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21:50 All the favorites won their matches again. Thanks for following the online!
21:49 Vidmantas blundered in what seemed to be a dead drawn endgame. USA-Lithuania 3.5-0.5
21:45 Nakamura's game is still going on.
21:30 China-Italy: 3.5-0.5 (Open)
21:27 Four queens on the board in Naka's game:
21:13 Valentina Gunina drew her game. Russia-Brazil: 3.5-0.5
21:10 FM Griffitz earned a draw vs. Mamedov. Azerbaijan-Ireland: 3.5-0.5
21:05 Chess genius Vassily Ivanchuk lost to Al-Modiakhi. Ukraine-Qatar: 3-1.
20:59 Russia punished Greece for two hasty draws with White. Grischuk won; the final score is 3-1.
20:54 Don't judge Naka's positions by his facial expression:
20:48 China-Sweden: 4-0 (Women's section)
20:42 Natalia won: White either loses a bishop, or gets checkmated in 1:
20:37 A short friendly post-mortem in the Pogonina game.
20:22 Relay of the women's games has been broken for the last hour or so.
20:17 A girl named Vanessa is a princess" - rhymes GM Sergei Shipov:
20:15 France-Peru: 3.5-0.5
20:05 The European Team Champions from Germany defeated Georgia 2.5-1.5
20:03 Lithuania vs. USA:
20:00 Spain defeated Belarus 2.5-1.5 (Iljescas managed to beat Teterev)
19:53 Turkey - Czech Republic: 2-2
19:45 Mamedyarov and Gusseinov score for Azerbaijan in the match against Ireland.
19:40 Vanessa Feliciano Ebert is giving Valentina Gunina a hard time. Here is her FIDE profile.
19:35 Caruana is shaking his head...
19:25 Jakovenko won. Aronian's opponent had a solid position, but then blundered terribly. Can you find the winning move for White?
19:16 Alexandra Kosteniuk capitalized on her opponent's blunders and scored for Russia!
19:15 Ukraine knocked-out two of the opponents already (Eljanov and Moiseenko scored):
19:10 The Russia vs. Brazil match is keeping me nervous. Where is the move relay?
19:00 Wang Hao seems to have an edge in the endgame against Caruana.
18:57 The Greek grandmaster offered a draw to Kramnik. Vladimir agreed.
18:55 Susan calls herself a strong advocate of Fischer Random, because modern chess, in her opinion, requires too much home preparation and deep computer analysis.
18:46 Susan says that women's chess has a lot of potential and predicts a bright future for it.
18:36 Susan Polgar, ex-Women's World Chess Champion and Head of the FIDE Women Commission, press conference:
18:28 Nadezhda Kosintseva is calculating lines on Valentina Gunina's board. The Brazilian beauty has a good position.
18:23 The main dish of the day: Wang Hao vs. Caruana:
18:15 Alexandra Kosteniuk has a crazy position:
18:00 Ukraine: Moiseenko will be up a pawn. Volokitin has an extra exchange, but Black has two bishops and some compensation.
17:58 Nakamura's position looks risky. Don't see any real advantage for Team USA so far.
17:45 A very interesting double-edged position:
17:42 Looks like Kramnik is going to sacrifice a queen!
17:27 Brazil vs. Russia: hot or not?
17:26 Jakovenko has a nice position against Kotronias. The same can be said about Nadezhda Kosintseva. All the other Russian positions are close to equality.
17:22 The broadcast is indeed much better today. Kudos to the organizers!
17:10 Kramnik is a legendary player. In case you haven't seen those posts, check out the humorous facts about him:
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Post 2
17:00 Team Russia has left the boards:
16:55 A lovely bug. Natalia's opponent doesn't look like a girl:
16:48 Don't forget to press the "flip" button to view the games from the perspective of your favorite players
16:39 Banikas played rather unambitiously as White and made a draw in 15 moves against Sergey Karjakin:
16:25 Georgia (left) used to be the dominant force in women's chess back in the USSR and later on. Until China came along...
16:22 Vladimir Kramnik is facing his proprietary weapon - the Catalan:
16:15 Ukraine vs. Qatar. Vassily Ivanchuk makes an appearance:
