Cori, Jorge | 2630 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.4 | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | 2640 | - | GM | Cruz, Cristhian | 2553 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 25 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg | - | 57 | Qatar (QAT) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 20.1 | GM | Banikas, Hristos | 2644 | - | GM | Al-Modiahki, Mohamad | 2549 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.2 | GM | Papaioannou, Ioannis | 2641 | - | GM | Al-Sayed, Mohammed | 2505 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.3 | GM | Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios | 2608 | - | GM | Zhu, Chen | 2461 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.4 | GM | Halkias, Stelios | 2544 | - | IM | Nezad, Husein Aziz | 2365 | 0 - 1 |
Russia was on the verge of being surprised by Uzbekistan! With three White wins in the match it was all down to the game Dzhumaev-Svidler. The Uzbekistani player had Svidler completely crushed, winning in every variation. However he somehow kept making it more and more complicated on himself until they reached a relatively unclear endgame.
Kasimdzhanov has good reasons to smile: an important win against Kramnik! Marin will be annotating this for our follow-up report. Kasimdzhanov is currently 3-0 against 2700s in this tournament. He has defeated Naiditsch, Ivanchuk and Kramnik.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov analysing his win over Kramnik with Daniel King in the ChessBase studio
Meanwhile Serbia and Bulgaria split the point. Bulgaria's secret weapon Valentin Iotov was finally stopped and he now "only" has 5.5/6 rather than a perfect score. Topalov outplayed Ivanisevic for Bulgaria's win while Indjic beat Dimitrov for Serbia.
Caruana had a very pleasant position against Carlsen; but somehow he managed to confuse himself and after a series of bad moves he not only let Carlsen equalize, he found his position was just full of weaknesses he could not hold on to. Carlsen takes a surprising win considering the position out of the opening and helps his team beat Italy 3-1. Marin will be annotating the Caruana vs. Carlsen game later today.
Sargissian somehow managed to hold on in a lost endgame, giving Armenia the 2.5-1.5 edge over England
Radjabov was Azerbaijan's only draw in the annihilation of Georgia 3.5-0.5. Mamedyarov destroyed Jobava after the Georgian player played a really ridiculous opening and found himself lost after only a few moves of chess. With wins by Mamedov and Safarli Azerbaijan clings on to their lead.
Dominguez is Cuba's top board and today they had a clean win against Kazakhstan. They play Azerbaijan tomorrow to determine who will lead after round seven.
In this match Cuba received an early gift:
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"] [Black "Kostenko, Petr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2461"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r5k1/5ppp/q3p3/1b1pP3/1p1B1PP1/rP2R3/P2Q3P/1KR5 w - - 0 27"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Cuba"] [BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"] [BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"] 27. Rc2 Bf1 28. f5 $1 {So far the game has been very complex. Black has strong pressure on the a-file but it is not so clear what to do next. If he manages to incorporate his bishop into the attack it would be lethal, but Quesada is doing a beautiful job of keeping it at bay. Kostenko thinks he finds a clever way to bring the bishop into the game.} Bh3 $4 {A horrible blunder!} (28... h6 $1 {preparing Bh3 would have kept Black very much alive.} 29. Rg3 Bh3 $1 $13) 29. Rxh3 $1 {Black was relying on the Qf1+ trick, but it backfires.} exf5 ( 29... Qf1+ 30. Qc1 Qxh3 31. Rc8+ {and there is back rank mate.}) 30. Qd3 {with a free piece the rest is very easy for the Cuban player.} Qa5 (30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3 fxg4 32. Bc5 {is hopeless.}) 31. Qxf5 h6 32. e6 {a devastating loss and so early in the round! Most games were still tense when Kostenko was forced to resign.} 1-0
In slightly lower boards Croatia edged out Indonesia while China crushed Egypt. France had a surprisingly tough time against Bosnia & Herzegovina and that match is still unclear at the time of this article being published.
The Netherlands somehow beat Iran even though at some point it looked like 2-2 would be the best the Dutch could hope for. Hungary beat Vietnam with another important win by Judit Polgar who is playing very well (except for one lucky win against Venezuela!).
