8/4/2014 – The defending Olympic Champions, Armenia, have suffered their first defeat of the tournament... and it is only round three! Movsesian, who has had close calls already, lost his game against Fressinet while Aronian missed an important chance to win his game against MVL. France took it 2.5-1.5 In the women's section, there were quite a few surprises. Round three report.
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Round Three
Olympiad Tromsø 2014 - Round 3 midnight report by GM Daniel King
Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00
Bo.
4
Armenia (ARM)
Rtg
-
3
France (FRA)
Rtg
1½:2½
1.1
GM
Aronian, Levon
2805
-
GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2768
½ - ½
1.2
GM
Sargissian, Gabriel
2686
-
GM
Bacrot, Etienne
2720
½ - ½
1.3
GM
Movsesian, Sergei
2672
-
GM
Fressinet, Laurent
2708
0 - 1
1.4
GM
Akopian, Vladimir
2655
-
GM
Edouard, Romain
2680
½ - ½
Bo.
6
United States of America (USA)
Rtg
-
11
Netherlands (NED)
Rtg
1½:2½
2.1
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru
2787
-
GM
Giri, Anish
2745
½ - ½
2.2
GM
Kamsky, Gata
2706
-
GM
L'Ami, Erwin
2631
0 - 1
2.3
GM
Onischuk, Alexander
2659
-
GM
Van Wely, Loek
2662
1 - 0
2.4
GM
Akobian, Varuzhan
2653
-
GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2638
0 - 1
Bo.
14
Norway (NOR)
Rtg
-
53
Montenegro (MNE)
Rtg
3 : 1
3.1
GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2877
-
GM
Djukic, Nikola
2521
1 - 0
3.2
GM
Agdestein, Simen
2630
-
GM
Drasko, Milan
2437
½ - ½
3.3
GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2628
-
GM
Kosic, Dragan
2486
1 - 0
3.4
GM
Johannessen, Leif Erlend
2528
-
GM
Nikcevic, Nebojsa
2427
½ - ½
Bo.
12
Germany (GER)
Rtg
-
10
England (ENG)
Rtg
2 : 2
4.1
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2709
-
GM
Adams, Michael
2740
½ - ½
4.2
GM
Meier, Georg
2646
-
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2665
1 - 0
4.3
GM
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
2689
-
GM
Howell, David W L
2650
½ - ½
4.4
GM
Baramidze, David
2612
-
GM
Sadler, Matthew D
2653
0 - 1
Bo.
15
Poland (POL)
Rtg
-
13
Cuba (CUB)
Rtg
2 : 2
5.1
GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2735
-
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2760
½ - ½
5.2
GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2576
-
GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2664
½ - ½
5.3
GM
Bartel, Mateusz
2640
-
GM
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
2649
½ - ½
5.4
GM
Socko, Bartosz
2612
-
GM
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
2603
½ - ½
Bo.
20
Italy (ITA)
Rtg
-
19
India (IND)
Rtg
2 : 2
6.1
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2801
-
GM
Negi, Parimarjan
2645
1 - 0
6.2
GM
David, Alberto
2565
-
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2590
0 - 1
6.3
GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2587
-
GM
Sasikiran, Krishnan
2669
½ - ½
6.4
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2560
-
GM
Adhiban, B.
2619
½ - ½
Bo.
26
Turkey (TUR)
Rtg
-
21
Georgia (GEO)
Rtg
2 : 2
7.1
GM
Solak, Dragan
2632
-
GM
Jobava, Baadur
2713
½ - ½
7.2
GM
Can, Emre
2529
-
GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2618
½ - ½
7.3
GM
Yilmaz, Mustafa
2569
-
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2581
½ - ½
7.4
GM
Ipatov, Alexander
2614
-
GM
Shanava, Konstantine
2563
½ - ½
Bo.
43
Iceland (ISL)
Rtg
-
29
Serbia (SRB)
Rtg
1½:2½
8.1
GM
Stefansson, Hannes
2536
-
GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
2613
½ - ½
8.2
GM
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn
2543
-
GM
Perunovic, Milos
2602
½ - ½
8.3
GM
Thorhallsson, Throstur
2426
-
GM
Sedlak, Nikola
2554
0 - 1
8.4
GM
Olafsson, Helgi
2555
-
GM
Indjic, Aleksandar
2539
½ - ½
Bo.
