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Ouch!

I lost another team game. There was no team choci this round but my form has been a bit off this weekend. At least the Patriots won.

Hort 1.5-MTK 4.5

We won but not because of my play. Thanks Tamas for the results.

Bokros-Yip

Scotch(C45)

My opponent repeated the same opening and I complied with the same defence but the result was much different from the previous season.

After 15.Qe5(Diagram)

I was optimistic here and played for the attack.

What do you recommend for Black?

 

 

 

 

I contributed a rather sad loss today.

I.osztály, Lilienthal Andor csoport
Sirály SE I – Újpesti KSE I 7,5:4,5
SENSE I – Palota Sakk I 5:7
BEAC II – Mattolda SSC I 7:5
Pénzügyőr SE III – Fabulon-Lombik 4:8
Aquaréna KSC III – Csepeli TK I 6,5:5,5
Barcza GSC I – MTK Budapest III 5:7

II. osztály, Bilek István csoport
Tabáni Spartacus II – A. Láng MKKE 7:5
HASE III-Hóbagoly – HÜSI SC II 4,5:7,5
Törekvés SE – Sárkány DSE II 6:6
BEAC III – SENSE II 7,5:4,5
Pestszentlőrinc II – Sirály SE II 3:9
Barcza GSC II – MTK Budapest IV 6:6

A HASE III. csapata szezonbeli 4. kontumálásáért 2 büntetőpontot kapott.

III. osztály, Szén József csoport
MTK Budapest V – Sárkány DSE III 8:4
Sirály SE III – HÜSI SC III 7:5
Palota Sakk II – ATTE-ARISZ 4,5:7,5
Újpesti KSE II – Aquaréna KSC IV 5:7

Aquaréna KSC V – Mattolda SSC II 5:7
Csepeli TK II – Pestszentimre 3,5:8,5
Pénzügyőr SE IV – ART 3F SE 8:4
Barcza GSC III – Rákosliget 6,5:5,5

Palczert,M-Yip

After 28.Bc2(Diagram)

I missed the best move.

See if you can do better than me.

 

 

Selected Catalan games

Matlakov-Naiditsch

Open Catalan 5..a6 6.0-0 Nc6

21st European Teams rd8

After 20.Bxc7(Diagram)

Black is a pawn down. How should the defence be conducted?

Bosiocic-Yilmaz

Open Catalan 5..c5,6..Nc6

21st European Teams rd9

After 37..Ra8(Diagram)

White needs to do something otherwise ..a5-a4 etc is coming.

What do you recommend?

Bosiocic-Gharamian

Open Catalan 7.Qc2 b6

21st European Teams rd8

After 15..ed(Diagram)

Black got into trouble early by unnecessarily allowing Nc6 and made matters worse with a bad pawn sacrifice.

White is two pawns up and looking to cash in for the full point. What do you suggest?

Selected games in the Grunfeld Defence

Lalith-Aravindh

Exchange 7.Qa4+(D85)

55th ch-IND 2017

After 20..Qc5(Diagram)

White has an extra pawn but his bishop is passive and Black has a nice dark square blockade.

White do you recommend for White?

Tari-Ftacnik

Exchange Variation 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5(D85)

21st European Teams rd6

After 24..Rf4(Diagram)

It is not so clear who is doing what to who in this opposite colored bishops middlegame position.

What do you recommend for White?

Selected Open games

Both games from the EUTCh

Italian Game

Rapport-Howell

After 33..Bxa4(Diagram)

Spanish Opening

Jones-Almasi,Z

9.d4(C91) Yates Variation

Black had to hang tough in the early going but the game turned after some inaccurate play by White. This game show clearly the importance of studying endgames, in particular rook endings.

After 46.Ke3(Diagram)

Black has the more active rook and the better structure.

How can Black generate some winning chances?

After 57.Ke5(Diagram)

Black has an extra pawn but needs to play accurately to convert.

 

 

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Naiditsch-Rapport

Sicilian Kan(B42)

21st European Teams rd7

After 29.f3(Diagram)

Black is very active.

What do you recommend?

Leko-Saric

Najdorf Sicilian 6.Be3 e5(B90)

21st European Teams Rd6

After 32..Kf7(Diagram)

White has a piece for two pawns but the Black pawn centre poses some technical conversion problems. Leko shows great technique and makes the win look easy.

What do you recommend?

 

 

Women Rd9 Board Pairings

The ladies beat the Czech Republic 3-1.

Photo from Official site gallery

 