| Rk. | Team | Pts | TB2 |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 11 | 127.0 |
| 2 | Cuba | 11 | 112.0 |
| 3 | Russia | 10 | 118.0 |
| 4 | China | 10 | 117.0 |
| 5 | Serbia | 10 | 116.5 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 10 | 114.5 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 10 | 107.5 |
| 8 | Croatia | 10 | 107.5 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 10 | 105.0 |
| 10 | Hungary | 10 | 103.0 |
| 11 | Armenia | 10 | 101.0 |
| 12 | Romania | 10 | 90.0 |
| 13 | France | 9 | 119.5 |
| 14 | India | 9 | 107.5 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 9 | 104.5 |
| 16 | Germany | 9 | 101.5 |
| 17 | Poland | 9 | 98.0 |
| 18 | Norway | 9 | 93.5 |
| 19 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 9 | 92.0 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 9 | 90.0 |
| Round 6 on 2014/08/08 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 1 | China (CHN) | Rtg | - | 13 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 1.1 | GM | Hou, Yifan | 2661 | - | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2485 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.2 | WGM | Ju, Wenjun | 2559 | - | IM | Madl, Ildiko | 2347 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.3 | GM | Zhao, Xue | 2508 | - | IM | Gara, Anita | 2327 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.4 | WGM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2468 | - | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2321 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 49 | Venezuela (VEN) | Rtg | - | 38 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 2.1 | IM | Sanchez Castillo, Sarai | 2207 | - | WIM | Sahl, Sheila Barth | 2216 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.2 | WIM | Rovira Contreras, Tairu | 2076 | - | WIM | Bjerke, Silje | 2189 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.3 | WFM | Gutierrez Salazar, Leonela | 2096 | - | WGM | Koskela, Niina | 2213 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.4 | WIM | Montilla, Jorcerys | 2118 | - | WIM | Hagesather, Ellen | 2182 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 15 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | - | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 3.1 | IM | Bojkovic, Natasa | 2425 | - | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2540 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.2 | WGM | Vojinovic, Jovana | 2312 | - | GM | Gunina, Valentina | 2524 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.3 | WGM | Stojanovic, Andjelija | 2297 | - | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2531 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.4 | WIM | Rakic, Marija | 2323 | - | WGM | Girya, Olga | 2484 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 16 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | - | 8 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 4.1 | WIM | Haast, Anne | 2324 | - | GM | Socko, Monika | 2470 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.2 | WIM | Schut, Lisa | 2317 | - | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 2398 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.3 | WGM | Muhren, Bianca | 2314 | - | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | 2380 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.4 | IM | Lanchava, Tea | 2276 | - | WGM | Bartel, Marta | 2359 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 18 | Slovakia (SVK) | Rtg | - | 9 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 5.1 | IM | Repkova, Eva | 2358 | - | GM | Sebag, Marie | 2480 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.2 | IM | Stockova, Zuzana | 2383 | - | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2385 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | WGM | Kochetkova, Julia | 2338 | - | IM | Collas, Silvia | 2316 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | WFM | Machalova, Veronika | 2214 | - | WIM | Congiu, Mathilde | 2318 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 21 | Iran (IRI) | Rtg | - | 32 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 6.1 | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | 2352 | - | WGM | Botsari, Anna-Maria | 2299 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | WGM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | 2324 | - | WFM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 2240 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.3 | WIM | Hejazipour, Mitra | 2269 | - | WIM | Pavlidou, Ekaterini | 2170 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.4 | WIM | Hakimifard, Ghazal | 2232 | - | WFM | Markantonaki, Haritomeni | 2180 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 31 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | - | 23 | Indonesia (INA) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 7.1 | IM | Zimina, Olga | 2327 | - | WGM | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | 2396 | 0 - 1 |
| 7.2 | FM | Brunello, Marina | 2281 | - | WGM | Aulia, Medina Warda | 2397 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.3 | IM | Sedina, Elena | 2291 | - | WIM | Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias | 2206 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | WFM | Messina, Roberta | 2042 | - | WFM | Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia | 2128 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 7 | USA) | Rtg | - | 47 | Estonia (EST) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 8.1 | GM | Krush, Irina | 2474 | - | WCM | Narva, Mai | 2205 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | IM | Zatonskih, Anna | 2466 | - | WIM | Tsiganova, Monika | 2094 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.3 | WGM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 2366 | - | WCM | Narva, Triin | 2068 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.4 | WGM | Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | 2252 | - | WIM | Fomina, Tatyana | 2216 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 6 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg | - | 42 | Switzerland (SUI) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 