51
Switzerland (SUI)
Rtg
-
31
Vietnam (VIE)
Rtg
2 : 2
9.1
GM
Pelletier, Yannick
2578
-
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2710
½ - ½
9.2
GM
Gallagher, Joseph G.
2473
-
GM
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
2634
0 - 1
9.3
IM
Hug, Werner
2474
-
IM
Nguyen, Duc Hoa
2501
½ - ½
9.4
IM
Kurmann, Oliver
2423
-
IM
Nguyen, Van Huy
2439
1 - 0
Bo.
54
FYROM (MKD)
Rtg
-
1
Russia (RUS)
Rtg
0 : 4
10.1
GM
Nedev, Trajko
2484
-
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2760
0 - 1
10.2
GM
Colovic, Aleksandar
2487
-
GM
Svidler, Peter
2751
0 - 1
10.3
IM
Pancevski, Filip
2464
-
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2786
0 - 1
10.4
GM
Bogdanovski, Vlatko
2426
-
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2714
0 - 1
Bo.
5
Hungary (HUN)
Rtg
-
7
China (CHN)
Rtg
1½:2½
11.1
GM
Leko, Peter
2740
-
GM
Wang, Yue
2718
1 - 0
11.2
GM
Balogh, Csaba
2637
-
GM
Ding, Liren
2742
0 - 1
11.3
GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2690
-
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2668
0 - 1
11.4
GM
Rapport, Richard
2704
-
GM
Ni, Hua
2666
½ - ½
Bo.
8
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Rtg
-
24
Croatia (CRO)
Rtg
2½:1½
12.1
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2743
-
GM
Saric, Ivan
2671
½ - ½
12.2
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2724
-
GM
Stevic, Hrvoje
2606
½ - ½
12.3
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2649
-
GM
Palac, Mladen
2563
1 - 0
12.4
GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2613
-
GM
Kozul, Zdenko
2608
½ - ½
Bo.
27
Belarus (BLR)
Rtg
-
9
Israel (ISR)
Rtg
1½:2½
13.1
GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2678
-
GM
Gelfand, Boris
2753
½ - ½
13.2
GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
2580
-
GM
Rodshtein, Maxim
2671
0 - 1
13.3
GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2595
-
GM
Smirin, Ilia
2656
½ - ½
13.4
GM
Stupak, Kirill
2514
-
GM
Postny, Evgeny
2651
½ - ½
Bo.
16
Czech Republic (CZE)
Rtg
-
39
Iran (IRI)
Rtg
2½:1½
14.1
GM
Navara, David
2716
-
GM
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2594
1 - 0
14.2
GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2676
-
GM
Moradiabadi, Elshan
2598
1 - 0
14.3
GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2634
-
IM
Idani, Pouya
2499
½ - ½
14.4
GM
Babula, Vlastimil
2549
-
GM
Golizadeh, Asghar
2490
0 - 1
Bo.
18
Bulgaria (BUL)
Rtg
-
17
Spain (ESP)
Rtg
2½:1½
15.1
GM
Topalov, Veselin
2772
-
GM
Vallejo Pons, Francisco
2698
1 - 0
15.2
GM
Cheparinov, Ivan
2681
-
GM
Anton Guijarro, David
2624
½ - ½
15.3
GM
Iotov, Valentin
2553
-
GM
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
2618
1 - 0
15.4
GM
Rusev, Krasimir
2548
-
GM
Vazquez Igarza, Renier
2603
0 - 1
Bo.
30
Brazil (BRA)
Rtg
-
33
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Rtg
½ :3½
16.1
GM
Leitao, Rafael
2649
-
GM
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
2700
½ - ½
16.2
GM
Fier, Alexandr
2570
-
GM
Filippov, Anton
2615
0 - 1
16.3
GM
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag
2568
-
GM
Dzhumaev, Marat
2510
0 - 1
16.4
GM
El Debs, Felipe De Cresce
2522
-
IM
Vakhidov, Jahongir
2471
0 - 1
Bo.
44
Belgium (BEL)
Rtg
-
55
Bangladesh (BAN)
Rtg
2 : 2
17.1
GM
Winants, Luc
2545
-
GM
Rahman, Ziaur
2523
1 - 0
17.2
GM
Michiels, Bart
2535
-
GM
Abdulla, Al-Rakib
2522
0 - 1
17.3
IM
Ringoir, Tanguy
2508
-
IM
Minhazuddin, Ahmed
2418
1 - 0
17.4
IM
Docx, Stefan
2491
-
GM
Murshed, Niaz
2453
0 - 1
Bo.
