Chess Olympiad in Baku: Round 1 live!
9/2/2016 – The 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku starts today, the games begin at 1pm CEST. In the first round the US team faces Andorra while Russia faces Nigeria. World Champion Magnus Carlsen, board one of Norway, takes a rest day in the first round. See the pairings and follow the games live, right here on our news page – and on practically any device: PC, Mac, iPad, Android tablet. Full reports to follow.
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Open section (top pairings)
Br. | 87 | Nigeria (NGR) | Elo | - | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Elo | 0-0 |
1.1 | FM | Kigigha, Bomo | 2340 | - | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | 2769 | |
1.2 | FM | Anwuli Daniel, | 2336 | - | GM | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2731 | |
1.3 | IM | Adu, Oladapo | 2334 | - | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2740 | |
1.4 | Emuakpeje, Ochuko | 2272 | - | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | 2754 | ||
Br. | 2 | USA | Elo | - | 88 | Andorra (AND) | Elo | 0-0 |
2.1 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2789 | - | IM | Aloma Vidal, Robert | 2482 | |
2.2 | GM | So, Wesley | 2782 | - | GM | De La Riva Aguado, Oscar | 2503 | |
2.3 | GM | Shankland, Samuel L | 2679 | - | Fernandez Lopez, Joan | 2142 | ||
2.4 | GM | Robson, Ray | 2674 | - | FM | Garcia Paolicchi, Raul | 2153 | |
Br. | 89 | Kosovo (KOS) | Elo | - | 3 | China (CHN) | Elo | 0-0 |
3.1 | FM | Saraci, Nderim | 2337 | - | GM | Ding, Liren | 2753 | |
3.2 | Makolli, Perparim | 2289 | - | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2725 | ||
3.3 | FM | Fejzullahu, Afrim | 2298 | - | GM | Li, Chao b | 2746 | |
3.4 | IM | Sadiku, Bedri | 2189 | - | GM | Wei, Yi | 2717 | |
Br. | 4 | Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) | Elo | - | 92 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | Elo | 0-0 |
4.1 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2761 | - | IM | Makoto, Rodwell | 2405 | |
4.2 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 2722 | - | IM | Mandizha, Farai | 2363 | |
4.3 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2696 | - | Masango, Spencer | 2200 | ||
4.4 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | 2688 | - | Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa | 2187 | ||
Br. | 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | Elo | - | 91 | Jordan (JOR) | Elo | 0-0 |
5.1 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2709 | - | Aboudi, Marwan | 2209 | ||
5.2 | GM | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | 2693 | - | FM | Mansour, Sameer | 2245 | |
5.3 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2675 | - | IM | Ahmad, Al Khatib | 2253 | |
5.4 | GM | Volokitin, Andrei | 2647 | - | FM | Mohannad, Farhan | 2294 | |
Br. | 93 | Iraq (IRQ) | Elo | - | 7 | Poland (POL) | Elo | 0-0 |
6.1 | CM | Ismael, Namir Mohammed Ismael | 2161 | - | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2736 | |
6.2 | FM | Mohammed, Zozek Salah Mohammed | 2251 | - | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2675 | |
6.3 | FM | Salih, Akar Ali Salih | 2302 | - | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | 2646 | |
6.4 | FM | Abdulwahhab, Ahmed Abdulsattar A | 2236 | - | GM | Swiercz, Dariusz | 2639 | |
Br. | 8 | France (FRA) | Elo | - | 94 | Guatemala (GUA) | Elo | 0-0 |
7.1 | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2617 | - | FM | Cu Hor, Winston Darwin | 2318 | |
7.2 | GM | Edouard, Romain | 2635 | - | IM | Juarez Flores, Carlos A. | 2392 | |
