8/3/2014 – Fire on the board, and it is only round two! Ukraine did not win their match against Norway Two - but it was far from the only upset of the day. World's number one and two - Carlsen and Aronian - was unable to win their games as they both drew against Nyback and Smerdon respectively. Tomorrow's round promises very exciting matches. Round two report!
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Second Round
Olympiad Tromsø 2014 - Round 2 midnight report by GM Daniel King
Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00
Bo.
1
Russia (RUS)
Rtg
-
57
Qatar (QAT)
Rtg
3½: ½
1.1
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2760
-
GM
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad
2549
1 - 0
1.2
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2795
-
GM
Zhu, Chen
2461
1 - 0
1.3
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2786
-
IM
Nezad, Husein Aziz
2365
1 - 0
1.4
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2714
-
Al-Tamimi, Hamad
2186
½ - ½
Bo.
58
Norway 2 (NOR2)
Rtg
-
2
Ukraine (UKR)
Rtg
2 : 2
2.1
IM
Urkedal, Frode
2500
-
GM
Ivanchuk, Vassily
2744
1 - 0
2.2
IM
Elsness, Frode
2477
-
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2723
½ - ½
2.3
IM
Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal
2450
-
GM
Korobov, Anton
2680
½ - ½
2.4
IM
Tari, Aryan
2440
-
GM
Moiseenko, Alexander
2707
0 - 1
Bo.
56
Finland (FIN)
Rtg
-
14
Norway (NOR)
Rtg
2 : 2
3.1
GM
Nyback, Tomi
2591
-
GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2877
½ - ½
3.2
IM
Karttunen, Mika
2437
-
GM
Agdestein, Simen
2630
½ - ½
3.3
IM
Sipila, Vilka
2425
-
GM
Johannessen, Leif Erlend
2528
½ - ½
3.4
FM
Ebeling, Daniel
2445
-
GM
Lie, Kjetil A.
2528
½ - ½
Bo.
3
France (FRA)
Rtg
-
59
Mongolia (MGL)
Rtg
4 : 0
4.1
GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2768
-
GM
Batchuluun, Tsegmed
2513
1 - 0
4.2
GM
Fressinet, Laurent
2708
-
GM
Khatanbaatar, Bazar
2390
1 - 0
4.3
GM
Edouard, Romain
2680
-
GM
Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan
2501
1 - 0
4.4
GM
Tkachiev, Vladislav
2624
-
IM
Munkhgal, Gombosuren
2418
1 - 0
Bo.
60
Australia (AUS)
Rtg
-
4
Armenia (ARM)
Rtg
1 : 3
5.1
GM
Smerdon, David
2513
-
GM
Aronian, Levon
2805
½ - ½
5.2
IM
Ly, Moulthun
2462
-
GM
Sargissian, Gabriel
2686
0 - 1
5.3
IM
Illingworth, Max
2439
-
GM
Movsesian, Sergei
2672
½ - ½
5.4
FM
Ikeda, Junta
2402
-
GM
Akopian, Vladimir
2655
0 - 1
Bo.
5
Hungary (HUN)
Rtg
-
61
Venezuela (VEN)
Rtg
2½:1½
6.1
GM
Leko, Peter
2740
-
GM
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
2653
½ - ½
6.2
GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2690
-
IM
Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose
2448
1 - 0
6.3
GM
Rapport, Richard
2704
-
IM
Rohl Montes, Juan Armando
2390
0 - 1
6.4
GM
Polgar, Judit
2676
-
FM
Guerrero Vargas, Andres
2318
1 - 0
Bo.
64
Colombia (COL)
Rtg
-
6
United States of America (USA)
Rtg
1 : 3
7.1
GM
Cuartas, Jaime Alexander
2489
-
GM
Kamsky, Gata
2706
½ - ½
7.2
IM
Rios, Cristhian Camilo
2427
-
GM
Onischuk, Alexander
2659
0 - 1
7.3
IM
Ruiz C, Joshua D
2382
-
GM
Akobian, Varuzhan
2653
½ - ½
7.4
IM
Martinez Romero, Martin
2387
-
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2624
0 - 1
Bo.
