Russia and Ukraine both lose heavily!

Azerbaijan drew with Spain

On top board Azerbaijan and Spain drew, but there were some major surprises in the following two matches. Russia went down 3-1 to Bulgaria, whereas Ukraine only managed a half-point against Germany, who are the new leaders. In the Women's event, Russia won the big clash against Ukraine and thus lead along with Georgia.

German top board Arkadij Naiditsch

Here are the results in the open section:

Match/ Board	Seed/ Title	White team (on odds)	Rating	vs.	Seed/ Title	Black team (on odds)	Rating	Result
Bo.	3	Azerbaijan	Rtg	-	13	Spain	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2781	-	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2705	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2757	-	GM	Shirov Alexei	2705	½ - ½
1.3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2733	-	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2621	1 - 0
1.4	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2636	-	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2609	0 - 1
Bo.	7	Bulgaria	Rtg	-	1	Russia	Rtg	3 : 1
2.1	GM	Topalov Veselin	2768	-	GM	Svidler Peter	2755	1 - 0
2.2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2650	-	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2763	1 - 0
2.3	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2629	-	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2762	1 - 0
2.4	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2666	-	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2730	0 - 1
Bo.	2	Ukraine	Rtg	-	10	Germany	Rtg	½ :3½
3.1	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2723	-	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2712	0 - 1
3.2	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2691	-	GM	Meier Georg	2659	0 - 1
3.3	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	-	GM	Fridman Daniel	2661	½ - ½
3.4	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2702	-	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	0 - 1
Bo.	6	France	Rtg	-	20	Moldova	Rtg	2½:1½
4.1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2714	-	GM	Bologan Viktor	2665	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2710	-	GM	Iordachescu Viorel	2648	½ - ½
4.3	GM	Istratescu Andrei	2627	-	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	2621	½ - ½
4.4	GM	Bauer Christian	2641	-	IM	Vedmediuc Serghei	2465	1 - 0
Bo.	9	Netherlands	Rtg	-	18	Serbia	Rtg	2½:1½
5.1	GM	Giri Anish	2714	-	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2636	½ - ½
5.2	GM	Van Wely Loek	2686	-	GM	Solak Dragan	2629	½ - ½
5.3	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2646	-	GM	Damljanovic Branko	2597	1 - 0
5.4	GM	Smeets Jan	2615	-	GM	Perunovic Milos	2576	½ - ½
Bo.	19	Greece	Rtg	-	15	Georgia	Rtg	2½:1½
6.1	GM	Banikas Hristos	2620	-	GM	Jobava Baadur	2678	½ - ½
6.2	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2621	-	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2588	1 - 0
6.3	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2600	-	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2636	½ - ½
6.4	GM	Halkias Stelios	2593	-	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	2577	½ - ½
Bo.	33	Lithuania	Rtg	-	17	Romania	Rtg	1½:2½
7.1	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2577	-	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2657	1 - 0
7.2	IM	Zagorskis Darius	2497	-	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2650	0 - 1
7.3	IM	Labeckas Kestutis	2410	-	GM	Marin Mihail	2534	½ - ½
7.4		Klabis Rokas	2100	-	GM	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	2553	0 - 1
Bo.	4	Armenia	Rtg	-	16	Croatia	Rtg	3 : 1
8.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2802	-	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	2612	1 - 0
8.2	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2710	-	GM	Saric Ivan	2648	½ - ½
8.3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2671	-	GM	Palac Mladen	2580	1 - 0
