Tromso 02: Surprises!
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:
Oops! Ivanchuk did it again!
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Ramirez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[WhiteTeam "Norwegen"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
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
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Shankland, Samuel L"] [Black "Martinez Romero, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B64"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2387"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4rk1/pp3pp1/2n2b2/q4P2/3pNQ2/8/PPP4P/2KR1B1R b - - 0 18"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Kolumbien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "COL"] 18... Be5 19. Qg5 $1 Nb4 $1 {A surprising resource} (19... Qc7 20. Rd2 $1 Bf4 21. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 22. Qh5+ Bh6 23. Ng4 $16) 20. f6 Bf4+ {The point, it is the only way to avoid immediate mate and Black's attack is powerful.} 21. Qxf4 Rac8 22. Bd3 $1 (22. Rd2 Qxa2 23. Kd1 Nd5 24. Qg5 g6 25. Ke2 $1 {is winning, and not human.}) 22... Qa4 23. Qf2 (23. c3 $3 dxc3 24. Qg5 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 cxb2+ 26. Kd2 $1 Rc2+ 27. Ke3 Re2+ 28. Kxe2 Qxe4+ 29. Kf2 Qg6 30. Qxg6 $18 {is winning and DEFINITELY not human.}) 23... Rxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Rc8 25. Rd2 Qxa2 26. Kd1 Qa1+ 27. Ke2 Qxh1 28. Qg3 $1 {Counter attack is the best defense!} g6 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 Rd8 (30... Qc1 $1 31. Nd6 $1 $16) 31. Qf4 b5 32. Ng3 Qc6 33. Ke2 Rd6 $2 (33... Re8+ {is still not easy.}) 34. Ne4 Re6 35. Rxd4 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qb3+ 37. Nc3 {a strange but fascinating game.} 1-0
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 |
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ARM | Armenia | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | France | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 6 |
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USA | USA | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Netherlands | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 14 |
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NOR | Norway | 4½ | 3 | : | 3 | 6 | Montenegro | 53 | ||||
| 4 | 12 |
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GER | Germany | 8 | 4 | : | 4 | 7 | England | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 15 |
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POL | Poland | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Cuba | 13 | ||||
| 6 | 20 |
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ITA | Italy | 8 | 4 | : | 4 | 7 | India | 19 | ||||
| 7 | 26 |
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TUR | Turkey | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Georgia | 21 | ||||
| 8 | 43 |
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ISL | Iceland | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Serbia | 29 | ||||
| 9 | 51 |
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SUI | Switzerland | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Vietnam | 31 | ||||
| 10 | 54 |
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MKD | FYROM | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 7½ | Russia | 1 | ||||
| 11 | 5 |
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HUN | Hungary | 6½ | 4 | : | 4 | 7½ | China | 7 | ||||
| 12 | 8 |
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AZE | Azerbaijan | 7½ | 4 | : | 4 | 6½ | Croatia | 24 | ||||
| 13 | 27 |
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BLR | Belarus | 6½ | 4 | : | 4 | 7½ | Israel | 9 | ||||
| 14 | 16 |
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CZE | Czech Republic | 7½ | 4 | : | 4 | 6½ | Iran | 39 | ||||
| 15 | 18 |
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BUL | Bulgaria | 7½ | 4 | : | 4 | 6 | Spain | 17 | ||||
| 16 | 30 |
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BRA | Brazil | 7½ | 4 | : | 4 | 6 | Uzbekistan | 33 | ||||
| 17 | 44 |
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BEL | Belgium | 7½ | 4 | : | 4 | 6 | Bangladesh | 55 | ||||
| 18 | 23 |
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LAT | Latvia | 5½ | 4 | : | 4 | 7½ | Kazakhstan | 49 | ||||
| 19 | 32 |
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ROU | Romania | 7½ | 4 | : | 4 | 6 | Slovakia | 36 | ||||
| 20 | 2 |
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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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