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Olympiad Tromsø 2014 - Round 5 midnight report by GM Daniel King
| Br. | 8 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Elo | - | 29 | Serbia (SRB) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 1.1 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2743 | - | GM | Ivanisevic, Ivan | 2613 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.2 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 2724 | - | GM | Perunovic, Milos | 2602 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.3 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | 2659 | - | GM | Markus, Robert | 2602 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.4 | GM | Guseinov, Gadir | 2613 | - | GM | Sedlak, Nikola | 2554 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Elo | - | 18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 2.1 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2760 | - | GM | Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.2 | GM | Svidler, Peter | 2751 | - | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2681 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.3 | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | 2786 | - | GM | Iotov, Valentin | 2553 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.4 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2714 | - | GM | Rusev, Krasimir | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 4 | Armenia (ARM) | Elo | - | 14 | Norway (NOR) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2805 | - | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.2 | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2686 | - | GM | Agdestein, Simen | 2630 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.3 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | 2672 | - | GM | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2628 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | GM | Akopian, Vladimir | 2655 | - | GM | Johannessen, Leif Erlend | 2528 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 7 | China (CHN) | Elo | - | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 4.1 | GM | Wang, Yue | 2718 | - | GM | Giri, Anish | 2745 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Ding, Liren | 2742 | - | GM | L'Ami, Erwin | 2631 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.3 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2668 | - | GM | Van Wely, Loek | 2662 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.4 | GM | Wei, Yi | 2638 | - | GM | Van Kampen, Robin | 2638 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Elo | - | 33 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 5.1 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2744 | - | GM | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2700 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.2 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2717 | - | GM | Filippov, Anton | 2615 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.3 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2723 | - | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | 2510 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.4 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2680 | - | IM | Vakhidov, Jahongir | 2471 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 9 | Israel (ISR) | Elo | - | 13 | Cuba (CUB) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 6.1 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | 2753 | - | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2760 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | GM | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2671 | - | GM | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 2664 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.3 | GM | Smirin, Ilia | 2656 | - | GM | Quesada Perez, Yuniesky | 2649 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.4 | GM | Sutovsky, Emil | 2624 | - | GM | Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo | 2603 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 49 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Elo | - | 26 | Turkey (TUR) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 7.1 | GM | Ismagambetov, Anuar | 2531 | - | GM | Solak, Dragan | 2632 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | GM | Kotsur, Pavel | 2559 | - | GM | Esen, Baris | 2589 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.3 | GM | Kostenko, Petr | 2461 | - | GM | Can, Emre | 2529 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | GM | Khusnutdinov, Rustam | 2470 | - | GM | Ipatov, Alexander | 2614 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 21 | Georgia (GEO) | Elo | - | 44 | Belgium (BEL) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 8.1 | GM | Jobava, Baadur | 2713 | - | GM | Winants, Luc | 2545 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.2 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2618 | - | GM | Michiels, Bart | 2535 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.3 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2581 | - | IM | Ringoir, Tanguy | 2508 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.4 | GM | Nigalidze, Gaioz | 2542 | - | IM | Docx, Stefan | 2491 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 31 | Vietnam (VIE) | Elo | - | 10 | England (ENG) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 9.1 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | 2710 | - | GM | Adams, Michael | 2740 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.2 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2634 | - | GM | Jones, Gawain C B | 2665 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.3 | IM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | 2501 | - | GM | Howell, David W L | 2650 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.4 | IM | Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy | 2507 | - | GM | Sadler, Matthew D | 2653 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 12 | Germany (GER) | Elo | - | 57 | Qatar (QAT) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 10.1 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2709 | - | GM | Al-Modiahki, Mohamad | 2549 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.2 | GM | Meier, Georg | 2646 | - | GM | Al-Sayed, Mohammed | 2505 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.3 | GM | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2689 | - | GM | Zhu, Chen | 2461 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.4 | GM | Baramidze, David | 2612 | - | IM | Nezad, Husein Aziz | 2365 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 54 | FYROM (MKD) | Elo | - | 24 | Croatia (CRO) | Elo | 1 : 3 |
| 11.1 | GM | Nedev, Trajko | 2484 | - | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2671 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.2 | GM | Colovic, Aleksandar | 2487 | - | GM | Palac, Mladen | 2563 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.3 | GM | Mitkov, Nikola | 2500 | - | GM | Kozul, Zdenko | 2608 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.4 | GM | Bogdanovski, Vlatko | 2426 | - | GM | Zelcic, Robert | 2548 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 3 | France (FRA) | Elo | - | 35 | Argentina (ARG) | Elo | 3½: ½ |
| 12.1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | - | GM | Peralta, Fernando | 2574 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.2 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2720 | - | GM | Mareco, Sandro | 2574 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | GM | Edouard, Romain | 2680 | - | GM | Flores, Diego | 2562 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.4 | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | 2624 | - | GM | Perez Ponsa, Federico | 2541 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Elo | - | 34 | Sweden (SWE) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 13.1 | GM | Navara, David | 2716 | - | GM | Grandelius, Nils | 2571 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.2 | GM | Laznicka, Viktor | 2676 | - | GM | Agrest, Evgenij | 2595 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.3 | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 2634 | - | GM | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | 2549 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.4 | GM | Babula, Vlastimil | 2549 | - | GM | Berg, Emanuel | 2554 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 58 | Norway 2 (NOR2) | Elo | - | 28 | Slovenia (SLO) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 14.1 | IM | Urkedal, Frode | 2500 | - | GM | Lenic, Luka | 2659 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.2 | IM | Elsness, Frode | 2477 | - | GM | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 2618 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.3 | IM | Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal | 2450 | - | GM | Borisek, Jure | 2569 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | IM | Tari, Aryan | 2440 | - | GM | Sebenik, Matej | 2537 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 32 | Romania (ROU) | Elo | - | 109 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 15.1 | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2625 | - | FM | Garcia, Ricardo Nca | 2215 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | GM | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian | 2574 | - | Ortiz, Marcos | 2214 | 0 - 1 | |
| 15.3 | GM | Nevednichy, Vladislav | 2554 | - | IM | Madrigal, Mariano | 2156 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.4 | GM | Vajda, Levente | 2561 | - | FM | Medrano, Randall | 2116 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 66 | Scotland (SCO) | Elo | - | 42 | Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 16.1 | GM | McNab, Colin A | 2441 | - | GM | Predojevic, Borki | 2604 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.2 | IM | Greet, Andrew N | 2431 | - | GM | Dizdarevic, Emir | 2522 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.3 | FM | Tate, Alan | 2347 | - | GM | Stojanovic, Dalibor | 2503 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.4 | IM | McKay, Roderick M | 2349 | - | IM | Kadric, Denis | 2473 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 39 | Iran (IRI) | Elo | - | 47 | Lithuania (LTU) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 17.1 | GM | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | 2594 | - | GM | Sulskis, Sarunas | 2544 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.2 | GM | Moradiabadi, Elshan | 2598 | - | GM | Rozentalis, Eduardas | 2606 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.3 | IM | Idani, Pouya | 2499 | - | IM | Beinoras, Mindaugas | 2402 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.4 | GM | Toufighi, Homayoon | 2424 | - | IM | Pileckis, Emilis | 2447 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 37 | Canada (CAN) | Elo | - | 6 | USA | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 18.1 | GM | Kovalyov, Anton | 2622 | - | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.2 | GM | Hansen, Eric | 2593 | - | GM | Onischuk, Alexander | 2659 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.3 | GM | Sambuev, Bator | 2528 | - | GM | Akobian, Varuzhan | 2653 | 1 - 0 |
