All draws at the top!

The big clash begins (official site)

The match between Saint Petersburg and Baden-Baden finished in a draw after all six games were drawn. So Saint Petersburg are ahead, but will need to win their final round encounter to win the Championship. The women's event is now essentially a two-horse race between AVS and Timisoara.

Behind the leading pair, top seeds SOCAR were victorious again, as were high-fliers Ekonomist and Mika. Second seed SHSM even won 6-0, a rare event so high up the pairings!

Match Board	Seed Title	White (on odds)		Score	Seed Title	Black (on odds, White on evens)
1	4	Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation		3 - 3	5	OSG Baden Baden
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2740	½:½	GM	Adams Michael	2733
2	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2726	½:½	GM	Shirov Alexei	2713
3	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2715	½:½	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2705
4	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2703	½:½	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2707
5	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2666	½:½	GM	Nielsen Peter Heine	2687
6	GM	Khairullin Ildar	2642	½:½	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2638
2	1	SOCAR		4 - 2	7	Tomsk-400
1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2752	1 : 0	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2758
2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2757	½:½	GM	Motylev Alexander	2690
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2746	1 : 0	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	2692
4	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2690	0 : 1	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2672
5	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2686	1 : 0	GM	Bologan Viktor	2657
6	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2678	½:½	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2648
3	3	Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov		4 - 2	8	A DAN DZO & PGMB
1	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2710	1 : 0	GM	Jobava Baadur	2712
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2718	1 : 0	GM	Korobov Anton	2671
3	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2683	1 : 0	GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	2666
4	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	2705	0 : 1	GM	Azarov Sergei	2648
5	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2726	½:½	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2626
6	GM	Ni Hua	2670	½:½	GM	Zherebukh Yaroslav	2580
4	6	Ugra		2 - 4	9	Mika
1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2716	½:½	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2658
2	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2681	½:½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2649
3	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2710	½:½	GM	Pashikian Arman	2618
4	GM	Dreev Aleksey	2711	½:½	GM	Andriasian Zaven	2615
5	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2696	0 : 1	GM	Grigoryan Avetik	2614
6	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2627	0 : 1	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2578
5	26	Bolungarvik Chess Club		0 - 6	2	SHSM-64
1	IM	Kristjansson Stefan	2485	0 : 1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2712
2	IM	Thorfinnsson Bragi	2427	0 : 1	GM	Giri Anish	2722
3	IM	Gunnarsson Jon Viktor	2422	0 : 1	GM	Riazantsev Alexander	2688
4	GM	Thorhallsson Throstur	2388	0 : 1	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2671
5	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2353	0 : 1	GM	Grachev Boris	2682
6		Gislason Gudmundur	2295	0 : 1	GM	Najer Evgeniy	2637
6	19	Libertas Nereto		½ - 5½	10	G-Team Novy Bor
1	GM	Antoniewski Rafal	2585	½:½	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2701
2	GM	Kogan Artur	2563	0 : 1	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2704
3	IM	Braga Fernando	2438	0 : 1	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2627
4	IM	Bruno Fabio	2431	0 : 1	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2624
5	IM	Piscopo Pierluigi	2373	0 : 1	GM	Markos Jan	2596
6	FM	Sibilio Mario	2364	0 : 1	GM	Cvek Robert	2518
7	11	Bosna Sarajevo		4 - 2	13	Gros Xake Taldea
1	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2706	½:½	GM	Van Wely Loek	2689
2	GM	Ragger Markus	2655	½:½	GM	Bauer Christian	2631
3	GM	Predojevic Borki	2643	½:½	GM	Hamdouchi Hicham	2610
4	GM	Nikolic Predrag	2636	1 : 0	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2469
5	IM	Stojanovic Dalibor	2466	1 : 0	IM	Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago	2445
6	IM	Kadric Denis	2403	½:½	IM	Argandona Riveiro Inigo	2387
8	12	ZSK Maribor		4½ - 1½	16	SD Tehcenter Ptuj
1	GM	Lenic Luka	2641	½:½	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2616
2	GM	Jankovic Alojzije	2584	½:½	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	2561
3	GM	Skoberne Jure	2547	½:½	GM	Borisek Jure	2534
4	GM	Kozul Zdenko	2541	1 : 0	IM	Polajzer Danilo	2293
5	IM	Sebenik Matej	2529	1 : 0	FM	Podkriznik Gregor	2332
6	IM	Sakelsek Tadej	2407	1 : 0	FM	Roskar Robert	2290

