2016 Baku Rd11: US wins historic gold!

China wins Women's

by Albert Silver
9/14/2016 The win by the US at 2016 Baku, in the largest field ever, can only be described as historic. Ukraine
heldx on to their pace and took
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silver, while Russia took bronze. Board one gold medal went to Baadur Jobava, and take note of board three bronze medal by 64-year-old Eugenio
Torre! The Women's event saw China overcome Russia in an epic match, the first team gold for Hou Yifan, and denying Russia any medal. Poland
took silver for their greatest result in Olympiads ever, while Ukraine took bronze. Huge report with videos and GM analysis.

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2016 Baku Olympiad

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Final round

Song and video that embody the Olympic spirit

The suspense was killing everyone: would the US close the deal and conclude its brilliant campaign with the oh-so-coveted gold?
The start of the round presented significant mismatches on all the top boards, whether the US, Ukraine, or Russia. In a way the tournament was
going full circle: after starting with mismatches in the first rounds until only the leaders were left to fight each other, now the leaders had already
done battle among themselves and weaker teams were what were left.
Board one was the United States of course, facing an astonishingly successful Canada. Canada has certainly had a few grandmasters over the
years, but as a team they arent the ones you expect to be positioning themselves for a possible medal at the end of the Olympiad, and yet that
was precisely what was going on as they entered the last round at a tentative fourth place on tiebreak. Obviously a medal meant scoring against
the US, but the chance, however slim, was there.

The action started with Evgeny Bareev against Fabiano Caruana (photo by E. Kublashvili)
The team was bolstered by the arrival of former Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, who played first board, and while it was not he who had done the
heavy scoring to reach this point, he took on all the biggest guns of rival teams and was a stalwart rock on board one, playing all eleven rounds.
His challenge now was to find a way to hold Fabiano Caruana.
Fabiano was everything one could hope for in the US team. He did more than just neutralize the top boards of rival teams, such as Magnus Carlsen
no less, he scored crucial points when needed the most. The last round was just such an instance as he defeated Bareev in the quickest game of
the match.

Anton Kovalyov was one of Canada's stars, a word that fully applies (photo by Paul Truong)
Board two was 24-year-old Anton Kovalyov, who has already made waves in Baku before, when he somehow survived not one, but two elite
matches in the World Cup. In fact, he had been so shocked, he had been forced to change his flight arrangements as he had booked a flight home
the day of the first round, expecting to be eliminated just as soon. Now, in the Olympiad, the young talent enjoyed a rush of form that was hard to
believe, and finished on 8.0/10 with a 2852 performance.

Hikaru Nakamura was a true soldier and played all eleven rounds (photo by David Llada)
Playing for the US was Hikaru Nakamura, also scoring when needed, but who had suffered a minor setback in round ten, when ill, he lost to
Georgian GM Mchedlishvili. Hikaru did not back down, and played all eleven rounds, and opted to keep it simple and contain Kovalyov and drew.
Board three for Canada was 40-year-old GM Alexandre Lesiege, rated 2512, and who also did his duty and then some with a 2585 performance,
but his opponent was a sizzling hot Wesley So.

Wesley had recently won the elite Sinquefield Cup, and brought all that confidence and form to the
Olympiad and more. He soundly defeated Lesiege, scoring 8.5/10 in total with a 2896 performance
as well as a gold medal for board three. (photo by David Llada)
Wesley So - Alexandre Lesiege (annotated by GM Elshan Moradiabadi)

[Event "42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.13"] [Round "11.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]

[Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2512"] [Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [WhiteTeam "United States"] [BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "CAN"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {The USA team arrived at the last round of the
2016 Chess Olympiad as the leader, edging Ukraine thanks to their better tie-break. In this crucial final round, we watched a North American
derby between the US and the surprisingly strong Canadian team. With Kovalyov and Hansen scoring in every other game, the Canadians reached
4th place after the penultimate round. Being ahead just by a whisker in tie-break, a victory in this match was direly needed by the US squad. With
the team's "big three" guns culminating victories one after other, we just had to sit and wait for one of them to score. This time, it was Caruana
and So who delivered the victory. So's victory came in a topsy-turvy game.} 1. c4 { (00:00) Wesley So is not trying to get into an opening debate
and he opts for an "English".} c5 {(00:56)} 2. Nf3 {(00:00)} Nc6 {(01:52)} 3. Nc3 {(00:17)} g6 $6 {(03:00) There is nothing wrong with this
move. However, Black usually does not combine it with Nc6 due to White's next move.} 4. e3 $1 {(00:10) Now the game enters a form of "Panov
attack", in the Caro-Kann defense!} Nf6 {(00:07)} 5. d4 {(00:04)} cxd4 {(00:04)} 6. exd4 {(00:03)} d5 {(00:20)} 7. Bg5 {(00:13)} (7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O {is one of the most popular ways to play this opening. Wesley goes for more
complications to keep the game more unbalanced and more difficult for his 'out of retirement' GM opponent.}) 7... Be6 {(00:36)} 8. Bxf6
{(00:49)} exf6 {(00:05)} 9. h3 $146 {(00:04) I could not believe my eyes but this move is a novelty according to the ChessBase Online
database. White players had almost exclusively played c4-c5 in this position} (9. c5 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Ng3 a5 15. h3 Rb8 16. b3 Rb4 17. Ne1 Rb7 18. Nc2 Qc7 19. Qd2 Ra8 20. Nh5 Bf5 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Ne2 Qe4 24. Nc3 Qh4 25. Rad1
f5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Nc2 Bh6 28. Qf2 Qg5 29. Rde1 Bh5 30. Kh1 Kh8 31. Ne2 f3 32. gxf3 f4 33. Kh2 Re7 34. Ng1 Bg6 35. h4 Qg3+ 36. Qxg3 fxg3+
{1/2-1/2 (36) Rakhmanov,A (2641)-Alekseev,E (2636) St Petersburg 2016}) 9... Bb4 {(05:40)} 10. c5 { (00:06)} O-O {(03:04)} (10... Qa5 11.
Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 b6 {Looks very promising for Black.}) 11. Rc1 {( 05:05)} b6 $6 {(26:03) This is a bit risky.} (11... Qd7 12. Be2 Ba5 $5 13. O-O
Bc7 {Looks interesting.}) 12. Bb5 {(08:52) White completes his development by winning a crucial tempo.} Na5 {(14:13)} 13. a3 { (03:05)}
Bxc3+ {(00:17)} 14. Rxc3 {(00:02)} Nc4 {(07:42)} 15. b4 {(00:06)} a5 { (06:29)} (15... a6 16. Ba4 (16. Bxc4 dxc4 {and then Black plays b5f5 and Bd5 and White has nothing there.}) 16... a5 {this looks more promising than the game.}) 16. O-O {( 00:08)} axb4 {(00:35)} 17. axb4
{(00:16) The position has already become too critical for Black.} Qb8 {(05:55)} (17... Ra2 18. Qc1 Qb8 { looks better because.} 19. Bxc4 dxc4
20. Nd2 Rd8 {and unlike in the game the pawn on d4 is hanging in this line.}) 18. Bxc4 {(18:30)} dxc4 {(00:10)} 19. Nd2 {(00:02)} bxc5
{(02:47)} 20. bxc5 {(00:02) White's knight is heading to d6 and Black has to do something about it.} Qb4 {(06:13)} 21. Qf3 {(03:05)} Bd5 {
(08:22) A strong blockade but....} 22. Qxd5 $1 {(00:11) Wesley So has other things in mind.} Qxc3 {( 00:04)} 23. Ne4 {(00:01)} Qd3
{(00:22)} 24. Nxf6+ { (00:06)} Kh8 {(00:38)} 25. Nd7 {(00:07)} Rfe8 {(01:20)} 26. Ne5 {(01:01)} Qf5 $2 {(00:59) Up to this point Lesiege
has been resilient and resourceful, but this move throws away everything. A series of miraculous moves would have saved him.} (26... Qe2 27.
Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Ne5 Kh8 $3 {Only a machine would play like this!} 29. Rc1 (29. Qxc4 $4 Rxe5 $19) 29... Qd2 $1 30. Qxc4 Ra4 $1 31. Qf1 Qxd4
32. Nf3 Qf6 33. c6 Ra7 {And White has a good grip but he really cannot improve even though Black's weakened king offers potential 'time
pressure' blunders in a game like this with such a high outcome at stake.}) 27. Qxc4 {(00:03) White's two passers are just way too strong .} Kg7
{(00:31)} 28. Qc3 {(03:55)} Ra2 { (02:05)} 29. Nd3 $4 {(00:07) Did he just let the other rook to the second rank?!} Qf6 $4 {(00:51) Lesiege
returns the favor in time pressure.} (29... Ree2 30. d5+ f6 $1 {a move that is hard to see but forced.} 31. c6 Red2 $1 32. c7 Rac2 $1 {and Black
is winning!!}) 30. Nb4 {(00:46)} Rae2 {(00:55)} 31. Nd5 {(00:22)} Qg5 {(00:21)} 32. Nc7 {(00:33)} R8e3 $6 {(00:31) Lesiege gets
emotional} (32... Rb8 {would have maintained equality.}) 33. Qc1 {(00:49)} h6 {(01:30)} 34. d5 {(00:57)} Qe5 $4 {(01:25) Lesiege blunders a
rook after a long game. He probably missed the check on a1.} 35. fxe3 {(00:52)} Qg3 {(00:55) } 36. Qa1+ {(00:10) And it is Black who gets
mated not white! And US team wins the Olympiad after four decades!} (36. Qa1+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Rf7#)
1-0

Board four had Sam Shankland once more taking the post, and as yet undefeated in the Olympiads, but he came against someone who had seen
one step ahead. Facing him was Canadas best scoring player (in points): 24-year-old Eric Hansen.

Both players had correctly guessed the opening of the game, but Erics preparation was the better
and he emerged up a pawn, and inflicted Shanklands first defeat. Although this was not enough to
change the tale of the match, he can be proud of the result of Canada, and his magnificent 9.0/11
contribution with a 2738 performance. (photo by M. Emelianova)

Alejandro Ramirez has a quick chat with Eric Hansen

Former elite player, Alexander Beliavsky (left), was board one for Slovenia. He fell to Pavel
Eljanov, whose victory contributed to a 3-1 win for Ukraine. (photo by M. Emelianova)
The main rival of the US, Ukraine, had come tied with the Americans in match points, behind on tiebreaks alone. The Ukrainians continued their
fantastic onslaught, crushing the Slovenian team by 3.5-0.5. Much like the Americans, they had their share of miracle workers, such as Andrei
Volokitin, who won yet again, taking gold medal on board four with 8.5/9 and a 2992 performance, the greatest of any player on any board.

The final medal match was played by Russia, who needed to win to guarantee none of the teams
might threaten its bronze medal. They had no trouble beating Italy, scoring 3-1. (photo by E. Kublashvili)

Of special note, was Vladimir Kramniks win on board one. Not only did this net him the gold
medal for board two, the board he had played on throughout the event, but his win catapulted him
to a 2817 rating, which will appear in the next ratings list, his highest ever. (photo by E. Kublashvili)

Eteri Kublashvili and Anastasiya Karlovich, fixtures for the RCF and FIDE (photo by Paul Truong)
Still, the question on everyones mind was now that both teams had won their matches, who had taken gold? Incredibly, no one knew. While the
first criterion was match points, where both US and Ukraine were tied, the next criterion was not game points, but Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger
without the lowest result.

