ETC R6-7: Azerbaijan in sole lead after beating Bulgaria
Azerbaijan is the sole leader at the European Team Championship in Halkidiki, Greece. On Wednesday the Azerbaijanis crushed Bulgaria 3.5-0.5. Vugar Gashimov seems fully recovered as he played both rounds 6 and 7. Russia is still struggling but Ukraine completely lost track and even lost to Switzerland.
With two rounds to go Azerbaijan is leading by a point at the 2011 European Team Championship
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Two rounds ago Bulgaria was on a roll and Azerbaijan had other problems to worry about. After Wednesday the roles were reversed: in a direct confrontation the Azerbaijanis defeated the Bulgarians 3-1 to grab the lead - they have 12 match points. Two teams follow with 11 points: Armenia (yes, they fought themselves back up) and Germany (yes, back in a team competition and doing well).
Tuesday, round 6
On Tuesday tournament leader Bulgaria dropped a match point against France, who had enjoyed a semi-rest day in the previous round. Bacrot and Topalov drew a 5.Bf4 QGD - highly popular these days - and Fressinet and Delchev also split the point. Cheparinov profited from a big mistake by Vachier-Lagrave:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/3bp2p/1p1p2p1/q7/P1P1P3/1PQ1B3/3KB1PP/R7 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
23... Bc6 $2 (23... Be6 24. b4 Qa8 {and with the queen attacking e4 White
can't immediately start pushing his pawns.}) 24. b4 Qa8 25. a5 $1 {Now this is
strong.} Bxe4 (25... bxa5 26. Bg4 $1 Rf6 27. Rxa5 Qb7 28. b5 Be8 29. Qd3) 26.
axb6 Qc6 27. Ra7 {This is impossible to defend.} e5 28. b5 Qe8 29. c5 $1 Qe6 (
29... dxc5 30. Qc4+) 30. c6 Bxg2 31. Qc4 Bd5 32. Qh4 h5 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Rxe7
Ra8 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. bxa7 Kg7 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Bd1 1-0
On board 4 the French were more succesful thanks to their fresh team member.
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Ki"]
[Black "Istratescu, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3k2/5p2/2n4p/2pn2p1/2N5/Pp1KPPP1/3B3P/1R6 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
28... Rd8 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. g4 $6 (30. Kd3 $11) 30... Nb6 $1 {Exchanging the
blockading knight gives Black the advantage.} 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. Bc3 c4 33. Rc1
Ne7 34. Bb2 Rc6 35. Bd4 Nd5 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. h3 Kd7 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Nxf4
40. Rf1 Ne6 41. Bh8 Ng5 42. Kc1 c3 43. h4 Ne4 44. Rxf7+ Ke6 45. Rf8 Rb6 46. Rf1
Rb8 47. Bg7 Rg8 48. Re1 Kd5 49. Rd1+ Kc5 50. Rd7 b2+ 51. Kc2 Nd2 52. Rxd2 b1=Q+
53. Kxb1 cxd2 0-1
Good spirits at the start of France-Bulgaria
This result allowed Azerbaijan and Romania (!) to catch the Bulgarians in the standings. The Azerbaijanis profited from a yet again struggling Russian team. On board one Svidler had a small plus against Radjabov but at some point it went terribly wrong. Because the other three games ended in draws, this game decided everything.
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1b3/4n1kp/1p1q2p1/p1rpNp2/5P2/Q1RBP2P/PP3KP1/2R5 w - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
{White should never lose this.} 37. Ba6 d4 $5 {Trying to complicate matters...}
38. Rd1 $2 {...and it works.} ({White should play} 38. Rc4 $1 dxe3+ 39. Qxe3 {
with still a small advantage.}) 38... dxe3+ 39. Ke1 Qf6 40. Rxe3 R8c7 {The
tables have turned and White is in trouble.} 41. Nd3 Rc2 42. Rd2 $6 (42. Kf1 {
was a better try.}) 42... Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Bf7 $1 {Black activates his worst
piece.} 44. Qa4 Bd5 45. g4 Be4 46. Rxe4 fxe4 47. Qxe4 Rd7 48. Ke3 Nc6 49. g5
Qd6 50. Qc4 Re7+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ne5 Rc7 53. Qd3 Rc2+ 0-1
The top match between Russia and Azerbaijan
Romania is doing surprisingly well, especially taking into account that they're playing without Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Andrei Istratescu. In this round Parligras was match winner:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Parligras, M."]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8.
