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Hungary beat Azerbaijan.
Papp,P defended solidly and won as Black against a Scotch in an interesting RR vs RBN endgame.
Hungary will face Georgia next round.
Round 2 on 2017/10/29 at 15:00
Bo.
13
Israel
Rtg
–
15
Italy
Rtg
3½: ½
1.1
IM
2442
–
IM
2394
½ – ½
1.2
WGM
2329
–
FM
2353
1 – 0
1.3
IM
2289
–
IM
2288
1 – 0
1.4
WIM
2226
–
FM
2190
1 – 0
Bo.
16
Czech Republic
Rtg
–
1
Russia
Rtg
1½:2½
2.1
WGM
2299
–
GM
2552
0 – 1
2.2
WIM
2272
–
GM
2541
0 – 1
2.3
WGM
2233
–
WGM
2505
½ – ½
2.4
2184
–
WGM
2478
1 – 0
Bo.
6
France
Rtg
–
2
Georgia
Rtg
½ :3½
3.1
GM
2495
–
IM
2472
0 – 1
3.2
IM
2377
–
GM
2459
0 – 1
3.3
IM
2399
–
IM
2438
½ – ½
3.4
WGM
2285
–
IM
2412
0 – 1
Bo.
3
Ukraine
Rtg
–
11
Armenia
Rtg
3 : 1
4.1
GM
2576
–
GM
2415
1 – 0
4.2
GM
2426
–
IM
2390
½ – ½
4.3
GM
2445
–
WGM
2259
½ – ½
4.4
IM
2433
–
WIM
2262
1 – 0
Bo.
4
Poland
Rtg
–
5
Germany
Rtg
3 : 1
5.1
GM
2479
–
IM
2453
½ – ½
5.2
IM
2406
–
WIM
2269
1 – 0
5.3
WGM
2358
–
WGM
2423
1 – 0
5.4
WGM
2349
–
WGM
2309
½ – ½
Bo.
8
Azerbaijan
Rtg
–
7
Hungary
Rtg
1½:2½
6.1
WGM
2393
–
GM
2438
1 – 0
6.2
WGM
2298
–
IM
2364
0 – 1
6.3
WGM
2348
–
WGM
2326
0 – 1
6.4
IM
2385
–
IM
2382
½ – ½
Bo.
12
Spain
Rtg
–
9
Romania
Rtg
3½: ½
7.1
IM
2405
–
IM
2423
1 – 0
7.2
FM
2315
–
IM
2399
1 – 0
7.3
IM
2368
–
WGM
2333
1 – 0
7.4
WGM
2218
–
WGM
2278
½ – ½
Bo.
10
Turkey
Rtg
–
14
Netherlands
Rtg
2½:1½
8.1
IM
2468
–
GM
2362
1 – 0
8.2
WGM
Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre
2350
–
WGM
2288
½ – ½
8.3
WGM
2364
–
WGM
2281
1 – 0
8.4
WFM
2040
–
FM
2191
0 – 1
Bo.
17
Greece 1
Rtg
–
23
England
Rtg
3 : 1
9.1
WGM
2287
–
IM
2393
½ – ½
9.2
WGM
2340
–
IM
2318
1 – 0
9.3
WIM
2198
–
FM
2026
½ – ½
9.4
FM
2257
–
WFM
2080
1 – 0
Bo.
25
Austria
Rtg
–
18
Belarus
Rtg
½ :3½
10.1
WIM
2170
–
IM
2369
½ – ½
10.2
WIM
2118
–
WIM
2353
0 – 1
10.3
WFM
2114
–
WFM
2097
0 – 1
10.4
WFM
2111
–
1992
0 – 1
Bo.
19
Serbia
Rtg
–
26
Switzerland
Rtg
2½:1½
11.1
WGM
2327
–
WFM
2130
1 – 0
11.2
WIM
2257
–
WIM
2174
1 – 0
11.3
WIM
2241
–
WFM
2163
0 – 1
11.4
WFM
2244
–
WFM
2150
½ – ½
Bo.
29
Belgium
Rtg
–
20
Slovenia
Rtg
0 : 4
12.1
WFM
2188
–
WIM
2363
0 – 1
12.2
WFM
2061
–
WGM
2270
0 – 1
12.3
1815
–
WFM
2192
0 – 1
12.4
WCM
1737
–
WFM
2159
0 – 1
Bo.
22
Croatia
Rtg
–
24
Lithuania
Rtg
2 : 2
13.1
WGM
2291
–
IM
2404
0 – 1
13.2
WIM
2242
–
WIM
2272
0 – 1
13.3
WFM
2200
–
WIM
2241
1 – 0
13.4
FM
2165
–
1838
1 – 0
Bo.
27
Greece 2
Rtg
–
28
Norway
Rtg
2 : 2
14.1
WIM
2182
–
WIM
2180
0 – 1
14.2
2095
–
2030
0 – 1
14.3
1965
–
1996
1 – 0
14.4
1989
–
WFM
1972
1 – 0
Bo.
31
Montenegro
Rtg
–
30
FYROM
Rtg
1½:2½
15.1
WIM
2191
–
WFM
2088
0 – 1
15.2
WIM
2102
–
1854
1 – 0
15.3
1837
–
2035
½ – ½
15.4
1745
–
WIM
2018
0 – 1
Bo.
21
Slovakia
Rtg
–
32
Finland
Rtg
4 : 0
16.1
WGM
2290
–
1975
1 – 0
16.2
WFM
2188
–
WFM
1947
1 – 0
16.3
WFM
2143
–
1765
1 – 0
16.4
WFM
1994
–
WFM
1672
1 – 0
Round 1 Games
Gara,A-Maroroa
After 29..Nxe4(Diagram)
Find the knockout blow.