Even after both top matches were over the US team still had no idea if they had won gold or silver
(photo by Paul Truong)

The basis of all Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak variants is to weight scores against high ranked opponents higher, which means winning against a
team that finishes 5th is worth more than a victory over a team that finished 23rd even if their ratings were the same. Unfortunately that meant
that victory for one or the other might lie not in the hands of the American or Ukrainian players, but some other team they had met earlier. The
permutations are manifold as one can imagine, but to overcome the significant tiebreak score between the two teams, some experts wielding
laptops and Excel spreadsheets concluded that if Ukraine won their final match by 3-1 and Germany failed to beat Estonia, then Ukraine would
take gold.

Captain of the US Team, John Donaldson, begins doing calculations to try to figure out if the US
won, and if not (yet) what they need to win
It seemed incredible, but even with both top table matches over, gold was going to be determined by table 28s result, and it was not obvious.
Germany had won their game on board one, but lost on board four, and tied board two. It all hinged on Matthias Bluebaums ability to win an
endgame that until move 59 engines were declaring a resolute 0.00.

Both teams and many others were following this one game with unwavering focus, and one
wonders whether Bluebaum knew that the winners fate lay entirely in his one game. Move 60 was
the decider as the Estonian IM finally went astray, in a decisive blunder the German never forgave.
(photo by Paul Truong)

The entire US team owes him a round of drinks, that is certain

It is fair to say that the US victory is their greatest ever result in a Chess Olympiad. Although it has been noted that although the Americans took
gold in 1976 in Haifa, Israel, an event boycotted by the Soviet Union and many eastern bloc countries, weakening it considerably, their earlier
victories in the 1930s were also without the Soviet participation. The Soviets only began participating in 1952, promptly winning it, it should be
noted. The 2016 Open field not only has Russia in its lineup (though is missing Armenia sadly), but is also the largest field ever, with 170 teams
present.

Garry Kasparov also commented that the United States had gone through the event without a single loss, a remarkable feat. Indeed they won nine
matches and drew two. However, it should be pointed out that one other team went through the eleven rounds without suffering a defeat. Can you
guess which? The answer is not one of the other top performers, but 18th place finisher Greece! They won four matches, lost none, and drew
seven! Note that this included matches such as a draw with Slovenia, which ended in two wins each.

The Indian team that had started so strong, lost their chance to medal after losing both their
matches to the US and Ukraine, and finished in fourth place. (photo by Paul Truong)

Alejandro Ramirez enjoys a quick chat with GM Vidit Gujrathi, one of India's best scoring players

The surprise fifth place was Norway led by Magnus Carlsen. They were in a group of teams that
ended with 16 match points thanks to their last round draw with India. However, what really gave
them a boost in their tiebreaks was their huge win over Iran in round 10. (photo by M. Emelianova)
Being such overperformers, the Iranians, ranked 46th at the start, ended in 16th place, including a crushing win over Chile in the last round. It is

clear they are very much on the rise, and can expect even more promising results in the future. As it stands, two of the players scored double
grandmaster norms and can expect the title very soon.

First was untitled Parham Maghsoodloo, 16 years old, who more than justified his 2566 rating. He
played all eleven rounds with 8.0/11 and a superb 2684 performance, facing nine grandmasters.
(photo by Paul Truong)

17-year-old IM Shahin Lorparizangeneh (2478) also scored a double GM norm, adding 17 Elo to his
rating as well. (photo by Paul Truong)

They were hardly the only ones, needless to say, such as Italys FM Luca Moroni, 16 years old, who
finished with a double GM norm as well. (photo by M. Emelianova)

Finally, a special salute to IM Helgi Dam Ziska from the Faroe Islands, who is by far the highest
rated player ever from the micronation (population under 50 thousand), and is now its first
grandmaster thanks to his norms. Note that with a rating of 2546 FIDE, he has already fulfilled the
ratings requirements by a healthy margin. In round four, Helgi (right) drew against Veselin
Topalov. (photo by Paul Truong)

Daniel King has a quick chat with Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland) asking him his impressions of the
team and more

GM Maurice Ashley explains how he became the coach of the Ivory Coast

Womens Event
The Womens competition really came down to the epic match on table one. It isnt that other matches were utterly denuded of interest, but with
China facing Russia in a showdown for the gold, it was easily the center of attention. China only needed to win or draw the match to secure gold,
but if Russia were to pull off an upset, not nearly as farfetched as the top matches in the Open section, they could conceivably snatch gold, though
tiebreaks would still decide their fate.

The match was certainly all the fans had hoped for with hard-fought games on all boards. Russias
attempt to torpedo Chinas gold was thwarted though, and it was a team gold for the first time in
14 years, and the first with Hou Yifan. (photo by M. Emelianova)

Although Hou Yifan never quite scored as heavily as her fans might have hoped, the overall team
was made up for it, such as WGM Tan Zhongyi on board three, rated 2475, but finished with
9.0/11 and a 2565 performance. (photo by David Llada)

99 seconds with Yuanling Yuan (Canada)

While Ukraine certainly did well, finishing in third, the true surprise of the event was without question Poland. Although they were consistently in
the top three in the standings from round eight onward, the expectation each time was that another team would take their place the next round or
after. If this seems unjust, consider that they had never achieved better than bronze, and ranked seventh this time, 100 Elo behind Ukraine and
Russia, and more than that behind China, there was no reason to expect a miracle. Yet, they pulled it off in the end, with a magnificent 3.5-0.5
defeat over Hungary, ranked 8th, edging out Ukraine on tiebreak and taking a historic silver.