8.4	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2586	-	GM	Brkic Ante	2605	½ - ½
Bo.	12	Czech Rep.	Rtg	-	5	Hungary	Rtg	2 : 2
9.1	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2703	-	GM	Leko Peter	2720	½ - ½
9.2	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2628	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2707	½ - ½
9.3	GM	Stocek Jiri	2600	-	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2705	½ - ½
9.4	GM	Babula Vlastimil	2565	-	GM	Balogh Csaba	2662	½ - ½
Bo.	11	Israel	Rtg	-	8	England	Rtg	2½:1½
10.1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2696	-	GM	Adams Michael	2734	½ - ½
10.2	GM	Roiz Michael	2651	-	GM	Short Nigel D	2698	½ - ½
10.3	GM	Smirin Ilia	2670	-	GM	Howell David W L	2633	½ - ½
10.4	GM	Postny Evgeny	2640	-	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2635	1 - 0
Bo.	14	Poland	Rtg	-	21	Slovenia	Rtg	2 : 2
11.1	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2705	-	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2617	½ - ½
11.2	GM	Socko Bartosz	2635	-	GM	Lenic Luka	2634	½ - ½
11.3	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2653	-	GM	Borisek Jure	2541	½ - ½
11.4	GM	Macieja Bartlomiej	2616	-	GM	Skoberne Jure	2533	½ - ½
Bo.	22	Italy	Rtg	-	25	Sweden	Rtg	2½:1½
12.1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2727	-	GM	Grandelius Nils	2543	1 - 0
12.2	GM	Godena Michele	2548	-	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2502	½ - ½
12.3	IM	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	2475	-	IM	Semcesen Daniel	2490	1 - 0
12.4	IM	Rombaldoni Axel	2459	-	GM	Brynell Stellan	2486	0 - 1
Bo.	24	Denmark	Rtg	-	27	Latvia	Rtg	2½:1½
13.1	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	2566	-	GM	Miezis Normunds	2547	1 - 0
13.2	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	2541	-	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	2514	½ - ½
13.3	GM	Aagaard Jacob	2522	-	IM	Neiksans Arturs	2502	1 - 0
13.4	IM	Glud Jakob Vang	2497	-	GM	Starostits Ilmars	2456	0 - 1
Bo.	32	Iceland	Rtg	-	29	Montenegro	Rtg	2½:1½
14.1	GM	Danielsen Henrik	2542	-	GM	Djukic Nikola	2493	0 - 1
14.2	FM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	2452	-	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	2514	½ - ½
14.3	IM	Thorfinnsson Bragi	2421	-	GM	Drasko Milan	2478	1 - 0
14.4	GM	Olafsson Helgi	2531	-	GM	Kosic Dragan	2502	1 - 0
Bo.	30	FYROM	Rtg	-	34	Turkey	Rtg	2½:1½
15.1	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2553	-	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2515	0 - 1
15.2	GM	Nedev Trajko	2493	-	GM	Can Emre	2465	1 - 0
15.3	IM	Colovic Aleksandar	2451	-	IM	Firat Burak	2393	½ - ½
15.4	GM	Stanojoski Zvonko	2470	-	CM	Sanal Vahap	2275	1 - 0
Bo.	28	Finland	Rtg	-	23	Austria	Rtg	1½:2½
16.1	GM	Nyback Tomi	2631	-	GM	Ragger Markus	2662	0 - 1
16.2	IM	Sammalvuo Tapani	2492	-	GM	Kindermann Stefan	2519	½ - ½
16.3	IM	Agopov Mikael	2450	-	GM	Shengelia David	2551	0 - 1
16.4	IM	Karttunen Mika	2434	-	IM	Kreisl Robert	2415	1 - 0
Bo.	35	Scotland	Rtg	-	31	Norway	Rtg	1½:2½
17.1	FM	Tate Alan	2334	-	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2560	1 - 0
17.2	FM	Morrison Graham	2339	-	IM	Elsness Frode	2506	0 - 1
17.3	CM	Roberts Paul	2222	-	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	2515	½ - ½
17.4		Mitchell Martin	2215	-	IM	Getz Nicolai	2369	0 - 1
Bo.	26	Switzerland	Rtg	-	36	Wales	Rtg	4 : 0
18.1	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2581	-	FM	Williams A Howard	2353	1 - 0
18.2	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	2567	-		Kett Tim	2184	1 - 0
18.3	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2500	-		Pleasants Allan J	2089	1 - 0
18.4	IM	Kurmann Oliver	2451	-		Young Alan	2042	1 - 0
Bo.	37	Luxembourg	Rtg	-	38	Cyprus	Rtg	2½:1½
19.1	IM	Berend Fred	2381	-		Bryan-Vissi Mark	1808	1 - 0
19.2		Jeitz Christian	2171	-		Aristotelous Vassilis	1921	½ - ½
19.3		Schartz Alain	2160	-		Boulos Vrachimis	0	1 - 0
19.4	FM	Mossong Hubert	2119	-		Constantinou Pavlos	2068	0 - 1