9.1 | IM | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | 2422 | - | WIM | Seps, Monika | 2236 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.2 | IM | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | 2404 | - | WGM | Hund, Barbara | 2153 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.3 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2354 | - | WFM | De Seroux, Camille | 2129 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.4 | WGM | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | 2327 | - | WFM | Stoeri, Laura | 2123 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 10 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | - | 19 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 10.1 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2490 | - | WGM | Marrero Lopez, Yaniet | 2324 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.2 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2453 | - | WGM | Pina Vega, Sulennis | 2270 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.3 | IM | Galojan, Lilit | 2275 | - | WGM | Vigoa Apecheche, Yanira | 2317 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.4 | WGM | Kursova, Maria | 2313 | - | WGM | Arribas Robaina, Maritza | 2291 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 4 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | - | 25 | Latvia (LAT) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 11.1 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2550 | - | WGM | Reizniece-Ozola, Dana | 2278 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.2 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2478 | - | WGM | Rogule, Laura | 2347 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.3 | IM | Melia, Salome | 2475 | - | WGM | Berzina, Ilze | 2247 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.4 | IM | Batsiashvili, Nino | 2435 | - | WIM | Skinke, Katrina | 2217 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 30 | Colombia (COL) | Rtg | - | 61 | Belgium (BEL) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 12.1 | WIM | Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea | 2368 | - | WFM | Goossens, Hanne | 2178 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | WIM | Franco Valencia, Beatriz Irene | 2210 | - | WFM | Morozova, Iuliia | 2060 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.3 | WIM | Rivera Banquez, Ingris | 2210 | - | Barbier, Wiebke | 1944 | 1 - 0 | |
| 12.4 | WIM | Castrillon Gomez, Melissa | 2168 | - | Dierckens, Sarah | 1873 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 5 | India (IND) | Rtg | - | 11 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 13.1 | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | 2521 | - | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2395 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.2 | IM | Karavade, Eesha | 2392 | - | IM | Alexandrova, Olga | 2424 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.3 | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | 2352 | - | IM | Matnadze, Ana | 2385 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.4 | WGM | Padmini, Rout | 2318 | - | WIM | Hernandez Estevez, Yudania | 2258 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | - | 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 14.1 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2555 | - | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2505 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.2 | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2530 | - | WGM | Videnova, Iva | 2342 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.3 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | 2468 | - | WGM | Nikolova, Adriana | 2325 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | 2379 | - | WGM | Voiska, Margarita | 2279 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 20 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | - | 29 | Sweden (SWE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 15.1 | WIM | Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung | 2307 | - | GM | Cramling, Pia | 2500 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.2 | WIM | Hoang, Thi Nhu Y | 2269 | - | WIM | Agrest, Inna | 2235 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.3 | WGM | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | 2329 | - | WFM | Frisk, Ellinor | 2257 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.4 | Luong, Phuong Hanh | 2171 | - | Bengtsson, Jessica | 1933 | 1 - 0 | ||
| Bo. | 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | - | 28 | Mongolia (MGL) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 16.1 | WGM | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | 2336 | - | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 2410 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.2 | WGM | Saduakassova, Dinara | 2375 | - | WGM | Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs | 2346 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.3 | WGM | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 2333 | - | WFM | Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal | 2109 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.4 | WIM | Dauletova, Gulmira | 2252 | - | WFM | Lkhamsuren, Uuganbayar | 2125 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 45 | Canada (CAN) | Rtg | - | 40 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 17.1 | WIM | Yuan, Yuanling | 2241 | - | IM | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | 2407 | 0 - 1 |
| 17.2 | WIM | Khoudgarian, Natalia | 2136 | - | FM | Stetsko, Lanita | 2261 | 0 - 1 |
| 17.3 | WFM | Botez, Alexandra | 2089 | - | Nevioselaya, Maria | 2032 | 1 - 0 | |