Team Poland pulled off a small miracle in not only penetrating the podium ahead of the numerous
much higher rated rivals, but taking silver (photo by Paul Truong)

Janelle Mae Frayna from the Philippinnes scored a double WGM norm(photo by David Llada)

Closing Ceremony
All photos by Maria Emelianova

Open event

Team USA with their historic gold: Hikaru Nakamura, John Donaldson (captain), Sam Shankland,
Ray Robson, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana

The Russian team: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Andrei Filatov (captain), Alexander Motylev, Vladimir
Potkin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk

Ukraine won the Gaprindashvili Cup, an award to the country with the best combined score of both
Open and Women's teams

Gold Medal for Board one: Leinier Dominguez (silver), Baadur Jobava (gold), Fabiano Caruana
(bronze)

Gold Medal for Board two: Vladimir Kramnik (gold), Jorge Cori (bronze), missing is Anton Kovalyov
(silver)

Gold Medal for board three: Zoltan Almasi (silver), Wesley So (gold), Eugenio Torre (bronze)

The podium with Ukraine (silver), USA, (gold), and Russia (bronze) (click on photo for large
version)

Women's event

China wins gold after a 14-year wait: Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Guo Qi, Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue, Yu
Shaoteng (captain)

Poland wins silver for their best result ever: Matlak Marak (captain), Mariola Wozniak, Klaudia
Kulon, Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska, Jolanta Zawadzka, Monika Socko

Ukraine took bronze: Anna Ushenina, Natalia Zhukova, Mariya Muzychuk, Anna Muzychuk

Gold Medal for Board one: Hou Yifan (silver), Anna Muzychuk (gold), and Pia Cramling (bronze)

Gold Medal for Board two: Ju Wenjun (silver), Valentina Gunina (gold), Deimante Daulyte (bronze)

Final round games (with times per move)

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Final Open standings

Rk SNo

Team

Team

Gms

= -

TB1

TB2

United States

USA

11

20

413,5

Ukraine

UKR

11

10 0

20

404,5

Russia

RUS

11

18

419,0

India

IND

11

16

350,5

12

Norway

NOR

11

16

344,5

19

Turkey

TUR

11

16

341,5

Poland

POL

11

16

331,0

France

FRA

11

16

326,5

England

ENG

11

16

323,0

10

34

Peru

PER

11

16

306,0

11

25

Canada

CAN

11

15

368,5

12

Azerbaijan 1

AZE

11

15

352,0

13

China

CHN

11

15

348,0

14

23

Belarus

BLR

11

15

332,0

15

10

Hungary

HUN

11

15

329,0

Click to view complete standings

Final Women's standings

Rk SNo

Team

Team

Gms +

TB1

TB2

China

CHN

11

20

416,0

Poland

POL

11

17

427,5

Ukraine

UKR

11

17

404,5

Russia

RUS

11

16

380,5

India

IND

11

16

342,5

United States

USA

11

16

332,5

19

Vietnam

VIE

11

16

328,0

16

Azerbaijan 1

AZE

11

16

309,0

18

Israel

ISR

11

16

307,5

10

Georgia

GEO

11

15

356,5

11

13

Iran

IRI

11

15

337,5

12

12

Lithuania

LTU

11

15

324,0

13

27

Serbia

SRB

11

15

321,5

14

23

France

FRA

11

15

320,0

15

Bulgaria

BUL

11

15

309,5

Click to view complete standings

Open section (top pairings)

Bo.

United States (USA)

Rtg

25

Canada (CAN)

Rtg

2:1

1.1

GM Caruana, Fabiano

2808

- GM Bareev, Evgeny

2675

1-0

1.2

GM Nakamura, Hikaru

2789

- GM Kovalyov, Anton

2617

1.3

GM So, Wesley

2782

- GM Lesiege, Alexandre

2512

1-0

1.4

GM Shankland, Samuel L

2679

- GM Hansen, Eric

2582

0-1

Rtg

3:

Bo.

Ukraine (UKR)

Rtg

29

Slovenia (SLO)

2.1

GM Eljanov, Pavel

2739

- GM Beliavsky, Alexander G

2602

1-0

2.2

GM Ponomariov, Ruslan

2709

- GM Lenic, Luka

2622

2.3

GM Korobov, Anton

2675

- GM Borisek, Jure

2558

1-0

2.4

GM Volokitin, Andrei

2647

- GM Sebenik, Matej

2526

1-0

Rtg

3:1

Bo.

Russia (RUS)

Rtg

36

Italy (ITA)

3.1

GM Kramnik, Vladimir

2808

- GM Vocaturo, Daniele

2583

1-0

3.2

GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny

2731

- GM Rombaldoni, Axel

2567

3.3

GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian

2740

- GM Brunello, Sabino

2568

2754

FM

2459

1-0

Rtg

Rtg

1:3

3.4

GM Grischuk, Alexander

Bo.

62

4.1

GM Atabayev, Maksat

2485

- GM Radjabov, Teimour

2722

4.2

IM

Atabayev, Yusup

2453

- GM Mamedov, Rauf

2666

4.3

FM

Atabayev, Saparmyrat

2406

- GM Naiditsch, Arkadij

2696

0-1

4.4

GM Odeev, Handszar

2401

- GM Safarli, Eltaj

2688

0-1

Bo.

Turkmenistan (TKM)

India (IND)

Rtg

2:2

GM Harikrishna, P.

2752

- GM Carlsen, Magnus

2857

5.2

GM Adhiban, B.

2671

- GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig

2651

5.3

GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi

2669

- GM Tari, Aryan

2570

1-0

5.4

GM Sethuraman, S.P.

2640

- GM Urkedal, Frode

2537

0-1

Bo.

