Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Ranking After Round 9

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Nine rounds down, and two more to go, and it’s a close race among the United States and Ukraine, both with 16 match points and Russia with 15 match points, in the Open Section. The defending champion, China, appears out of contention for the title as it currently has 12 match points and now at number 21 in the ranking.

Open Ranking After Round 9

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Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Khanty-Mansiysk)
Tie Break3: points (game-points)
Tie Break4: Sum Matchpoints (2,1,0) without lowest result (Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk)

Philippines lost to Spain in Round 8 Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Open 

GM Eugene Torre delivered once again in Round 8 of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad. This is his 6th win in 8 games with 2 draws. But this is not an individual competition. Paulo Bersamina drew against Jose Carlos Ibara Jerez. And those were not enough for team Philippines in the Open Section as the rest of the games were lost. Thus the result was 2.5-1.5 in favor of Spain.

USA draws with Russia in Round 8 Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Open 

GM Wesley So was able to deliver for team USA but the overall team result was draw between the United States and Russia. As a result, Ukraine and India, teams they’ve beaten in the previous rounds, were able to catch up with USA in the team standings.

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Philippines Lost to Italy in Round 7 Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad

GM Eugene Torre has yet to be defeated in the Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad so far. He’s had 2 draws and 5 wins so far in seven rounds, including his latest win against GM Axel Rombaldoni of Italy. But that was not enough to boost the team as the Philippines lost to Italy, 1 ½ to 2 ½ in Round 7 of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad.

Replay the games of Round 7 below: [replay]