The table demonstrates how things are so close, with the top six still in the hunt.

Rank	Team	+	-	=	Match points	Board points
1	Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation	5	0	1	11	28
2	OSG Baden Baden	5	0	1	11	27
3	SOCAR	5	1	0	10	27½
4	Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov	5	1	0	10	27½
5	SHSM-64	5	1	0	10	27
6	Mika	5	1	0	10	25½
7	G-Team Novy Bor	4	1	1	9	26
8	Bosna Sarajevo	4	1	1	9	22½

ln the Women's event AVS and Timisoara have both won five matches, and lead the event.

Match Board	Seed Title	White (on odds)		Score	Seed Title	Black (on odds, white on evens)
1	2	AVS		3 - 1	3	Mika
1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2528	1 : 0	GM	Danielian Elina	2517
2	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2554	½:½	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2505
3	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	1 : 0	GM	Zhu Chen	2490
4	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2446	½:½	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2475
2	4	AEM Luxten Timisoara		2½ - 1½	5	SHSM-RGSU
1	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2525	½:½	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2469
2	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2508	½:½	IM	Gunina Valentina	2499
3	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2464	1 : 0	WGM	Girya Olga	2390
4	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2416	½:½	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2385
3	7	BAS		2 - 2	1	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo
1	IM	Bojkovic Natasa	2378	1 : 0	GM	Hou Yifan	2578
2	IM	Dembo Yelena	2471	½:½	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2545
3	WGM	Chelushkina Irina	2287	0 : 1	GM	Cramling Pia	2489
4	WIM	Drljevic Ljilja	2256	½:½	IM	Skripchenko Almira	2470
4	8	CS R. Fischer Chieti		2½ - 1½	10	Anatolia
1	IM	Fierro Baquero Martha L	2378	1 : 0	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2308
2	IM	Sedina Elena	2337	½:½	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	2260
3	IM	Zimina Olga	2337	1 : 0	WCM	Kaya Emel	1994
4		Di Primio Eugenia	1974	0 : 1	WCM	Sop Selen	1977
5	9	ZSK Maribor		2½ - 1½	11	Oslo Schakselskap
1	WFM	Dimitrijevic Aleksandra	2287	1 : 0	WFM	Johnsen Sylvia	2038
2	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2222	½:½	WFM	Frank-Nielsen Marie	2020
3	WIM	Ankerst Milka	2084	0 : 1		Khachatourian Yerazik	1967
4		Orehek Spela	2020	1 : 0		Reppen Ellisiv	1969

Hou Yifan's loss on time in a drawn endgame cost Monaco dear, but the table shows that the team still have a chance of finishing third! Mika are in the hunt for a podium position in both events.

However, in the Women's Club Championship, realistically it's either AVS (Russia) or Timisoara (Romania) for the 2011 title.

Rank	Team	+	-	=	Match points	Board points
1	AVS	5	1	0	10	16
2	AEM Luxten Timisoara	5	1	0	10	16
3	Mika	4	2	0	8	15
4	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	3	2	1	7	16½
5	SHSM-RGSU	3	2	1	7	14½
6	BAS	3	2	1	7	12½
7	Giprorechtrans	3	2	1	7	11½
8	CS R. Fischer Chieti	3	3	0	6	11
9	Anatolia	2	4	0	4	7½
10	ZSK Maribor	2	4	0	4	7
11	Oslo Schakselskap	1	5	0	2	4½
11 teams

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