2016 Baku Rd5: A day of brilliancies

by Albert Silver
9/7/2016 – The fifth round shows the Olympiad in Baku now in full swing, and lopsided pairings are now mostly a thing of the past. In the Open section, Ukraine continued their fantastic run, and after their great win over Russia, they now beat the Chinese, and remain unbeaten. Joining them is the Netherlands, who won against Belarus, followed by India who soundly defeated the Azeri team. In the Women’s section, only Russia and Ukraine remain unblemished. Still, what really stood out was the inordinate number of spectacular games, analyzed for your pleasure.
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2016 Baku Olympiad

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Round five

It was a true feast for the chess lovers with great matches, great moments and great games. While the games chosen all have special moments, you are invited to try your hand at them and see if your creativity and skill can match those of the players.

The Russians have been on the comeback trail, and while they won in round five and well, they still depend on their rivals to slip. Sergey Karjakin has been impeccable though and is 3.5/4 on board one. (photo by David Llada)

The biggest match of the day was Azerbaijan against India. Both teams had played gret, and both had superstars in their midst. It was India's day as Pentala Harikrishna defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on board one with black. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi also won, making it 3-1 for India. Please note that Vidit is on 5.0/5! (photo by M. Emelianova)

The Chinese have been trying to keep up that magic that brought them gold in 2014, notably thanks to the incredible performance by this man, Ding Liren. Unfortunately, it was not enough, as they fell to Ukraine in round five. (photo by M. Emelianova)

This man, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, defeated Yu Yangyi and secured victory for his team. (photo by David Llada)

Holland also continued its amazing performance, beating Belarus in round five. The key game was Benajmin Bok's absolutely mind-boggling win over Kirill Stupak. (photo by E. Kublashvili)

Kirill Stupak - Benjamin Bok (analyzed by GM Elshan Morodiabadi)

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Bok puts Netherlands on top of the table with this fine victory with black. 1.d4 (0s) Nf6 (0s) 2.c4 (0s) e6 (0s) 3.Nf3 (96s) d5 (0s) 4.Nc3 (147s) c6 (0s) 5.Bg5 (2s) h6 (4s) 6.Bxf6 (2s) Stupak has no interest in a theoretical duel in the 'Moscow variation'. Qxf6 (7s) 7.e3 (3s) g6 (31s) 8.e4!? (7s) A very rare choice and an odd continuation. dxe4 (318s) 9.Nxe4 (2s) Bb4+ (8s) 10.Ke2 (1s) The computers cry that this is a bad move but the idea of taking his majesty to the battlefield dates back to the time of Steinintz when he used to, sometimes, opt for 1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3. d4?! Qh4+ 4.Ke2 !! Qg7 (8s) 11.c5 (132s) Stupak cuts off this bishop and his entire plan revolves around keeping the bishop on c8 out of the game. 0-0 (15s) 12.Qa4 (783s) Na6 ( 75s) 13.Ke3? (183s) Stupak plays fast and inaccurately. He is playing with fire. It may seem that he is about to win a piece but in reality he gets his king exposed to numerous threats. b5 (185s) 13...f5 14.Bxa6 fxe4 looks also very good for black. 14.cxb6 (935s) axb6 (90s) 15.Qxc6 (26s) f5!? (943s) Of course! A king hunt is about to begin! 16.Qxa8 (637s) Nc7 (2007s) 17.Nf6+ (19s) Qxf6 (5s) 18.Qc6 (1119s) Nd5+ (485s) 19.Ke2 (40s) Rd8 (684s) None of White's pieces can protect his king while all of Black's pieces are active. That all happened with the mere material investment of an exchange and a pawn! 20.g3 (961s) Bc5! (610s) Brilliant play by Bok! 21.Qa4 (58s) 21.dxc5 Qxb2+ wins on the spot. 21.Bg2 Ba6+ 22.Ke1 Nb4 This is the idea of Bc5! it frees the b4 square for the knight! 21...Nb4? (36s) This almost lets White escape. 21...Bxd4‼ 22.Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Nf4+ 23.gxf4 Rxd4-+ 22...Nb4‼ 23.Bg2 23.Rd1 Qe5+ 24.Kd2 Rxd4+ 25.Kc1 Nd3+-+ 23.Qxb4 Rxd4 24.Qb5 24.Qxb6 Qe5+ 25.Kf3 Qe4# 24...Ba6 25.Qxa6 Qe5+ 26.Kf3 Qe4# 23...Ba6+ 24.Qxa6 Nxa6-+ 22.Rd1 (179s) 22.a3 Ba6+ 23.Ke1 Rxd4 24.Qe8+ Kg7 25.Bxa6 Rd8 26.Qxd8 26.Qa4 Qxb2-+
Ahh you were worried about castling? Forget it! White's king has made way too many moves! 26...Nc2+ 27.Kd2 Qxd8+ 28.Kxc2 Qa8 29.Be2 Qe4+ 30.Kd2 Bxf2 And it is not easy to imagine how Bok was going to win this game. 22...Bb7 ( 106s) 23.Rd2 (179s) Ra8 (441s) 24.Qd1 (245s) Bf8? (29s) Loss of an important tempo. 24...Rxa2 24...e5 25.a3 (36s) e5 (10s) 26.axb4 (280s) exd4 (23s) 27.Qb3+ (75s) Kh8 (13s) 28.Rd1?? (41s) I have a very hard time understanding this move. 28.Bg2 and I do not see how Black is going to prove that he has enough compensation when his material investment has gone from an exchange to a whole rook! 28...Re8+ (59s) 28...Qe7+ 29.Kd2 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Qxb4+ was probably better! 29.Kd2 (16s) Bxf3 (25s) 30.Qxf3 (33s) d3! (1s) Now White's king is exposed again! 31.Rb1?? (56s) 31.Kxd3 Qxb2 32.Qc6 Rd8+ 33.Ke3 Rxd1 34.Kf3 doesn't seem to be losing just yet. Stupak should have kept his faith in his king and had to let him to take care of himself! 31...Bxb4+ (63s) Now Black owns White's king. 32.Kxd3 (1s) Qe6! (18s) accurate play! This covers all of White's king possible sorties. 33.Kc2 (63s) Rc8+ (16s) 34.Qc3+ (28s) Bxc3 (8s) 35.bxc3 (1s) Qc6 (13s) And finally Bok's attack pays off in this tupsy-turvy game! 0–1
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Stupak,K2561Bok,B25920–12016D4342nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open5.8