23
Latvia (LAT)
Rtg
-
49
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Rtg
2 : 2
18.1
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2709
-
GM
Ismagambetov, Anuar
2531
1 - 0
18.2
GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2650
-
GM
Kotsur, Pavel
2559
½ - ½
18.3
GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2572
-
GM
Khusnutdinov, Rustam
2470
½ - ½
18.4
IM
Kantans, Toms
2496
-
IM
Aitbayev, Aslan
2425
0 - 1
Bo.
32
Romania (ROU)
Rtg
-
36
Slovakia (SVK)
Rtg
3 : 1
19.1
GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2625
-
GM
Markos, Jan
2602
½ - ½
19.2
GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2574
-
GM
Ftacnik, Lubomir
2571
1 - 0
19.3
GM
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
2579
-
GM
Michalik, Peter
2586
1 - 0
19.4
GM
Vajda, Levente
2561
-
GM
Petrik, Tomas
2487
½ - ½
Bo.
2
Ukraine (UKR)
Rtg
-
52
Philippines (PHI)
Rtg
3 : 1
20.1
GM
Ivanchuk, Vassily
2744
-
GM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2590
½ - ½
20.2
GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2717
-
GM
Gomez, John Paul
2526
1 - 0
20.3
GM
Korobov, Anton
2680
-
GM
Torre, Eugenio
2438
½ - ½
20.4
GM
Moiseenko, Alexander
2707
-
FM
Bersamina, Paulo
2363
1 - 0
The big news of the day was the board one match between Armenia and France. Aronian missed a key chance in his game agaisnt MVL:
Aronian missed a great chance today
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E84"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Armenien"] [BlackTeam "Frankreich"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 {Robot 9} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {This Saemisch-style set ups are becoming increasingly popular; Giri recently used it to beat MVL in Biel.} Bg7 {MVL deviates from his usual Grunfeld set-ups to go into a King's Indian.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. d5 (10. Nd1 {is by far the main line, but Aronian has an interesting idea.}) 10... Ne5 11. Ng3 Re8 {A hard move to understand, it seems as if Black had to hurry up with a break on the queenside.} (11... c5 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bg1 {was a 2008 game between Erdos-Di Berardino}) 12. h3 $5 {Aronian forces MVL's hand. The threat of f4, trapping the knight on e5, is unpleasant and difficult to meet.} b5 13. b3 {of course! The pawn is defended so the knight on e5 remains trapped.} h5 $5 { Completely ignoring the threat!} 14. f4 Nxc4 15. bxc4 h4 {the point is that if the knight retreats White's center is very weak.} 16. e5 $1 (16. Nge2 b4 17. Nd1 Nxe4 $15 {and only Black can claim an advantage.}) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 hxg3 18. exf6 exf6 {This was Vachier's idea. The open e-file provides strong counterplay and despite the extra piece the position is still not clear.} 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Nd1 bxc4 $2 {This move is just too slow.} (20... f5 $1 21. c5 (21. O-O g5 $1 {threatening f4 gives Black adequate counterplay.}) 21... Bc6 $3 22. dxc6 Rbd8 23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxe3 {with strong compensation.}) 21. O-O Ba4 22. Bf4 $2 {Aronian got too fancy, the simple solution was better.} (22. Rf3 $1 f5 23. Bxc4 $18) 22... g5 (22... Qxe2 $1 {Taking right away was stronger.} 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Nc3 Rbb2 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Rxc4 Rxa2 27. Rxc7 Bc2 $1 {Is far from clear; White has to watch out for Be4.}) 23. Bxg3 Qxe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Nc3 Re3 {Black regains his piece but his position will be difficult with the passed d-pawn.} 26. Bxc7 Rb7 27. Nxa4 Rxc7 28. d6 {Black will suffer trying to get this pawn off the board.} Rd7 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Rxc4 $1 (30. Nxc4 $14) 30... Re6 31. d7 f5 32. Rb1 Rd6 33. Kf1 Bd4 $1 {MVL understands perfectly that the knight is more important than the bishop in this position as the d7-pawn just has to go.} 34. Rd1 Rxb6 35. Rdxd4 Kf8 36. Rc5 f6 37. Rxf5 Ke7 38. Rfd5 Rb7 { It's over for the d-pawn, but White still has winning chances. However Vachier shows nice technique in holding the draw.} 39. Ra4 Rdxd7 40. Rxd7+ Rxd7 41. Rxa6 Rd2 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. a4 Ra2 44. a5 Kf5 45. Kg1 g4 46. Kh2 gxh3 47. Kxh3 Kg6 48. a6 Ra3+ 49. Kg4 Ra4+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. Ra8 Kg7 52. g3 Ra4 53. Ke3 Rg4 54. Kd3 Rxg3+ 55. Kc4 Ra3 56. Kb5 f5 57. Rc8 f4 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. Rc6+ Kg5 60. Kb4 Ra1 1/2-1/2
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave found some interesting resources and somehow held a draw
With draws also in boards two and four it was all down to Movsesian and Fressinet. Movsesian has had a bad showing so far despite winning both of his games so far as he was quite lost in both. Today Fressinet did not give the game back and outplayed the Armenian in a complex game. France 2.5-1.5 Armenia. The defending champions fall!