Round 9 on 2017/11/06 at 14:00
Bo.	11	Armenia	Rtg	–	1	Russia	Rtg	½ :3½
1.1	GM	Danielian, Elina	2415	–	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2552	0 – 1
1.2	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2390	–	GM	Gunina, Valentina	2502	0 – 1
1.3	IM	Galojan, Lilit	2291	–	WGM	Girya, Olga	2505	½ – ½
1.4	WIM	Gevorgyan, Maria	2262	–	WGM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2478	0 – 1
Bo.	2	Georgia	Rtg	–	15	Italy	Rtg	3½: ½
2.1	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2520	–	IM	Zimina, Olga	2394	½ – ½
2.2	IM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2472	–	IM	Sedina, Elena	2288	1 – 0
2.3	GM	Khotenashvili, Bela	2459	–	FM	Di Benedetto, Desiree	2190	1 – 0
2.4	IM	Melia, Salome	2412	–	WFM	Gueci, Tea	2161	1 – 0
Bo.	9	Romania	Rtg	–	4	Poland	Rtg	3 : 1
3.1	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2423	–	GM	Socko, Monika	2479	1 – 0
3.2	IM	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	2399	–	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2422	1 – 0
3.3	WGM	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	2333	–	IM	Szczepkowska, Karina	2406	0 – 1
3.4	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela	2278	–	WGM	Kulon, Klaudia	2358	1 – 0
Bo.	10	Turkey	Rtg	–	3	Ukraine	Rtg	0 : 4
4.1	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	2468	–	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2576	0 – 1
4.2	WGM	Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre	2350	–	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	2426	0 – 1
4.3	WGM	Ozturk, Kubra	2364	–	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	2433	0 – 1
4.4	WFM	Arda, Cagil Irmak	2040	–	IM	Osmak, Iulija	2339	0 – 1
Bo.	14	Netherlands	Rtg	–	13	Israel	Rtg	1½:2½
5.1	GM	Peng, Zhaoqin	2362	–	IM	Shvayger, Yuliya	2442	0 – 1
5.2	WGM	Haast, Anne	2288	–	WGM	Efroimski, Marsel	2329	1 – 0
5.3	IM	Lanchava, Tea	2314	–	IM	Klinova, Masha	2289	½ – ½
5.4	WGM	Paulet, Iozefina	2281	–	WIM	Gutmakher, Olga	2226	0 – 1
Bo.	8	Azerbaijan	Rtg	–	19	Serbia	Rtg	2½:1½
6.1	WGM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2393	–	WGM	Rapport, Jovana	2327	½ – ½
6.2	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	2298	–	WIM	Eric, Jovana	2257	1 – 0
6.3	WGM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2348	–	WFM	Injac, Teodora	2244	½ – ½
6.4	WFM	Balajayeva, Khanim	2319	–	WFM	Gajcin, Marina	2135	½ – ½
Bo.	12	Spain	Rtg	–	25	Austria	Rtg	4 : 0
7.1	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	2405	–	WIM	Newrkla, Katharina	2170	1 – 0
7.2	FM	Garcia Martin, Marta	2315	–	WFM	Teuschler, Barbara	2228	1 – 0
7.3	IM	Matnadze, Ana	2368	–	WIM	Exler, Veronika	2118	1 – 0
7.4	WGM	Delgado Crespo, Mairelys	2260	–	WFM	Novkovic, Julia	2111	1 – 0
Bo.	7	Hungary	Rtg	–	16	Czech Republic	Rtg	3 : 1
8.1	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2438	–	WGM	Worek, Joanna	2299	1 – 0
8.2	IM	Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia	2364	–	WIM	Havlikova, Kristyna	2272	1 – 0
8.3	IM	Gara, Anita	2382	–	WIM	Olsarova, Karolina	2293	0 – 1
8.4	WGM	Gara, Ticia	2317	–		Novosadova, Kristyna	2184	1 – 0
Bo.	17	Greece 1	Rtg	–	18	Belarus	Rtg	2½:1½
9.1	WGM	Botsari, Anna-Maria	2287	–	IM	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	2369	½ – ½
9.2	WGM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2340	–	WIM	Badelka, Olga	2353	½ – ½
9.3	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	2198	–	FM	Stetsko, Lanita	2254	1 – 0
9.4	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	2257	–		Ilyuchyk, Yana	1992	½ – ½
Bo.	5	Germany	Rtg	–	6	France	Rtg	2½:1½
10.1	IM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2453	–	GM	Sebag, Marie	2495	½ – ½
10.2	WIM	Heinemann, Josefine	2269	–	IM	Milliet, Sophie	2377	0 – 1
10.3	WGM	Hoolt, Sarah	2423	–	IM	Collas, Silvia	2288	1 – 0
10.4	WGM	Michna, Marta	2376	–	WGM	Guichard, Pauline	2285	1 – 0
Bo.	23	England	Rtg	–	24	Lithuania	Rtg	0 : 4
11.1	IM	Houska, Jovanka	2393	–	IM	Cornette, Deimante	2404	0 – 1
11.2	IM	Ciuksyte, Dagne	2318	–	WIM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	2272	0 – 1
11.3	FM	Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya	2026	–	WIM	Kiseleva, Simona	2241	0 – 1
11.4	WFM	Bhatia, Kanwal K	2080	–		Gailiunaite, Saule	1838	0 – 1
Bo.	29	Belgium	Rtg	–	26	Switzerland	Rtg	1½:2½
12.1	WFM	Goossens, Hanne	2188	–	WFM	Georgescu, Lena	2130	½ – ½
12.2	WFM	Vanhuyse, Nele	2061	–	WFM	De Seroux, Camille	2163	0 – 1
12.3		Barbier, Astrid	1815	–	WFM	Stoeri, Laura	2150	0 – 1
12.4	WCM	Vanduyfhuys, Daria	1737	–		Heinatz, Maria	1955	1 – 0
Bo.	21	Slovakia	Rtg	–	20	Slovenia	Rtg	2 : 2
13.1	IM	Repkova, Eva	2323	–	WIM	Unuk, Laura	2363	0 – 1
13.2	WGM	Cibickova, Zuzana	2290	–	WGM	Krivec, Jana	2270	1 – 0
13.3	WFM	Vrbova, Niki	2188	–	WFM	Janzelj, Lara	2192	1 – 0
13.4	WFM	Motycakova, Monika	2143	–	WFM	Vidic, Teja	2159	0 – 1
Bo.	30	FYROM	Rtg	–	27	Greece 2	Rtg	3 : 1
14.1	WFM	Stojkovska, Monika	2088	–		Makka, Evanthia	2095	1 – 0
14.2		Nikolovska, Dragana	1854	–		Serefidou, Despina	1965	½ – ½
14.3		Bejatovic, Bojana	2035	–		Skaraki, Antigoni	1992	½ – ½
14.4	WIM	Koskoska, Gabriela	2018	–		Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria	1989	1 – 0
Bo.	22	Croatia	Rtg	–	32	Finland	Rtg	4 : 0
15.1	WGM	Golubenko, Valentina	2291	–	WCM	Nazarova, Anastasia	1997	1 – 0
15.2	WIM	Franciskovic, Borka	2242	–		Dannenberg, Alia	1975	1 – 0
15.3	WFM	Purgar, Ivona	2200	–	WFM	Puuska, Heini	1947	1 – 0
15.4	WIM	Berke, Ana	2154	–		Rinne, Heini	1765	1 – 0
Bo.	31	Montenegro	Rtg	–	28	Norway	Rtg	1½:2½
16.1	WIM	Milovic, Aleksandra	2191	–	WIM	Sahl, Sheila Barth	2180	½ – ½
16.2	WIM	Stojanovic, Marija R	2102	–		Machlik, Monika	2037	1 – 0
16.3		Koljevic, Nikolina	1837	–		Machlik, Edit	2030	0 – 1
16.4		Rakic, Tijana	1508	–		Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.	1996	0 – 1

Women’s rd9 Games

Hoang-Worek

Colle-Zukertort

After 26..Rf7(Diagram)

White built up a nice attack on the kingside. Now it is time for the kill.