Bh4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. f4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rc8 14. Bf1
Nd5 15. fxe5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Nxf3 18. Bh3 Ra8 19. Bd7+ Kf8 20. Bg3
Ng5 21. e6 Nxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rd7 Kg8 24. Rxb7 Rh7 25. Re1 g5 26. Rxh7 Kxh7
27. Rxe6 Rf8 28. Kc2 h5 29. Kb3 Bc1 30. c4 h4 31. Bd6 Rf3+ 32. Kc2 Ba3 33. c5
Rf5 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. Ke4 Rf2 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 Bb4 38. a3 Bxc5 39. Bxc5 Rxh2
40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Kf5 Ke8 42. Bd6 Re2 43. Ra7 h3 44. Rh7 h2 45. Bxh2 Re7 46. Rh3
Kd7 47. Rc3 Re8 48. Kxg5 Rc8 49. Rb3 Kc6 50. Kf5 Rd8 51. Ke4 Rd5 52. Bg1 Rb5
53. Rc3+ Kb7 54. Bc5 Kc6 55. Kd4 Rb1 56. Kc4 Rh1 57. Bd4 Rb1 58. a4 Kb7 59. Rh3
Rc1+ 60. Bc3 Rg1 61. Rh7+ Ka8 62. Bd4 Rc1+ 63. Kb5 Rb1+ 64. Kc6 Rb7 65. Bg7 Ka7
66. Bd4+ Ka8 67. Rh5 Rc7+ 68. Kb5 Rb7+ 69. Bb6 Rb8 70. Kc6 Rb7 71. Rg5 Rc7+ 72.
Bxc7 1-0
Armenia defeated Spain but needed some luck. Levon Aronian played a piece sac against Vallejo that looked very suspicious, but he got away with a draw. Sargissian claimed the two match points with his win:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, J."]
[Black "Sargissian, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/pp4bp/8/1N3P2/2pr2P1/1P1p3P/P7/4R1K1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
31... a6 $1 32. Nc3 (32. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kf1 c3) 32... d2 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Rc8
Rxg4+ 35. hxg4 Bxc3 36. Rd8 Ba5 (36... Bd4+ 37. Rxd4 c3 {would have been nice
as well.}) 0-1
Armenia vs Spain with Aronian-Vallejo on board 1
Georg Meier decided the match Germany-Italy, providing a splendid training example of the bishop pair.
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Meier, Geo"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/pp3pp1/2n1r2p/3R3P/5B2/b1P3P1/P3BP2/5K2 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
23. Bg4 Re7 24. Bc8 b6 25. Ba6 Bc5 26. Bb5 Re6 27. Bc7 Ke7 28. f4 g6 29. g4 Kf8
30. f5 Rf6 31. Bg3 gxf5 32. gxf5 Kg7 33. Bh4 Ne7 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rd7 a5 36.
Bc4 Nxf5 37. Bxf7 Ng3+ 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Be8 Ke5 40. Rd3 Kf4 41. Bg6 Nd6 42. Kf1
Nc8 43. Ke2 Ne7 44. Kd2 Kg5 45. Be8 Nf5 46. Rf3 Kg4 47. Rf1 Ng7 48. Bf7 Kg5 49.
Re1 Nf5 50. Bg6 Nd6 51. Rf1 Nc4+ 52. Kd3 Nd6 53. Rf8 Kg4 54. Rf6 Kg5 55. Re6
Kh4 56. Kc2 Kg5 57. Kb3 Nb5 58. Re5+ Kf4 59. Rxc5 bxc5 60. Kc4 Na3+ 61. Kxc5
Ke3 62. c4 Kd2 63. Kd4 1-0
The Dutch team won 2.5-1.5 against Poland thanks to a black win for Van Wely against Socko. Both Ukraine-Israel and England-Czech Republic ended in 2-2.