34

Rtg

2:2

6.1

GM Cordova, Emilio

2638

- GM Adams, Michael

2738

0-1

6.2

GM Cori, Jorge

2609

- GM Howell, David W L

2665

1-0

6.3

IM

2499

- GM Jones, Gawain C B

2635

6.4

GM Cruz, Cristhian

2519

- GM Short, Nigel D

2666

Peru (PER)

Vera Siguenas, Deivy

Turkey (TUR)

Rtg

20

Norway (NOR)

England (ENG)

Bo.

19

Rtg

2:1

7.1

GM Solak, Dragan

2635

- GM Jobava, Baadur

2665

7.2

GM Ipatov, Alexander

2652

- GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil

2609

1-0

Rtg

12

Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)

5.1

Rtg

Moroni, Luca Jr

Georgia (GEO)

7.3

GM Yilmaz, Mustafa

2616
2565

- GM Pantsulaia, Levan

2601

0-1

- GM Gelashvili, Tamaz

2575

1-0

Rtg

2:2
-

7.4

GM Can, Emre

Bo.

27

Greece (GRE)

Rtg

8.1

GM Papaioannou, Ioannis

2631

- GM Berkes, Ferenc

2640

8.2

GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios

2601

- GM Almasi, Zoltan

2684

0-1

8.3

GM Banikas, Hristos

2571

- GM Balogh, Csaba

2614

8.4

GM Halkias, Stelios

2565

IM

Gledura, Benjamin

2585

1-0

Rtg

17

Czech Republic (CZE)

Bo.

Hungary (HUN)

Rtg

3:1

GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

2813

- GM Navara, David

2742

9.2

GM Maze, Sebastien

2617

- GM Laznicka, Viktor

2651

1-0

9.3

GM Fressinet, Laurent

2664

- GM Hracek, Zbynek

2591

1-0

9.4

GM Bauer, Christian

2623

IM

2519

Poland (POL)

Rtg

14

Rtg

3:1

10.1 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw

2736

- GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco

2716

1-0

10.2 GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof

2675

- GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan

2662

10.3 GM Bartel, Mateusz

2646

- GM Anton Guijarro, David

2630

1-0

10.4 GM Swiercz, Dariusz

2639

- GM Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos

2566

Bo.

France (FRA)

10

9.1

Bo.

Vietnam (VIE)

Rtg

1:3

2723

- GM Wang, Yue

2737

11.2 GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son

2633

- GM Ding, Liren

2753

0-1

11.3 GM Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy

2435

- GM Yu, Yangyi

2725

11.4 FM

2448

- GM Wei, Yi

2717

0-1

Rtg

2:2

Nguyen, Anh Khoi

15

Cuba (CUB)

Rtg

Rtg

Spain (ESP)

11.1 GM Le, Quang Liem

Bo.

32

Plat, Vojtech

30

China (CHN)

Romania (ROU)

12.1 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier

2720

- GM Lupulescu, Constantin

12.2 GM Quesada Perez, Yuniesky

2636

- GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian 2595

12.3 GM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo 2581 12.4 GM Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri

2553

IM

Deac, Bogdan-Daniel

- GM Marin, Mihail

2618

1-0
-

2524

2572

0-1

All pairings of round 11

Women's section (top pairings)

Bo.

Rtg

Rtg

2:1

1.1

GM

Hou, Yifan

2658

GM

Kosteniuk, Alexandra

2538

GM

Ju, Wenjun

2583

GM

Gunina, Valentina

2520

1-0

2475

- WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra

2475

1-0

2417

- WGM Pogonina, Natalija

2484

0-1

1.2
1.3
1.4

China (CHN)

WGM Tan, Zhongyi

IM

Guo, Qi

Bo.

Rtg

2.1

GM

Hoang, Thanh Trang

2467

GM

2.2

IM

Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia

2372

2.3

Hungary (HUN)

WGM Gara, Ticia

Poland (POL)

Rtg

:3

2437

- WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta

2429

0-1

2379

- WGM Kulon, Klaudia

2346

0-1

2355

WIM

2246

0-1

Rtg

Rtg

3:1

Socko, Monika

2.4

IM

Bo.

3.1

GM

Muzychuk, Anna

2550

GM

Stefanova, Antoaneta

2515

1-0

3.2

GM

Muzychuk, Mariya

2539

IM

Videnova, Iva

2386

3.3

GM

Zhukova, Natalia

2475

- WGM Nikolova, Adriana

2358

3.4

GM

Ushenina, Anna

2457

2232

1-0

Bo.

16

Gara, Anita

Russia (RUS)

Ukraine (UKR)

Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)

WIM

Wozniak, Mariola
Bulgaria (BUL)

Raeva, Elitsa

Rtg

66

Rtg

3:1

4.1

WGM Mamedjarova, Zeinab

2295

WFM

Tan, Li Ting

1993

4.2

WGM Mammadzada, Gunay

2361

WFM

Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa

1923

4.3

WFM

2339

- WCM Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila

1994

1-0

4.4

WGM Kazimova, Narmin

2302

WFM

1945

1-0

Rtg

Rtg

2:2

Hojjatova, Aydan

Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada

Bo.

5.1

GM

Krush, Irina

2444

GM

Harika, Dronavalli

2542

5.2

IM

Paikidze, Nazi

2366

IM

Padmini, Rout

2408

1-0

5.3

IM

Zatonskih, Anna

2449

IM

Tania, Sachdev

2402

0-1

5.4

United States (USA)

Malaysia (MAS)

WGM Nemcova, Katerina

Bo.