On board two Hikaru Nakamura decided to take the day off and did not try to push with White against Anish Giri.A simple move repetition early in the opening sealed the deal before move 14. Actually according to his opponent the opening was misplaced by white.
Giri mentioned that Nakamura "played the opening as if he had never seen the Sicilian before"
This left America with two blacks out of three and although Onischuk won his game against Van Wely with White, both Kamsky and Akobian lost with Black and Netherlands took an important match 2.5-1.5
Cuba and Poland played four draws and split the point while Russia annihilated Macedonia with a clean 4-0 sweep.
Alexander Onischuk (left) won against Loek Van Wely, but USA lost 2.5-1.5 anyways
Julio Catalino Sadorra is Phillipine's first board in the absence of Wesley So
Mauricio Flores from Chile (left) won by default against his opponent from Iraq. Noah, A.H. Al-Ali (right) went to say some strange things to his opponent about it.
Nigel Short having a chat with Daniel King
Women
Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00
Bo.
7
United States of America (USA)
Rtg
-
1
China (CHN)
Rtg
1 : 3
1.1
GM
Krush, Irina
2474
-
GM
Hou, Yifan
2661
0 - 1
1.2
IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2466
-
WGM
Ju, Wenjun
2559
0 - 1
1.3
WGM
Abrahamyan, Tatev
2366
-
WGM
Tan, Zhongyi
2468
½ - ½
1.4
WGM
Nemcova, Katerina
2315
-
WGM
Guo, Qi
2453
½ - ½
Bo.
38
Norway (NOR)
Rtg
-
13
Hungary (HUN)
Rtg
1 : 3
2.1
WIM
Sahl, Sheila Barth
2216
-
GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2485
0 - 1
2.2
WIM
Bjerke, Silje
2189
-
IM
Madl, Ildiko
2347
0 - 1
2.3
WGM
Koskela, Niina
2213
-
WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321
½ - ½
2.4
WIM
Hagesather, Ellen
2182
-
WGM
Papp, Petra
2274
½ - ½
Bo.
2
Russia (RUS)
Rtg
-
9
France (FRA)
Rtg
2½:1½
3.1
GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2540
-
GM
Sebag, Marie
2480
½ - ½
3.2
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2524
-
IM
Milliet, Sophie
2385
½ - ½
3.3
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2531
-
WGM
Guichard, Pauline
2375
1 - 0
3.4
WGM
Girya, Olga
2484
-
WIM
Congiu, Mathilde
2318
½ - ½
Bo.
10
Armenia (ARM)
Rtg
-
20
Vietnam (VIE)
Rtg
3 : 1
4.1
GM
Danielian, Elina
2490
-
WIM
Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung
2307
½ - ½
4.2
IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2453
-
WIM
Hoang, Thi Nhu Y
2269
1 - 0
4.3
IM
Galojan, Lilit
2275
-
WGM
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
2329
½ - ½
4.4
WGM
Kursova, Maria
2313
-
Luong, Phuong Hanh
2171
1 - 0
Bo.