Norway faced Belgium and won rather easily. It should be noted that the Norwegian team's performance has been rather lackluster thus far, but with Magnus there... anything can happen! (photo by David Llada)

Speaking of fantastic performances. Poland has been fine, and in particular Jan-Krzysztof Duda (center) who has scored an amazing 5.0/5 himself against GM opposition. See his handiwork in round five. It was impressive. (photo by M. Emelianova)

Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Viorel Iordachescu

 
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1.e4 0 e5 1 2.Nf3 0 Nc6 7 3.Bb5 0 Nf6 8 4.d3 0 d6 1:43 5.0-0 3:05 Bd7 2:11 6.c4 2:10 g6 3:57 7.Nc3 1:03 Bg7 18 8.h3 48 0-0 28 9.Be3 41 a6 6:09 10.Ba4 26 Nb8 1:15
The Ruy Lopez Steinitz is hardly new, and there are several typical plans here. White find a very original idea. Can you guess what it was and what the plan was?
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Duda,J2675Iordachescu,V25841–02016C6642nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open5.34

The English had lost a really bad match to Holland in round four, but they bounced back with a powerful win over Vietnam. Whatever ailed them before was quietly swept under the carpet as Gawain Jones played a game reminiscent of the great Tal! (photo by M. Emelianova)

Anh Khoi Nguyen - Gawain Jones (annotated by GM Elshan Moradiabadi)

 
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1.d4 (0s) In a round riched with cool games, this game was a true gem of its kind since we hardly ever see these Tal-like attacking games in modern days. GM Gawain Jones paid his tribute to Tal and the English squad with this beautiful victory. Nf6 (0s) 2.c4 (0s) g6 (0s) 3.Nc3 (0s) Bg7 (0s) Jones' 'pet' opening against 1.d4, A KID! 4.e4 (0s) 0-0 (26s) 5.Nf3 (0s) d6 (15s) 6.h3 (17s) This is the favorite move of Magnus Carlsen. GM Michael Krasenkow from Poland is considered one of the experts in this line with white. e5 (87s) 7.d5 (6s) Na6 (267s) 7...a5 Is more common. 8.Be3 (39s) 8.Bg5 This was Tigran Petrosian's favorite move. The idea is to provoke h6 before placing the bishop on e3. Qe8 9.g4 Jones has faced this before. Nd7 9...Kh8 10.Be2 Ng8 11.Rg1 Bd7 12.a3 Nc5 13.b4 Na4 14.Rc1 f6 15.Be3 Nxc3 16.Rxc3 a5 17.b5 f5 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Nh4 Be4 21.Bd3 Rf4 22.Bxe4 Rxh4 23.Bf5 Ne7 24.Be6 Ng6 25.Qc2 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.c5 Rh5 28.Kd2 dxc5 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 30.Rxc5 Qg6 31.Rxc7+ Kh6 32.Qc3 Rf8 33.Rxb7 Rg5 34.Rc7 Rg2 35.Bg4 Rf6 36.Qd4 Rg1 37.Bf3 Qg5 38.h4 Qxh4 39.Qa7 Kg5 40.Rxh7 1-0 (40) Navara,D (2751)-Szabo,K (2518) Montpellier 2015 10.Rg1 Nb6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.h4 Na4 13.Nb5 N4c5 14.Nd2 f6 15.Be3 c6 16.Nc3 Kh8 17.a3 f5 1-0 (58) Navara,D (2691)-Jones,G (2653) Istanbul 2012 8...Nc5 (154s) 9.Nd2 (36s) Nh5 (252s) A rare move chosen by Jones. 10.b4 (683s) Na6 (526s) 11.a3 (35s) Qe8 (54s) 12.c5 (196s) f5 (57s) 13.cxd6 (1296s) cxd6 (102s) 14.Nb5 (239s) Ok it seems that Black is in trouble, both d6 and a7 are hanging. Something went very wrong for Gawain Jones or..... f4! (547s) Jones understands what the position calls for! There is no time to wait and defend all the weaknesses. 15.Nxd6? (644s) Honestly, I find it very risky. The Vietnamese IM must have completey missed Gawain Jones' idea. 15.Bxa7 Bd7 16.Nxd6 Qe7 17.Bc5 Nxc5 18.bxc5 b6 19.Bc4 f3 20.Nxf3 Nf4 with a lot of headaches for both sides. Engines claim that White is winning but in a practical game at the board, this only looks unclear!
White just played Nxd6 attacking the queen. The question now is what was Black's continuation.
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Nguyen,A2448Jones,G26350–12016E9042nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open5.15