19

6.1

IM

Vietnam (VIE)
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen

2365

India (IND)

- WGM Soumya, Swaminathan

Rtg

21

2338

GM

Netherlands (NED)
Peng, Zhaoqin

2379

Rtg

2:1

2368

0-1

6.2

WGM Hoang, Thi Bao Tram

2325

- WGM Haast, Anne

2306

1-0

6.3

WGM Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung

2316

IM

Lanchava, Tea

2258

6.4

WGM Nguyen, Thi Thanh An

2249

FM

Kazarian, Anna-Maja

2231

1-0

Rtg

15

Rtg

3:1

Bo.

18

Israel (ISR)

7.1

WIM

Shvayger, Yuliya

2408

IM

Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel 2422

7.2

WIM

Efroimski, Marsel

2322

IM

Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs

2391

7.3

IM

Klinova, Masha

2290

- WGM Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii

2288

1-0

Gutmakher, Olga

2216

WIM

Rtg

35

7.4

WIM

Bo.

8.1

IM

Javakhishvili, Lela

8.2

GM

8.3

IM

8.4

IM

Bo.

13

9.1

IM

Mongolia (MGL)

2147

1-0

Austria (AUT)

Rtg

3:1

2486

- WGM Theissl Pokorna, Regina

2331

1-0

Khotenashvili, Bela

2463

WIM

Newrkla, Katharina

2214

Batsiashvili, Nino

2474

WFM

Exler, Veronika

2220

1-0

Melia, Salome

2419

WFM

Hapala, Elisabeth

2021

Rtg

28

Georgia (GEO)

Iran (IRI)

Lkhamsuren, Uuganbayar

Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2)

Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2429 - WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan

Rtg

3:

2304

1-0

9.2

WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa

2335

WIM

Khalafova, Narmin

2219

1-0

9.3

WGM Hejazipour, Mitra

2314

WIM

Fataliyeva, Ulviyya

2234

1-0

9.4

WIM

2308

Bo.

27

Hakimifard, Ghazal
Serbia (SRB)

- WGM Umudova, Nargiz

2247

Rtg

2:1

Lujan, Carolina

2378

WIM

Zuriel, Marisa

2272

1-0

WIM

Fernandez, Maria Florencia

2189

1-0

WIM

Martinez, Ayelen

2219

0-1

Rtg

26

10.1 WGM Rapport, Jovana

2318

IM

10.2 WGM Chelushkina, Irina

2221

10.3

WIM

Eric, Jovana

2161

10.4

WIM

Drljevic, Ljilja

2207

Bo.

10

11.1

IM

Germany (GER)

Argentina (ARG)

Rtg

23

Rtg

1:3

2474

IM

Milliet, Sophie

2362

11.2 WGM Michna, Marta

2383

IM

Collas, Silvia

2301

0-1

11.3 WGM Levushkina, Elena

2342

WIM

Congiu, Mathilde

2232

11.4 WGM Lubbe, Melanie

2324

WIM

Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana

2235

0-1

Rtg

12

Lithuania (LTU)

Rtg

1:3

Paehtz, Elisabeth

Bo.

46

12.1

WIM

Frayna, Janelle Mae

2281

GM

Cmilyte, Viktorija

2536

0-1

12.2

WIM

Fronda, Jan Jodilyn

2128

IM

Daulyte, Deimante

2421

0-1

12.3

WIM

Secopito, Catherine

2119

WIM

Zaksaite, Salomeja

2298

1-0

Mendoza, Shania Mae

1965

WFM

Batyte, Daiva

2189

0-1

12.4 WFM

Philippines (PHI)

France (FRA)

All pairings of round 11

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at a 2994 performance. Russia only drew India, though they still remain clear third. Remarkably, Canada is in 4th
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Caruana, though the Americans won 3-1. The Ukraine defeated India to join the lead, while Russia thumped
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koko48 9/13/2016 04:03
Now we'll hear more tripe about how the US "bought", "imported", and "stole" all of their players

elmerdsangalang 9/13/2016 04:24

May I just make a correction. Eugene Torre wilns the bronze medal for Board 3, not the gold. Board medals are awarded on the
basis of performance rating, not percentage score.

yesenadam 9/13/2016 04:34

What a whiny little comment koko48. So we are not allowed to admit that anything of the kind went on? I think it's fair to say the
US 'bought' and 'stole' Caruana, if not 'imported'. I think you must like this topic. Or be in denial about it.

stephen brady 9/13/2016 04:38

koko48, only 1 player on the team was not a natural citizen of the United States, and that player, So, came to school and lives
here now. But I agree, there the US was able to find support for these top players (So and Caruana) to join the US Federation, by
the rules of FIDE.

kassy 9/13/2016 04:43

Yep.
Caruana born in the US, learned chess in the US, and lived in the US the majority of his life.
Nakamura, moved to US as a toddler and learned chess in US.
So moved to the US as a college student in Summer 2013, when rated 2710 and was ranked 34th in world. It is possible to argue
he was imported. But he went from 34->top 10 as a US player and of course had his coaching in those years in US.
Shankland and Robson are US natives I believe or have at least been in the US the overwhelming majority of their lives.
geraldsky 9/13/2016 04:54
Congratulation to the U.S team for winning the gold!!.
An amazing performance by 64 year-old Gm Eugene Torre from the Philippines is that not only he appeared several times in the
Olympiad than other players (dead or alive), but also he scored 10/11 !!

Bertman 9/13/2016 05:07

I think you guys are completely missing it. Koko48 is complaining about those who says such things. He is not agreeing with
them.

sivakumar R 9/13/2016 05:25

The US Immigration Council must be happy with this result. Congratulations!

ChiliBean 9/13/2016 05:26

USA men's team bring home the gold after a long time and it would have been perfect if Fabi was challenging Magnus in New York
City becoming the World Chess Champion since Bobby Fischer. I'm still devastated. Fabi why? :(

fightingchess 9/13/2016 05:32

i think if Zatonskih had not blundered terribly against sachdev in the last game between Women USA - India match, US women
could also have finish with bronze if i am not mistaken.

