42nd Chess Olympiad 2016 :Perfect start by the top seeded team! Russia , USA, China, Azerbaijan blanks opponents.

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]  [BlackTeam "Nigeria"]     4  -  0

[Board "1"]
[White "Kigigha, Bomo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. b4 cxb4 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. exd4 e4
9. Ng5 Qxd4 10. Qb3 Qxa1 11. Bb2 Na5 12. Bxa1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bf5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nxe4 O-O-O 16. Re1 Kb8 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 f5 19. Ng3 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Rd4 21. Ne2
Rhd8 22. g5 Bh5 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bd5 Rxf4+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kg3 f4+ 27. Kh3 f3 0-1

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]  [BlackTeam "Nigeria"]     4  -  0
[Round "1.1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anwuli, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Bg7
15. Ba3 Nc4 16. Bb4 Nd6 17. c4 O-O 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 b6 20. h3 Bc6 21. d5
Ba8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qb6 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Bc4 Rf6 27. Rd1 h6
28. Ne5 Kh7 29. Nd7 Qc6 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Nb6 33. Qb3 Qf5 34.
Bc3 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qh5 36. Rd8 1-0

[Board "3"]
[White "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Qe8 7. Be2 e5 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. h4 exd4 10. cxd4 Qe7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. h5 Bf5 14. Qb3 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. a3 Rab8 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Rac1 c4 20. Qa2 a6 21. Nf1
Bg7 22. Ng3 Bd3 23. Red1 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Nxe5
Bxe5 28. b3 c3 29. Qb1 Rd2 30. Kf1 Qh4 31. f4 c2 0-1


[Board "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Emuakpeje, Ochuko"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Andorra"]]  4  -  0
[Board "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aloma Vidal, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Bxb5 Bb4 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Rab8 14. Rad1 d3
15. cxd3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. b4 d5 18. e5 a6 19. Ba4 a5 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. b5
Qxa4 22. bxa6 Qxa3 23. d4 Qc3 24. a7 Ra8 25. Rb7 Qxd4 26. Qe3 Qc4 27. Qb6 d4 28.
Rd7 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rb1 d3 31. Rxb4 Kh7 32. Rbb7 Kg6 33. Rxd3 Rfc8 34.
Rdd7 Rf8 35. Rbc7 h5 36. h4 Rae8 37. Rb7 Ra8 38. Kf1 Rac8 39. Ke2 Ra8 40. Kd3
Rac8 41. Rbc7 Ra8 42. Kc4 Rae8 43. Kb5 Ra8 44. Ka6 Rae8 45. Kb7 Ra8 46. f3 1-0

[Board "2"]
[White "De La Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Rb8 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nf3 c5 13. h4 Rb6 14. h5 Nf8 15.
Qc3 f6 16. h6 g6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Qxe5 O-O 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. Rh3 Bd6
22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. axb4 Bxb4+ 27. Kf1 Bd6
28. Rh4 Nf4 29. Be2 Rf5 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Bd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 g5 33. Rg4 Kf6 34.
Rgd4 Bc6 35. Rxd6+ cxd6 36. Rxd6+ Ke7 37. Rd3 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Kd8 39. Kg2 Rf4 40.
Rb3 Kc7 41. Re3 Rh4 42. Re5 Rxh6 43. Rxg5 Rg6 44. f4 Kc6 45. Kf3 Rxg5 46. fxg5
d5 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. Kg4 b5 49. f4 b4 50. f5 b3 0-1

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Fernandez Lopez, Joan"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
b4 Qb6 16. c5 Qc7 17. cxd6 exd6 18. Qd4+ Nf6 19. b5 1-0

[Board "4"]
[White "Garcia Paolicchi, Raul"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Qd6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 e6 14. dxe6 Qxe6
15. Rc2 c4 16. O-O Nc5 17. Rb1 h6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4
b6 22. Bd4 Rac8 23. Re1 Rxc4 24. Rxe4 Rd8 25. Ree2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rdxd4 27. f3
Rxc2 28. Rxc2 h5 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Ke3 Ra4 31. Kd3 h4 32. h3 b5 33. Re2 Kg6 34.
Kc3 a5 35. Kb3 Rb4+ 36. Kc3 Kf5 37. Kd3 Kf4 38. Rc2 Rc4 39. Rb2 Rc5 40. Kd4 Re5
41. Kd3 Rd5+ 42. Ke2 Kg3 43. Ke3 b4 44. Rc2 f5 0-1