Rank after Round 9

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	RUS	Russia	9	8	1	0	17	258,0	25,5	182,0	171,75
2	2	GEO	Georgia	9	7	0	2	14	251,0	25,5	181,5	135,50
3	3	UKR	Ukraine	9	6	1	2	13	223,5	23,0	179,5	118,25
4	4	POL	Poland	9	4	4	1	12	216,0	20,5	196,0	130,50
5	9	ROU	Romania	9	5	2	2	12	175,5	21,0	169,0	110,25
6	12	ESP	Spain	9	5	1	3	11	197,5	21,0	179,5	95,25
7	13	ISR	Israel	9	5	1	3	11	169,0	22,0	155,0	89,75
8	8	AZE	Azerbaijan	9	4	3	2	11	163,5	19,5	169,0	102,75
9	11	ARM	Armenia	9	5	1	3	11	147,5	18,0	184,0	99,50
10	15	ITA	Italy	9	4	2	3	10	162,5	19,5	174,0	80,25
11	17	GRE	Greece 1	9	5	0	4	10	155,0	19,0	165,5	85,50
12	7	HUN	Hungary	9	5	0	4	10	150,0	19,0	176,5	91,50
13	10	TUR	Turkey	9	5	0	4	10	113,0	15,5	179,0	90,00
14	14	NED	Netherlands	9	4	1	4	9	145,0	18,5	166,0	81,50
15	19	SRB	Serbia	9	4	1	4	9	145,0	18,0	161,0	72,25
16	5	GER	Germany	9	3	3	3	9	140,5	19,5	167,5	77,75
17	24	LTU	Lithuania	9	3	3	3	9	139,0	20,0	155,0	70,75
18	26	SUI	Switzerland	9	3	3	3	9	100,0	16,0	154,0	70,25
19	25	AUT	Austria	9	4	1	4	9	89,5	16,5	140,0	63,25
20	18	BLR	Belarus	9	3	2	4	8	159,0	18,5	177,0	73,75
21	16	CZE	Czech Republic	9	3	2	4	8	156,0	20,0	154,5	58,75
22	6	FRA	France	9	4	0	5	8	136,5	16,5	180,5	77,50
23	30	MKD	FYROM	9	3	2	4	8	77,5	15,5	145,5	49,00
24	20	SLO	Slovenia	9	2	3	4	7	124,0	19,0	147,0	51,50
25	22	CRO	Croatia	9	2	3	4	7	112,0	17,5	145,5	51,00
26	23	ENG	England	9	2	3	4	7	99,0	14,5	158,0	57,50
27	21	SVK	Slovakia	9	2	3	4	7	96,0	18,5	135,0	42,50
28	28	NOR	Norway	9	3	1	5	7	72,5	13,5	150,0	42,50
29	29	BEL	Belgium	9	2	2	5	6	75,0	13,5	147,0	39,50
30	27	GRE	Greece 2	9	1	2	6	4	62,0	13,0	133,0	21,00
31	32	FIN	Finland	9	1	1	7	3	54,0	8,5	142,5	23,00
32	31	MNE	Montenegro	9	1	0	8	2	52,0	10,0	134,5	8,50

Open

The men woke up and smashed England 3,5-0,5.

Bo.	4	England	Rtg	–	7	Hungary	Rtg	½ :3½
4.1	GM	Adams, Michael	2727	–	GM	Leko, Peter	2679	½ – ½
4.2	GM	Howell, David W L	2698	–	GM	Rapport, Richard	2686	0 – 1
4.3	GM	Jones, Gawain C B	2662	–	GM	Almasi, Zoltan	2707	0 – 1
4.4	GM	Mcshane, Luke J	2647	–	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	2661	0 – 1

Open rd9 Games

Here is a great game with no flashy tactical blows. The modest London System strikes again.

Berkes-McShane

Caro-Kann via London System(B13)

After 22..Bb8(Diagram)

White has a nice kingside buildup.

How would you continue? (Hint: find the attacking plan)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo	FED		Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	AZE		Azerbaijan	9	6	2	1	14	230,0	25,0	174,0	136,25
2	1	RUS		Russia	9	7	0	2	14	217,5	22,0	185,5	138,00
3	3	UKR		Ukraine	9	6	1	2	13	210,0	23,0	172,0	120,00
4	14	CRO		Croatia	9	6	1	2	13	170,0	18,5	177,0	123,00
5	7	HUN		Hungary	9	5	2	2	12	233,0	22,5	184,0	116,50
6	5	ISR		Israel	9	5	2	2	12	172,0	20,0	173,5	114,50
7	20	ROU		Romania	9	5	2	2	12	166,5	20,5	175,5	110,50
8	9	GER		Germany	9	4	3	2	11	208,5	21,0	171,0	102,00
9	10	NED		Netherlands	9	5	1	3	11	180,5	20,0	179,5	109,25
10	8	POL		Poland	9	4	3	2	11	180,0	20,5	173,5	102,50
11	18	TUR		Turkey	9	5	1	3	11	170,0	19,5	168,5	101,00
12	6	ARM		Armenia	9	3	4	2	10	179,0	19,0	186,0	99,00
13	15	ESP		Spain	9	3	4	2	10	162,5	19,5	175,0	94,00
14	11	CZE		Czech Republic	9	4	2	3	10	152,0	19,0	174,5	89,00
15	22	ITA		Italy	9	4	2	3	10	150,5	16,5	181,0	99,50
16	4	ENG		England	9	3	4	2	10	147,5	18,0	171,5	92,00
17	28	SVK		Slovakia	9	3	4	2	10	126,5	18,0	162,0	86,75
18	16	BLR		Belarus	9	4	1	4	9	169,5	20,0	170,0	78,50
19	13	GEO		Georgia	9	4	1	4	9	160,5	19,0	165,5	77,25
20	12	FRA		France	9	4	1	4	9	154,0	18,5	174,0	82,25
21	21	SLO		Slovenia	9	4	1	4	9	149,0	19,5	165,0	74,75
22	17	SRB		Serbia	9	3	3	3	9	147,5	20,5	154,5	71,00
23	25	NOR		Norway	9	4	1	4	9	135,5	18,5	149,5	72,50
24	23	AUT		Austria	9	4	1	4	9	102,0	15,5	173,0	76,00
25	19	GRE		Greece 1	9	4	0	5	8	148,0	20,0	149,0	54,00
26	29	GRE		Greece 2	9	2	4	3	8	128,0	17,0	156,5	63,75
27	27	ISL		Iceland	9	4	0	5	8	119,0	18,0	157,0	59,00
28	33	MKD		FYROM	9	3	2	4	8	116,0	18,5	138,5	59,25
29	24	MDA		Moldova	9	3	2	4	8	112,5	17,0	153,0	56,50
30	26	SUI		Switzerland	9	3	2	4	8	111,0	18,0	148,0	62,00
31	32	FIN		Finland	9	3	1	5	7	106,0	14,0	164,5	63,25
32	30	MNE		Montenegro	9	3	1	5	7	79,0	16,5	141,5	41,00
33	39	GRE		Greece – Crete	9	2	3	4	7	76,5	13,5	147,5	50,50
34	31	DEN		Denmark	9	3	0	6	6	103,0	16,5	144,0	38,50
35	34	POR		Portugal	9	3	0	6	6	83,0	14,0	149,0	36,50
36	35	FAI		Faroe Islands	9	2	2	5	6	80,5	14,5	143,0	39,25
37	36	BEL		Belgium	9	2	1	6	5	83,5	15,0	135,5	31,25
38	40	SCO		Scotland	9	2	1	6	5	57,5	11,0	144,0	36,25
39	37	ALB		Albania	9	2	0	7	4	60,0	12,0	140,5	21,50
40	38	KOS		Kosovo*	9	1	0	8	2	56,0	10,5	133,0	15,00

Women Board Pairings

Hungary beat Croatia 3,5-0,5 as the rating differential would predict.

Gara,A played a nice attacking game.