| 18.4 | IM | Hambleton, Aman | 2458 | - | GM | Shankland, Samuel L | 2624 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 27 | Belarus (BLR) | Elo | - | 41 | Austria (AUT) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 19.1 | GM | Zhigalko, Sergei | 2678 | - | GM | Ragger, Markus | 2644 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.2 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 2595 | - | GM | Shengelia, David | 2556 | ½ - ½ |
| 19.3 | GM | Kovalev, Vladislav | 2532 | - | IM | Kreisl, Robert | 2432 | ½ - ½ |
| 19.4 | GM | Stupak, Kirill | 2514 | - | IM | Diermair, Andreas | 2447 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Elo | - | 17 | Spain (ESP) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 20.1 | GM | Leko, Peter | 2740 | - | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 2698 | ½ - ½ |
| 20.2 | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2637 | - | GM | Anton Guijarro, David | 2624 | 1 - 0 |
| 20.3 | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | - | GM | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 2620 | 1 - 0 |
| 20.4 | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2704 | - | GM | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel | 2618 | 0 - 1 |
Huge results! Vladimir Kramnik showed some amazing class as he beat his archnemesis Veselin Topalov. After the usual lack of handshake between them Russia vs. Bulgaria seemed to be going well for the Russians for some time. Big Vlad's game was very impressive:
Vladimir Kramnik played a great game against Topalov
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 {Not the most common treatment of the Nc3 Catalan, but Black is trying to find ways not to get into a dry but worse position.} (6... dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 {has not been to everyone's liking. In this variation Nc3 is superior to 0-0.}) 7. Qd3 Nb6 $5 {Provoking c5!} 8. c5 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 b6 11. Bf4 a5 12. a3 Ba6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Rfe1 Bc4 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Nhf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nhf6 22. h3 h6 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. f4 $5 {The sign that there will be a true fight. White prevents e5, thus binding Black, but he creates some weaknesses in his own position.} bxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Bf2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Nd5 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. e4 $1 (30. Rad1 Nc3 31. Ne4 Nxd1 32. Rxd1 Qe7 {gives White compensation, but it is not as strong as the game continuation.}) 30... Bxa1 31. exd5 Qf6 32. d6 $1 {Kramnik goes for the power of his pawns as opposed to going for the direct approach.} (32. dxe6 Bd4 (32... fxe6 33. Ne4 Qb2 34. Qd1 {surprisingly traps the bishop!}) 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Ne4 {is also better for White.}) 32... Qc3 (32... Bd4 33. Nf3 $1 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 $16) 33. Qd1 $1 {It is important to keep that bishop as uncomfortable as possible.} Bb2 34. Bxc6 Rad8 35. Nb1 $1 { A very good move! The queen now doesn't have as many squares as it would wish.} Qf6 36. Qd2 Rb8 37. Be4 e5 38. Nc3 $1 Qe6 (38... exf4 39. Nd5 Qg5 40. Qxf4 $18 {looks close to hopeless with the passed pawns rolling down the board.}) 39. Nd5 Qxh3 40. Bg2 Qh5 41. d7 {White is down the exchange, but with his superior piece coordination and extremely strong pawns it is clear that the game will be won by White.} exf4 42. Qxf4 {Kramnik,V (2760)-Topalov,V (2772) Tromsø 2014 [Robot 11]} Bxa3 43. Qxb8 $1 {Of course; the pawn on d7 is unstoppable without the rooks.} Rxb8 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rxb8 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Bh3 Qf3 48. d8=Q Qxf2+ 49. Bg2 {A great win by Kramnik.} 1-0
Topalov was bailed out by his time this time
However things were not so simple. Valentin Iotov was here to have a say in the result of the match:
[Event "41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open"] [Site "Tromsø"] [Date "2014.08.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Iotov, Valentin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k5r/pp1r1p2/4pp2/1PpPb3/PqP4p/4RB1P/Q4PP1/5R1K b - - 0 26"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 26... exd5 {Karjakin has played a good game and holds a slight advantage, but here he starts making strange decisions.} 27. Rd3 $2 {Karjakin must have realized Bxd5 is dangerous and panicked.} (27. Qe2 $1 Rhd8 28. Bxd5 Qxa4 29. Re4 $14) (27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. cxd5 Qf4 29. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 $14 {this is still good for White.}) 27... Rhd8 $1 {at this point, however, it is impossible to take on d5!} (27... d4 28. a5 $13) 28. Rc1 (28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Qf4 31. g3 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 hxg3 {and the attack is obviously decisive.}) 28... dxc4 { Black is now two pawns up and the rest is easy for Iotov.} 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Qc2 c3 31. Rd1 Qb2 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Rxd2 cxd2 34. Qd1 Qd4 {A huge upset and a super important victory for Bulgaria.} 0-1
In board one Mamedyarov completely annihilated Ivanisevic. He was so winning that he blundered a piece and still had an easy victory over the board. Radjabov however fell to Perunovic and with draws in boards three and four Serbia was able to hold Azerbaijan to a draw.