7
China (CHN)
Rtg
-
63
Albania (ALB)
Rtg
3½: ½
8.1
GM
Wang, Yue
2718
-
GM
Dervishi, Erald
2581
½ - ½
8.2
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2668
-
IM
Mehmeti, Dritan
2416
1 - 0
8.3
GM
Ni, Hua
2666
-
Ashiku, Franc
2284
1 - 0
8.4
GM
Wei, Yi
2638
-
Pasku, Llambi
2327
1 - 0
Bo.
66
Scotland (SCO)
Rtg
-
8
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Rtg
½ :3½
9.1
GM
McNab, Colin A
2441
-
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2743
½ - ½
9.2
IM
Greet, Andrew N
2431
-
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2659
0 - 1
9.3
GM
Shaw, John
2419
-
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2649
0 - 1
9.4
FM
Tate, Alan
2347
-
GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2613
0 - 1
Bo.
9
Israel (ISR)
Rtg
-
67
Tajikistan (TJK)
Rtg
3½: ½
10.1
GM
Gelfand, Boris
2753
-
GM
Amonatov, Farrukh
2590
1 - 0
10.2
GM
Smirin, Ilia
2656
-
IM
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad
2410
½ - ½
10.3
GM
Sutovsky, Emil
2624
-
IM
Khamdamov, Suhrob
2301
1 - 0
10.4
GM
Postny, Evgeny
2651
-
Kabilov, Amin
2181
1 - 0
Bo.
68
Singapore (SIN)
Rtg
-
10
England (ENG)
Rtg
1 : 3
11.1
GM
Zhang, Zhong
2611
-
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2665
½ - ½
11.2
IM
Goh, Wei Ming Kevin
2433
-
GM
Short, Nigel D
2665
½ - ½
11.3
WIM
Gong, Qianyun
2328
-
GM
Howell, David W L
2650
0 - 1
11.4
FM
Tin, Jingyao
2251
-
GM
Sadler, Matthew D
2653
0 - 1
Bo.
11
Netherlands (NED)
Rtg
-
69
Ecuador (ECU)
Rtg
4 : 0
12.1
GM
Giri, Anish
2745
-
GM
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S.
2525
1 - 0
12.2
GM
L'Ami, Erwin
2631
-
IM
Munoz Sanchez, Miguel
2296
1 - 0
12.3
GM
Tiviakov, Sergei
2664
-
IM
Mieles Palau, Daniel
2374
1 - 0
12.4
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2662
-
IM
Santos Flores, Alberto
2291
1 - 0
Bo.
71
Norway 3 (NOR3)
Rtg
-
12
Germany (GER)
Rtg
0 : 4
13.1
IM
Lie, Espen
2435
-
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2709
0 - 1
13.2
GM
Djurhuus, Rune
2436
-
GM
Fridman, Daniel
2639
0 - 1
13.3
FM
Hauge, Lars Oskar
2346
-
GM
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
2689
0 - 1
13.4
CM
Mihajlov, Sebastian
2305
-
GM
Baramidze, David
2612
0 - 1
Bo.
13
Cuba (CUB)
Rtg
-
75
Portugal (POR)
Rtg
4 : 0
14.1
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2760
-
IM
Dias, Paulo
2416
1 - 0
14.2
GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2664
-
IM
Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo
2413
1 - 0
14.3
GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
2649
-
IM
Rocha, Sergio
2392
1 - 0
14.4
GM
Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri
2550
-
Rego, Pedro Filipe
2273
1 - 0
Bo.
15
Poland (POL)
Rtg
-
76
New Zealand (NZL)
Rtg
3 : 1
15.1
GM
Gajewski, Grzegorz
2659
-
IM
Wang, Puchen
2449
½ - ½
15.2
GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2576
-
IM
Dive, Russell John
2318
1 - 0
15.3
GM
Bartel, Mateusz
2640
-
FM
Li, Zuhao Luke
2365
½ - ½
15.4
GM
Socko, Bartosz
2612
-
IM
Ker, Anthony F
2316
1 - 0
Bo.