Wednesday, round 7
The Bulgarian party is over, at least for the moment. The score 0.5-3.5 left no doubts about their match with Azerbaijan, who again included Gashimov in their line-up, so we can safely say that he recovered well. In fact he defeated an in-form Cheparinov, who went for the brilliancy prize but got a zero instead:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/ppqbppbp/3p1np1/2r5/3pPP1Q/3P1N2/PPP3PP/R1BB1RK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaidjan"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]
16... Rxc2 $5 17. Bxc2 Qxc2 18. Ne1 Qd1 {An interesting exchange sacrifice.}
19. b3 Ng4 ({Something quiet like} 19... Rc8 20. Bb2 Qd2 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2
Ng4 23. Re2 e5 {might be better but Cheparinov was in a creative mood.}) 20.
Qxe7 Bc6 21. h3 Re8 (21... Ne3 22. Bb2 $1 Qd2 (22... Qh5 23. Rf3) 23. Rf2 Qb4
24. Rc1) 22. Qxd6 Bf8 23. Qxd4 Rxe4 {It looks brillant, but White has the
simple} 24. Bb2 Rxd4 25. Rxd1 {and now even} Bc5 {doesn't help Black:} 26. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Ne3 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Kg7 30. Rfe1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc5 32. Rc1
b6 33. Rc4 Kf6 34. b4 Bd6 35. b5 Ke6 36. Kg2 Kd5 37. Kf1 f5 38. Ke2 1-0
Azerbaijan put an end to Bulgaria's success
The Germany-Romania was decided by, well, Levente Vajda's wandering king!
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1kb1r/p2n1ppp/1pn1p3/q1ppP3/N2P1P2/2P1BN2/PP4PP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
10. Kf2 $5 {In hindsight you could say that the trouble starts here.} Ba6 11.
dxc5 $6 (11. b4 $1 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nxb4 (12... Bxb4 13. a3 $1) 13. a3 Nd3+ 14.
Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxa4 16. Rhc1 Be7 $11) 11... Bxf1 $1 {Zwischenzug no. 1.}
12. b4 $5 {Zwischenzug no. 2.} (12. Rxf1 b5 {was the problem.}) 12... Be2 $1 {
Zwischenzug no. 3!} (12... Qb5 13. Rxf1 bxc5 14. a3 {is the same position as
in the game but with the white rook already on f1.}) 13. Kxe2 Qb5+ 14. Kf2 bxc5
15. a3 a5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kg3 {Will it be safe here?} Ba7 19.
Rb1 Qc4 20. Qb3 $2 Qe4 $1 {Now the king on g3 is the decisive factor: White is
lost.} 21. Qb7 O-O 22. Qxc6 Be3 23. Kh3 Qxf4 24. Rhf1 Qh6+ 25. Kg3 Rac8 26. Qd7
Rc4 27. h4 Qf4+ 28. Kh3 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Rxa4 30. g3 Rxa3 31. Ng5 Ra2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2
33. Rxf2 Bxf2 34. Qd6 Qxg3 0-1
Armenia continued its comeback with a 2.5-1.5 win against France: three draws and a win for Movsesian against the Frenchman with two names, and now also two consecutive losses. Perhaps Maxime was asking for trouble, playing the Scheveningen against one of the biggest experts of this opening?
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Bf2 Red8 16. Qe2 Bc8 17. Qc4 Bb7 18. f5 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe4 Nb4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. Rad1 Rbc8 27. Qe4
Rc4 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Qc7 30. Re1 h6 31. c3 Bf6 32. Bg1 Ne7 33. Qf3 Qc8 34.
Bd4 Nd5 35. Bc5 Kh7 36. h3 Rd7 37. Bf2 Be7 38. Rd1 Nf6 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Bd4
Nd5 41. Qd3 Kg8 42. Qe4 Bf6 43. Nc5 Qd8 44. Bf2 Ne7 45. Nd3 Qd7 46. g4 h5 47.