Gara,T showed some determination and ground out a long rook endgame.

Photo from Official site gallery

Round 8 on 2017/11/05 at 15:00
Bo.	10	Turkey	Rtg	–	1	Russia	Rtg	0 : 4
1.1	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	2468	–	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2552	0 – 1
1.2	WGM	Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre	2350	–	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2541	0 – 1
1.3	WGM	Ozturk, Kubra	2364	–	GM	Gunina, Valentina	2502	0 – 1
1.4	WIM	Isgandarova, Khayala	2242	–	WGM	Girya, Olga	2505	0 – 1
Bo.	4	Poland	Rtg	–	2	Georgia	Rtg	3 : 1
2.1	GM	Socko, Monika	2479	–	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2520	½ – ½
2.2	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2422	–	IM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2472	1 – 0
2.3	IM	Szczepkowska, Karina	2406	–	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2438	1 – 0
2.4	WGM	Kulon, Klaudia	2358	–	IM	Melia, Salome	2412	½ – ½
Bo.	15	Italy	Rtg	–	9	Romania	Rtg	2 : 2
3.1	IM	Zimina, Olga	2394	–	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2423	½ – ½
3.2	FM	Brunello, Marina	2353	–	IM	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	2399	0 – 1
3.3	IM	Sedina, Elena	2288	–	WGM	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	2333	½ – ½
3.4	WFM	Gueci, Tea	2161	–	IM	L’ami, Alina	2286	1 – 0
Bo.	3	Ukraine	Rtg	–	12	Spain	Rtg	2½:1½
4.1	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2576	–	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	2405	½ – ½
4.2	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	2426	–	FM	Garcia Martin, Marta	2315	1 – 0
4.3	GM	Ushenina, Anna	2445	–	IM	Matnadze, Ana	2368	0 – 1
4.4	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	2433	–	WGM	Delgado Crespo, Mairelys	2260	1 – 0
Bo.	16	Czech Republic	Rtg	–	11	Armenia	Rtg	1½:2½
5.1	WGM	Worek, Joanna	2299	–	GM	Danielian, Elina	2415	0 – 1
5.2	WIM	Olsarova, Karolina	2293	–	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2390	½ – ½
5.3	WGM	Rodshtein, Tereza	2233	–	IM	Galojan, Lilit	2291	0 – 1
5.4		Novosadova, Kristyna	2184	–	WGM	Kursova, Maria	2259	1 – 0
Bo.	19	Serbia	Rtg	–	14	Netherlands	Rtg	2 : 2
6.1	WIM	Eric, Jovana	2257	–	GM	Peng, Zhaoqin	2362	½ – ½
6.2	WIM	Zarkovic, Mila	2241	–	WGM	Haast, Anne	2288	0 – 1
6.3	WFM	Injac, Teodora	2244	–	WGM	Paulet, Iozefina	2281	½ – ½
6.4	WFM	Gajcin, Marina	2135	–	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	2191	1 – 0
Bo.	6	France	Rtg	–	8	Azerbaijan	Rtg	1 : 3
7.1	GM	Sebag, Marie	2495	–	WGM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2393	½ – ½
7.2	IM	Skripchenko, Almira	2399	–	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	2298	0 – 1
7.3	IM	Collas, Silvia	2288	–	WGM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2348	0 – 1
7.4	WGM	Guichard, Pauline	2285	–	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	2385	½ – ½
Bo.	26	Switzerland	Rtg	–	13	Israel	Rtg	0 : 4
8.1	WFM	Georgescu, Lena	2130	–	IM	Shvayger, Yuliya	2442	0 – 1
8.2	WFM	De Seroux, Camille	2163	–	WGM	Efroimski, Marsel	2329	0 – 1
8.3	WFM	Stoeri, Laura	2150	–	IM	Klinova, Masha	2289	0 – 1
8.4		Heinatz, Maria	1955	–	WIM	Gutmakher, Olga	2226	0 – 1
Bo.	23	England	Rtg	–	25	Austria	Rtg	1½:2½
9.1	IM	Houska, Jovanka	2393	–	WFM	Teuschler, Barbara	2228	1 – 0
9.2	WIM	Maroroa, Sue	2077	–	WIM	Exler, Veronika	2118	0 – 1
9.3	FM	Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya	2026	–	WFM	Schnegg, Anna-Lena	2114	½ – ½
9.4	WFM	Bhatia, Kanwal K	2080	–	WFM	Novkovic, Julia	2111	0 – 1
Bo.	20	Slovenia	Rtg	–	18	Belarus	Rtg	1½:2½
10.1	WIM	Unuk, Laura	2363	–	IM	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	2369	0 – 1
10.2	WGM	Krivec, Jana	2270	–	WIM	Badelka, Olga	2353	½ – ½
10.3	WGM	Kaps, Darja	2196	–	FM	Stetsko, Lanita	2254	0 – 1
10.4	WFM	Vidic, Teja	2159	–	WFM	Revo, Tatiana	2097	1 – 0
Bo.	24	Lithuania	Rtg	–	5	Germany	Rtg	2 : 2
11.1	IM	Cornette, Deimante	2404	–	IM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2453	1 – 0
11.2	WIM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	2272	–	WGM	Hoolt, Sarah	2423	0 – 1
11.3	WIM	Kiseleva, Simona	2241	–	WGM	Michna, Marta	2376	0 – 1
11.4		Gailiunaite, Saule	1838	–	WGM	Levushkina, Elena	2309	1 – 0
Bo.	7	Hungary	Rtg	–	22	Croatia	Rtg	3½: ½
12.1	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2438	–	WGM	Golubenko, Valentina	2291	1 – 0
12.2	WGM	Papp, Petra	2326	–	WIM	Franciskovic, Borka	2242	½ – ½
12.3	IM	Gara, Anita	2382	–	WFM	Purgar, Ivona	2200	1 – 0
12.4	WGM	Gara, Ticia	2317	–	FM	Cvitan, Ena	2165	1 – 0
Bo.	28	Norway	Rtg	–	17	Greece 1	Rtg	½ :3½
13.1	WIM	Sahl, Sheila Barth	2180	–	WGM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2340	0 – 1
13.2		Machlik, Edit	2030	–	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	2198	½ – ½
13.3		Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.	1996	–	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	2257	0 – 1
13.4	WFM	Rodsmoen, Maud	1972	–	WFM	Markantonaki, Haritomeni	2192	0 – 1
Bo.	27	Greece 2	Rtg	–	29	Belgium	Rtg	1½:2½
14.1	WIM	Makka, Ioulia	2182	–	WFM	Goossens, Hanne	2188	0 – 1
14.2		Serefidou, Despina	1965	–	WFM	Vanhuyse, Nele	2061	0 – 1
14.3		Skaraki, Antigoni	1992	–		Barbier, Wiebke	2013	1 – 0
14.4		Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria	1989	–		Barbier, Astrid	1815	½ – ½
Bo.	32	Finland	Rtg	–	30	FYROM	Rtg	½ :3½
15.1	WCM	Nazarova, Anastasia	1997	–	WFM	Stojkovska, Monika	2088	0 – 1
15.2		Dannenberg, Alia	1975	–		Nikolovska, Dragana	1854	0 – 1
15.3	WFM	Puuska, Heini	1947	–		Bejatovic, Bojana	2035	½ – ½
15.4		Rinne, Heini	1765	–	WIM	Koskoska, Gabriela	2018	0 – 1
Bo.	21	Slovakia	Rtg	–	31	Montenegro	Rtg	3½: ½
16.1	IM	Repkova, Eva	2323	–	WIM	Stojanovic, Marija R	2102	½ – ½
16.2	WGM	Cibickova, Zuzana	2290	–		Koljevic, Nikolina	1837	1 – 0
16.3	WFM	Vrbova, Niki	2188	–		Delevic, Nina	1745	1 – 0
16.4	WFM	Motycakova, Monika	2143	–		Rakic, Tijana	1508	1 – 0