77
Morocco (MAR)
Rtg
-
16
Czech Republic (CZE)
Rtg
½ :3½
16.1
IM
Ali, Sebbar
2387
-
GM
Navara, David
2716
0 - 1
16.2
IM
Tissir, Mohamed
2366
-
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2676
½ - ½
16.3
IM
Onkoud, Abdelaziz
2383
-
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2634
0 - 1
16.4
IM
Hifad, Rachid
2311
-
GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2549
0 - 1
Bo.
78
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Rtg
-
18
Bulgaria (BUL)
Rtg
½ :3½
17.1
IM
Omar, Noaman
2350
-
GM
Cheparinov, Ivan
2681
0 - 1
17.2
FM
Alhuwar, Jasem
2277
-
GM
Iotov, Valentin
2553
0 - 1
17.3
FM
Khouri, Ibrahim Mohamed
2225
-
GM
Rusev, Krasimir
2548
½ - ½
17.4
Ahmed, Fareed
1899
-
IM
Dimitrov, Radoslav
2461
0 - 1
Bo.
79
South Africa (RSA)
Rtg
-
20
Italy (ITA)
Rtg
0 : 4
18.1
IM
Solomon, Kenny
2378
-
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2801
0 - 1
18.2
IM
Steel, Henry Robert
2399
-
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2587
0 - 1
18.3
IM
Kobese, Watu
2333
-
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2560
0 - 1
18.4
FM
Van Den Heever, Donovan
2289
-
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2530
0 - 1
Bo.
81
Luxembourg (LUX)
Rtg
-
26
Turkey (TUR)
Rtg
1 : 3
19.1
IM
Wiedenkeller, Michael
2471
-
GM
Solak, Dragan
2632
½ - ½
19.2
WGM
Berend, Elvira
2330
-
GM
Can, Emre
2529
½ - ½
19.3
IM
Berend, Fred
2380
-
GM
Yilmaz, Mustafa
2569
0 - 1
19.4
Jeitz, Christian
2189
-
GM
Ipatov, Alexander
2614
0 - 1
Bo.
27
Belarus (BLR)
Rtg
-
72
Indonesia (INA)
Rtg
2½:1½
20.1
GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2678
-
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2527
0 - 1
20.2
GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
2580
-
IM
Farid, Firman Syah
2400
1 - 0
20.3
GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2532
-
Ali Lutfi, Muhammad
2339
½ - ½
20.4
GM
Stupak, Kirill
2514
-
Priasmoro, Novendra
2250
1 - 0
The biggest news of the day without a doubt is Ukraine's inability to beat the much lower rated team of Norway Two. With draws by Korobov and Eljanov against Hansen and Elsness and a win by Moiseenko against the young talent Tari it all came down to Ivanchuk's game:
1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 {This strange move is surprisingly the computer's
first choice. The point is something along the lines that the knight on c6
would be misplaced in a stonewall position.} (3. e4 d6 {is not so bad for
Black, but maybe still better for White.}) 3... e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Rb8 {Only
Ivanchuk can come up with a move like this.} 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 b5 8. b3 Ba6 9.
Qc1 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e3 Ne4 {Despite Black's stranges moves it is clear
that his position is fine right now.} 12. Re1 Qe7 13. a3 Na5 14. Bf1 Rb6 15. c3
g5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. b4 Nb7 $6 (17... Nc4 $11) 18. a4 Rc8 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2
Nd8 {This knight has very little future.} 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Ra3
Rxb4 $2 {Trading the two rooks for the queen is not good for Black.} 24. cxb4
Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qb7 26. Rac3 {Maybe Ivanchuk underestimated how weak his king is!
} Nf7 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. R1c7 Qxb4 29. Nf1 {Black is simply helpless against the
threaet of Rxa7 and Rcc7. The rook can also go to d7 or e7.} 1-0
The young talent Aryan Tari was the only loss in Norway Two 2-2 against Ukraine
Movsesian was in trouble again in Armenia's match. Again he won, which was quite important since Aronian was unable to crack Smerdon's defense. Armenia took that match 3-1. In the top board Kramnik demolished Al-Modiahki while Grischuk played a nice win against Zhu Chen. However Nepomniachtchi was unable to win against a 2100 so Russia only took 3.5 points.