Jon Targaryen 9/13/2016 06:12

Everyone needs to stop bashing the U.S.A.Think about why exactly players like Wesley So live and play for the U.S.It's because of
the better support and conditions there.Other than him Nakamura,Caruana,Shankland and Robson all grew up in the U.S.A and are
a product of American Chess.Congrats to all the winners.Completely deserving victory.While I'm sad that India missed out on a
medal,great performance by everyone and following the tournament was awesome fun.
gato90 9/13/2016 06:24
Tweeted by Magnus Carlsen: 'Wonderful fifth place for our young team at the chess olympiad, so proud of my teammates!!
Probably need an even better squad to go further though, wonder if Caruana and So are still for sale'

koko48 9/13/2016 06:42

There are so many strong players who were born in one country and now play for another...Have you seen the rosters for
Germany (1st board Nisipeanu, born Romania), Turkey (Ipatov and Solak, born Ukraine and Yugoslavia, respectively), Ireland
(first board Baburin, born Russia), et al?
Immigration happens, people....So it's interesting to me that nobody bashes those other teams with imports, but instead they
focus on the ONE player the US 'imported', Wesley So...the others were either born in the US or like Nakamura were born citizens and raised in
the US...and all learned how to play chess in the US and became strong players in the US
An American (Xiong) also just won the World Junior (under 21) Championship at the age of fifteen....But I guess Americans just "buy" all their
players because of course, Americans can't play chess....Well chew on this, haters....and maybe you're the whiny one in denial, @yesenadam

thlai80 9/13/2016 06:58

Can't be the strongest ever with Armenia, one of the best teams in the last few editions, not around.

Raymond Labelle 9/13/2016 07:04

"Now we'll hear more tripe about how the US "bought", "imported", and "stole" all of their players." Statement as courageous as
anonymous. Let us hear about it and look at the facts.
Fabiano Caruana was born and raised in the US. His first language is English. He speaks Italian as a second language, but does
not have the same mastery of it as of English.
Hikaru Nakamura's mother is American (Carolyn Weeramantr). He was 2 years-old when the family moved to the US. One year later (when
Hikaru was 3), the parents divorced.
Samuel Shankland was born and raised in the US.
Wesley So was born and raised in the Philippines. Things were sometimes difficult in the Philippines for Wesley, and the US offered him more
opportunity. Good for him. Let us be happy that things got better for Wesley.
That being said, there should be no distinction between imported American and non-imported American: American is American is
American.
Raymond Labelle 9/13/2016 07:17
Bertman is correct: Koko 48 was misunderstood. He was predicting the negative comments about the US team, not agreeing with
them. Koko was very prophylactic - that is the first comment of the page.
But, on this page, there were only 2 negative comments: one by "sivakumar R" "The US Immigration Council must be happy with
this result. Congratulations!"
And the other one is not made, but reported by gato90, and would have been tweeted by... Magnus Carlsen: 'Wonderful fifth place for our young
team at the chess olympiad, so proud of my teammates!! Probably need an even better squad to go further though, wonder if Caruana and So

are still for sale'

That does not sound like Magnus. The authenticity of that message may have to be verified. I cannot make that verification, I boycott Tweeter.
oputu 9/13/2016 07:20
@ Koto48, since you started this debate on your own, I am sure you were ready with your data in hand.....indeed the list goes on,
Eg Azerbaijan board for Arkadij Naiditsch who was board one in his country comes to play board four and single handedly lost the
tournament for Azerbaijan....hehehe.
The difference between most examples you can highlight is that Wesley and Caruana (though top boards for Italy and Philippines)
are also top tenners.
If I can convince the Queen to give me my own country, and have Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen, Caruana, in that board order play for me (Wesley as
my reserve), do you sincerely believe the rest of the world has a chance?...hehehe, c'mon. The spoke in this wheel is not the player that
migrated, but the caliber of the player.
PS: by the same token, a top tenner (say Anand or Giri) cannot be a second for another top tenner (say Carlsen or Kramnik) even if he can
afford it. Having 3 of them on the same team, especially by 'unnatural' circumstances is tantamount to cheating!! lol
Okay, take Wesley out of the US team and I am not sure they could have won this gold. He is just TOO strong for 99% of board 3 players he
would meet!
oputu 9/13/2016 07:25
@ Koto48: I forgot to tell you this: Usain Bolt naturalizes and moves to the US, wins the Olympic 100m gold....... as usual, would
you actually celebrate? LOL

Raymond Labelle 9/13/2016 07:26

Does anyone know how the TB2 (tie-break 2) rules work? That could be interesting.

ARK_ANGEL 9/13/2016 07:27

Finally money paid off. Just like athletic. American Chess squad.
So - Philipines
Nakamura - Japan
Curana - Italy
Xiong - Chinese
Gata Kamsky - Russian.
Good for them After all it's MONEY TALKING. Good for them. Just like their athletic. Congratulations for Ukraine Silver medal and China for Gold
medal
Raymond Labelle 9/13/2016 07:44
Ark Angel does not seem to have documented oneself before making his un-documented and ill-fact founded comment. I suggest
that people who are serious on that issue to read the documented comments made elsewhere on this page.
I should add to my own comment that Jeffrey Xiong and Ray Robson were born and raised in the US.
But maybe Ark Angel is of the position that someone born and raised in the US is not a "true" American if he does not have an Anglo-Saxon
name and/or is not Caucasian? Maybe this is what Ark Angel means.
Maybe Ark Angel proposes that each national team member pass a DNA purity blood test to ensure that they "authentically" represent their
country.
That mentality reminds bad historic memories.
koko48 9/13/2016 07:50
....Slovenia top board Alexander Beliavsky (born Ukraine)....shall I go on?
Maybe Ukraine should have kept Karjakin, they probably would have won Gold....Too bad Russia 'bought' him and imported him as
their first board
Anyway my point is made...I'll let the ignorant haters stay in denial, and claim the US team are all bought imports
On another topic, I still find it hard to believe that Ukraine could have won the gold on tiebreaks, when the US defeated them in their
match....Head-to-head result should be one of the first tiebreaks... It would not have been fair imo if the gold medal was awarded to Ukraine on
opponents' record, ahead of the head-to-head result
notyetagm 9/13/2016 07:58
I am so happy that China women won Gold and Russian women got zip.

