BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 21. The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest continues, Trend reports via Idman.biz.
The games of the IX round will be held today.
The Azerbaijani men's team will face Greece. They finally shared the points with Italy (2:2).
The women's team will face Switzerland. Both men and women ended the last round with a draw with Italy (2:2).
FIDE Chess Olympiad
IX round
Men
Greece - Azerbaijan - 2:2
Nikolas Theodorou - Aydin Suleymanli - 1:0
Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis - Rauf Mammadov - 0:1
Ioannis Papaioannou - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 0.5:0.5
Andreas Kelires – Mohammad Muradli - 0.5:0.5
Tournament table: 1. India - 16 points, 2. Uzbekistan, 3. Hungary - 14 points, 20. Azerbaijan - 11 points.
Women
Switzerland - Azerbaijan - 0:4
Alexandra Kosteniuk - Gunay Mammadzada - 0:1
Lena Georgescu - Ulviyya Fataliyeva - 0:1
Sofia Khrizlova - Govhar Beydullayeva - 0:1
Maria Manko - Khanim Balajayeva - 0:1
Tournament table: 1. India, 2. Poland, 3. Kazakhstan - 14 points, 20. Azerbaijan - 11 points.
Both men's and women's national teams are ranked 20th with 11 points after the VIII round.