7.3 | GM | Fressinet, Laurent | 2664 | - | IM | Lorenzana, Wilson Estuardo | 2239 | |
7.4 | GM | Bauer, Christian | 2623 | - | Giron, David | 2174 | ||
Br. | 95 | Bolivia (BOL) | Elo | - | 9 | India (IND) | Elo | 0-0 |
8.1 | IM | Gemy, Jose Daniel | 2384 | - | GM | Adhiban, B. | 2671 | |
8.2 | CM | Aguilar, Luis Miguel | 2301 | - | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2669 | |
8.3 | Delgadillo, Adonay | 2232 | - | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2640 | ||
8.4 | Parraga, Alejandro | 2173 | - | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | 2527 | ||
Br. | 10 | Hungary (HUN) | Elo | - | 97 | Japan (JPN) | Elo | 0-0 |
9.1 | GM | Berkes, Ferenc | 2640 | - | IM | Kojima, Shinya | 2398 | |
9.2 | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2684 | - | IM | Nanjo, Ryosuke | 2340 | |
9.3 | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2614 | - | Averbukh, Alex | 2223 | ||
9.4 | IM | Gledura, Benjamin | 2585 | - | CM | Yamada, Kohei | 2100 | |
Br. | 98 | Morocco (MAR) | Elo | - | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | Elo | 0-0 |
10.1 | IM | Tissir, Mohamed | 2388 | - | GM | Giri, Anish | 2755 | |
10.2 | CM | Choukri, Adel | 2269 | - | GM | L'Ami, Erwin | 2611 | |
10.3 | CM | Aithmidou, Mohamed-Mehdi | 2229 | - | GM | Van Kampen, Robin | 2640 | |
10.4 | Becham, Khalid | 2134 | - | GM | Bok, Benjamin | 2592 | ||
Br. | 12 | Norway (NOR) | Elo | - | 99 | Wales (WLS) | Elo | 0-0 |
11.1 | GM | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2651 | - | IM | Jones, Richard S. | 2396 | |
11.2 | GM | Tari, Aryan | 2570 | - | FM | Strugnell, Carl | 2239 | |
11.3 | GM | Urkedal, Frode | 2537 | - | Kett, Tim | 2227 | ||
11.4 | IM | Getz, Nicolai | 2445 | - | Morris, Charles F | 2127 | ||
Br. | 100 | Thailand (THA) | Elo | - | 13 | Germany (GER) | Elo | 0-0 |
12.1 | FM | Kongsee, Uaychai | 2285 | - | GM | Meier, Georg | 2654 | |
12.2 | FM | Teerapabpaisit, Wisuwat | 2248 | - | GM | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2626 | |
12.3 | FM | Pitirotjirathon, Jirapak | 2205 | - | GM | Buhmann, Rainer | 2640 | |
12.4 | Sajjapornthep, Jarunpol | 1909 | - | GM | Fridman, Daniel | 2618 | ||
Br. | 14 | Spain (ESP) | Elo | - | 101 | Syria (SYR) | Elo | 0-0 |
13.1 | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 2716 | - | Rayes, Abdul Kader | 2254 | ||
13.2 | GM | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 2662 | - | IM | Husari, Satea | 2299 | |
13.3 | GM | Anton Guijarro, David | 2630 | - | Bello, Gassan | 2096 | ||
13.4 | GM | Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos | 2566 | - | Sohib, Okla | 2153 | ||
Br. | 102 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Elo | - | 15 | Cuba (CUB) | Elo | 0-0 |
14.1 | FM | Ampie, Mauro | 2348 | - | GM | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 2623 | |
14.2 | FM | Pineda, Juan Jose | 2175 | - | GM | Quesada Perez, Yuniesky | 2636 | |
14.3 | Ortiz, Marcos | 2219 | - | GM | Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo | 2581 | ||
14.4 | FM | Alfaro, William | 2188 | - | GM | Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri | 2553 | |
Br. | 16 | Israel (ISR) | Elo | - | 103 | Barbados (BAR) | Elo | 0-0 |
15.1 | GM | Postny, Evgeny | 2619 | - | FM | Husbands, Orlando | 2257 | |
15.2 | GM | Nabaty, Tamir | 2630 | - | FM | Del Castilho, Martyn | 2248 | |
15.3 | GM | Roiz, Michael | 2605 | - | FM | Poon, Yu Tien | 2196 | |
15.4 | GM | Baron, Tal | 2553 | - | IM | Farley, Terry | 2203 | |
Br. | 104 | Malaysia (MAS) | Elo | - | 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Elo | 0-0 |
16.1 | IM | Mok, Tze-Meng | 2373 | - | GM | Navara, David | 2742 | |
16.2 | Ng, Tze Han | 2190 | - | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 2591 | ||
16.3 | Subramaniam, Sumant | 2137 | - | GM | Babula, Vlastimil | 2540 | ||
16.4 | IM | Liew, Chee-Meng Jimmy | 2202 | - | IM | Plat, Vojtech | 2519 | |
Br. | 18 | Croatia (CRO) | Elo | - | 105 | Lebanon (LIB) | Elo | 0-0 |
17.1 | GM | Palac, Mladen | 2623 | - | IM | Eid, Fadi | 2354 | |
17.2 | GM | Stevic, Hrvoje | 2608 | - | FM | El Jawich, Amro | 2260 | |
17.3 | GM | Kozul, Zdenko | 2622 | - | FM | Kassis, Antoine | 2142 | |
17.4 | GM | Brkic, Ante | 2584 | - | Asmar, Elie | 2026 | ||
Br. | 106 | El Salvador (ESA) | Elo | - | 19 | Turkey (TUR) | Elo | 0-0 |
18.1 | IM | Arias, Lemnys A. | 2305 | - | GM | Ipatov, Alexander | 2652 | |
18.2 | FM | Arias, Daniel | 2285 | - | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa | 2616 | |
18.3 | CM | Giron, Jorge Ernesto | 2208 | - | GM | Can, Emre | 2565 | |
18.4 | Chavez, Hector Eduardo | 2077 | - | GM | Esen, Baris | 2524 | ||
Br. | 20 | Georgia (GEO) | Elo | - | 107 | Myanmar (MYA) | Elo | 0-0 |
19.1 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2609 | - | IM | Wynn, Zaw Htun | 2407 | |
19.2 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2601 | - | Myint, Han | 2289 | ||
19.3 | GM | Gelashvili, Tamaz | 2575 | - | Sie, Thu | 2148 | ||
19.4 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | 2497 | - | WGM | Maung Kyaw, Zaw Hein | 2031 |
Women's section (top pairings)
In the women's tournament China, which brought its best team to Baku, is favorite to win Gold. However, two years ago, at the Olympiad in Tromso, the Chinese were also favorite to win but it was the Russian team which took the highest medal. In the first round China is playing against Luxemburg and top board Ju Wenjun, number two on the women's world ranking list is playing againstFiona Steil-Antoni.
Second seed is not Russia but Ukraine. In the first round the Ukranian women play against Portugal, the Russian team plays against Scotland.
Br. | 1 | China (CHN) | Elo | - | 67 | Luxembourg (LUX) | Elo | 0-0 |
1.1 | GM | Ju, Wenjun | 2583 | - | WIM | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 2159 | |
1.2 | GM | Zhao, Xue | 2522 | - | WFM | Bakalarz, Grazyna | 1953 | |
1.3 | WGM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2475 | - | Biryukov, Alice | 1898 | ||
1.4 | IM | Guo, Qi | 2417 | - | Kremer, Nadine | 1844 | ||
Br. | 68 | Portugal (POR) | Elo | - | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Elo | 0-0 |
2.1 | WFM | Baptista, Ana Filipa | 2125 | - | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2539 | |
2.2 | WFM | Coimbra, Margarida | 2078 | - | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | 2475 | |
2.3 | Silva, Mariana Sofia T. | 1789 | - | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2457 | ||
2.4 | Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da | 1855 | - | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | 2416 | ||
Br. | 3 | Russia (RUS) | Elo | - | 69 | Scotland (SCO) | Elo | 0-0 |
3.1 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2538 | - | GM | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | 2381 | |
3.2 | WGM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2475 | - | Roy, Ali | 1894 | ||
3.3 | WGM | Pogonina, Natalija | 2484 | - | WFM | Durno, Joy | 1894 | |
3.4 | WGM | Girya, Olga | 2452 | - | Espinosa Cancino, Monica | 1679 | ||
Br. | 83 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Elo | - | 16 | Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) | Elo | 0-0 |
4.1 | WFM | Mendieta, Kathya | 1943 | - | WGM | Mamedjarova, Zeinab | 2295 | |
4.2 | WIM | Granados Diaz, Maria Esther | 1831 | - | WGM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2304 | |
4.3 | Alarcon, Pamela | 1834 | - | WFM | Hojjatova, Aydan | 2339 | ||
4.4 | Moraga, Maria | 1732 | - | WGM | Kazimova, Narmin | 2302 | ||
Br. | 70 | ICCD (ICCD) | Elo | - | 4 | Georgia (GEO) | Elo | 0-0 |
5.1 | WIM | Baklanova, Tatiana | 2200 | - | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2486 | |
5.2 | Lagutina, Olga | 1910 | - | GM | Khotenashvili, Bela | 2463 | ||
5.3 | Myronenko, Natalya | 1922 | - | IM | Batsiashvili, Nino | 2474 | ||
5.4 | Gonchar, Svitlana | 1807 | - | IM | Melia, Salome | 2419 | ||
Br. | 5 | India (IND) | Elo | - | 71 | FYROM (MKD) | Elo | 0-0 |
6.1 | IM | Padmini, Rout | 2408 | - | WFM | Stojkovska, Monika | 2033 | |
6.2 | IM | Tania, Sachdev | 2402 | - | Bejatovic, Bojana | 2063 | ||
6.3 | WGM | Soumya, Swaminathan | 2379 | - | Nikolovska, Dragana | 1886 | ||
6.4 | WIM | Pratyusha, Bodda | 2287 | - | Lakinska, Simona | 1695 | ||
Br. | 72 | Tajikistan (TJK) | Elo | - | 6 | United States of America (USA) | Elo | 0-0 |
7.1 | WFM | Antonova, Nadezhda | 2015 | - | GM | Krush, Irina | 2444 | |
7.2 | Nasriddinzoda, Marvorii | 2073 | - | IM | Paikidze, Nazi | 2366 | ||
7.3 | Hotami, Mutriba | 1735 | - | IM | Zatonskih, Anna | 2449 | ||
7.4 | Odinaeva, Saodat | 1881 | - | WGM | Nemcova, Katerina | 2365 | ||
Br. | 7 | Poland (POL) | Elo | - | 73 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Elo | 0-0 |
8.1 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 2429 | - | Samaganova, Alexandra | 2048 | ||
8.2 | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | 2409 | - | Omurbekova, Diana | 1868 | ||
8.3 | WGM | Kulon, Klaudia | 2346 | - | Alymbay Kyzy, Aizhan | 1913 | ||
8.4 | WIM | Wozniak, Mariola | 2246 | - | Zairbek kyzy, Begimay | 1836 | ||
Br. | 74 | Albania (ALB) | Elo | - | 8 | Hungary (HUN) | Elo | 0-0 |
9.1 | WCM | Gjergji, Rozana | 1947 | - | IM | Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia | 2372 | |
9.2 | WCM | Shabanaj, Eglantina | 1932 | - | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2336 | |
9.3 | WFM | Shabanaj, Alda | 1881 | - | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2379 | |
9.4 | WCM | Tuzi, Bruna | 1807 | - | IM | Gara, Anita | 2355 | |
Br. | 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Elo | - | 75 | Jamaica (JAM) | Elo | 0-0 |
10.1 | IM | Videnova, Iva | 2386 | - | WIM | Richards, Deborah | 2023 | |
10.2 | WGM | Nikolova, Adriana | 2358 | - | CM | Miller, Rachel | 1971 | |
10.3 | WIM | Raeva, Elitsa | 2232 | - | WCM | Barrett, Ariel | 1763 | |
10.4 | WGM | Voiska, Margarita | 2290 | - | WCM | Smith, Annesha | 1770 | |
Br. | 11 | Romania (ROU) | Elo | - | 77 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | Elo | 0-0 |
11.1 | IM | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | 2353 | - | WFM | Diaz Cesar, Wilsaida Pieranlly | 1889 | |
11.2 | WGM | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | 2331 | - | WCM | Munoz Santana, Doribel | 1899 | |
11.3 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2395 | - | WCM | Jose Polanco, Kenia | 1923 | |
11.4 | WIM | Dragomirescu, Angela | 2227 | - | Almanzar Vasquez, Jennifer Maria | 1768 | ||
Br. | 78 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Elo | - | 12 | Lithuania (LTU) | Elo | 0-0 |
12.1 | WIM | Morales Santos, Natasha | 1908 | - | IM | Daulyte, Deimante | 2421 | |
12.2 | WFM | Comas Colon, Rinelly M. | 1773 | - | WIM | Zaksaite, Salomeja | 2298 | |
12.3 | WCM | Vega Jimenez, Keyshla M. | 1641 | - | WFM | Batyte, Daiva | 2189 | |
12.4 | Hernandez Resto, Aracelys | 1314 | - | WFM | Domarkaite, Laima | 2161 | ||
