Board 1 | |||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Team | % | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2736 | RUSSIA | 83,3 | 2½ | 3 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2708 | UNITED STATES | 83,3 | 2½ | 3 |
3 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2781 | ARMENIA | 75,0 | 3 | 4 |
4 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2653 | INDIA | 62,5 | 2½ | 4 |
5 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2591 | EGYPT | 50,0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2761 | ISRAEL | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
7 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2759 | AZERBAIJAN | 37,5 | 1½ | 4 |
8 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2599 | GREECE | 16,7 | ½ | 3 |
9 | GM | Vescovi Giovanni | 2660 | BRAZIL | 12,5 | ½ | 4 |
10 | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2498 | TURKIYE | 0,0 | 0 | 2 |
Board 2 | |||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Team | % | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2670 | UNITED STATES | 87,5 | 3½ | 4 |
2 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2730 | RUSSIA | 75,0 | 1½ | 2 |
3 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2678 | ARMENIA | 62,5 | 2½ | 4 |
4 | GM | Leitao Rafael | 2620 | BRAZIL | 62,5 | 2½ | 4 |
5 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2544 | EGYPT | 50,0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2672 | INDIA | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
7 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2625 | GREECE | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
8 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2733 | AZERBAIJAN | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
9 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2657 | ISRAEL | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
10 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2513 | TURKIYE | 16,7 | ½ | 3 |
Board 3 | |||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Team | % | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2654 | INDIA | 66,7 | 2 | 3 |
2 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2680 | ARMENIA | 66,7 | 2 | 3 |
3 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2608 | GREECE | 62,5 | 2½ | 4 |
4 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2601 | BRAZIL | 50,0 | 2 | 4 |
5 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2668 | ISRAEL | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
6 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2732 | RUSSIA | 25,0 | 1 | 4 |
7 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2614 | AZERBAIJAN | 25,0 | ½ | 2 |
8 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2624 | UNITED STATES | 16,7 | ½ | 3 |
9 | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2478 | TURKIYE | 16,7 | ½ | 3 |
10 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2471 | EGYPT | 0,0 | 0 | 2 |
Board 4 | |||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Team | % | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2741 | AZERBAIJAN | 100,0 | 4 | 4 |
2 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2657 | ISRAEL | 83,3 | 2½ | 3 |
3 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2628 | UNITED STATES | 50,0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | GM | Milos Gilberto | 2618 | BRAZIL | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
5 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2647 | ARMENIA | 50,0 | 1½ | 3 |
6 | IM | Abdel Razik Khaled | 2468 | EGYPT | 33,3 | 1 | 3 |
7 | IM | Can Emre | 2442 | TURKIYE | 33,3 | 1 | 3 |
8 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 2584 | INDIA | 25,0 | ½ | 2 |
9 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2566 | GREECE | 25,0 | ½ | 2 |
10 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2705 | RUSSIA | 25,0 | ½ | 2 |
Board 5 | |||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Team | % | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Hess Robert L | 2572 | UNITED STATES | 100,0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2716 | RUSSIA | 83,3 | 2½ | 3 |
3 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2571 | GREECE | 75,0 | 1½ | 2 |
4 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2648 | ISRAEL | 75,0 | 1½ | 2 |
5 | GM | Arun Prasad S | 2567 | INDIA | 66,7 | 2 | 3 |
6 | IM | Abdelnabbi Imed | 2448 | EGYPT | 50,0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2627 | ARMENIA | 50,0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | GM | Diamant Andre | 2497 | BRAZIL | 50,0 | ½ | 1 |
9 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2640 | AZERBAIJAN | 25,0 | ½ | 2 |
10 | IM | Esen Baris | 2513 | TURKIYE | 16,7 | ½ | 3 |
Board 6 | |||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Team | % | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2692 | RUSSIA | 75,0 | 1½ | 2 |
2 | FM | Firat Burak | 2413 | TURKIYE | 50,0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2622 | ISRAEL | 50,0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | IM | Adhiban B | 2511 | INDIA | 50,0 | ½ | 1 |
5 | GM | Mamedov Nidjat | 2610 | AZERBAIJAN | 50,0 | ½ | 1 |
6 | GM | Robson Ray | 2570 | UNITED STATES | 50,0 | ½ | 1 |
7 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2510 | GREECE | 25,0 | ½ | 2 |
8 | IM | Sarwat Walaa | 2386 | EGYPT | 0,0 | 0 | 1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Onischuk is a beast. He’s unbeatable.
Yeah the old tricks arent workin out too well for the russian ,seems like they just regular guys,the top guys. See Susan all ya gotta do is read Bruce Lee book, i think its called THE ART OF FIGHTING WITHOUT FIGHTING, did you get a copy?
What is a player as strong as Mamedyarov doing on board 4??
“What is a player as strong as Mamedyarov doing on board 4??”
Winning 100% of his games.
But isn’t it a little unsporting of the Azeris to put an elite GM on board 4? He’s not the fourth strongest player on their team.
This is team competition. There is nothing unsporting in a match-up strategy that will likely give the most points to the team. In basketball, this is called “mismatch opportunities”. Kobe Bryant looks for this all the time.
You have to change Robson’s title to GM now. FIDE has approved his title, per your earlier post.