Kramnik played a crushing game
And speaking of Kramnik, we have a lengthy interview with him!:
Vachier-Lagrave led France to a 4-0 victory against Mongolia
Carlsen's debut in the Olympiad was definitely not what the locals were hoping for. His draw was rather dull and it was one of four draws in the match, the 2-2 split definitely being a good result for Finland. Interestingly enough one of the games started 1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4. That's one way of avoiding preparation!
America beat Colombia after Onischuk's opponent blundered and Shankland won a bizarre game:
Attack meets counterattack! Sam Shankland vs. Martin Martinez
Yesterday we reported that if one of the last three boards was an upset in Venezuela-Hungary there was a chance that the European team would not win. Juan Rohl surprised Rapport as the Venezuelan convincingly won. Luckily for Rapport, Almasi and Polgar won while Leko pressed the entire game against Iturrizaga and at the end drew.
Not a good day for the Hungarian prodigy Richard Rapport
In some of the close matches of the day India destroyed Canada despite only being a slight favorite. Spain edged out Argentina thanks to a win from Anton Guijarro over Felgaer. Iran surprised Slovenia as they won the match 2.5-1.5, this was largely due to Beliavsky showing up late to the game and losing to the zero tolerance rule.
Round Two games
Women's Section
Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00
Bo.
1
China (CHN)
Rtg
-
49
Venezuela (VEN)
Rtg
4 : 0
1.1
WGM
Ju, Wenjun
2559
-
IM
Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina
2207
1 - 0
1.2
GM
Zhao, Xue
2508
-
WIM
Rovira Contreras, Tairu Manuela
2076
1 - 0
1.3
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2468
-
WFM
Gutierrez Salazar, Leonela
2096
1 - 0
1.4
WGM
Guo, Qi
2453
-
WIM
Montilla, Jorcerys
2118
1 - 0
Bo.
48
Ecuador (ECU)
Rtg
-
38
Norway (NOR)
Rtg
0 : 4
2.1
WGM
Heredia Serrano, Carla
2168
-
WIM
Sahl, Sheila Barth
2216
0 - 1
2.2
WFM
Bosch Garcia, Jacqueline
2173
-
WIM
Bjerke, Silje
2189
0 - 1
2.3
WIM
Moncayo Romero, Evelyn
2119
-
WGM
Dolzhikova, Olga
2166
0 - 1
2.4
WIM
Vasquez Ramirez, Rocio
2122
-
WIM
Hagesather, Ellen
2182
0 - 1
Bo.
50
Brazil (BRA)
Rtg
-
2
Russia (RUS)
Rtg
0 : 4
3.1
WIM
Feliciano Ebert, Vanessa
2226
-
GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2540
0 - 1
3.2
WIM
Terao, Juliana Sayumi
2222
-
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2524
0 - 1
3.3
WIM
Ribeiro, Regina
2000
-
WGM
Girya, Olga
2484
0 - 1
3.4
WFM
Chang, Suzana
1991
-
WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2479
0 - 1
Bo.
3
Ukraine (UKR)
Rtg
-
51
Australia (AUS)
Rtg
3 : 1
4.1
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2555
-
IM
Berezina, Irina
2182
½ - ½
4.2
GM
Ushenina, Anna
2487
-
WFM
Nguyen, Thu Giang
2165
½ - ½
4.3
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2468
-
WIM
Dekic, Biljana N.
2048
1 - 0
4.4
IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2379
-
Yu, Sally
1953
1 - 0
Bo.
54
Montenegro (MNE)
Rtg
-
4
Georgia (GEO)
Rtg
1 : 3
5.1
WFM
Milovic, Aleksandra
2170
-
GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2550
0 - 1
5.2
Blagojevic, Tijana
2095
-
GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2494
0 - 1
5.3
WFM
Stojanovic, Marija R
2100
-
IM
Melia, Salome
2475
1 - 0
5.4
Misovic, Sanja
1862
-
IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2435
0 - 1
Bo.