41
Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH)
Rtg
-
21
Iran (IRI)
Rtg
0 : 4
5.1
WFM
Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra
2293
-
WGM
Pourkashiyan, Atousa
2352
0 - 1
5.2
WIM
Boric, Elena
2196
-
WGM
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
2324
0 - 1
5.3
WFM
Dengler, Dijana
2070
-
WIM
Hejazipour, Mitra
2269
0 - 1
5.4
Jacimovic, Sara
2032
-
WFM
Asgarizadeh, Minoo
2147
0 - 1
Bo.
22
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Rtg
-
42
Switzerland (SUI)
Rtg
2½:1½
6.1
WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2229
-
WIM
Seps, Monika
2236
0 - 1
6.2
WGM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2334
-
WGM
Hund, Barbara
2153
1 - 0
6.3
WIM
Abdulla, Khayala
2286
-
WIM
Heinatz, Gundula
2169
½ - ½
6.4
WIM
Ibrahimova, Sabina
2263
-
WFM
De Seroux, Camille
2129
1 - 0
Bo.
6
Romania (ROU)
Rtg
-
23
Indonesia (INA)
Rtg
1½:2½
7.1
IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2422
-
WGM
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma
2396
½ - ½
7.2
IM
Foisor, Cristina-Adela
2404
-
WGM
Aulia, Medina Warda
2397
0 - 1
7.3
WGM
L'ami, Alina
2446
-
WIM
Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias
2206
0 - 1
7.4
WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2327
-
WFM
Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia
2128
1 - 0
Bo.
12
Germany (GER)
Rtg
-
24
Argentina (ARG)
Rtg
3 : 1
8.1
IM
Paehtz, Elisabeth
2464
-
IM
Lujan, Carolina
2367
1 - 0
8.2
WGM
Schleining, Zoya
2369
-
WGM
Amura, Claudia
2282
0 - 1
8.3
WGM
Ohme, Melanie
2301
-
WIM
Fernandez, Maria Florencia
2218
1 - 0
8.4
WGM
Hoolt, Sarah
2318
-
WIM
Zuriel, Marisa
2235
1 - 0
Bo.
40
Belarus (BLR)
Rtg
-
16
Netherlands (NED)
Rtg
1½:2½
9.1
IM
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia
2407
-
WIM
Haast, Anne
2324
1 - 0
9.2
FM
Stetsko, Lanita
2261
-
WIM
Schut, Lisa
2317
½ - ½
9.3
Nevioselaya, Maria
2032
-
WGM
Muhren, Bianca
2314
0 - 1
9.4
Kaliadzich, Maryia
2020
-
IM
Lanchava, Tea
2276
0 - 1
Bo.
17
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Rtg
-
5
India (IND)
Rtg
2 : 2
10.1
WGM
Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan
2336
-
GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2521
½ - ½
10.2
WGM
Saduakassova, Dinara
2375
-
IM
Sachdev, Tanya
2418
½ - ½
10.3
WGM
Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2333
-
IM
Karavade, Eesha
2392
1 - 0
10.4
WIM
Davletbayeva, Madina
2289
-
WGM
Padmini, Rout
2318
0 - 1
Bo.
33
Turkey (TUR)
Rtg
-
14
Bulgaria (BUL)
Rtg
2 : 2
11.1
WGM
Yildiz, Betul Cemre
2296
-
GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2505
½ - ½
11.2
WGM
Ozturk, Kubra
2291
-
WGM
Videnova, Iva
2342
0 - 1
11.3
WIM
Isgandarova, Khayala
2190
-
WGM
Djingarova, Emilia
2303
1 - 0
11.4
WIM
Topel, Zehra
2156
-
WGM
Voiska, Margarita
2279
½ - ½
Bo.
35
Croatia (CRO)
Rtg
-
19
Cuba ()
Rtg
1½:2½
12.1
WGM
Golubenko, Valentina
2269
-
WGM
Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa
2345
½ - ½
12.2
WIM
Franciskovic, Borka
2318
-
WGM
Marrero Lopez, Yaniet
2324
½ - ½
12.3
WFM
Deur Saric, Zrinka
2113
-
WGM
Pina Vega, Sulennis
2270
½ - ½
12.4
WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2102
-
WGM
Arribas Robaina, Maritza
2291
0 - 1
Bo.