Among the many warriors at the Olympiad, a special shout out must be made to the IBCA, for the blind players who come to compete. FM Stanislav Babarykin (2339) has had a good event so far with 3.0/5 and a 2445 performance. (photo by M. Emelianova)  

Still, the star of the IBCA team so far has been FM Oliver Mueller (2272 FIDE) from Germany, who has also scored 3.0/5 with a 2448 performance, nearly 200 Elo more than his rating. (photo by M. Emelianova)

If the repatrated Latvian, Alexei Shirov, has been somewhat quiet this far, he was not in round five when he locked horns with the equally maverick Richard Rapport. (photo by David Llada)

Alexei Shirov - Richard Rapport

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1.e4 0 e5 5 2.Nf3 0 Nc6 5 3.Bb5 0 a6 9 4.Ba4 0 Nge7 5 5.c3 1018 d6 41 6.d4 12 Bd7 5 7.h4 844 The idea is to not only threaten to weaken Black's kingside, but take advantage that his pieces are so awkwardly placed. h6 268 8.h5 33 Ng8 1439 The idea of this strange looking retreat is to play Nf6 Be7 and castle, while possibly attacking the h5 pawn. 9.d5 303 Nce7 160 10.c4 18 b5 63 11.Bc2 569 f5?! 213 This seems far too optimistic. The point is to weaken White's hold on f5 and be able to play Nf5, Nf6 and Be7, but this presume White has nothing better to do that sit back and watch Black do what he likes. 12.Nh4 1204 Shirov isn't exactly known for 'sitting back' and doing nothing. f4 494 13.g3 160 fxg3 122 14.f4 8 Nf6 269 15.fxe5 13 Bg4 388 16.Qd3 193 Nxh5?! 41 O Ye of Little Faith. 17.e6 79 Ng6? 402 It is hard to know what to make of this. Desperation? It's true that the more normal 17...c6 18.Qd4 c5 19.Qd3 seems to only promise trouble, but still, it has to be more resistant than chucking a piece out the window. 18.Nxg6 275 Qf6 56 19.Qf1 90 Bf3 708 20.Rg1 123 Be7 12 21.Nxh8 543 I'll take that rook, thank you very much. Qd4 73 22.Rg2 16 1–0
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Shirov,A2673Rapport,R27521–02016C7542nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open5.1

In spite of all the hard competition, one of the wonderful things about an event such as the Olympiad is the opportunity to meet friends, make new ones, and bring people closer. Here are Iranian FM Aryan Gholami, Norwegian GM Aryan Tari, and WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik from Kazakhstan. (photo by M. Emelianova)

Tania Sachdev enjoys some laughs with Pentala Harikrishna (photo by M. Emelianova)

New generations and old: FM Aryan Gholami from Iran with GM Ehsan Maghami (photo by M. Emelianova)

The Women's competition was just as hard fought and just as brilliant. While Russia kept their perfect score by beating the rising team from Kazakhstan, Ukraine did just as well by defeating Serbia 3-1. In particular see Anna Muzychuk's fantastic win on board one. (photo by David Llada)

Jovana Rapport - Anna Muzychuk (annotated by GM Elshan Moradiabadi)