Women Rank after Round 8

Hungary is not having a great tournament so far, performing well below their initial 7th place seeding.

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	RUS	Russia	8	7	1	0	15	198,5	22,0	147,5	137,75
2	2	GEO	Georgia	8	6	0	2	12	194,0	22,0	143,0	101,50
3	4	POL	Poland	8	4	4	0	12	174,0	19,5	152,5	114,00
4	3	UKR	Ukraine	8	5	1	2	11	166,5	19,0	145,5	91,75
5	11	ARM	Armenia	8	5	1	2	11	122,0	17,5	139,0	89,00
6	15	ITA	Italy	8	4	2	2	10	141,5	19,0	132,5	72,25
7	9	ROU	Romania	8	4	2	2	10	125,5	18,0	133,0	81,25
8	10	TUR	Turkey	8	5	0	3	10	106,0	15,5	139,5	81,50
9	12	ESP	Spain	8	4	1	3	9	149,5	17,0	144,0	71,25
10	13	ISR	Israel	8	4	1	3	9	133,5	19,5	120,5	62,25
11	8	AZE	Azerbaijan	8	3	3	2	9	121,0	17,0	133,0	74,75
12	14	NED	Netherlands	8	4	1	3	9	114,5	17,0	130,0	70,25
13	19	SRB	Serbia	8	4	1	3	9	112,5	16,5	125,0	63,50
14	25	AUT	Austria	8	4	1	3	9	78,5	16,5	104,5	54,75
15	18	BLR	Belarus	8	3	2	3	8	131,0	17,0	139,0	67,00
16	17	GRE	Greece 1	8	4	0	4	8	123,5	16,5	133,5	60,00
17	16	CZE	Czech Republic	8	3	2	3	8	121,0	19,0	121,5	51,25
18	7	HUN	Hungary	8	4	0	4	8	106,5	16,0	136,5	61,00
19	6	FRA	France	8	4	0	4	8	97,5	15,0	140,0	66,50
20	5	GER	Germany	8	2	3	3	7	106,5	17,0	135,0	54,50
21	24	LTU	Lithuania	8	2	3	3	7	92,0	16,0	121,5	48,25
22	23	ENG	England	8	2	3	3	7	86,5	14,5	123,5	51,50
23	26	SUI	Switzerland	8	2	3	3	7	76,5	13,5	126,0	49,75
24	20	SLO	Slovenia	8	2	2	4	6	109,0	17,0	118,0	37,00
25	21	SVK	Slovakia	8	2	2	4	6	73,0	16,5	103,5	29,25
26	30	MKD	FYROM	8	2	2	4	6	62,5	12,5	120,0	33,50
27	29	BEL	Belgium	8	2	2	4	6	56,5	12,0	118,0	36,00
28	22	CRO	Croatia	8	1	3	4	5	88,5	13,5	119,5	36,50
29	28	NOR	Norway	8	2	1	5	5	53,0	11,0	123,0	28,00
30	27	GRE	Greece 2	8	1	2	5	4	48,0	12,0	105,0	18,25
31	32	FIN	Finland	8	1	1	6	3	50,0	8,5	112,5	22,50
32	31	MNE	Montenegro	8	1	0	7	2	35,0	8,5	110,5	8,50

Open Board Pairings

A narrow loss for the men against Ukraine 2,5-1,5.

Almasi had a nice position on the black side of  a topical Berlin Defence but lost control and went down quickly.

