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21:21 USA-Russia 2.5-1.5. It was physically painful to watch Grischuk and Kramnik lose like that. Anyway, congrats to the American fans, this is a holiday for them! Now the competition will become much more intense.
21:04 Poland-Azerbaijan: 2-2. Grischuk blundered against Kamsky in a rook vs. rook+bishop endgame. This is too sad to be true!
21:01 Sorry, I had an important phone call. Kramnik blundered...
20:32 Kramnik has some chances to save the game. Grischuk should hold. Jakovenko has a large advantage.
20:27 Hou Yifan beats Skripchenko. Zhao Xue is also winning. Alas, France won't be able to save the match.
20:21 China crushed Philippines. 3-0 so far
20:19 Armenia-Germany: 2.5-1.5
20:16 Lahno beats Zatonskih with Black. Ukraine defeated USA. 2.5-0.5 so far
20:13 Georgia is doing surprisingly badly against Armenia: 0.5-1.5 so far and worse positions on the other two boards (women)
20:08 England is losing to Vietnam 1.5-0.5, and it looks like the final score might even be 3-1.
20:00 Russia vs. USA, 4 hours later:
19:52 Kramnik is observing his teammates' boards and hoping...
19:40 In time trouble Abrahamyan gave everything away in her game vs. Gaponenko. Ukraine is leading 1.5-0.5 against USA
19:38 Ivanchuk prevailed over Vachier-Lagrave.
19:35 Mamedyarov-Socko: 1-0. But Wojtaszek has two extra pawns vs. Radjabov.
19:28 Actually, Russia is struggling against USA. Kramnik is on the verge of losing. Grischuk has a difficult position. Jakovenko has an edge, but even if he wins, Russia will probably only draw the match.
19:24 Kramnik is doing something wrong. Naka's attack looks devastating.
19:22 Foisor-Ushenina: draw. Time trouble in all the other games.
19:16 Ding Liren defeated Barbosa.
19:15 Russian ladies beat India 3-1. Nice score, very little time and energy spent. Well done.
19:06 Giri-Gelfand: draw. Van Wely defeated Sutovsky with Black.
18:53 The knight has nowhere to go. Re4 loses to Nd6, threatening a mate in 1 and the rook.
18:50 Dronavalli-Kosintseva T.: draw. Kosteniuk is harassing her opponent's king mercilessly.
18:45 Karavade simply blundered a piece against Gunina. Unbelievable!
18:32 Anish Giri said that he arrived late due to not getting a visa on time. He still has a Russian passport.
18:25 Anish Giri (first board for Netherlands) and Vladimir Chuchelov (Dutch captain)
18:21 Germany-Armenia:
18:18 Garry Kasparov is in the playing hall. He is our team's lucky mascot!
18:10 Draw agreed in Sachdev-Kosintseva N.
18:00 Two hours later:
17:55 Vasily Ivanchuk sacrificed a knight. Will this idea work?
17:49 Ding Liren has an obvious advantage against Barbosa. Black can't complete development. Tight clashes on the other boards.
17:40 France is doing ok against China, but we all know that most of the games are decided in time trouble closer to move 40.
17:37 No real edge for anyone in the USA-Russia match.
17:33 Dronavalli-Kosintseva T.: only a minor advantage for White. Gunina-Karavade: White is definitely better. Sachdev-Kosintseva N.: should be an easy draw. Kosteniuk has a crushing attack and a serious time advantage against Soumya.
17:20 The playing hall is crowded:
17:00 Russian boards after one hour of play:
16:56 People who are not much into chess think that all the chess players wear glasses. Let's do a quick review. Carlsen - no. Aronian - yes. Kramnik - yes. Radjabov - no. Nakamura - now yes. Anand - yes. Karjakin - no. Caruana - yes. Ivanchuk - no. Morozevich - no. It's a tie: 5-5!
16:45 Who is Nakamura looking at: the girls, or their positions?
16:36 France-Ukraine:
16:30 Azerbaijan-Poland:
16:28 China-Philippines:
16:25 Kramnik-Nakamura, classical chess: +2 -2 =7. Very good score for Hikaru!
16:20 Russia-India:
16:15 China vs. France:
16:05 Kramnik is blowing invisible dust particles off the board. USA vs. Russia:
14:40 Russia won the junior U-16 Chess Olympiad twice in a row. Congratulations!
14:30 It's not over till it's over. Russia is leading the Open section by two points, but everything can change. Let's imagine what happens if USA beats Russia? Then we will have a few leaders. No, thank you, I prefer a different scenario. Meanwhile, on board two China is being challenged by Philippines. I wonder what odds the bookmakers would have offered before the event for a line "Philippines to play on one of the first three boards in round 9"? One could have become as rich as Bill Gates by making a bet.
An interesting twist of the pairings in the women's tournament: China-France, Russia-India and...Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan. USA has finally caught up with the leading group and will be playing Ukraine.
