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🏆 Baku Olympiad (Women) (2016)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Yifan Hou, Anna Muzychuk, Wenjun Ju, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Xue Zhao, Nana Dzagnidze, Mariya Muzychuk, Zhongyi Tan, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Pia Cramling, Valentina Gunina, Viktorija Cmilyte, Harika Dronavalli, Anna Zatonskih, Bela Khotenashvili, Nino Batsiashvili, Thanh Trang Hoang, Natalija Pogonina, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Olga Girya, Monika Socko, Anna Ushenina, Irina Krush, Lela Javakhishvili, Natalia Zhukova, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Elisabeth Paehtz, Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Ekaterina Atalik, Salome Melia, Inna Gaponenko, Deimante Daulyte-Cornette, Qi Guo, Corina-Isabela Peptan, Zhaoqin Peng, Marsel Efroimski, Nazi Paikidze, Padmini Rout, Stavroula Tsolakidou, Dagne Ciuksyte, Jolanta Zawadzka, Gunay Mammadzada, Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili, Eva Repkova, Cristina-Adela Foisor, Deysi Estela Cori Tello, Tania Sachdev, Yuliya Shvayger, Irina Bulmaga, Jovanka Houska, Masha Klinova, Nastassia Ziaziulkina, Olga Badelka, Regina Theissl Pokorna, Sabrina Vega Gutierrez, Le Thao Nguyen Pham, Sophie Milliet, Mai Narva, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Olga Zimina, Karina Cyfka, Carolina Lujan, Szidonia Lazarne Vajda, Klaudia Kulon, Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero, Thi Bao Tram Hoang, Tuvshintugs Batchimeg, Silvia Alexieva, Govhar Beydullayeva, Marta Michna, Gulnar Mammadova, Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic, Ruofan Li, Irina Chelushkina, Tea Lanchava, Anne Haast, Jovana Rapport, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Melanie Lubbe, Soumya Swaminathan, Monica Calzetta Ruiz, Sabina-Francesca Foisor, Ticia Gara, Anita Gara, Zeinab Mamedjarova, Khanim Balajayeva, Katerina Nemcova, Marina Brunello, Adela Velikic, Betul Cemre Yildiz Kadioglu, Petra Papp, Oleiny Linares Napoles, Elena-Luminita Cosma, Atousa Pourkashiyan, Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda, Qianyun Gong, Margarita Voyska, Laura Unuk plus 562 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Baku Olympiad (Women) (2016)

In the women's section of the 42nd Chess Olympiad, China—featuring Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, and Guo Qi—won the gold. They finished with 20 points, well ahead of second-place Poland and Ukraine on 17 points. Defending champions Russia finished fourth on 16 points level with India, USA, Vietnam, Azerbaijan and Israel. (1)

Official site: http://www.bakuchessolympiad.com/
Chess-Results page: http://chess-results.com/tnr232876....

(1) The Week in Chess: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews...

 page 2 of 117; games 26-50 of 2,919  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. N Paikidze vs M Nasriddinzoda  1-0552016Baku Olympiad (Women)E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
27. M Hotami vs A Zatonskih  0-1452016Baku Olympiad (Women)C07 French, Tarrasch
28. K Nemcova vs S Odinaeva  1-0232016Baku Olympiad (Women)C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
29. J Zawadzka vs A Samaganova  1-0322016Baku Olympiad (Women)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
30. D Omurbekova vs K Cyfka  0-1392016Baku Olympiad (Women)B27 Sicilian
31. K Kulon vs A Alymbai kyzy  1-0372016Baku Olympiad (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
32. B Zairbek kyzy vs M Wozniak  0-1372016Baku Olympiad (Women)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
33. R Gjergji vs S Vajda  0-1612016Baku Olympiad (Women)C60 Ruy Lopez
34. P Papp vs E Shabanaj  1-0542016Baku Olympiad (Women)C78 Ruy Lopez
35. A Shabanaj vs T Gara  0-1422016Baku Olympiad (Women)D87 Grunfeld, Exchange
36. A Gara vs B Geske 1-0362016Baku Olympiad (Women)B30 Sicilian
37. I Videnova-Kuljasevic vs D Richards-Porter  1-0462016Baku Olympiad (Women)B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
38. R Miller vs A Nikolova  0-1522016Baku Olympiad (Women)B23 Sicilian, Closed
39. E Raeva vs A Barrett 1-0252016Baku Olympiad (Women)D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
40. A Smith vs M Voyska  0-1242016Baku Olympiad (Women)A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
41. C Foisor vs W P Diaz Cesar  1-0382016Baku Olympiad (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
42. D Munoz vs E Cosma  0-1352016Baku Olympiad (Women)C01 French, Exchange
43. I Bulmaga vs K Jose Polanco  1-0612016Baku Olympiad (Women)B27 Sicilian
44. J Almanzar Vasquez vs A Dragomirescu  0-1432016Baku Olympiad (Women)B08 Pirc, Classical
45. N Morales Santos vs D Daulyte-Cornette  0-1462016Baku Olympiad (Women)E60 King's Indian Defense
46. S Zaksaite vs R Comas Colon  1-0362016Baku Olympiad (Women)B06 Robatsch
47. K M Vega Jimenez vs D Batyte  0-1272016Baku Olympiad (Women)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
48. L Domarkaite vs Aracelys Hernandez Resto  1-0262016Baku Olympiad (Women)C05 French, Tarrasch
49. A Pourkashiyan vs J Figueroa  1-0242016Baku Olympiad (Women)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
50. S Sotomayor vs M Hejazipour  0-1632016Baku Olympiad (Women)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 2 of 117; games 26-50 of 2,919  PGN Download
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Sep-11-16  notyetagm: <Beholder: <HeMateMe: she was outrated> Stop being a <<<Nazi apologist>>>>

ROFLMAO

:-)

Sep-11-16  notyetagm: <HeMateMe: Still wish she'd change the spelling to 'Nasi.'>

She doesn't say it like it rhymes with Yahtzee, she pronounces it like Nah-zhee, according to Seirawan.