Ivanisevic was lost after about an hour of play
Nakamura could only draw Kovalyov and USA is currently down 2-1 against Canada awaiting on the game where Shankland is pushing against Hambleton
Carlsen was able to hold Aronian after suffering down a pawn, but with Sargissian's win over Agdestein it was the Armenians that took the match 2.5-1.5.
Kasimdzhanov was given a nice gift from Ivanchuk: a full piece and a full point with it. This opened the door for Uzbekistan to take a very surprising victory against Ukraine! In another maybe slighter surprise Cuba is having a great tournament and they beat Israel as every game was won by White in that match, except for Gelfand-Dominguez which was a draw.
Germany was held to another surprise today as they were unable to beat Qatar.
Le Quangliem lost to Adams, but with Nguyen's win against Jones the match evened out
Vallejo's Spain lost to Hungary, despite his draw against Leko
Ding Liren vs. L'Ami was one of the four draws in the match China vs. Netherlands
| Br. | 23 | Indonesia (INA) | Elo | - | 1 | China (CHN) | Elo | ½ :3½ |
| 1.1 | WGM | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | 2396 | - | GM | Hou, Yifan | 2661 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.2 | WGM | Aulia, Medina Warda | 2397 | - | WGM | Ju, Wenjun | 2559 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.3 | WIM | Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias | 2206 | - | GM | Zhao, Xue | 2508 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.4 | WFM | Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia | 2128 | - | WGM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2468 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 112 | Barbados (BAR) | Elo | - | 38 | Norway (NOR) | Elo | 0 : 4 |
| 2.1 | WCM | Blackman, Katrina | 1627 | - | WIM | Sahl, Sheila Barth | 2216 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.2 | Murray, Donna | 1454 | - | WGM | Dolzhikova, Olga | 2166 | 0 - 1 | |
| 2.3 | WCM | Ramsay, Sheena | 1579 | - | WGM | Koskela, Niina | 2213 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.4 | Nurse, Lydia | 1364 | - | WIM | Hagesather, Ellen | 2182 | 0 - 1 | |
| Br. | 13 | Hungary (HUN) | Elo | - | 21 | Iran (IRI) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2485 | - | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | 2352 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.2 | IM | Madl, Ildiko | 2347 | - | WGM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | 2324 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.3 | IM | Gara, Anita | 2327 | - | WIM | Hejazipour, Mitra | 2269 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2274 | - | WFM | Asgarizadeh, Minoo | 2147 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Elo | - | 4 | Georgia (GEO) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 4.1 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2540 | - | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2550 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | 2524 | - | GM | Khotenashvili, Bela | 2494 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.3 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2531 | - | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2478 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.4 | WGM | Pogonina, Natalija | 2479 | - | IM | Melia, Salome | 2475 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 11 | Spain (ESP) | Elo | - | 16 | Netherlands (NED) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 5.1 | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2395 | - | GM | Peng, Zhaoqin | 2391 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | IM | Alexandrova, Olga | 2424 | - | WIM | Haast, Anne | 2324 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | IM | Matnadze, Ana | 2385 | - | WIM | Schut, Lisa | 2317 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | WIM | Aranaz Murillo, Amalia | 2314 | - | WGM | Muhren, Bianca | 2314 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 15 | Serbia (SRB) | Elo | - | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 6.1 | IM | Bojkovic, Natasa | 2425 | - | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2555 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | WGM | Vojinovic, Jovana | 2312 | - | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2530 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.3 | WGM | Stojanovic, Andjelija | 2297 | - | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2487 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.4 | WIM | Rakic, Marija | 2323 | - | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | 2468 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 8 | Poland (POL) | Elo | - | 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 7.1 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2470 | - | WGM | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | 2336 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 2398 | - | WGM | Saduakassova, Dinara | 2375 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.3 | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | 2380 | - | WGM | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 2333 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | WIM | Kulon, Klaudia | 2301 | - | WIM | Davletbayeva, Madina | 2289 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 9 | France (FRA) | Elo | - | 12 | Germany (GER) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 8.1 | GM | Sebag, Marie | 2480 | - | IM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2464 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2385 | - | WGM | Schleining, Zoya | 2369 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.3 | WGM | Guichard, Pauline | 2375 | - | WGM | Melamed, Tatjana | 2364 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.4 | IM | Collas, Silvia | 2316 | - | WGM | Ohme, Melanie | 2301 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 40 | Belarus (BLR) | Elo | - | 6 | Romania (ROU) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 9.1 | IM | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | 2407 | - | IM | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | 2422 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.2 | FM | Stetsko, Lanita | 2261 | - | WGM | L'ami, Alina | 2446 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.3 | Nevioselaya, Maria | 2032 | - | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2354 | 0 - 1 | |
| 9.4 | Kaliadzich, Maryia | 2020 | - | WGM | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | 2327 | 0 - 1 | |
| Br. | 22 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Elo | - | 7 | USA | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 10.1 | WGM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2334 | - | GM | Krush, Irina | 2474 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.2 | WIM | Abdulla, Khayala | 2286 | - | IM | Zatonskih, Anna | 2466 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.3 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 2274 | - | WGM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 2366 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.4 | WIM | Ibrahimova, Sabina | 2263 | - | WGM | Nemcova, Katerina | 2315 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 35 | Croatia (CRO) | Elo | - | 42 | Switzerland (SUI) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 11.1 | WGM | Golubenko, Valentina | 2269 | - | WIM | Seps, Monika | 2236 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.2 | WIM | Franciskovic, Borka | 2318 | - | WIM | Heinatz, Gundula | 2169 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.3 | WIM | Jelica, Mara | 2184 | - | WFM | De Seroux, Camille | 2129 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.4 | WFM | Deur Saric, Zrinka | 2113 | - | WFM | Stoeri, Laura | 2123 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 19 | Cuba (CUB) | Elo | - | 27 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
| 12.1 | WGM | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | 2345 | - | WIM | Havlikova, Kristyna | 2215 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | WGM | Pina Vega, Sulennis | 2270 | - | WIM | Olsarova, Karolina | 2237 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | WGM | Vigoa Apecheche, Yanira | 2317 | - | WGM | Sikorova, Olga | 2289 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.4 | WGM | Arribas Robaina, Maritza | 2291 | - | WIM | Olsarova, Tereza | 2271 | 1 - 0 |
| Br. | 26 | Israel (ISR) | Elo | - | 18 | Slovakia (SVK) | Elo | 1 : 3 |
| 13.1 | IM | Klinova, Masha | 2312 | - | IM | Repkova, Eva | 2358 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.2 | WIM | Shvayger, Yuliya | 2275 | - | IM | Stockova, Zuzana | 2383 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.3 | WIM | Vasiliev, Olga | 2276 | - | WGM | Kochetkova, Julia | 2338 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.4 | IM | Borsuk, Angela | 2198 | - | WFM | Machalova, Veronika | 2214 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 24 | Argentina (ARG) | Elo | - | 32 | Greece (GRE) | Elo | 1 : 3 |