Round 8 on 2017/11/05 at 15:00
Bo.	1	Russia	Rtg	–	2	Azerbaijan	Rtg	1 : 3
1.1	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2785	–	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2791	0 – 1
1.2	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2733	–	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2741	0 – 1
1.3	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	2730	–	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2702	1 – 0
1.4	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2677	–	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2678	0 – 1
Bo.	7	Hungary	Rtg	–	3	Ukraine	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	GM	Leko, Peter	2679	–	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	2720	½ – ½
2.2	GM	Erdos, Viktor	2624	–	GM	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	2692	½ – ½
2.3	GM	Rapport, Richard	2686	–	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2687	½ – ½
2.4	GM	Almasi, Zoltan	2707	–	GM	Kravtsiv, Martyn	2677	0 – 1
Bo.	5	Israel	Rtg	–	9	Germany	Rtg	1 : 3
3.1	GM	Gelfand, Boris	2737	–	GM	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2672	½ – ½
3.2	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2699	–	GM	Meier, Georg	2655	0 – 1
3.3	GM	Sutovsky, Emil	2683	–	GM	Fridman, Daniel	2626	½ – ½
3.4	GM	Smirin, Ilia	2635	–	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2595	0 – 1
Bo.	10	Netherlands	Rtg	–	18	Turkey	Rtg	1½:2½
4.1	GM	Giri, Anish	2762	–	GM	Solak, Dragan	2626	½ – ½
4.2	GM	Bok, Benjamin	2611	–	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	2633	½ – ½
4.3	GM	Sokolov, Ivan	2603	–	GM	Can, Emre	2604	0 – 1
4.4	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2609	–	GM	Sanal, Vahap	2549	½ – ½
Bo.	12	France	Rtg	–	14	Croatia	Rtg	1½:2½
5.1	GM	Bauer, Christian	2647	–	GM	Saric, Ivan	2662	1 – 0
5.2	GM	Gharamian, Tigran	2626	–	GM	Bosiocic, Marin	2619	0 – 1
5.3	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	2657	–	GM	Stevic, Hrvoje	2616	½ – ½
5.4	GM	Maze, Sebastien	2614	–	GM	Martinovic, Sasa	2565	0 – 1
Bo.	20	Romania	Rtg	–	17	Serbia	Rtg	2½:1½
6.1	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	2616	–	GM	Markus, Robert	2644	1 – 0
6.2	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2560	–	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2593	½ – ½
6.3	GM	Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	2563	–	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2591	½ – ½
6.4	GM	Nevednichy, Vladislav	2524	–	GM	Sedlak, Nikola	2547	½ – ½
Bo.	19	Greece 1	Rtg	–	4	England	Rtg	1½:2½
7.1	GM	Papaioannou, Ioannis	2652	–	GM	Adams, Michael	2727	½ – ½
7.2	GM	Banikas, Hristos	2584	–	GM	Short, Nigel D	2698	½ – ½
7.3	GM	Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios	2571	–	GM	Howell, David W L	2698	½ – ½
7.4	GM	Pavlidis, Antonios	2546	–	GM	Jones, Gawain C B	2662	0 – 1
Bo.	6	Armenia	Rtg	–	8	Poland	Rtg	2 : 2
8.1	GM	Aronian, Levon	2801	–	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2737	½ – ½
8.2	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2657	–	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2706	½ – ½
8.3	GM	Melkumyan, Hrant	2642	–	GM	Piorun, Kacper	2640	0 – 1
8.4	GM	Gabuzyan, Hovhannes	2583	–	GM	Tomczak, Jacek	2583	1 – 0
Bo.	13	Georgia	Rtg	–	15	Spain	Rtg	½ :3½
9.1	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2705	–	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	2651	½ – ½
9.2	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	2604	–	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	2629	0 – 1
9.3	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2586	–	GM	Korneev, Oleg	2557	0 – 1
9.4	GM	Jojua, Davit	2591	–	GM	Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos	2561	0 – 1
Bo.	23	Austria	Rtg	–	16	Belarus	Rtg	½ :3½
10.1	GM	Ragger, Markus	2659	–	GM	Zhigalko, Sergei	2638	½ – ½
10.2	GM	Shengelia, David	2556	–	GM	Kovalev, Vladislav	2636	0 – 1
10.3	IM	Schreiner, Peter	2480	–	GM	Stupak, Kirill	2578	0 – 1
10.4	IM	Dragnev, Valentin	2466	–	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2588	0 – 1
Bo.	11	Czech Republic	Rtg	–	22	Italy	Rtg	2 : 2
11.1	GM	Navara, David	2726	–	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele	2607	½ – ½
11.2	GM	Laznicka, Viktor	2654	–	GM	Brunello, Sabino	2555	1 – 0
11.3	GM	Hracek, Zbynek	2610	–	GM	Godena, Michele	2489	0 – 1
11.4	GM	Plat, Vojtech	2551	–	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	2506	½ – ½
Bo.	21	Slovenia	Rtg	–	32	Finland	Rtg	3½: ½
12.1	GM	Lenic, Luka	2650	–	GM	Nyback, Tomi	2572	1 – 0
12.2	GM	Pavasovic, Dusko	2548	–	IM	Karttunen, Mika	2465	½ – ½
12.3	GM	Sebenik, Matej	2534	–	IM	Ebeling, Daniel	2465	1 – 0
12.4	GM	Skoberne, Jure	2544	–	FM	Niemi, Kalle	2324	1 – 0
Bo.	26	Switzerland	Rtg	–	27	Iceland	Rtg	2½:1½
13.1	GM	Pelletier, Yannick	2540	–	GM	Steingrimsson, Hedinn	2576	1 – 0
13.2	GM	Bogner, Sebastian	2599	–	GM	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	2567	0 – 1
13.3	GM	Georgiadis, Nico	2516	–	GM	Stefansson, Hannes	2508	½ – ½
13.4	GM	Jenni, Florian	2466	–	IM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	2456	1 – 0
Bo.	31	Denmark	Rtg	–	29	Greece 2	Rtg	1½:2½
14.1	GM	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	2542	–	GM	Nikolaidis, Ioannis	2519	½ – ½
14.2	IM	Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard	2479	–	GM	Kelires, Andreas	2510	0 – 1
14.3	IM	Ochsner, Bjorn Moller	2458	–	IM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2512	0 – 1
14.4	IM	Hansen, Mads	2393	–	GM	Mastrovasilis, Athanasios	2488	1 – 0
Bo.	24	Moldova	Rtg	–	28	Slovakia	Rtg	1½:2½
15.1	GM	Bologan, Victor	2615	–	GM	Ftacnik, Lubomir	2546	1 – 0
15.2	GM	Svetushkin, Dmitry	2556	–	GM	Markos, Jan	2559	0 – 1
15.3	IM	Morozov, Nichita	2467	–	IM	Repka, Christopher	2470	0 – 1
15.4	FM	Macovei, Andrei	2328	–	GM	Jurcik, Marian	2479	½ – ½
Bo.	39	Greece – Crete	Rtg	–	35	Faroe Islands	Rtg	2 : 2
16.1	FM	Hristodoulou, Panagiotis	2318	–	FM	Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft	2352	½ – ½
16.2		Naoum, Spyridon	2295	–	FM	Nielsen, Rogvi Egilstoft	2338	0 – 1
16.3		Anagnostopoulos, Konstantinos	2290	–	IM	Rodgaard, John	2332	½ – ½
16.4	FM	Papadopoulos, Argirios	2182	–	IM	Nilssen, John Arni	2326	1 – 0
Bo.	25	Norway	Rtg	–	30	Montenegro	Rtg	3 : 1
17.1	GM	Tari, Aryan	2578	–	GM	Djukic, Nikola	2519	½ – ½
17.2	GM	Salomon, Johan	2477	–	GM	Blagojevic, Dragisa	2488	½ – ½
17.3	IM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	2462	–	IM	Draskovic, Luka	2450	1 – 0
17.4	IM	Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola	2458	–	IM	Kalezic, Blazo	2465	1 – 0
Bo.	36	Belgium	Rtg	–	33	FYROM	Rtg	½ :3½
18.1	IM	Hovhannisyan, Mher	2466	–	IM	Pancevski, Filip	2489	0 – 1
18.2	IM	Beukema, Stefan	2378	–	GM	Nedev, Trajko	2479	0 – 1
18.3	IM	Claesen, Pieter	2316	–	IM	Stojanovski, Dejan	2454	½ – ½
18.4	FM	Dardha, Arben	2279	–	FM	Nikolovski, Nikola	2420	0 – 1
Bo.	34	Portugal	Rtg	–	37	Albania	Rtg	2½:1½
19.1	GM	Fernandes, Antonio	2442	–	IM	Mehmeti, Dritan	2428	1 – 0
19.2	IM	Sousa, Andre Ventura	2405	–		Pasko, Llambi	2292	0 – 1
19.3	FM	Silva, Luis Neves Da	2355	–	FM	Ashiku, Franc	2394	½ – ½
19.4	IM	Martins, David Pires Tavares	2384	–	IM	Seitaj, Ilir	2372	1 – 0
Bo.	38	Kosovo*	Rtg	–	40	Scotland	Rtg	1½:2½
20.1	FM	Saraci, Nderim	2393	–	FM	Tate, Alan	2366	½ – ½
20.2	FM	Makolli, Perparim	2333	–	FM	Morrison, Graham	2278	½ – ½
20.3	FM	Ermeni, Avni	2247	–	FM	Burnett, Andrew	2226	½ – ½
20.4	IM	Sadiku, Bedri	2213	–		Grant, Jonathan I M	2179	0 – 1

Games from rd8

Gara,A-Purgar

After 21..Kh8(Diagram)

Black’s kingside looks rather loose and lacks defenders.