Sep-11-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: If she grew up in Georgia, central Asia, she knows full well who the Nazis were. I'm surprised that's even a first name a parent would choose, but it's her business.
Sep-12-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: < I'm surprised that's even a first name a parent would choose, but it's her business.>

"Nazi" (pronounced "nah-zee", and not Seirawan's "nahzhee") means "tender" in Georgian. And Georgians use a different alphabet, so that no collision with the far right political movement occurs. I can imagine many Georgians are not even aware of the collision since they have not so many oppostunities to spell the name in English.

Sep-12-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: We know it's pronounced differently. It's how it looks in print that raises eyebrows.

If your last name was Manson would you name your son 'Charles'?

Sep-12-16
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  HeMateMe: Our ladies just beat Mongolia. Not sure if they can still medal or not.
Sep-12-16  Fish55: <HeMateMe> No, USA drew Mongolia.
Sep-12-16  notyetagm: Should be China (18) vs Russia (16) for all the marbles tomorrow.

Russia will win the Gold only if they beat China, because then they tie at 18 MP and won the h2h.

Sep-12-16  Octavia: the 2 grand dames of chess agreed a draw today! Pia & Ketevan or Sweden & Scottland. It was a hard fought drew 57 moves & only seconds left!
Sep-12-16  FairyPromotion: OK, this is the dream final round! The champions of the last 3 Olympiads (Russia) have a chance to land a heavy blow on the current leaders and the rating favorites of the last 3 Olympiads (China). It is a must follow match.

Reminds me of the 2012 Olympiad, where the Chinese had a 1 point lead in match points, as well as a serious lead in SB entering the final 2 rounds. Then:

Rd. 10:
Russia - Armenia: 3.5-0.5
China - Kazakhstan: 2.0-2.0

Rd.11:
Russia - Kazakhstan: 4.0-0.0
China - Bulgaria: 2.5-1.5

And the title had changed hands from China to Russia.

Will the history repeat itself? My gut says that this time Hou Yifan will make sure it doesn't, but one never knows...

Sep-12-16  notyetagm: <Fish55: <HeMateMe> No, USA drew Mongolia.>

Draw with Mongolia was *devastating*.

If we had won, USA would have 16 MP, tied with Russia, and have a chance to be in a 3-way tie with China for 1st at the end.

Now? Nope. But we can still win Silver if China beats Russia and we win our last match.

GO USA!

Sep-12-16  dumbgai: It's a testament to China's depth that they have a 2 MP lead despite boards 2 and 3 playing far below their usual level.
Sep-13-16
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  HeMateMe: china beats Russia 2.5--1.5. Draw on top board, AK v. Hou, and Pogonina won on 4th board, but China won on boards 2 and 3.

AK did her part, held off Hou Yifan, but Gunina and Goryachkina couldn't hold up their end. Changing of the guard?

Sep-13-16  chesslearner1991: Decisive results on all 10 rounds for Tania - 7 wins, 3 loses. Interesting games too.
Sep-13-16  optimal play: Congratulations to the China girls on finishing clear 1st.

Disappointing performance from the Australian ladies who came into the Olympiad ranked 54th but could only manage to finish 64th.

They certainly lost some games they should definitely have won!

But oh well, that's chess.

Sep-13-16
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  HeMateMe: Is Australia's women's team homegrown, or are the ubiquitous Russian emigrants in Oz, too?
Sep-13-16  optimal play: They could have done with a couple of those ubiquitous Russian emigrants ;)
Sep-14-16  Calar: 1. China
2. Poland
3. Ukraine

Congrats to them :) Very tense and close Olympiad

Sep-14-16
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  HeMateMe: Wow, Russia was knocked completely off the podium with that loss to China in the last round? That's a shocker. When have the Russian women not medaled at the Olympiad?

Congrats to the Muzychuk sisters on the top two boards for Ukraine. they didn't run off to Russia like some of their players did.

Sep-14-16
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  HeMateMe: Pia got bronze on board 1!

<http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/all...>

you can't stop Pia; she's the Energizer Bunny.

Pia and her beautiful chess playing daughter;

<http://i1.wp.com/chesshive.com/wp-c...>

Pia and Satch

<https://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/...>

Pia has a normal smile; I don't know why she never shows her teeth.

Sep-14-16  dumbgai: Despite both performing below their rating, Hou Yifan and Ju Wenjun won individual silver medals on boards 1 and 2, respectively. A consolation prize for <notyetagm>.
Sep-14-16  dumbgai: Tan Zhongyi and Guo Qi also won individual gold medals for board 4 and reserve, respectively. When 4 out of your 5 players win individual gold or silver, it's no surprise that the team would win overall. Still, it wasn't easy, with many close matches, tough games and narrow escapes.
Sep-14-16
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  HeMateMe: I think India will medal next time. They seem on the upsweep.
Sep-15-16  greed and death: Gratulacje dla mojego kraju kobiet!
Sprowadziłeś chwałę Polsce!
Feb-14-17  Bratek: http://mistrzostwa.chessbrains.pl/f... < the man on this picture>is Marek Matlak .He has been the Headcoach of thePOLISH TEAM for about 12 years
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