5
India (IND)
Rtg
-
56
Denmark (DEN)
Rtg
3½: ½
6.1
GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2521
-
WFM
De Blecourt, Sandra
2122
1 - 0
6.2
IM
Sachdev, Tanya
2418
-
WFM
Guindy, Esmat
2074
½ - ½
6.3
IM
Karavade, Eesha
2392
-
Olsen, Miriam F
2019
1 - 0
6.4
WGM
Gomes, Mary Ann
2352
-
WFM
Stolberg-Rohr, Thomine
1960
1 - 0
Bo.
7
USA
Rtg
-
58
Belgium (BEL)
Rtg
3 : 1
7.1
GM
Krush, Irina
2474
-
WFM
Goossens, Hanne
2178
1 - 0
7.2
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2466
-
WFM
Morozova, Iuliia
2060
1 - 0
7.3
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2315
-
Barbier, Wiebke
1944
0 - 1
7.4
WGM
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
2252
-
Dierckens, Sarah
1873
1 - 0
Bo.
59
Bangladesh (BAN)
Rtg
-
10
Armenia (ARM)
Rtg
0 : 4
8.1
WIM
Shamima, Akter Liza
2147
-
IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2453
0 - 1
8.2
WFM
Khan, Nazrana
2001
-
IM
Galojan, Lilit
2275
0 - 1
8.3
WIM
Hamid, Rani
1995
-
WGM
Kursova, Maria
2313
0 - 1
8.4
WFM
Sultana, Sharmin Shirin
1984
-
Sargsyan, Shushanna
2109
0 - 1
Bo.
60
Egypt (EGY)
Rtg
-
12
Germany (GER)
Rtg
1½:2½
9.1
WGM
Mona, Khaled
2169
-
IM
Paehtz, Elisabeth
2464
0 - 1
9.2
WGM
Wafa, Shrook
2065
-
WGM
Schleining, Zoya
2369
1 - 0
9.3
WIM
Moaataz, Ayah
1954
-
WGM
Melamed, Tatjana
2364
½ - ½
9.4
WIM
Wafa, Shahenda
1932
-
WGM
Hoolt, Sarah
2318
0 - 1
Bo.
13
Hungary (HUN)
Rtg
-
61
Lebanon (LIB)
Rtg
4 : 0
10.1
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2485
-
WIM
Mouradian, Knarik
2188
1 - 0
10.2
IM
Gara, Anita
2327
-
WFM
Nekrasova, Elena
2076
1 - 0
10.3
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321
-
WFM
Jalloul, Maya M.
1922
1 - 0
10.4
WGM
Papp, Petra
2274
-
Bedrosian, Danielle
1715
1 - 0
Bo.
62
Norway 2 (NOR2)
Rtg
-
14
Bulgaria (BUL)
Rtg
½ :3½
11.1
Machlik, Monika
2081
-
GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2505
0 - 1
11.2
Reppen, Ellisiv
2016
-
WGM
Videnova, Iva
2342
0 - 1
11.3
Gronnestad, Anita
1997
-
WGM
Nikolova, Adriana
2325
0 - 1
11.4
Jorgensen, Line Jin
1939
-
WGM
Djingarova, Emilia
2303
½ - ½
Bo.
63
Chile (CHI)
Rtg
-
18
Slovakia (SVK)
Rtg
½ :3½
12.1
WFM
Abarca Gonzalez, Damaris
2049
-
IM
Repkova, Eva
2358
0 - 1
12.2
WIM
Jorquera Cabello, Valentina
1999
-
WGM
Kochetkova, Julia
2338
0 - 1
12.3
WFM
Reyes Jara, Paula
2041
-
WFM
Machalova, Veronika
2214
½ - ½
12.4
Fuentes Inzunza, Lesly
1895
-
WFM
Gazikova, Veronika
2034
0 - 1
Bo.
19
Cuba (CUB)
Rtg
-
64
Iceland (ISL)
Rtg
3½: ½
13.1
WGM
Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa
2345
-
WGM
Ptacnikova, Lenka
2273
½ - ½
13.2
WGM
Marrero Lopez, Yaniet
2324
-
Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur
1982
1 - 0
13.3
WGM
Pina Vega, Sulennis
2270
-
Finnbogadottir, Tinna Kristin
1915
1 - 0
13.4
WGM
Vigoa Apecheche, Yanira
2317
-
Johannsdottir, Johanna Bjorg
1862
1 - 0
Player of the Day: Irina Krush
The women section had almost no surprises. The matches saw relatively few surprises as most of the top boards won 4-0 or at least they won in a convincing fashion. Tomorrow's rounds will surely be more interesting.
