What a tournament for Greece! After the shock of beating Russia now they have managed to defeat Armenia and by the comfortable score of 3-1.
Here are the details.
Armenia 1-3 Greece
1 | Levon Aronian | 2781 | 0.5-0.5 | Vasilios Kotronias | 2599 |
2 | Vladimir Akopian | 2678 | 0-1 | Ioannis Papaioannou | 2625 |
3 | Gabriel Sargissian | 2680 | 0.5-0.5 | Hristos Banikas | 2608 |
4 | Tigran L Petrosian | 2627 | 0-1 | Stellos Halkias | 2566 |
The average ratings were Armenia 2692 and Greece 2600.
United States 3-1 Brazil
Nakamura continues his excellent tournament with another win.
Azerbaijan 2-2 Israel
A tight match with four draws, Mamedyarov and Sutovsky playing out an astonishing draw.
Turkey 2-2 Egypt
Turkey are off the mark winning on boards three and four.
India 1.5-2.5 Russia
Three draws and a win by Vitiugov.
Russia and the USA are now neck-and-neck some way ahead of the chasing pack of four.
Rank | Country | + | = | - | Match (Game) pts. |
1= | Russia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 (15.5) |
1= | USA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 (15.5) |
3 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 (13.5) |
4= | Armenia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 (13) |
4= | Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 (13) |
6 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 (12.5) |
7 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 (13) |
8 | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 (9) |
9 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 (9) |
10 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 (6) |
Russia rating average (over top four) 2729
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Alexander Grischuk | 2736 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
2 | GM | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2730 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 62.5 |
3 | GM | Alexander Morozevich | 2732 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
4 | GM | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2705 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
5 | GM | Vladimir Malakhov | 2716 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
6 | GM | Nikita Vitiugov | 2692 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
Match points 10
Game points 15.5
Azerbaijan rating average 2718
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Vugar Gashimov | 2759 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3 |
2 | GM | Teimour Radjabov | 2733 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 |
3 | GM | Gadir Guseinov | 2614 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
4 | GM | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2741 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 91.7 |
5 | GM | Rauf Mamedov | 2640 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16.7 |
6 | GM | Nidjat Mamedov | 2610 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
Match points 7
Game points 13.5
Armenia rating average 2697
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Levon Aronian | 2781 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 58.3 |
2 | GM | Vladimir Akopian | 2678 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 58.3 |
3 | GM | Gabriel Sargissian | 2680 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 |
4 | GM | Arman Pashikian | 2647 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
5 | GM | Tigran L Petrosian | 2627 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 37.5 |
6 | GM | Tigran Kotanjian | 2537 |
Match points 7
Game points 13
Israel rating average 2686
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Boris Gelfand | 2761 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
2 | GM | Michael Roiz | 2657 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 |
3 | GM | Ilia Smirin | 2668 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 37.5 |
4 | GM | Emil Sutovsky | 2657 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
5 | GM | Evgeny Postny | 2648 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66.6 |
6 | GM | Maxim Rodshtein | 2622 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
Match points 7
Game points 13
USA rating average 2658
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Hikaru Nakamura | 2708 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
2 | GM | Alexander Onischuk | 2670 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 83.3 |
3 | GM | Yuri Shulman | 2624 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
4 | GM | Varuzhan Akobian | 2628 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60 |
5 | GM | Robert L Hess | 2572 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
6 | IM | Ray Robson | 2570 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
Match points 10
Game points 15.5
India rating average 2641
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Krishnan Sasikiran | 2653 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.6 |
2 | GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2672 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
3 | GM | Shekhar Ganguly Surya | 2654 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 |
4 | GM | Gopal Geetha Narayanan | 2584 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
5 | GM | Subramanian Arun Prasad | 2567 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
6 | IM | Baskaran Adhiban | 2511 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
Match points 7
Game points 12.5
Brazil rating average 2625
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Giovanni Vescovi | 2660 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16.7 |
2 | GM | Rafael Leitao | 2620 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 |
3 | GM | Alexandr Fier | 2601 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 41.7 |
4 | GM | Gilberto Milos | 2618 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
5 | GM | Andre Diamant | 2497 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
6 | GM | Darcy Lima | 2481 |
Match points 2
Game points
Greece rating average 2601
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Vasilios Kotronias | 2599 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 |
2 | GM | Ioannis Papaioannou | 2625 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60 |
3 | GM | Hristos Banikas | 2608 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66.7 |
4 | GM | Stellos Halkias | 2566 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 62.5 |
5 | GM | Dimitrios Mastrovasilis | 2571 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
6 | GM | Athanasios Mastrovasilis | 2510 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
Match points 6
Game points 13
Egypt rating average 2519
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Ahmed Adly | 2591 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 |
2 | GM | Bassem Amin | 2544 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
3 | IM | Mohamed Ezat | 2471 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
4 | IM | Khaled Abdel Razik | 2468 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
5 | IM | Imed Abdelnabbi | 2448 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
6 | IM | Walaa Sarwat | 2386 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Match points 3
Game points 9
Turkey rating average 2501
Board | Title | Name | Rating | Wins | Draws | Losses | Percentage |
1 | GM | Kivanc Haznedanglu | 2498 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.5 |
2 | IM | Mert Erdogdu | 2513 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
3 | IM | Mustafa Yilmaz | 2478 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.5 |
4 | IM | Emre Can | 2442 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
5 | IM | Baris Esen | 2513 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.5 |
6 | FM | Burak Firat | 2413 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
Match points 1
Game points 6
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