Br. | 13 | Iran (IRI) | Elo | - | 80 | Guatemala (GUA) | Elo | 0-0 |
13.1 | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | 2335 | - | WCM | Figueroa, Julissa | 1787 | |
13.2 | WGM | Hejazipour, Mitra | 2314 | - | WIM | Sotomayor Villatoro, Silvi | 1876 | |
13.3 | WIM | Hakimifard, Ghazal | 2308 | - | WIM | Mazariegos, Silvia Carolina | 1942 | |
13.4 | Alavi, Homa | 1997 | - | Diaz, Luisa | 1825 | |||
Br. | 81 | Ireland (IRL) | Elo | - | 14 | Spain (ESP) | Elo | 0-0 |
14.1 | WCM | Mirza, Diana | 1948 | - | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | 2249 | |
14.2 | O`Gorman, Alice | 1781 | - | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2411 | ||
14.3 | WFM | Menon Jayadev, Poornima | 1837 | - | IM | Matnadze, Ana | 2383 | |
14.4 | WFM | Kruk, Karina | 1766 | - | WIM | Aranaz Murillo, Amalia | 2279 | |
Br. | 15 | Mongolia (MGL) | Elo | - | 82 | Finland (FIN) | Elo | 0-0 |
15.1 | IM | Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs | 2391 | - | WCM | Nazarova, Anastasia | 1897 | |
15.2 | WIM | Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh | 2228 | - | WFM | Puuska, Heini | 1926 | |
15.3 | WGM | Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii | 2288 | - | Rinne, Heini | 1751 | ||
15.4 | WIM | Lkhamsuren, Uuganbayar | 2147 | - | Turunen, Tiina | 1773 | ||
Br. | 17 | Turkey (TUR) | Elo | - | 84 | Wales (WLS) | Elo | 0-0 |
16.1 | IM | Atalik, Ekaterina | 2422 | - | WFM | Smith, Olivia | 2002 | |
16.2 | WGM | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | 2369 | - | WCM | Roberts, Lynda | 1888 | |
16.3 | WGM | Ozturk, Kubra | 2277 | - | Camp, Imogen A L | 1718 | ||
16.4 | WIM | Isgandarova, Khayala | 2188 | - | Sivarajasingam, Venetia | 1631 | ||
Br. | 86 | Panama (PAN) | Elo | - | 18 | Israel (ISR) | Elo | 0-0 |
17.1 | Arosemena, Dalia | 0 | - | WIM | Shvayger, Yuliya | 2408 | ||
17.2 | WCM | Munoz, Alba | 1704 | - | IM | Klinova, Masha | 2290 | |
17.3 | WCM | Barria Baker, Raisa Melissa | 1961 | - | WIM | Gutmakher, Olga | 2216 | |
17.4 | WCM | Gonzalez, Yaribeth | 1826 | - | Lahav, Michal | 2054 | ||
Br. | 19 | Vietnam (VIE) | Elo | - | 85 | Morocco (MAR) | Elo | 0-0 |
18.1 | IM | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | 2338 | - | WCM | Bahji, Hind | 1948 | |
18.2 | WGM | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | 2325 | - | WIM | Rania, Sbai | 1907 | |
18.3 | WGM | Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung | 2316 | - | Mayar ElIdrissi, Firdaous | 1786 | ||
18.4 | WGM | Nguyen, Thi Thanh An | 2249 | - | WFM | Alaoui Belghiti, Chaimaa | 1654 | |
Br. | 87 | Iraq (IRQ) | Elo | - | 20 | Italy (ITA) | Elo | 0-0 |
19.1 | WIM | Al-Rufaye, Iman Hasan Mohammed | 2001 | - | IM | Zimina, Olga | 2389 | |
19.2 | WFM | Jalaluldeen, Kareen Kamal J. | 1824 | - | FM | Brunello, Marina | 2376 | |
19.3 | WFM | A-ALI, Sali Abbas Abdulzahra | 1728 | - | WFM | Movileanu, Daniela | 2268 | |
19.4 | Al-Fayyadh, Zainab Asif Abdulah | 1703 | - | WFM | Di Benedetto, Desiree | 2183 |
Olympiad schedule
Date | Time | Event, function |
1 September | 18:30/20:30 | Arrival, Opening, Captains meeting |
2 September | 10:00/15:00 | Arbiters meeting/Round 1 |
3 September | 15:00 | Round 2 |
4 September | 15:00 | Round 3 |
5 September | 15:00 | Round 4 |
6 September | 15:00/22:00 | Round 5/Bermuda Party |
7 September | Day Off | |
8 September | 15:00 | Round 6 |
9 September | 15:00 | Round 7 |
10 September | 15:00 | Round 8 |
11 September | 15:00 | Round 9 |
12 September | 15:00 | Round 10 |
13 September | 11:00/19:30 | Round 11/Closing Ceremony |
14 September | All day | Departure day |
source: https://en.chessbase.com/post/chess-olympiad-in-baku-round-1-live-2