Kravtsiv-Almasi,Z

After 29..gf(Diagram)

Black has the worse structure and his kingside is open.

Women Board Pairings

The ladies ran into a brick wall and lost 3.5-0,5 to the Netherlands.

Photo from Official site gallery

 

Round 7 on 2017/11/04 at 15:00
Bo.	1	Russia	Rtg	–	15	Italy	Rtg	3 : 1
1.1	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2552	–	FM	Brunello, Marina	2353	1 – 0
1.2	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2541	–	IM	Sedina, Elena	2288	½ – ½
1.3	GM	Gunina, Valentina	2502	–	FM	Di Benedetto, Desiree	2190	1 – 0
1.4	WGM	Girya, Olga	2505	–	WFM	Gueci, Tea	2161	½ – ½
Bo.	12	Spain	Rtg	–	2	Georgia	Rtg	0 : 4
2.1	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	2405	–	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2520	0 – 1
2.2	FM	Garcia Martin, Marta	2315	–	IM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2472	0 – 1
2.3	IM	Matnadze, Ana	2368	–	GM	Khotenashvili, Bela	2459	0 – 1
2.4	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	2218	–	IM	Melia, Salome	2412	0 – 1
Bo.	3	Ukraine	Rtg	–	4	Poland	Rtg	2 : 2
3.1	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2576	–	GM	Socko, Monika	2479	1 – 0
3.2	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	2426	–	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2422	½ – ½
3.3	GM	Ushenina, Anna	2445	–	IM	Szczepkowska, Karina	2406	½ – ½
3.4	IM	Osmak, Iulija	2339	–	WGM	Kulon, Klaudia	2358	0 – 1
Bo.	9	Romania	Rtg	–	11	Armenia	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2423	–	GM	Danielian, Elina	2415	1 – 0
4.2	IM	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	2399	–	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2390	½ – ½
4.3	WGM	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	2333	–	IM	Galojan, Lilit	2291	½ – ½
4.4	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela	2278	–	WIM	Gevorgyan, Maria	2262	0 – 1
Bo.	6	France	Rtg	–	10	Turkey	Rtg	1 : 3
5.1	GM	Sebag, Marie	2495	–	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	2468	½ – ½
5.2	IM	Milliet, Sophie	2377	–	WGM	Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre	2350	½ – ½
5.3	IM	Collas, Silvia	2288	–	WGM	Ozturk, Kubra	2364	0 – 1
5.4	WGM	Guichard, Pauline	2285	–	WIM	Isgandarova, Khayala	2242	0 – 1
Bo.	16	Czech Republic	Rtg	–	17	Greece 1	Rtg	3 : 1
6.1	WGM	Worek, Joanna	2299	–	WGM	Botsari, Anna-Maria	2287	½ – ½
6.2	WIM	Havlikova, Kristyna	2272	–	WGM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2340	½ – ½
6.3	WGM	Rodshtein, Tereza	2233	–	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	2257	1 – 0
6.4		Novosadova, Kristyna	2184	–	WFM	Markantonaki, Haritomeni	2192	1 – 0
Bo.	18	Belarus	Rtg	–	19	Serbia	Rtg	1½:2½
7.1	IM	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	2369	–	WGM	Rapport, Jovana	2327	1 – 0
7.2	WIM	Badelka, Olga	2353	–	WIM	Eric, Jovana	2257	0 – 1
7.3	FM	Stetsko, Lanita	2254	–	WFM	Injac, Teodora	2244	½ – ½
7.4		Ilyuchyk, Yana	1992	–	WFM	Gajcin, Marina	2135	0 – 1
Bo.	14	Netherlands	Rtg	–	7	Hungary	Rtg	3½: ½
8.1	GM	Peng, Zhaoqin	2362	–	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2438	1 – 0
8.2	WGM	Haast, Anne	2288	–	IM	Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia	2364	1 – 0
8.3	IM	Lanchava, Tea	2314	–	WGM	Papp, Petra	2326	1 – 0
8.4	WGM	Paulet, Iozefina	2281	–	WGM	Gara, Ticia	2317	½ – ½
Bo.	8	Azerbaijan	Rtg	–	23	England	Rtg	2 : 2
9.1	WGM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2393	–	IM	Houska, Jovanka	2393	½ – ½
9.2	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	2298	–	IM	Ciuksyte, Dagne	2318	0 – 1
9.3	WGM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2348	–	WIM	Maroroa, Sue	2077	1 – 0
9.4	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	2385	–	WFM	Bhatia, Kanwal K	2080	½ – ½
Bo.	20	Slovenia	Rtg	–	26	Switzerland	Rtg	2 : 2
10.1	WIM	Unuk, Laura	2363	–	WFM	Georgescu, Lena	2130	½ – ½
10.2	WGM	Krivec, Jana	2270	–	WIM	Heinatz, Dr. Gundula	2174	½ – ½
10.3	WFM	Janzelj, Lara	2192	–	WFM	De Seroux, Camille	2163	0 – 1
10.4	WFM	Vidic, Teja	2159	–	WFM	Stoeri, Laura	2150	1 – 0
Bo.	25	Austria	Rtg	–	22	Croatia	Rtg	2½:1½
11.1	WIM	Newrkla, Katharina	2170	–	WGM	Golubenko, Valentina	2291	½ – ½
11.2	WIM	Exler, Veronika	2118	–	WIM	Franciskovic, Borka	2242	½ – ½
11.3	WFM	Schnegg, Anna-Lena	2114	–	WFM	Purgar, Ivona	2200	½ – ½
11.4	WFM	Novkovic, Julia	2111	–	FM	Cvitan, Ena	2165	1 – 0
Bo.	13	Israel	Rtg	–	28	Norway	Rtg	3 : 1
12.1	IM	Shvayger, Yuliya	2442	–		Machlik, Monika	2037	1 – 0
12.2	WGM	Efroimski, Marsel	2329	–		Machlik, Edit	2030	1 – 0
12.3	IM	Klinova, Masha	2289	–		Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.	1996	½ – ½
12.4	WFM	Lahav, Michal	2213	–	WFM	Rodsmoen, Maud	1972	½ – ½
Bo.	5	Germany	Rtg	–	27	Greece 2	Rtg	4 : 0
13.1	IM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2453	–	WIM	Makka, Ioulia	2182	1 – 0
13.2	WIM	Heinemann, Josefine	2269	–		Makka, Evanthia	2095	1 – 0
13.3	WGM	Hoolt, Sarah	2423	–		Skaraki, Antigoni	1992	1 – 0
13.4	WGM	Michna, Marta	2376	–		Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria	1989	1 – 0
Bo.	30	FYROM	Rtg	–	24	Lithuania	Rtg	½ :3½
14.1	WFM	Stojkovska, Monika	2088	–	IM	Cornette, Deimante	2404	0 – 1
14.2		Nikolovska, Dragana	1854	–	WIM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	2272	0 – 1
14.3		Bejatovic, Bojana	2035	–	WIM	Kiseleva, Simona	2241	0 – 1
14.4	WIM	Koskoska, Gabriela	2018	–		Gailiunaite, Saule	1838	½ – ½
Bo.	29	Belgium	Rtg	–	21	Slovakia	Rtg	2 : 2
15.1	WFM	Goossens, Hanne	2188	–	IM	Repkova, Eva	2323	1 – 0
15.2		Barbier, Wiebke	2013	–	WGM	Cibickova, Zuzana	2290	0 – 1
15.3		Barbier, Astrid	1815	–	WFM	Vrbova, Niki	2188	0 – 1
15.4	WCM	Vanduyfhuys, Daria	1737	–	WFM	Vrtiakova, Anna	1994	1 – 0
Bo.	31	Montenegro	Rtg	–	32	Finland	Rtg	3 : 1
16.1	WIM	Milovic, Aleksandra	2191	–	WCM	Nazarova, Anastasia	1997	0 – 1
16.2	WIM	Stojanovic, Marija R	2102	–		Dannenberg, Alia	1975	1 – 0
16.3		Koljevic, Nikolina	1837	–	WFM	Puuska, Heini	1947	1 – 0
16.4		Delevic, Nina	1745	–	WFM	Walta, Paivi	1672	1 – 0