| 14.1 | IM | Lujan, Carolina | 2367 | - | WGM | Botsari, Anna-Maria | 2299 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.2 | WGM | Amura, Claudia | 2282 | - | WFM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 2240 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.3 | WIM | Fernandez, Maria Florencia | 2218 | - | WGM | Makropoulou, Marina | 2218 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.4 | WIM | Martinez, Ayelen | 2121 | - | WFM | Markantonaki, Haritomeni | 2180 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 36 | Lithuania (LTU) | Elo | - | 10 | Armenia (ARM) | Elo | 1 : 3 |
| 15.1 | WGM | Daulyte, Deimante | 2386 | - | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2490 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.2 | WIM | Zaksaite, Salomeja | 2170 | - | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2453 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.3 | WFM | Domarkaite, Laima | 2160 | - | IM | Galojan, Lilit | 2275 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.4 | Batkovskyte, Dominyka | 2117 | - | WGM | Kursova, Maria | 2313 | ½ - ½ | |
| Br. | 28 | Mongolia (MGL) | Elo | - | 20 | Vietnam (VIE) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
| 16.1 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 2410 | - | WIM | Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung | 2307 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.2 | WGM | Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs | 2346 | - | WIM | Hoang, Thi Nhu Y | 2269 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.3 | WFM | Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal | 2109 | - | WGM | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | 2329 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.4 | WFM | Lkhamsuren, Uuganbayar | 2125 | - | IM | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | 2331 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 31 | Italy (ITA) | Elo | - | 49 | Venezuela (VEN) | Elo | 3 : 1 |
| 17.1 | IM | Zimina, Olga | 2327 | - | IM | Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina | 2207 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | FM | Brunello, Marina | 2281 | - | WIM | Rovira Contreras, Tairu Manuela | 2076 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.3 | IM | Sedina, Elena | 2291 | - | WIM | Montilla, Jorcerys | 2118 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.4 | WFM | Messina, Roberta | 2042 | - | WIM | Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolin | 2008 | ½ - ½ |
| Br. | 37 | Slovenia (SLO) | Elo | - | 47 | Estonia (EST) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
| 18.1 | WGM | Srebrnic, Ana | 2251 | - | WCM | Narva, Mai | 2205 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.2 | WGM | Krivec, Jana | 2259 | - | WIM | Tsiganova, Monika | 2094 | 1 - 0 |
| 18.3 | WFM | Kolaric, Spela | 2043 | - | WCM | Narva, Triin | 2068 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.4 | WFM | Novak, Ksenija | 2074 | - | WIM | Fomina, Tatyana | 2216 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 74 | Paraguay (PAR) | Elo | - | 30 | Colombia (COL) | Elo | 1 : 3 |
| 19.1 | WFM | Vargas, Gabriela | 2112 | - | WIM | Franco Valencia, Beatriz Irene | 2210 | ½ - ½ |
| 19.2 | WIM | Perez Rodriguez, Jennifer | 2211 | - | WIM | Rivera Banquez, Ingris | 2210 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.3 | Perez, Dalila | 1791 | - | WIM | Franco Valencia, Angela | 2186 | ½ - ½ | |
| 19.4 | WCM | Avalos, Leticia | 1687 | - | WIM | Castrillon Gomez, Melissa | 2168 | 0 - 1 |
| Br. | 34 | Austria (AUT) | Elo | - | 5 | India (IND) | Elo | 0 : 4 |
| 20.1 | WFM | Exler, Veronika | 2189 | - | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | 2521 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.2 | WFM | Newrkla, Katharina | 2135 | - | IM | Karavade, Eesha | 2392 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.3 | WFM | Novkovic, Julia | 2131 | - | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | 2352 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.4 | Hapala, Elisabeth | 2083 | - | WGM | Padmini, Rout | 2318 | 0 - 1 |
Lisa Schut drew Anna Matnadze and the Netherlands beat Spain
It seems as it was clear who had the better mascot...
Iran was finally stopped on its trackas as Hungary took them out. A very important victory by Hoang Than Trang against Pourkashiyan gave the Hungarians the win. Serbia took out Ukraine in one of the many surprises of the day. Meanwhile Russia barely edged out Georgia with a last minute win by Gunina.
Between Hou Yifan...
...Ju Wenjun...
...and Tan Zhongyi China was able to demolish Indonesia 3.5-0.5
Anna Ushenina's Ukraine surprisingly fell to Serbia
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