| 17.4 | WCM | Zhou, Qiyu | 2109 | - | Revo, Tatiana | 2023 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 64 | Iceland (ISL) | Rtg | - | 26 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 18.1 | WGM | Ptacnikova, Lenka | 2273 | - | WIM | Shvayger, Yuliya | 2275 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.2 | Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur | 1982 | - | WIM | Vasiliev, Olga | 2276 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.3 | Finnbogadottir, Tinna Kristin | 1915 | - | IM | Borsuk, Angela | 2198 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.4 | Kristinardottir, Elsa Maria | 1839 | - | WIM | David Glaz, Ilana | 2200 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 27 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | - | 33 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 19.1 | WIM | Havlikova, Kristyna | 2215 | - | WGM | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | 2296 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.2 | WIM | Olsarova, Karolina | 2237 | - | WGM | Ozturk, Kubra | 2291 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.3 | WGM | Sikorova, Olga | 2289 | - | WIM | Isgandarova, Khayala | 2190 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.4 | Novosadova, Kristyna | 2174 | - | WIM | Topel, Zehra | 2156 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 37 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg | - | 48 | Ecuador (ECU) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 20.1 | WGM | Srebrnic, Ana | 2251 | - | WGM | Heredia Serrano, Carla | 2168 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.2 | WGM | Krivec, Jana | 2259 | - | WFM | Bosch Garcia, Jacqueline | 2173 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.3 | WFM | Kolaric, Spela | 2043 | - | WFM | Romero Echeverria, Abigail | 2098 | 1 - 0 |
| 20.4 | WFM | Unuk, Laura | 2221 | - | WIM | Moncayo Romero, Evelyn | 2119 | ½ - ½ |
China continues rolling the opposition as they had simply no problems winning against Hungary. Hou Yifan crushed her opponent, Hoang Tranh Trang:
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2485"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "Ungarn"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 $5 {The Alekhine-Chatard gambit against the Classical French has never been fully refuted and it is still quite playable. That being said there are a couple of lines that should give Black interesting play.} c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 (7... Qxe7 {is another line and it leads to completely different positions.}) 8. Nf3 Qb6 $6 { This is likely already a mistake.} (8... a6 {is probably more to the point, covering b5 at least.}) 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nb5 h6 12. Qf4 a6 13. Nbxd4 {it is clear that something went wrong here for Black. She doesn't have enough pressure in the center and her king is stuck on e7 for the rest of the game. All Hou Yifan has to do is angle her attack towards it.} Nc5 14. g4 Ne4 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. a3 {White simply controls the c6 knight and takes her time. Bd3 will come at some point, kicking out the knight from e4.} Bd7 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. g5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 hxg5 $2 {This just helps fuel White's attack.} 20. Qxg5+ Kf8 21. Rhg1 Nxd3+ (21... g6 22. Qf6 {is devastating.}) 22. Rxd3 Rh7 23. Rf3 Ke8 24. Qf4 $1 {Surprisingly it is impossible to defend f7!} g6 25. h5 $1 {The point; the pawn is taboo.} Qc5 (25... Rxh5 26. Qxf7+ $18) (25... g5 26. Qxg5 $18) (25... gxh5 26. Rg8+ $18) 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6 Bc8 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Nxe6 Qa5 30. b4 Rh1+ 31. Kb2 Qb6 32. Qf7+ {A devastating loss for the ex European Champion.} *
Hungary's #1 had no chance against the World Champion
China's Tan Zhongyi asking last minute help from their coach, Yu Shaoteng
Krush helped America's win against Estonia
Russia disposed of Serbia without a problem 3.5-0.5 and should play a really strong team tomorrow. With Poland's and France's victories it seems as there will be very top matches in round seven. Greece and Iran had a very tough match and they split the point. Indonesia pulled off a miracle and somehow beat Italy 3-1 after their first board, Irene Sukandar, took advantage of a horrible blunder by Olga Zimina.
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Zimina, Olga"] [Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2327"] [BlackElo "2396"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/1R5p/3q2p1/2n2p2/1pPNp3/3rP1P1/4QPKP/8 w - - 0 57"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Italien"] [BlackTeam "Indonesien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"] [BlackTeamCountry "INA"] 57. Rxb4 {White is a clear pawn up and has the better position due to Black's exposed king.} f4 $6 {Sheer desperation.} 58. gxf4 Rxd4 59. exd4 Nd3 60. c5 Qxf4 61. Rb7 $4 {Maybe without sensing the threat ZImina completely blunders the game, and the match.} (61. Rb1 $1 $18 {and Black has absolutely nothing.}) 61... Qg5+ $1 62. Kf1 Qc1+ {A terrible turn of events. Kg2 runs into Nf4+ and there is very little better. Indonesia takes the match 2.5-1.5.} 0-1
Alina l'Ami took a break from winning games for Romania to go back to her photography passion
Vojinovic is Serbia's second board; and they have had an amazing tournament so far, despite today's bad defeat against Russia.
Tomorrow will feature the incredibly anticipated match between Russia and China. Kateryna Lagno (most likely, unless Russia decides to rest her) will be playing with the White pieces against Hou Yifan.
Marie Sebag beat Repkova and gave France the win before the third board even finished
Lisa Schut's Netherlands fell to the higher rated Polish team
| Rk. | Team | Pts | TB2 |
| 1 | China | 12 | 147.0 |
| 2 | Russia | 12 | 123.0 |
| 3 | Poland | 11 | 110.0 |
| 4 | France | 10 | 115.5 |
| 5 | Romania | 10 | 115.5 |
| 6 | Hungary | 10 | 114.5 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 10 | 110.0 |
| 8 | United States of America | 10 | 101.0 |
| 9 | Armenia | 10 | 97.0 |
| 10 | Georgia | 9 | 116.0 |
| 11 | Colombia | 9 | 100.5 |
| 12 | Iran | 9 | 97.5 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 9 | 96.0 |
| 14 | Serbia | 9 | 95.0 |
| 15 | Greece | 9 | 93.0 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 9 | 91.0 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 86.5 |
| 18 | Belarus | 8 | 103.0 |
| 19 | Israel | 8 | 98.0 |
| 20 | Spain | 8 | 93.5 |
Photos by Alejandro Ramirez
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