Open Board Pairings

Tough day for the men losing to Azerbaijan 3-1.

Round 7 on 2017/11/04 at 15:00
Bo.	2	Azerbaijan	Rtg	–	7	Hungary	Rtg	3 : 1
1.1	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2791	–	GM	Leko, Peter	2679	½ – ½
1.2	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2741	–	GM	Erdos, Viktor	2624	½ – ½
1.3	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2702	–	GM	Rapport, Richard	2686	1 – 0
1.4	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2678	–	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	2661	1 – 0
Bo.	14	Croatia	Rtg	–	1	Russia	Rtg	1 : 3
2.1	GM	Saric, Ivan	2662	–	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2785	½ – ½
2.2	GM	Bosiocic, Marin	2619	–	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2728	0 – 1
2.3	GM	Stevic, Hrvoje	2616	–	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	2730	½ – ½
2.4	GM	Jankovic, Alojzije	2575	–	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2677	0 – 1

Open Rank after Round 7

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	RUS	Russia	7	6	0	1	12	128,5	18,0	106,0	88,50
2	2	AZE	Azerbaijan	7	5	1	1	11	125,5	20,0	98,0	78,75
3	7	HUN	Hungary	7	4	2	1	10	134,5	17,5	110,5	75,00
4	3	UKR	Ukraine	7	5	0	2	10	118,5	18,5	98,5	67,00
5	5	ISR	Israel	7	4	2	1	10	112,0	16,5	101,0	73,50
6	9	GER	Germany	7	3	3	1	9	113,0	17,0	97,5	62,00
7	10	NED	Netherlands	7	4	1	2	9	107,5	16,0	107,5	68,25
8	12	FRA	France	7	4	1	2	9	103,0	16,0	105,5	63,25
9	14	CRO	Croatia	7	4	1	2	9	100,5	13,5	112,0	69,00
10	18	TUR	Turkey	7	4	1	2	9	95,0	15,5	104,0	65,50
11	6	ARM	Armenia	7	3	2	2	8	110,5	15,0	115,0	62,50
12	8	POL	Poland	7	3	2	2	8	110,0	15,5	107,5	58,00
13	20	ROU	Romania	7	3	2	2	8	100,5	15,5	109,5	57,25
14	19	GRE	Greece 1	7	4	0	3	8	98,0	17,0	88,0	43,00
15	15	ESP	Spain	7	2	4	1	8	97,0	14,5	110,0	62,25
16	17	SRB	Serbia	7	3	2	2	8	90,5	17,0	91,5	48,75
17	4	ENG	England	7	2	4	1	8	83,0	15,0	94,5	52,25
18	13	GEO	Georgia	7	3	1	3	7	97,0	16,0	98,0	43,75
19	11	CZE	Czech Republic	7	3	1	3	7	97,0	14,5	113,0	50,50
20	16	BLR	Belarus	7	3	1	3	7	96,0	15,0	104,5	47,50
21	21	SLO	Slovenia	7	3	1	3	7	84,5	14,5	101,0	44,75
22	22	ITA	Italy	7	3	1	3	7	82,5	12,0	114,5	55,50
23	32	FIN	Finland	7	3	1	3	7	71,0	12,0	101,0	48,50
24	23	AUT	Austria	7	3	1	3	7	54,0	12,5	103,0	41,00
25	29	GRE	Greece 2	7	1	4	2	6	74,0	13,0	95,5	37,75
26	26	SUI	Switzerland	7	2	2	3	6	67,5	14,0	89,0	34,00
27	24	MDA	Moldova	7	2	2	3	6	66,5	12,0	101,0	37,50
28	28	SVK	Slovakia	7	1	4	2	6	65,5	13,0	93,0	37,25
29	31	DEN	Denmark	7	3	0	4	6	63,5	13,5	87,5	29,50
30	27	ISL	Iceland	7	3	0	4	6	56,5	12,5	95,5	33,00
31	39	GRE	Greece – Crete	7	2	2	3	6	36,5	10,5	86,5	31,75
32	25	NOR	Norway	7	2	1	4	5	72,5	12,5	97,0	33,75
33	35	FAI	Faroe Islands	7	2	1	4	5	44,5	12,5	78,5	24,00
34	30	MNE	Montenegro	7	2	1	4	5	39,0	11,5	87,5	22,00
35	33	MKD	FYROM	7	1	2	4	4	58,5	11,5	85,0	24,25
36	34	POR	Portugal	7	2	0	5	4	57,5	11,0	91,5	20,50
37	37	ALB	Albania	7	2	0	5	4	35,5	10,5	84,0	16,50
38	36	BEL	Belgium	7	1	1	5	3	50,5	11,0	82,5	16,25
39	40	SCO	Scotland	7	1	1	5	3	39,0	8,0	92,0	17,75
40	38	KOS	Kosovo*	7	1	0	6	2	31,0	8,5	82,5	11,00