Kg1 hxg4 48. hxg4 g6 49. fxg6 Nxg6 50. Kf1 Bg7 51. Ke2 Ne7 52. Nb4 f5 53. gxf5
Nxf5 54. Qa8+ Kf7 55. Qf3 Bh6 56. Nd5 Bg5 57. Be3 Ke6 58. Nb6 Qd8 59. Qe4+ Kf6
60. Nd5+ Kg6 61. Qe6+ Bf6 62. Bd4 1-0
France-Armenia
Hungary was too strong for Slovenia: 3-1. We just have to include board 4 of this match, because the similarity with coffeehouse chess was striking:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Nh6 8.
d3 Nf5 9. g4 Nh4 10. Rg1 h5 11. h3 Qe5 12. Be3 Qh2 13. Kd2 Ng2 14. Rh1 Qc7 15.
gxh5 Bf5 16. Qg1 Nf4 17. Qg5 Nxe2 18. Qxf5 e6 19. Qf3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Kc2
Qa5 22. Rhb1 Rd7 23. h6 g6 24. Rb3 Bxh6 25. Bd4 Rh7 26. Kb2 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Rxg7
28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Qh4 Rg8 30. Qh7 Rf8 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Re2 Qf6 33. Qh6 Rxd3 34.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Qxd2 b6 36. c5 b5 37. Qd6 Rh8 38. Ra3 Rxh3 39. Qxc6+ Kf8 40. Qxb5
Qxf2+ 41. Kb3 Rh5 42. Rxa7 Rxc5 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Qe8 Kh6 45. Ra4 Rd5 46. Rd4
Rxd4 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. cxd4 Qe3+ 49. Kb4 Qd2+ 50. Kb3 Qd1+ 51. Kb2 Qe2+ 52. Kb3
Qb5+ 53. Kc3 Qa5+ 54. Kb3 Qb5+ 55. Kc3 f5 56. Qf8 Qa5+ 57. Kb3 Qd5+ 0-1
The Dutch team also still has chances to win a medal - after another victory, against Greece, they're in shared 4th place. Anish Giri, who again played 1.e4, scored his second win in the tournament (he drew his other five games) and a nice one:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
Qg4 g6 9. f4 Bb4 10. e5 d5 11. exd6 Nf6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bxd6 14. O-O-O Rb8
15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Qb7 17. b3 Bb4 18. g4 c5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5
Kg7 22. fxg6 Rbe8 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Qd2+ Kxg6 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nd5+ Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 Be6 28. Qf3+ Ke7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qb7+ Kf6 31. Rf1+ Kg6 32. Qg2+ Kh5 33.
Rg1 Rg8 34. Qh3# 1-0
We'll finish with what was the biggest upset in the tournament: Ukraine losing to Switzerland (who didn't play with Korchnoi this round). It's hard to believe these scores! But congratulations to the Swiss for this great result.
| Bo. | 26 | Switzerland | Rtg | - | 2 | Ukraine | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 8.1 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2581 | - | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2775 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2500 | - | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2723 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.3 | IM | Kurmann Oliver | 2451 | - | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2691 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.4 | IM | Forster Richard | 2458 | - | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2702 | 1 - 0 |
Efimenko reached a winning position but then missed a devilish combination:
[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/2rP1p1p/1p4p1/pB1Q4/P4q2/4p3/1PPN3P/1K1R4 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
27. Rf1 $2 (27. Ne4 $18) 27... Rcxd7 $3 28. Bxd7 Qxf1+ $1 29. Nxf1 e2 30. Qb5
e1=Q+ 31. Ka2 Qf2 32. c3 h5 33. Ng3 Qxh2 34. Ne4 Qf4 (34... Kg7 $1 {followed
by 35...Qc7 was more or less winning.}) 35. Bc6 h4 36. Qxb6 Rd1 37. Qxa5 h3 38.
Qa8+ $2 (38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. Nxg5 h2 40. a5 {will lead to a draw.}) 38... Kg7 39.
Qa7 $6 (39. Nc5 {was the last chance.}) 39... h2 40. Qf2 Qc7 41. Ng5 Qxc6 42.
Qxf7+ Kh6 43. Qf4 Ra1+ 0-1
An excellent result for the Swiss
In the women's section Russia is close to winning the gold medal. They're leading with two match points ahead of Poland. With one point less, Ukraine, Georgia and France follow.