 
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1.c4 (0s) This game and its seemingly unexpected finish had a crucial effect on the final result of the match between Serbia and Ukraine. c5 (0s) 2.Nf3 (0s) g6 (0s) 3.e4 (314s) Rapport forces the game into a Maroczy-bind. Bg7 (23s) 4.d4 (5s) cxd4 (30s) 5.Nxd4 (7s) Nc6 (21s) 6.Be3 (115s) Nf6 (38s) 7.Nc3 (59s) d6 (55s) 8.Be2 (213s) 0-0 ( 18s) 9.Rc1!? (447s) A rare choice in this very popular opening. 9.0-0 is more common here. 9...Bd7 (360s) 10.Qd2 (74s) Nxd4 (218s) 11.Bxd4 (33s) Bc6 (74s) 12.f3 (18s) a5 (35s) The players are following the general plans for both sides. However, I started to doubt whether or not it was better for White to keep her rook on a1 to see which plan Black would adopt. 13.Be3 (1051s) Nd7 (503s) 14.g4?! (522s) Not a very good novelty. a4 (886s) 15.h4 (208s) Qa5?! (640s) Muzychuk's reaction is too optimisitc. 15...f5 is probably a better choice here. 16.h5 (1127s) Qe5 (559s) 17.Rh3 (915s) Nc5 (493s) 18.Rc2 (98s) a3 (974s) 19.b3 (7s) f5 (26s) Anna Muzychuk played a very risky continuation and engines do not seem to be fond of it. Although, they do not give so much advantage to white either. I assess this position as unclear and in game like this, anything can happen. 20.h6 (284s)
Move the bishop, or play something else? But what if not the retreat?
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Rapport,J2318Muzychuk,A25500–12016B3842nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women5.1

Here is the Women's team of Lithuania with IM Deimante Daulyte, WIM Salomeja Zaksaite, WFM Daiva Batyte, and WFM Laima Domarkaite. Although they failed to defeat the US in round five, their top board did beat GM Irina Krush in a flourish. (photo by David Llada)

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1.Nf3 0 Nf6 0 2.g3 0 g6 8 3.b3 5 Bg7 21 4.Bb2 0 d6 28 5.c4 25 e5 1:23 6.d3 17 0-0 33 7.Bg2 7 Nc6 0 8.0-0 1:21 Bf5 3:44 9.Nc3 5:53 Qd7 48 10.Re1 1:06 Rae8 3:37 11.Nd2 9:11 Bh3 5:29 12.Nde4 3:10 Bxg2 0 13.Nxf6+ 21 Bxf6 7 14.Kxg2 0 Bg7 53 15.Nd5 13:32 f5 2:29 16.e4 1:36 Nd8 6:19 17.Qd2 12:48 c6 0 18.Nc3 8 f4 1:36 19.f3 22:25 fxg3 8:26 20.hxg3 7
White is getting ready to consolidate her position and launch a counter-offensive, What was Black's response here?
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Krush,I2444Daulyte,D24210–12016A1542nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women5.1

 

Video impressions of round five by Vijay Kumar with interviews of the victorious Indians (see 10:20)

About GM Elshan Moradiabadi

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Round five games (with times per move)

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Open section (top pairings)