After 29..Nxe4
Kalaiyalahan-Gara,T
After 32.Nd6(Diagram)
The strong knight on d6 gives some compensation for the pawn but Black also has strongly centralized minor pieces.
A pawn is pawn so how should Black continue?
After 32.Nd6
Standings Rank after Round 2
It is too early to get exited as there is a traffic jam of undefeated teams at the moment.
Rk.
SNo
FED
Team
Games
+
=
–
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
TB5
1
13
ISR
Israel
2
2
0
0
4
7,0
6,5
5,5
18,8
2
2
GEO
Georgia
2
2
0
0
4
7,0
6,0
9,0
26,5
3
12
ESP
Spain
2
2
0
0
4
7,0
6,0
7,0
21,0
4
4
POL
Poland
2
2
0
0
4
6,0
5,5
9,5
25,8
5
3
UKR
Ukraine
2
2
0
0
4
6,0
5,5
8,5
23,5
6
10
TUR
Turkey
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
5,5
6,5
17,5
7
7
HUN
Hungary
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
5,5
6,0
16,0
8
1
RUS
Russia
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
5,0
10,0
25,0
A smashing victory for Hungary.
Bo.
20
Romania
Rtg
–
7
Hungary
Rtg
½ :3½
2.1
GM
2620
–
GM
2679
½ – ½
2.2
GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2616
–
GM
2686
0 – 1
2.3
GM
2560
–
GM
2707
0 – 1
2.4
GM
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula
2563
–
GM
2661
0 – 1
Erdos-Steingrimsson rd1
After 18..Rc8(Diagram)
Black unnecessarily weakening his kingside pawns shield earlier and hopes the bishops and c-pawn will be enough compensation after taking the c5-pawn.
How should White deal with this plan?
After 18..Rc8
Gretarsson-Rapport,R rd1
Queen’s Indian Defence
Rapport played the Queen’s Indian quite creatively and exploited some optimistic but ultimately loosening pawn play by White.
After 44.Re7(Diagram)
The Ne5 is attacked.
How should Black continue?
After 44.Re7
Standings Rank after Round 2
Rk.
SNo
FED
Team
Games
+
=
–
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
TB5
1
7
HUN
Hungary
2
2
0
0
4
7,0
6,5
8,0
26,3
2
10
NED
Netherlands
2
2
0
0
4
6,0
5,5
9,0
24,5
3
6
ARM
Armenia
2
2
0
0
4
6,0
5,5
9,0
24,3
4
11
CZE
Czech Republic
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
6,0
6,5
18,3
5
22
ITA
Italy
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
5,0
10,5
26,3
6
14
CRO
Croatia
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
5,0
9,5
23,8
7
1
RUS
Russia
2
2
0
0
4
5,0
5,0
9,0
22,5
8
12
FRA
France
2
1
1
0
3
6,0
5,5
6,5
15,3
9
15
ESP
Spain
2
1
1
0
3
6,0
5,0
8,5
20,0
10
9
GER
Germany
2
1
1
0
3
3,5
5,5
5,5
14,8
11
4
ENG
England
2
1
1
0
3
3,0
5,0
6,0
15,0
12
5
ISR
Israel
2
1
1
0
3
3,0
5,0
6,0
15,0
13
8
POL
Poland
2
1
1
0
3
3,0
5,0
5,5
14,0
14
19
GRE
Greece 1
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
5,5
7,5
16,3
15
2
AZE
Azerbaijan
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
5,5
5,5
9,5
16
16
BLR
Belarus
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
5,0
7,0
14,5
17
17
SRB
Serbia
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
5,0
7,0
14,5
18
18
TUR
Turkey
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
5,0
6,5
12,8
19
3
UKR
Ukraine
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
5,0
6,0
10,0
20
13
GEO
Georgia
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
4,5
9,0
18,0
21
34
POR
Portugal
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
4,5
6,5
12,0
22
21
SLO
Slovenia
2
1
0
1
2
6,0
4,0
7,0
12,5
23
30
MNE
Montenegro
2
1
0
1
2
4,0
4,0
7,0
10,0
24
27
ISL
Iceland
2
1
0
1
2
4,0
3,5
8,5
11,5
25
26
SUI
Switzerland
2
1
0
1
2
4,0
3,5
7,5
10,5
26
20
ROU
Romania
2
1
0
1
2
2,0
4,5
8,5
11,3
27
29
GRE
Greece 2
2
0
1
1
1
6,0
3,0
10,5
16,0
28
24
MDA
Moldova
2
0
1
1
1
6,0
3,0
10,0
15,0
29
25
NOR
Norway
2
0
1
1
1
6,0
3,0
10,0
15,0
30
28
SVK
Slovakia
2
0
1
1
1
6,0
2,5
10,5
12,8
31
35
FAI
Faroe Islands
2
0
1
1
1
3,0
3,0
7,0
9,0
32
33
MKD
FYROM
2
0
1
1
1
2,0
3,0
6,5
8,5
33
39
GRE
Greece – Crete
2
0
1
1
1
0,0
2,0
8,5
6,0
34
40
SCO
Scotland
2
0
1
1
1
0,0
2,0
7,5
6,0
35
36
BEL
Belgium
2
0
0
2
0
3,0
2,0
8,5
7,8
36
37
ALB
Albania
2
0
0
2
0
3,0
2,0
8,5
7,8
37
31
DEN
Denmark
2
0
0
2
0
2,0
2,0
10,0
9,0
38
38
KOS
Kosovo*
2
0
0
2
0
2,0
1,5
9,0
6,5
39
32
FIN
Finland
2
0
0
2
0
1,5
1,5
10,0
7,3
40
23
AUT
Austria
2
0
0
2
0
1,0
0,5
10,5
2,5
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