Games top boards round 6 (Open)
Games top boards round 6 (Women)
Games top boards round 7 (Open)
Games top boards round 7 (Women)
Round 6 results
| Bo. | 6 | France | Rtg | - | 7 | Bulgaria | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 1.1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2714 | - | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2768 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2710 | - | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2650 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.3 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 | - | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2629 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.4 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2627 | - | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2666 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 19 | Greece | Rtg | - | 17 | Romania | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 2.1 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2620 | - | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2657 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.2 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2621 | - | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2650 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.3 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2600 | - | GM | Vajda Levente | 2584 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.4 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2593 | - | GM | Marin Mihail | 2534 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 1 | Russia | Rtg | - | 3 | Azerbaijan | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2755 | - | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2781 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.2 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2752 | - | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2757 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.3 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2763 | - | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2733 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2730 | - | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2636 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 4 | Armenia | Rtg | - | 13 | Spain | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 4.1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2802 | - | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2705 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2710 | - | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2621 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.3 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2681 | - | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2609 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2671 | - | GM | Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis | 2568 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 10 | Germany | Rtg | - | 22 | Italy | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 5.1 | GM | Meier Georg | 2659 | - | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2727 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2661 | - | IM | Dvirnyy Daniyyl | 2475 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.3 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2633 | - | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2575 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | 2612 | - | IM | Rombaldoni Axel | 2459 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 9 | Netherlands | Rtg | - | 14 | Poland | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 6.1 | GM | Giri Anish | 2714 | - | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2705 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2686 | - | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2635 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.3 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2646 | - | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2653 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.4 | GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2627 | - | GM | Miton Kamil | 2622 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 21 | Slovenia | Rtg | - | 15 | Georgia | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 7.1 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2617 | - | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2678 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2634 | - | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2588 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.3 | GM | Borisek Jure | 2541 | - | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2636 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.4 | IM | Sebenik Matej | 2518 | - | Zarkua Davit | 2443 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 27 | Latvia | Rtg | - | 5 | Hungary | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 8.1 | GM | Miezis Normunds | 2547 | - | GM | Leko Peter | 2720 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | 2514 | - | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2707 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.3 | IM | Neiksans Arturs | 2502 | - | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2705 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.4 | GM | Starostits Ilmars | 2456 | - | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2662 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 2 | Ukraine | Rtg | - | 11 | Israel | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 9.1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2775 | - | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2645 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.2 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2723 | - | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2696 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.3 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2691 | - | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2670 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.4 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 | - | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2640 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 12 | Czech Rep. | Rtg | - | 8 | England | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 10.1 | GM | Navara David | 2724 | - | GM | Adams Michael | 2734 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.2 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2703 | - | GM | Short Nigel D | 2698 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.3 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2628 | - | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2635 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.4 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2600 | - | GM | Pert Nicholas | 2563 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 16 | Croatia | Rtg | - | 26 | Switzerland | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 11.1 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | 2612 | - | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2581 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.2 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2648 | - | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2567 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.3 | GM | Brkic Ante | 2605 | - | IM | Kurmann Oliver | 2451 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.4 | GM | Jovanovic Zoran | 2581 | - | IM | Forster Richard | 2458 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 20 | Moldova | Rtg | - | 24 | Denmark | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 12.1 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2665 | - | GM | Hansen Sune Berg | 2566 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.2 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2648 | - | GM | Rasmussen Allan Stig | 2541 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.3 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2621 | - | GM | Aagaard Jacob | 2522 