KevinC 9/13/2016 08:10

@ARK_ANGEL you might be the biggest moron I have seen here. All U.S. citizens at birth except for Kamsky and So, but Kamsky
matured as a player after he moved here. Only So really moved here as an elite player.

sayros87 9/13/2016 08:33

Well , they won because they had 200 000 to offer Fabiano , and 100 000 to offer Wesely So to switch federations.
if they did not have this money to offer them , these players would have never switched Federations , like it or not ! so the term
they bought the olympiad has something true in it. So is the one who won the olympiad for US team with an amazing score...and
So has nothing to do with the culture, team of the US.
im pretty sure in 10-15 years he will get mature and switch back to his real country
congrats to the US anyway
syuanjiang 9/13/2016 09:30
11 rounds are really too short - if we have 15 rounds (6 players - 4 + 2 reserves), all strong teams would play each other, the
result was be fairer.
That said, I think US Men and Chinese Women would still win gold in a 15-round Olympiad.
Camembert 9/13/2016 09:38
Robson is half chinese !

alpine 9/13/2016 09:44

Very pleased that the USA fought so hard and it paid off this year. We have no "immigration council"...no government or systemic
support of these athletes aside from some paltry sums raised by the US Chess Federation and a few concerned individual
benefactors. So was a talent but not yet "elite" when he came to the USA, but I think he could have made the same progress in
any of the handful of other "chess countries" had he chosen them. All that said I do not envy the challenges or circumstances of
his life and immigration. The USA is a melting pot of personal histories...and proud that every single USA player is a US Citizen or
soon to be one. It's very nice to see the Ukraine outpace Russia, India rapidly approaching the podium, and its amazing to think about the Chess
Talent per Capita of Norway. I can be in awe of the efforts of all these countries and personally delighted that my own country won something in
spite of our obstacles. Haters can suck eggs. Now back to reading how all you people bash individual personalities with your right hands while
buying their books and videos with your left hands ;)
algorithmy 9/13/2016 11:24
How it comes, Jobava is not among the top ten?!

jsaldea12 9/13/2016 11:35

Many congratulations to super grandmaster Wesley So and legendary grand of grandmaster, Eugene Torre for living up beyond the
level. Both performance were impressive. For GM So, he pulled up USA team, not to mention that he is candidate for individual
gold, For the legendary GM Torre, he pullewd himself UP, proving he is ageless. He is candidate for gold too. See next time in next
Chess Olympic ageless GM Torre.
BUT AS A WHOLE; CONGRATULATION TO THE USA TEAM FOR WINNING THE GOLD
jsaldea12 9/13/2016 11:47
Back dropping: About that suggestion of mine for Bill Gates and Warren Buffets to sponsor a major chess tournament, that is not a
joke. Unless the International Chess Federation or USA chess federation, pick up the line and act, do not expect the billionaires,
not only the mentioned, will act first. They are just waiting to be tapped.
Let this be their meaningful song."Young at heart".
awfulhangover 9/13/2016 11:56
Haha!! It is funny to read the attacks on koko48! He is accused for something opposite of what he is blamed for! I am not from an
english speaking country, but there is no doubt that Bertham and Raymond are almost the only proof of intelligent life here :-)

amarpan 9/14/2016 12:11

Well, Karjakin was originally playing for Ukraine, but nobody has a problem with that. Why this double standard against USA?
India never had their number one men's player (Anand) and number one women's player (Humpy) play for them. Otherwise,
perhaps they would have stood on podium in both the categories.

scoobeedo 9/14/2016 12:32

I tipped the USA in round 4 as the winner. The team was extremely stable. Everybody played at a very high level. And the team is
very homogen. Bad news for the other countries, the USA is still not at the peak.
This Italian- Japanese-Philippino-USA Team was the strongest. The Globalization was the winner of this chess Olmypiad. And the
US Immigration Office.
To call this the Team of the USA let me smile ...
elmerdsangalang 9/14/2016 12:34
algorithmy, GM Jobava won the gold on Board One. Board medal awards are based on performance rating.

Jon Targaryen 9/14/2016 12:59

@awfulhangover-You'd do well to read all the comments before making up your mind.Some of us are responding to comments like
those of yesenadam and sivakumar.

angel ross 9/14/2016 01:10

it's not only USA with former foreign players, other countries have former russian players and other nationalities, so stop
whining about that issue, sour graping is for bitter loser

elmerdsangalang 9/14/2016 01:37

We should realize that professional chessplayers are free to choose the federations they wish to represent in the Olympiad for
various reasons and we should not pass judgment on them for deciding the way they want to use their chess talent. FIDE supports
them in this decision. For most of them love of country is the guiding principle and highest value, for others financial and economic
security are the driving force. In the end, they play against one another and produce games the aesthetic beauty of which is
personally attributed to them and not to the country they represented. And we are the fortunate beneficiaries of their artistic
creation. We owe them our gratitude and not animosity.
MJFitch 9/14/2016 02:02
USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA,USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA!!!

ARK_ANGEL 9/14/2016 02:07

Congratulations on US immigration council for winning GOLD. Congratulations China for their hard earned gold.

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