11
Spain (ESP)
Rtg
-
3
Ukraine (UKR)
Rtg
2 : 2
13.1
IM
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
2395
-
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2555
0 - 1
13.2
IM
Alexandrova, Olga
2424
-
IM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2530
½ - ½
13.3
IM
Matnadze, Ana
2385
-
GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2468
½ - ½
13.4
WIM
Aranaz Murillo, Amalia
2314
-
IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2379
1 - 0
Bo.
18
Slovakia (SVK)
Rtg
-
34
Austria (AUT)
Rtg
3 : 1
14.1
IM
Repkova, Eva
2358
-
IM
Moser, Eva
2456
0 - 1
14.2
IM
Stockova, Zuzana
2383
-
WFM
Exler, Veronika
2189
1 - 0
14.3
WGM
Kochetkova, Julia
2338
-
WFM
Newrkla, Katharina
2135
1 - 0
14.4
WFM
Gazikova, Veronika
2034
-
WFM
Novkovic, Julia
2131
1 - 0
Bo.
8
Poland (POL)
Rtg
-
43
Philippines (PHI)
Rtg
2 : 2
15.1
GM
Socko, Monika
2470
-
WIM
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee
2214
½ - ½
15.2
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2398
-
WFM
Frayna, Janelle Mae
2205
½ - ½
15.3
WGM
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina
2380
-
Fronda, Jan Jodilyn
2098
0 - 1
15.4
WGM
Bartel, Marta
2359
-
WIM
Perena, Catherine
2165
1 - 0
Bo.
4
Georgia (GEO)
Rtg
-
31
Italy (ITA)
Rtg
3½: ½
16.1
GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2550
-
IM
Zimina, Olga
2327
1 - 0
16.2
GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2494
-
FM
Brunello, Marina
2281
1 - 0
16.3
IM
Melia, Salome
2475
-
IM
Sedina, Elena
2291
1 - 0
16.4
IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2435
-
WFM
Gueci, Tea
2074
½ - ½
Bo.
30
Colombia (COL)
Rtg
-
25
Latvia (LAT)
Rtg
4 : 0
17.1
WIM
Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea
2368
-
WGM
Rogule, Laura
2347
1 - 0
17.2
WIM
Franco Valencia, Beatriz Irene
2210
-
WGM
Berzina, Ilze
2247
1 - 0
17.3
WIM
Franco Valencia, Angela
2186
-
WIM
Skinke, Katrina
2217
1 - 0
17.4
WIM
Castrillon Gomez, Melissa
2168
-
WGM
Erneste, Inguna
2200
1 - 0
Bo.
46
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Rtg
-
15
Serbia (SRB)
Rtg
1 : 3
18.1
WFM
Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz
2228
-
IM
Bojkovic, Natasa
2425
½ - ½
18.2
WFM
Baymuradova, Sevara
2127
-
WGM
Vojinovic, Jovana
2312
0 - 1
18.3
Kakhramonova, Mokhinur
2044
-
WGM
Stojanovic, Andjelija
2297
½ - ½
18.4
WIM
Sabirova, Olga
2099
-
WIM
Rakic, Marija
2323
0 - 1
Bo.
27
Czech Republic (CZE)
Rtg
-
66
El Salvador (ESA)
Rtg
4 : 0
19.1
WIM
Havlikova, Kristyna
2215
-
WIM
Zepeda, Lorena
2158
1 - 0
19.2
WGM
Sikorova, Olga
2289
-
WFM
Sanchez, Ingrid
2020
1 - 0
19.3
WIM
Olsarova, Tereza
2271
-
WFM
Avelar, Gabriela
1903
1 - 0
19.4
Novosadova, Kristyna
2174
-
Garcia, Alcira
1692
1 - 0
Bo.
67
Wales (WLS)
Rtg
-
60
Egypt (EGY)
Rtg
2½:1½
20.1
WFM
Richmond, Jane
2085
-
WGM
Mona, Khaled
2169
1 - 0
20.2
WFM
Smith, Olivia
1968
-
WGM
Wafa, Shrook
2065
½ - ½
20.3
WFM
Blackburn, Suzie G.
1971
-
WIM
Moaataz, Ayah
1954
0 - 1
20.4
WCM
Roberts, Lynda
1920
-
WFM
Abdelmenaem, Sohayla
1782
1 - 0
The match USA-China was not much of a contest. The Chinese team won very convincingly despite Hou Yifan's questionable technique to finish off her opponent, Irina Krush. If anything the match score 3-1 was not that bad for the Americans considering some of her positions on the board.