The standings after four rounds:

Rank	Seed	Team	+	=	-	Match points	Game points	Tie-Break
1	10	Germany	3	1	0	7	11.0	32.5
2	3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	7	10.5	39.0
3	6	France	3	1	0	7	10.5	33.5
4	13	Spain	3	1	0	7	10.0	40.0
5	7	Bulgaria	3	1	0	7	10.0	36.0
6	17	Romania	3	0	1	6	10.5	22.5
7	19	Greece	3	0	1	6	10.0	30.0
8	9	Netherlands	2	2	0	6	9.0	32.5
9	4	Armenia	2	1	1	5	9.5	33.0
10	22	Italy	2	1	1	5	9.5	26.0
11	11	Israel	2	1	1	5	9.0	38.0
12	1	Russia	2	1	1	5	9.0	37.0
13	2	Ukraine	2	1	1	5	9.0	35.5
14	24	Denmark	2	1	1	5	9.0	27.0

So the leader board is already rather surprising with the top two seeds well down the field. One game point separates the leading group of five. there is only one player in the Open event who has 4/4, the Frenchman Christian Bauer.

Christian Bauer: The only 4/4 player in the open

Anna Muzychuk: The lynchpin of the Slovenian women has 100%.

The Women's event:

Amongst the women there are still four who have a perfect score. The best known of these are Tatiana Kosintseva (back to top form at last?) and Anna Muzychuk, who has been playing relatively lower-rated opposition.

Tatiana (4/4!) and Nadezhda

Russia beat Ukraine despite Kateryna Lahno beating Nadezhda Kosintseva on board one.

Match/ Board	Seed/ Title	White team (on odds)	Rating	vs.	Seed/ title	Black team (on odds)	Rating	Result
Bo.	2	Ukraine	Rtg	-	1	Russia	Rtg	1½:2½
1.1	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2549	-	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2546	1 - 0
1.2	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2427	-	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2526	0 - 1
1.3	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2435	-	IM	Gunina Valentina	2514	0 - 1
1.4	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2460	-	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2439	½ - ½
Bo.	4	Armenia	Rtg	-	3	Georgia	Rtg	1 : 3
2.1	GM	Danielian Elina	2507	-	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2516	½ - ½
2.2	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2469	-	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	2422	½ - ½
2.3	IM	Galojan Lilit	2383	-	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2440	0 - 1
2.4	WGM	Aginian Nelly	2263	-	IM	Melia Salome	2392	0 - 1
Bo.	5	Poland	Rtg	-	8	Bulgaria	Rtg	3 : 1
3.1	GM	Socko Monika	2479	-	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2531	½ - ½
3.2	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2326	-	WGM	Videnova Iva	2297	½ - ½
3.3	WGM	Szczepkowska-H. Karina	2379	-	WGM	Voiska Margarita	2328	1 - 0
3.4	WIM	Toma Katarzyna	2297	-	WGM	Nikolova Adriana	2286	1 - 0
Bo.	9	Romania	Rtg	-	14	Serbia	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2418	-	IM	Bojkovic Natasa	2396	½ - ½
4.2	WGM	L'ami Alina	2364	-	WGM	Chelushkina Irina	2276	0 - 1
4.3	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	2334	-	WGM	Stojanovic Andjelija	2280	1 - 0
4.4	WGM	Voicu Jagodzinsky Carmen	2300	-	WIM	Drljevic Ljilja	2273	½ - ½
Bo.	10	Spain	Rtg	-	12	France	Rtg	½ :3½
5.1	IM	Alexandrova Olga	2423	-	IM	Milliet Sophie	2386	½ - ½
5.2	WGM	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	2327	-	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2315	0 - 1
5.3	WIM	Hernandez Estevez Yudania	2284	-	WGM	Guichard Pauline	2305	0 - 1
5.4	WFM	Pascual Palomo Lucia	2104	-	WGM	Leconte Maria	2282	0 - 1
Bo.	18	Czech Rep.	Rtg	-	11	Slovenia	Rtg	2 : 2
6.1	WGM	Kulovana Eva	2297	-	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2557	0 - 1
6.2	WGM	Nemcova Katerina	2276	-	WGM	Krivec Jana	2291	½ - ½
6.3	WIM	Havlikova Kristyna	2285	-	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2219	1 - 0
6.4	WIM	Olsarova Karolina	2167	-	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2263	½ - ½
Bo.	27	Turkey	Rtg	-	6	Hungary	Rtg	1½:2½
7.1	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2301	-	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2446	½ - ½
7.2	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	2239	-	IM	Madl Ildiko	2399	0 - 1
7.3		Cemhan Kardelen	1881	-	WGM	Gara Ticia	2375	1 - 0
7.4		Menzi Nezihe Ezgi	1911	-	IM	Gara Anita	2340	0 - 1
Bo.	13	Netherlands	Rtg	-	16	Greece	Rtg	2 : 2
8.1	GM	Peng Zhaoqin	2379	-	IM	Dembo Yelena	2468	½ - ½
8.2	WIM	Schut Lisa	2284	-	WGM	Makropoulou Marina	2201	1 - 0
8.3	IM	Lanchava Tea	2320	-	WIM	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	2180	½ - ½
8.4	WIM	Bensdorp Marlies	2242	-	WIM	Pavlidou Ekaterini	2176	0 - 1
Bo.	22	England	Rtg	-	7	Germany	Rtg	1 : 3
9.1	IM	Houska Jovanka	2415	-	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2457	½ - ½
9.2	IM	Ciuksyte Dagne	2327	-	WGM	Michna Marta	2382	½ - ½
9.3	WFM	Yurenok Maria S	2106	-	WIM	Ohme Melanie	2361	0 - 1
9.4	WFM	Hegarty Sarah N	2060	-	WIM	Hoolt Sarah	2286	0 - 1
Bo.	24	Montenegro	Rtg	-	15	Israel	Rtg	2 : 2
10.1	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2346	-	IM	Klinova Masha	2316	½ - ½
10.2	WFM	Milovic Aleksandra	2171	-	WIM	Porat Maya	2299	1 - 0
10.3	WFM	Stojanovic Marija R	2095	-	IM	Borsuk Angela	2257	0 - 1
10.4		Blagojevic Tijana	1925	-	WIM	Vasiliev Olga	2305	½ - ½
Bo.	25	Switzerland	Rtg	-	20	Latvia	Rtg	2 : 2
11.1	WIM	Seps Monika	2198	-	WGM	Reizniece-Ozola Dana	2281	0 - 1
11.2	WIM	Heinatz Dr Gundula	2205	-	WGM	Berzina Ilze	2320	½ - ½
11.3		De Seroux Camille	2056	-	WGM	Erneste Inguna	2218	1 - 0
11.4		Thuerig Catherine	2049	-	WFM	Ungure Liga	2066	½ - ½
Bo.	19	Croatia	Rtg	-	17	Azerbaijan	Rtg	½ :3½
12.1	WGM	Golubenko Valentina	2293	-	WGM	Mamedjarova Zeinab	2314	0 - 1
12.2	WIM	Franciskovic Borka	2280	-	WIM	Kazimova Narmin	2241	½ - ½
12.3	WGM	Medic Mirjana	2236	-	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar	2290	0 - 1
12.4	WIM	Saric Kristina	2255	-	WIM	Umudova Nargiz	2210	0 - 1
Bo.	26	Lithuania	Rtg	-	21	Austria	Rtg	2 : 2
13.1	WGM	Daulyte Deimante	2238	-	IM	Moser Eva	2448	0 - 1
13.2	WIM	Zaksaite Salomeja	2200	-	WIM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2276	1 - 0
13.3		Batkovskyte Dominyka	2102	-	WFM	Newrkla Katharina	2131	0 - 1
13.4		Vanagaite Giedre	1958	-	WFM	Novkovic Julia	2089	1 - 0
Bo.	23	Italy	Rtg	-	28	Norway	Rtg	4 : 0
14.1	IM	Sedina Elena	2343	-	WFM	Johnsen Sylvia	2028	1 - 0
14.2	IM	Zimina Olga	2338	-		Reppen Ellisiv	1949	1 - 0
14.3	WIM	Brunello Marina	2221	-		Carlsen Ellen Oen	1931	1 - 0
14.4		Messina Roberta	1964	-		Hansen Erle Andrea Marki	1762	1 - 0