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.4 | IM | Hamitevici Vladimir | 2428 | - | IM | Glud Jakob Vang | 2497 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 23 | Austria | Rtg | - | 29 | Montenegro | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 13.1 | GM | Ragger Markus | 2662 | - | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2493 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.2 | GM | Shengelia David | 2551 | - | GM | Blagojevic Dragisa | 2514 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.3 | IM | Kreisl Robert | 2415 | - | GM | Drasko Milan | 2478 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.4 | IM | Neubauer Martin | 2431 | - | GM | Kosic Dragan | 2502 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 30 | FYROM | Rtg | - | 32 | Iceland | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 14.1 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2553 | - | GM | Danielsen Henrik | 2542 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.2 | GM | Nedev Trajko | 2493 | - | FM | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | 2452 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.3 | IM | Pancevski Filip | 2442 | - | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | 2421 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2470 | - | IM | Thorfinnsson Bjorn | 2402 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 18 | Serbia | Rtg | - | 33 | Lithuania | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 15.1 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2636 | - | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2577 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2629 | - | IM | Zagorskis Darius | 2497 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.3 | GM | Damljanovic Branko | 2597 | - | IM | Labeckas Kestutis | 2410 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.4 | GM | Perunovic Milos | 2576 | - | Klabis Rokas | 2100 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 31 | Norway | Rtg | - | 28 | Finland | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 16.1 | GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2560 | - | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2631 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.2 | IM | Elsness Frode | 2506 | - | IM | Agopov Mikael | 2450 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.3 | GM | Johannessen Leif Erlend | 2515 | - | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2434 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.4 | IM | Getz Nicolai | 2369 | - | IM | Nyysti Sampsa | 2345 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 37 | Luxembourg | Rtg | - | 25 | Sweden | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 17.1 | IM | Berend Fred | 2381 | - | GM | Tikkanen Hans | 2586 | 0 - 1 |
| 17.2 | Schartz Alain | 2160 | - | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2543 | ½ - ½ | |
| 17.3 | FM | Mossong Hubert | 2119 | - | IM | Semcesen Daniel | 2490 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.4 | WIM | Steil-Antoni Fiona | 2104 | - | GM | Brynell Stellan | 2486 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 38 | Cyprus | Rtg | - | 34 | Turkey | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 18.1 | Bryan-Vissi Mark | 1808 | - | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2515 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.2 | Aristotelous Vassilis | 1921 | - | GM | Can Emre | 2465 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.3 | Boulos Vrachimis | 0 | - | FM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | 2275 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.4 | Constantinou Pavlos | 2068 | - | CM | Sanal Vahap | 2275 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 36 | Wales | Rtg | - | 35 | Scotland | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 19.1 | FM | Williams A Howard | 2353 | - | FM | Morrison Graham | 2339 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.2 | CM | Jones Iolo C | 2282 | - | IM | Muir Andrew J | 2311 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.3 | Kett Tim | 2184 | - | CM | Roberts Paul | 2222 | ½ - ½ | |
| 19.4 | Pleasants Allan J | 2089 | - | Mitchell Martin | 2215 | 0 - 1 |
Round 7 results
| Bo. | 7 | Bulgaria | Rtg | - | 3 | Azerbaijan | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 1.1 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2768 | - | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2781 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2650 | - | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2757 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.3 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2629 | - | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2733 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.4 | GM | Radulski Julian | 2565 | - | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2630 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 17 | Romania | Rtg | - | 10 | Germany | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 2.1 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2657 | - | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2712 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.2 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2650 | - | GM | Meier Georg | 2659 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.3 | GM | Vajda Levente | 2584 | - | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2661 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.4 | GM | Marin Mihail | 2534 | - | GM | Buhmann Rainer | 2612 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 6 | France | Rtg | - | 4 | Armenia | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2714 | - | GM | Aronian Levon | 2802 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2710 | - | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2710 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.3 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 | - | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2681 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2641 | - | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2671 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 5 | Hungary | Rtg | - | 21 | Slovenia | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 4.1 | GM | Leko Peter | 2720 | - | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2617 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2707 | - | GM | Lenic Luka | 2634 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2705 | - | GM | Borisek Jure | 2541 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.4 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2662 | - | IM | Sebenik Matej | 2518 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 9 | Netherlands | Rtg | - | 19 | Greece | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 5.1 | GM | Giri Anish | 2714 | - | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2620 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2686 | - | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2621 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.3 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2646 | - | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2600 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.4 | GM | Smeets Jan | 2615 | - | GM | Nikolaidis Ioannis | 2554 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 13 | Spain | Rtg | - | 1 | Russia | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 6.1 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2705 | - | GM | Svidler Peter | 2755 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2705 | - | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2752 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.3 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2621 | - | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2763 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.4 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2609 | - | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2762 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 22 | Italy | Rtg | - | 20 | Moldova | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 7.1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2727 | - | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2665 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | GM | Godena Michele | 2548 | - | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2648 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.3 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2575 | - | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2621 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | IM | Rombaldoni Axel | 2459 | - | IM | Vedmediuc Serghei | 2465 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 26 | Switzerland | Rtg | - | 2 | Ukraine | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 8.1 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2581 | - | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2775 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2500 | - | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2723 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.3 | IM | Kurmann Oliver | 2451 | - | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2691 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.4 | IM | Forster Richard | 2458 | - | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2702 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 14 | Poland | Rtg | - | 8 | England | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 9.1 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2705 | - | GM | Adams Michael | 2734 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.2 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2635 | - | GM | Howell David W L | 2633 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.3 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2653 | - | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2635 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.4 | GM | Miton Kamil | 2622 | - | GM | Pert Nicholas | 2563 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 11 | Israel | Rtg | - | 12 | Czech Rep. | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 10.1 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2645 | - | GM | Navara David | 2724 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.2 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2651 | - | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2703 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.3 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2670 | - | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2628 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.4 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2640 | - | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2600 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 15 | Georgia | Rtg | - | 16 | Croatia | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 11.1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2678 | - | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | 2612 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.2 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2636 | - | GM | Saric Ivan | 2648 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.3 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2577 | - | GM | Palac Mladen | 2580 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.4 | Zarkua Davit | 2443 | - | GM | Jovanovic Zoran | 2581 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 32 | Iceland | Rtg | - | 18 | Serbia | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 12.1 | GM | Danielsen Henrik | 2542 | - | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2636 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | FM | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | 2452 | - | GM | Solak Dragan | 2629 | 0 - 1 |
| 12.3 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | 2421 | - | GM | Damljanovic Branko | 2597 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.4 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bjorn | 2402 | - | GM | Perunovic Milos | 2576 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 24 | Denmark | Rtg | - | 23 | Austria | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 13.1 | GM | Hansen Sune Berg | 2566 | - | GM | Ragger Markus | 2662 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.2 | GM | Rasmussen Allan Stig | 2541 | - | GM | Kindermann Stefan | 2519 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.3 | GM | Aagaard Jacob | 2522 | - | GM | Shengelia David | 2551 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.4 | IM | Glud Jakob Vang | 2497 | - | IM | Neubauer Martin | 2431 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 29 | Montenegro | Rtg | - | 31 | Norway | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 14.1 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2493 | - | GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2560 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.2 | GM | Drasko Milan | 2478 | - | IM | Elsness Frode | 2506 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.3 | GM | Kosic Dragan | 2502 | - | GM | Johannessen Leif Erlend | 2515 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | IM | Kalezic Blazo | 2461 | - | IM | Getz Nicolai | 2369 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 25 | Sweden | Rtg | - | 34 | Turkey | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 15.1 | GM | Tikkanen Hans | 2586 | - | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2515 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2543 | - | GM | Can Emre | 2465 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.3 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2502 | - | IM | Firat Burak | 2393 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.4 | IM | Semcesen Daniel | 2490 | - | FM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | 2275 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 30 | FYROM | Rtg | - | 27 | Latvia | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 16.1 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2553 | - | GM | Miezis Normunds | 2547 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.2 | IM | Colovic Aleksandar | 2451 | - | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | 2514 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.3 | IM | Pancevski Filip | 2442 | - | IM | Neiksans Arturs | 2502 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.4 | GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2470 | - | GM | Starostits Ilmars | 2456 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 33 | Lithuania | Rtg | - | 35 | Scotland | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 17.1 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2577 | - | FM | Tate Alan | 2334 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | IM | Zagorskis Darius | 2497 | - | FM | Morrison Graham | 2339 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.3 | IM | Labeckas Kestutis | 2410 | - | IM | Muir Andrew J | 2311 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.4 | Klabis Rokas | 2100 | - | CM | Roberts Paul | 2222 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 28 | Finland | Rtg | - | 38 | Cyprus | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 18.1 | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2631 | - | Bryan-Vissi Mark | 1808 | 1 - 0 | |
| 18.2 | IM | Sammalvuo Tapani | 2492 | - | Aristotelous Vassilis | 1921 | 1 - 0 | |
| 18.3 | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2434 | - | Boulos Vrachimis | 0 | 1 - 0 | |
| 18.4 | IM | Nyysti Sampsa | 2345 | - | Constantinou Pavlos | 2068 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 36 | Wales | Rtg | - | 37 | Luxembourg | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 19.1 | FM | Williams A Howard | 2353 | - | IM | Berend Fred | 2381 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.2 | CM | Jones Iolo C | 2282 | - | Jeitz Christian | 2171 | ½ - ½ | |
| 19.3 | Kett Tim | 2184 | - | Schartz Alain | 2160 | ½ - ½ | ||
| 19.4 | Young Alan | 2042 | - | FM | Mossong Hubert | 2119 | 0 - 1 |
Round 7 results women's section can be found here
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