Bo.
5
 Ukraine (UKR)
Rtg
-
3
 China (CHN)
Rtg
2½:1½
1.1
GM
 Eljanov, Pavel
2739
-
GM
 Wang, Yue
2737
½-½
1.2
GM
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
2709
-
GM
 Ding, Liren
2753
½-½
1.3
GM
 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2693
-
GM
 Yu, Yangyi
2725
1-0
1.4
GM
 Volokitin, Andrei
2647
-
GM
 Wei, Yi
2717
½-½
Bo.
11
 Netherlands (NED)
Rtg
-
23
 Belarus (BLR)
Rtg
2½:1½
2.1
GM
 Giri, Anish
2755
-
GM
 Zhigalko, Sergei
2652
½-½
2.2
GM
 L'Ami, Erwin
2611
-
GM
 Kovalev, Vladislav
2599
½-½
2.3
GM
 Van Wely, Loek
2674
-
GM
 Zhigalko, Andrey
2591
½-½
2.4
GM
 Bok, Benjamin
2592
-
GM
 Stupak, Kirill
2561
1-0
Bo.
24
 Serbia (SRB)
Rtg
-
2
 United States of America (USA)
Rtg
1:3
3.1
GM
 Ivanisevic, Ivan
2650
-
GM
 Caruana, Fabiano
2808
½-½
3.2
GM
 Markus, Robert
2662
-
GM
 Nakamura, Hikaru
2789
0-1
3.3
GM
 Sedlak, Nikola
2537
-
GM
 So, Wesley
2782
0-1
3.4
GM
 Indjic, Aleksandar
2548
-
GM
 Robson, Ray
2674
½-½
Bo.
4
 Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)
Rtg
-
9
 India (IND)
Rtg
1:3
4.1
GM
 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761
-
GM
 Harikrishna, P.
2752
0-1
4.2
GM
 Radjabov, Teimour
2722
-
GM
 Adhiban, B.
2671
½-½
4.3
GM
 Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696
-
GM
 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669
0-1
4.4
GM
 Safarli, Eltaj
2688
-
GM
 Sethuraman, S.P.
2640
½-½
Bo.
29
 Slovenia (SLO)
Rtg
-
17
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Rtg
1:3
5.1
GM
 Beliavsky, Alexander G
2602
-
GM
 Navara, David
2742
½-½
5.2
GM
 Lenic, Luka
2622
-
GM
 Laznicka, Viktor
2651
½-½
5.3
GM
 Borisek, Jure
2558
-
GM
 Hracek, Zbynek
2591
0-1
5.4
GM
 Sebenik, Matej
2526
-
GM
 Babula, Vlastimil
2540
0-1
Bo.
14
 Spain (ESP)
Rtg
-
20
 Georgia (GEO)
Rtg
½:3½
6.1
GM
 Vallejo Pons, Francisco
2716
-
GM
 Jobava, Baadur
2665
0-1
6.2
GM
 Anton Guijarro, David
2630
-
GM
 Pantsulaia, Levan
2601
0-1
6.3
GM
 Vazquez Igarza, Renier
2580
-
GM
 Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575
0-1
6.4
GM
 Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos
2566
-
GM
 Sanikidze, Tornike
2497
½-½
Bo.
57
 Mongolia (MGL)
Rtg
-
19
 Turkey (TUR)
Rtg
1:3
7.1
IM
 Munkhgal, Gombosuren
2446
-
GM
 Solak, Dragan
2635
0-1
7.2
GM
 Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan
2492
-
GM
 Ipatov, Alexander
2652
0-1
7.3
GM
 Batchuluun, Tsegmed
2513
-
GM
 Yilmaz, Mustafa
2616
½-½
7.4
FM
 Bilguun, Sumiya
2444
-
GM
 Esen, Baris
2524
½-½
Bo.
1
 Russia (RUS)
Rtg
-
43
 Egypt (EGY)
Rtg
3:1
8.1
GM
 Karjakin, Sergey
2769
-
GM
 Amin, Bassem
2661
1-0
8.2
GM
 Kramnik, Vladimir
2808
-
GM
 Adly, Ahmed
2603
½-½
8.3
GM
 Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740
-
IM
 Fawzy, Adham
2451
1-0
8.4
GM
 Grischuk, Alexander
2754
-
IM
 Ameir, Moheb
2431
½-½
Bo.
35
 Moldova (MDA)
Rtg
-
7
 Poland (POL)
Rtg
2:2
9.1
GM
 Bologan, Victor
2648
-
GM
 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2736
½-½
9.2
GM
 Iordachescu, Viorel
2584
-
GM
 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2675
0-1
9.3
GM
 Svetushkin, Dmitry
2543
-
GM
 Bartel, Mateusz
2646
1-0
9.4
IM
 Vedmediuc, Serghei
2437
-
GM
 Piorun, Kacper
2681
½-½
Bo.
15
 Cuba (CUB)
Rtg
-
25
 Canada (CAN)
Rtg
1:3
10.1
GM
 Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720
-
GM
 Bareev, Evgeny
2675
1-0
10.2
GM