In the Women's event Russia and Georgia have won their first four matches.

Rank	Seed	Team	+	=	-	Match points	Game points	Tie-Break
1	1	Russia	4	0	0	8	12.5	33.0
2	3	Georgia	4	0	0	8	10.5	37.0
3	5	Poland	3	0	1	6	11.0	30.0
4	2	Ukraine	3	0	1	6	10.5	36.0
5	12	France	3	0	1	6	10.5	29.5
6	14	Serbia	2	1	1	5	11.0	24.0
7	11	Slovenia	2	1	1	5	10.5	20.5
8	7	Germany	2	1	1	5	10.0	25.5
9	18	Czech Rep.	1	3	0	5	8.5	35.0
10	6	Hungary	2	1	1	5	8.0	37.0
11	4	Armenia	2	1	1	5	8.0	35.0
12	9	Romania	2	1	1	5	7.5	41.5

Some useful information:

3pm in Greece is equivalent to 2pm in Paris and Madrid, 1pm in London, 3pm in Moscow.

Other world starting times include New York 9am, Los Angeles 6am and Sydney 2am the next morning!

Official site: http://euro2011.chessdom.com/

You can also find the team composition, results and statistics here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr57856.aspx?art=8&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30

And for the women event's: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr57855.aspx?art=8&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30