China 1 is surging and is within 1 point of Poland with 2 rounds to go. After a crushing defeat to China 1, the Olympiad champion Georgia is out of contention for the Gold medal. Ukraine, Armenia, and Russia are still in the mathematically alive in the medal hunt.

Crosstable after 7 rounds:

Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1 Poland Team *
2 2 ½
3 10 15,0
2 China Team One
* 1 2 3 1 3
9 17,0
3 Ukrain 2 3 * 2
1
2 2 8 15,5
4 Russian Team 2 2 2 * 2 3

8 15,0
5 Armenian Team ½
2 * 2 ½
8 14,5
6 Georgian Team
½ 3 * 3
2 7 14,0
7 India Team 1 1
2 1 *
3 7 13,0
8 American Team 3 2 1

* 2 6 14,5
9 China Team Two 1 2

2 * 3 6 13,5
10 Vietnam Team
½
½ 1 2 1 * 1 8,0

Round 7 results:

Bo. 4 Ukraine Rtg 10 USA
Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 IM Ushenina Anna 2448 IM Krush Irina 2458 ½ – ½
1.2 WGM Zhukova Nataliya 2457 IM Zatonskykh Anna 2462 1 – 0
1.3 IM Gaponenko Inna 2438 IM Goletiani Rusudan 2391 0 – 1
1.4 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2443 WIM Melekhina Alisa 2220 ½ – ½
Bo. 5 India
Rtg 3 China Two Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 IM Dronavalli Harika 2474
Tan Zhongyi 2435 ½ – ½
2.2 WGM Karavade Eesha 2391 WIM Zhang Xiaowen 2391 ½ – ½
2.3 WGM Mary Ann Gomes 2396 WFM Ding Yixin 2321 1 – 0
2.4 WGM Nadig Kruttika 2273
Wang Xiaohui 2223 ½ – ½
Bo. 6 Armenia
Rtg 2 Vietnam
Rtg 3½: ½
3.1 IM Danielian Elina 2489 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 2265 1 – 0
3.2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2468 WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 2301 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Galojan Lilit 2326 WFM Hoang Thi Nhu Y 2114 1 – 0
3.4 WGM Aginian Nelli 2307 WFM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2078 1 – 0
Bo. 7 Russia
Rtg 1 Poland
Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 IM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 IM Rajlich Iweta 2465 ½ – ½
4.2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2414 ½ – ½
4.3 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2436 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361 0 – 1
4.4 WFM Gunina Valentina 2437 WIM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2321 1 – 0
Bo. 8 China One Rtg 9 Georgia
Rtg 3½: ½
5.1 GM Zhao Xue 2542 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2506 ½ – ½
5.2 WGM Shen Yang 2453 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2535 1 – 0
5.3
Ju Wenjun 2443 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 1 – 0
5.4 WGM Huang Qian 2424 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2378 1 – 0

Official website: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chessen.html
Full resultes: http://chess-results.com/tnr25011.aspx?lan=1

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