 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2623
-
GM
 Kovalyov, Anton
2617
0-1
10.3
GM
 Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2581
-
GM
 Lesiege, Alexandre
2512
0-1
10.4
GM
 Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri
2553
-
GM
 Hansen, Eric
2582
0-1
Bo.
21
 Latvia (LAT)
Rtg
-
10
 Hungary (HUN)
Rtg
2½:1½
11.1
GM
 Shirov, Alexei
2673
-
GM
 Rapport, Richard
2752
1-0
11.2
GM
 Kovalenko, Igor
2651
-
GM
 Berkes, Ferenc
2640
1-0
11.3
GM
 Neiksans, Arturs
2628
-
GM
 Almasi, Zoltan
2684
½-½
11.4
IM
 Sveshnikov, Vladimir
2404
-
GM
 Balogh, Csaba
2614
0-1
Bo.
38
 Sweden (SWE)
Rtg
-
30
 Romania (ROU)
Rtg
1½:2½
12.1
GM
 Grandelius, Nils
2641
-
GM
 Lupulescu, Constantin
2618
½-½
12.2
GM
 Blomqvist, Erik
2545
-
GM
 Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2595
½-½
12.3
GM
 Hillarp Persson, Tiger
2523
-
IM
 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2524
0-1
12.4
IM
 Westerberg, Jonathan
2491
-
GM
 Marin, Mihail
2572
½-½
Bo.
39
 Paraguay (PAR)
Rtg
-
8
 France (FRA)
Rtg
2½:1½
13.1
GM
 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris
2618
-
GM
 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2813
0-1
13.2
GM
 Bachmann, Axel
2641
-
GM
 Maze, Sebastien
2617
1-0
13.3
GM
 Cubas, Jose Fernando
2470
-
GM
 Edouard, Romain
2635
1-0
13.4
GM
 Franco Ocampos, Zenon
2496
-
GM
 Bauer, Christian
2623
½-½
Bo.
32
 Vietnam (VIE)
Rtg
-
6
 England (ENG)
Rtg
1:3
14.1
GM
 Le, Quang Liem
2723
-
GM
 Adams, Michael
2738
½-½
14.2
GM
 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
2633
-
GM
 McShane, Luke J
2671
½-½
14.3
FM
 Nguyen, Anh Khoi
2448
-
GM
 Jones, Gawain C B
2635
0-1
14.4
GM
 Dao, Thien Hai
2486
-
GM
 Short, Nigel D
2666
0-1
Bo.
42
 Denmark (DEN)
Rtg
-
36
 Italy (ITA)
Rtg
2:2
15.1
GM
 Andersen, Mads
2535
-
GM
 Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543
½-½
15.2
GM
 Glud, Jakob Vang
2526
-
GM
 Rombaldoni, Axel
2567
0-1
15.3
GM
 Rasmussen, Allan Stig
2522
-
GM
 Brunello, Sabino
2568
1-0
15.4
GM
 Schandorff, Lars
2515
-
FM
 Moroni, Luca Jr
2459
½-½
Bo.
58
 Bangladesh (BAN)
Rtg
-
13
 Germany (GER)
Rtg
½:3½
16.1
GM
 Hossain, Enamul
2431
-
GM
 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
2687
0-1
16.2
GM
 Mollah Abdullah, Al Rakib
2488
-
GM
 Meier, Georg
2654
0-1
16.3
GM
 Rahman, Ziaur
2512
-
GM
 Bluebaum, Matthias
2626
0-1
16.4
GM
 Murshed, Niaz
2439
-
GM
 Buhmann, Rainer
2640
½-½
Bo.
28
 Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2)
Rtg
-
62
 Turkmenistan (TKM)
Rtg
4:0
17.1
GM
 Durarbayli, Vasif
2612
-
IM
 Atabayev, Yusup
2453
1-0
17.2
GM
 Abasov, Nijat
2552
-
FM
 Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2406
1-0
17.3
GM
 Guseinov, Gadir
2625
-
GM
 Odeev, Handszar
2401
1-0
17.4
GM
 Guliyev, Namig
2577
-
FM
 Kakabaev, Mergen
2338
1-0
Bo.
59
 Singapore (SIN)
Rtg
-
27
 Greece (GRE)
Rtg
1½:2½
18.1
GM
 Zhang, Zhong
2637
-
GM
 Papaioannou, Ioannis
2631
½-½
18.2
IM
 Goh, Wei Ming Kevin
2444
-
GM
 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2601
½-½
18.3
IM
 Tin, Jingyao
2439
-
GM
 Banikas, Hristos
2571
½-½
18.4
IM
 Shanmugam, Ravindran
2345
-
GM
 Halkias, Stelios
2565
0-1
Bo.
33
 Brazil (BRA)
Rtg
-
37
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Rtg
½:3½
19.1
GM
 Leitao, Rafael
2616
-
GM
 Jumabayev, Rinat
2604
½-½
19.2
GM
 El Debs, Felipe de Cresce
2523
-
 