Muzychuk (above) and Ushenina did not win their games against Australia, but the team won 3-1 anyways
Ju Wenjun played board one again as Hou Yifan rested for the second time in a row
The Russian Women dispatched Brazil without a problem
Round Two Women games
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Round Three Pairings
Open:
Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00
No.
SNo
Team
Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
Team
SNo
1
4
ARM
Armenia
7
4
:
4
8
France
3
2
6
USA
USA
7
4
:
4
8
Netherlands
11
3
14
NOR
Norway
4½
3
:
3
6
Montenegro
53
4
12
GER
Germany
8
4
:
4
7
England
10
5
15
POL
Poland
7
4
:
4
8
Cuba
13
6
20
ITA
Italy
8
4
:
4
7
India
19
7
26
TUR
Turkey
7
4
:
4
8
Georgia
21
8
43
ISL
Iceland
7
4
:
4
8
Serbia
29
9
51
SUI
Switzerland
7
4
:
4
8
Vietnam
31
10
54
MKD
FYROM
7
4
:
4
7½
Russia
1
11
5
HUN
Hungary
6½
4
:
4
7½
China
7
12
8
AZE
Azerbaijan
7½
4
:
4
6½
Croatia
24
13
27
BLR
Belarus
6½
4
:
4
7½
Israel
9
14
16
CZE
Czech Republic
7½
4
:
4
6½
Iran
39
15
18
BUL
Bulgaria
7½
4
:
4
6
Spain
17
16
30
BRA
Brazil
7½
4
:
4
6
Uzbekistan
33
17
44
BEL
Belgium
7½
4
:
4
6
Bangladesh
55
18
23
LAT
Latvia
5½
4
:
4
7½
Kazakhstan
49
19
32
ROU
Romania
7½
4
:
4
6
Slovakia
36
20
2
UKR
Ukraine
6
3
:
3
5½
Philippines
52
Amazing matches in the top boards! All eyes will be in Armenia vs. France, seeds two and three playing each other - but many other matches are brutally strong. USA vs. Netherlands will be very strong and Nakamura is expected to be able to play that game against Giri. In board eleven the match Hungary vs. China is also very, very strong and could go either way. Round three is already too close to call!
Women:
Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00
No.
SNo
Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
Team
SNo
1
7
United States of America
7
4
:
4
8
China
1
2
38
Norway
7
4
:
4
8
Hungary
13
3
2
Russia
8
4
:
4
7
France
9
4
10
Armenia
8
4
:
4
7
Vietnam
20
5
41
Bosnia & Herzegovina
7
4
:
4
8
Iran
21
6
22
Azerbaijan
8
4
:
4
7
Switzerland
42
7
6
Romania
6½
4
:
4
8
Indonesia
23
8
12
Germany
6½
4
:
4
8
Argentina
24
9
40
Belarus
8
4
:
4
6½
Netherlands
16
10
17
Kazakhstan
6½
4
:
4
7½
India
5
11
33
Turkey
6½
4
:
4
7½
Bulgaria
14
12
35
Croatia
6½
4
:
4
7½
Cuba
19
13
11
Spain
6
4
:
4
7
Ukraine
3
14
18
Slovakia
7½
4
:
4
6½
Austria
34
15
8
Poland
6
4
:
4
7½
Philippines
43
16
4
Georgia
7
4
:
4
6
Italy
31
17
30
Colombia
6
3
:
3
5
Latvia
25
18
46
Uzbekistan
6
3
:
3
5½
Serbia
15
19
27
Czech Republic
5½
2
:
2
4
El Salvador
66
20
67
Wales
4
2
:
2
5½
Egypt
60
The Women's section is going to be equally close. The top match between America and China favors the Asian team who is expected to field Hou Yifan, but it won't be easy at all. Russia vs. France will be an equally strong match while Ukraine, who dropped a full board point today, will be facing the strong squad of Spain.
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