The young Indonesian team upset Romania with a 2.5-1.5 score. Irene Sukandar mentioned how lucky she felt to win the match, as their boards two and three were losing at a certain point. In another important upset Kazakhstan drew India while Spain held the Ukrainian powerhouse to a draw.
Carolina Lujan, Alejandra Guerrero and Claudia Amura
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan had a rough time against Tan Zhongyi
Sabina Foisor rested for America today, here she is with captain Melikset Khachiyan
Hou Yifan had a tough first game in this tournament against Irina Krush
Irene Sukandar drew her game in the 2.5-1.5 victory over Romania
Tania Sachdev interviewed by Daniel King
Round Four Pairings
Open:
Round 4 on 2014/08/05 at 14:00
No.
SNo
Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
Team
SNo
1
3
France
10½
6
:
6
10
Azerbaijan
8
2
29
Serbia
10½
6
:
6
10
Czech Republic
16
3
14
Norway
7½
5
:
5
9
Poland
15
4
1
Russia
11½
6
:
6
10
China
7
5
11
Netherlands
10½
6
:
6
10
Israel
9
6
18
Bulgaria
10
6
:
6
10½
Romania
32
7
33
Uzbekistan
9½
6
:
5
10
Germany
12
8
26
Turkey
9
5
:
5
10
Italy
20
9
21
Georgia
10
5
:
5
9
Mexico
46
10
44
Belgium
9½
5
:
5
9
Switzerland
51
11
49
Kazakhstan
9½
5
:
5
8½
Moldova
45
12
13
Cuba
10
5
:
5
9
India
19
13
48
Paraguay
9
5
:
5
10
Vietnam
31
14
10
England
9
5
:
5
7½
Latvia
23
15
55
Bangladesh
8
5
:
5
9
Ukraine
2
16
35
Argentina
9
4
:
5
7½
Greece
25
17
24
Croatia
8
4
:
4
6½
Mongolia
59
18
69
Ecuador
8
4
:
4
9
Denmark
40
19
79
South Africa
7½
4
:
4
8½
USA
6
20
75
Portugal
7
4
:
4
8
Hungary
5
France will have a tough round again as they face Azerbaijan. Despite being on board four, an amazing match will take place there. The Russian squad will face off against China; a team that despite not having their top rated players is strong and playing well... they just took out Hungary! Next to them the match Netherlands and Israel is a complete toss-up.
Another close match will be India vs. Cuba. India's board one lost today against Caruana (Italy) and might have to face Dominguez next. Not an easy time!
Women:
Round 4 on 2014/08/05 at 14:00
No.
Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
Team
SNo
1
Iran
12
6
:
6
10½
Slovakia
18
2
Norway
8
4
:
4
9½
Czech Republic
27
3
China
11
6
:
6
10½
Azerbaijan
22
4
Indonesia
10½
6
:
6
11
Armenia
10
5
Germany
9½
6
:
6
10½
Russia
2
6
Netherlands
9
6
:
6
10½
Georgia
4
7
Hungary
11
6
:
6
10
Cuba
19
8
Philippines
9½
5
:
5
8
Spain
11
9
Bulgaria
9½
5
:
5
8
Poland
8
10
Colombia
10
5
:
5
8½
Kazakhstan
17
11
India
9½
5
:
5
8½
Serbia
15
12
Ukraine
9
5
:
5
8½
Turkey
33
13
England
8
4
:
4
9½
Belarus
40
14
France
8½
4
:
4
7½
ICCD
55
15
Vietnam
8
4
:
4
6½
Malaysia
77
16
Switzerland
8½
4
:
4
7
Bangladesh
59
17
Brazil
6½
4
:
4
8
Romania
6
18
Uruguay
6½
4
:
4
8
Croatia
35
19
Argentina
9
4
:
4
8
Moldova
44
20
Bosnia & Herzegovina
7
4
:
4
8½
Lithuania
36
Iran's 12-0 puts them on the top board of the Women's section, and will face Slovakia who is only half a board point behind... despite these board points not being the first tiebreak in the final standings, the board the teams are playing on seem to be largely based on this. China will face a relatively weaker team in Azerbaijan, whose women's team is not as elite as their open squad.
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