 Utegaliyev, Azamat
2513
0-1
19.3
GM
 Barbosa, Evandro Amorim
2509
-
GM
 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
2594
0-1
19.4
IM
 Di Berardino, Diego Rafael
2499
-
GM
 Ismagambetov, Anuar
2542
0-1

Women's section (top pairings)

Bo.
27
Serbia (SRB)
Rtg
-
2
Ukraine (UKR)
Rtg
1:3
1.1
WGM
 Rapport, Jovana
2318
-
GM
 Muzychuk, Anna
2550
0-1
1.2
WGM
 Chelushkina, Irina
2221
-
GM
 Muzychuk, Mariya
2539
0-1
1.3
 
 Velikic, Adela
2260
-
GM
 Ushenina, Anna
2457
½-½
1.4
WIM
 Drljevic, Ljilja
2207
-
IM
 Gaponenko, Inna
2416
½-½
Bo.
3
Russia (RUS)
Rtg
-
31
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Rtg
3½:½
2.1
GM
 Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538
-
WGM
 Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2389
1-0
2.2
GM
 Gunina, Valentina
2520
-
WIM
 Dauletova, Gulmira
2275
1-0
2.3
WGM
 Pogonina, Natalija
2484
-
WFM
 Zhylkaidarova, Sholpan
2162
½-½
2.4
WGM
 Girya, Olga
2452
-
WGM
 Ankudinova, Yelena
2126
1-0
Bo.
18
Israel (ISR)
Rtg
-
11
Romania (ROU)
Rtg
1½:2½
3.1
WIM
 Shvayger, Yuliya
2408
-
IM
 Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2394
½-½
3.2
WIM
 Efroimski, Marsel
2322
-
IM
 Foisor, Cristina-Adela
2353
0-1
3.3
IM
 Klinova, Masha
2290
-
IM
 Bulmaga, Irina
2395
0-1
3.4
WIM
 Gutmakher, Olga
2216
-
WIM
 Dragomirescu, Angela
2227
1-0
Bo.
16
Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)
Rtg
-
10
Germany (GER)
Rtg
3:1
4.1
WGM
 Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2295
-
IM
 Paehtz, Elisabeth
2474
½-½
4.2
WGM
 Mammadzada, Gunay
2361
-
WGM
 Michna, Marta
2383
½-½
4.3
WGM
 Mammadova, Gulnar
2304
-
WGM
 Levushkina, Elena
2342
1-0
4.4
WFM
 Hojjatova, Aydan
2339
-
WIM
 Fuchs, Judith
2287
1-0
Bo.
19
Vietnam (VIE)
Rtg
-
5
India (IND)
Rtg
2:2
5.1
IM
 Pham, Le Thao Nguyen
2338
-
GM
 Harika, Dronavalli
2542
½-½
5.2
WGM
 Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
2325
-
IM
 Padmini, Rout
2408
0-1
5.3
WGM
 Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung
2316
-
IM
 Tania, Sachdev
2402
1-0
5.4
WGM
 Nguyen, Thi Thanh An
2249
-
WGM
 Soumya, Swaminathan
2379
½-½
Bo.
1
China (CHN)
Rtg
-
20
Italy (ITA)
Rtg
3:1
6.1
GM
 Hou, Yifan
2658
-
IM
 Zimina, Olga
2389
1-0
6.2
GM
 Ju, Wenjun
2583
-
FM
 Brunello, Marina
2376
½-½
6.3
WGM
 Tan, Zhongyi
2475
-
WFM
 Movileanu, Daniela
2268
1-0
6.4
IM
 Guo, Qi
2417
-
WFM
 Di Benedetto, Desiree
2183
½-½
Bo.
6
United States of America (USA)
Rtg
-
12
Lithuania (LTU)
Rtg
2½:1½
7.1
GM
 Krush, Irina
2444
-
IM
 Daulyte, Deimante
2421
0-1
7.2
IM
 Paikidze, Nazi
2366
-
WIM
 Zaksaite, Salomeja
2298
½-½
7.3
IM
 Zatonskih, Anna
2449
-
WFM
 Batyte, Daiva
2189
1-0
7.4
WGM
 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
2279
-
WFM
 Domarkaite, Laima
2161
1-0
Bo.
30
Greece (GRE)
Rtg
-
38
Slovenia (SLO)
Rtg
2:2
8.1
WGM
 Tsolakidou, Stavroula
2355
-
WIM
 Unuk, Laura
2332
½-½
8.2
WIM
 Pavlidou, Ekaterini
2140
-
WGM
 Krivec, Jana
2259
½-½
8.3
WFM
 Avramidou, Anastasia
2273
-
WFM
 Kolaric, Spela
2079
1-0
8.4
WFM
 Markantonaki, Haritomeni
2188
-
WFM
 Vidic, Teja
2121
0-1
Bo.
13
Iran (IRI)
Rtg
-
21
Netherlands (NED)
Rtg
1½:2½
9.1
IM
 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
2429
-
GM
 Peng, Zhaoqin
2368
½-½
9.2
WGM
 Pourkashiyan, Atousa
2335
-
WGM
 Haast, Anne
2306
½-½
9.3
WGM
 Hejazipour, Mitra
2314
-
IM
 Lanchava, Tea
2258
0-1
9.4
WIM
 Hakimifard, Ghazal
2308
-
FM
 Kazarian, Anna-Maja
2231
½-½
Bo.
8
Hungary (HUN)
Rtg
-
43
Sweden (SWE)
Rtg
2½:1½
10.1
GM
 Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467
-
GM
 Cramling, Pia
2444
½-½
10.2
IM
 Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372
-
WIM
 Agrest, Inna
2222
0-1
10.3
WGM
 Papp, Petra
2336
-
 
 Bengtsson, Jessica
2005
1-0
10.4
WGM
 Gara, Ticia
2379
-
 
 Cramling Bellon, Anna
1913
1-0
Bo.
17
Turkey (TUR)
Rtg
-
25
Czech Republic (CZE)
Rtg
3½:½
11.1
IM
 Atalik, Ekaterina
2422
-
WGM
 Worek, Joanna
2360
½-½
11.2
WGM
 Yildiz, Betul Cemre
2369
-
WIM
 Havlikova, Kristyna
2271
1-0
11.3
WGM
 Ozturk, Kubra
2277
-
WIM
 Olsarova, Karolina
2255
1-0
11.4
WIM
 Isgandarova, Khayala
2188
-
WGM
 Rodshtein, Tereza
2230
1-0
Bo.
7
Poland (POL)
Rtg
-
24
Cuba (CUB)
Rtg
4:0
12.1
GM
 Socko, Monika
2437
-
WGM
 Marrero Lopez, Yaniet
2281
1-0
12.2
WGM
 Zawadzka, Jolanta
2429
-
WGM
 Linares Napoles, Oleiny
2276
1-0
12.3
WGM
 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2409
-
WIM
 Llaudy Pupo, Lisandra
2269
1-0
12.4
WGM
 Kulon, Klaudia
2346
-
WIM
 Hernandez Moya, Yuleisy
2264
1-0
Bo.
23
France (FRA)
Rtg
-
29
Latvia (LAT)
Rtg
1:3
13.1
IM
 Milliet, Sophie
2362
-
WGM
 Reizniece-Ozola, Dana
2243
½-½
13.2
IM
 Collas, Silvia
2301
-
WGM
 Rogule, Laura
2306
½-½
13.3
WIM
 Congiu, Mathilde
2232
-
WGM
 Berzina, Ilze
2241
0-1
13.4
WIM
 Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana
2235
-
WGM
 Erneste, Inguna
2178
0-1
Bo.
41
Peru (PER)
Rtg
-
4
Georgia (GEO)
Rtg
½:3½
14.1
WGM
 Cori T., Deysi
2402
-
GM
 Dzagnidze, Nana
2522
½-½
14.2
WIM
 Chumpitaz, Ann
2150
-
IM
 Javakhishvili, Lela
2486
0-1
14.3
WFM
 Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y
2096
-
GM
 Khotenashvili, Bela
2463
0-1
14.4
WFM
 Felix Vega, Aurora Edith
2053
-
IM
 Batsiashvili, Nino
2474
0-1
Bo.
55
Singapore (SIN)
Rtg
-
36
Belarus (BLR)
Rtg
2:2
15.1
IM
 Li, Ruofan
2353
-
IM
 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia
2382
1-0
15.2
WIM
 Gong, Qianyun
2262
-
FM
 Stetsko, Lanita
2170
½-½
15.3
 
 Tin, Ruiqi
1892
-
 
 Badelka, Olga
2222
½-½
15.4
 
 Siew, Kai Xin
1607
-
WFM
 Bogdan, Ekaterina
2120
0-1
Bo.
61
Iceland (ISL)
Rtg
-
57
Mexico (MEX)
Rtg
1½:2½
16.1
WGM
 Ptacnikova, Lenka
2159
-
WIM
 Real Pereyra, Diana Carime
2136
1-0
16.2
WFM
 Thorsteinsdottir, Gudlaug
2046
-
WIM
 Guerrero Rodriguez, Alejandra
2043
½-½
16.3
 
 Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur
2015
-
WIM
 Fuentes Godoy, Lilia Ivonne
2142
0-1
16.4
 
 Magnusdottir, Veronika Steinunn
1777
-
WFM
 Parkhurst Casas, Miriam
1993
0-1
Bo.
14
Spain (ESP)
Rtg
-
28
Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2)
Rtg
2:2
17.1
IM
 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
2411
-
WGM
 Mamedjarova, Turkan
2304
1-0
17.2
IM
 Matnadze, Ana
2383
-
WIM
 Khalafova, Narmin
2219
½-½
17.3
WIM
 Collazo Hidalgo-Gato, Niala
2268
-
WIM
 Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
2234
0-1
17.4
WIM
 Aranaz Murillo, Amalia
2279
-
WGM
 Umudova, Nargiz
2247
½-½
Bo.
51
Denmark (DEN)
Rtg
-
37
Slovakia (SVK)
Rtg
2:2
18.1
WIM
 Vovk, Oksana
2204
-
IM
 Repkova, Eva
2332
½-½
18.2
WFM
 Guindy, Esmat
2149
-
WIM
 Maslikova, Veronika
2247
½-½
18.3
WFM
 Fredericia, Louise
2117
-
WFM
 Vrbova, Niki
2186
1-0
18.4
 
 Kakulidis, Ellen
1928
-
WFM
 Motycakova, Monika
2109
0-1
Bo.
22
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Rtg
-
58
Azerbaijan 3 (AZE3)
Rtg
3:1
19.1
WGM
 Muminova, Nafisa
2324
-
WIM
 Mammadova, Narmin
2230
1-0
19.2
WIM
 Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim
2289
-
WFM
 Balajayeva, Khanim
2147
1-0
19.3
WIM
 Gevorgyan, Irina
2324
-
WCM
 Beydullayeva, Govhar
1994
½-½
19.4
 
 Nadirjanova, Nodira
2126
-
WCM
 Allahverdiyeva, Ayan
1780
½-½

Olympiad schedule

Date Time Event, function
1 September 18:30/20:30 Arrival, Opening, Captains meeting
2 September 10:00/15:00 Arbiters meeting/Round 1
3 September 15:00 Round 2
4 September 15:00 Round 3
5 September 15:00 Round 4
6 September 15:00/22:00 Round 5/Bermuda Party
7 September   Day Off
8 September 15:00 Round 6
9 September 15:00 Round 7
10 September 15:00 Round 8
11 September 15:00 Round 9
12 September 15:00 Round 10
13 September 11:00/19:30 Round 11/Closing Ceremony
14 September All day Departure day

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