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"][BlackTeam "China"]    0   -   4
[Board "1"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. Qc2 Bh6 11. Nb3 Bxc1 12. Raxc1 Nfd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Na4 b6 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qc3 Qg5 17. Qe3 h6 18. Rc3 Bd7 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rb1 Kg7 21. h3 f5
22. Bd3 Rab8 23. Ra3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rb4 25. Rc3 Bf5 26. Bc2 a4 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28.
a3 Rb7 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. Ra3 e4 32. b5 Kf6 33. Kf1 Ke5 34. Rd1 f4 35.
Ke2 Rba7 36. Rd2 Rg8 37. Rda2 g4 38. hxg4 Rxg4 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Rxa4 Rxg2 41.
Kf1 Rg8 42. Ra7 Rc8 43. Ra6 f3 44. Rc6 Ra8 45. Ra6 Rh8 46. Kg1 Kf4 47. Ra4 Ke5
48. Ra7 Rc8 49. Ra6 Kd4 50. Ra4 Kd3 51. Kf1 Rh8 52. Kg1 Rh5 53. Rb4 Kc3 54. Ra4
Kb3 55. Ra7 Kxc4 56. Rxc7+ Kxb5 57. Re7 Re5 0-1

[Board "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Makolli, Perparim"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. f4
d6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Qc5 14. Qd3 Be7 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. h3 a5 17. Kb1 h6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Bxf6 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 gxf6 21. Nb6
Ra7 22. Rc3 Ra6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. a3 Kf8 26. Ka2 Rac7 27. Ba4 c5 28.
Rb3 Bd8 29. Rb5 Ra7 30. Rd5 Be7 31. c3 Rcc7 32. Bd1 Rcb7 33. c4 Rxb5 34. cxb5
Rb7 35. Be2 Ke8 36. Kb3 Rd7 37. Kc4 Kd8 38. b6 Bd6 39. Bg4 1-0

[Board "3"]
[White "Fejzullahu, Afrim"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Kb1 a4 12. Nc1 a3 13. b3 Nb4 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5
Nh5 16. Bd3 g6 17. N1e2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxd6 Nf4 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. h4 Qa5 23. Ne2 Rfd8 24. Qxf4 Bc4 25. Ng3 Qc3 26. Qc1 Qxf3 27. Nf5 Qxe4
28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxb3 30. axb3 a2+ 31. Ka1 Qe5+ 32. Qb2 Qxd6 33. Kxa2 Qd5
34. Rf1 Qg2 35. Rc1 Qh2 36. Qf6 Rxc2+ 37. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Board "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Sadiku, Bedri"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O c4 8. b3
b5 9. Re1 Be7 10. a4 c3 11. axb5 cxd2 12. Bxd2 Nb8 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bh6+ Nxh6 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Be8 1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan 1"]  4
[BlackTeam "Zimbabwe"]      0
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Makoto, Rodwell"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 Qd6 7. f3 c5 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 d4 11. Bxf6 dxc3 12. Kf2 gxf6 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. bxc3 Qc5
15. Ne2 O-O 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. f4 Rac8 19. Qf3 f5 20. Rhd1 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Qe7 22. Ra1 a6 23. Ra5 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rc3 25. g3 Qh3 26. Qf2 Rec8 27. Bf1 Qg4
28. Be2 Qh3 29. Rc5 Rc2 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qe1 Bd7 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Bf3 b5 34.
Rb2 Rc4 35. Bd5 Rc7 36. Ra2 b4 37. Qb1 Rc3 38. Rxa6 Rxe3 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Qxb4
Be8 41. Qd2 Re7 42. Bf3 Bb5 43. Ra1 Ra7 44. Rb1 Bc4 45. Bg2 Qh6 46. Qc3 Be2 47.
d5+ Qf6 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Kf2 Ra2 51. Ke3 Ba6 52. d6+ 1-0

[Board "2"]
[White "Mandizha, Farai"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 Qb6
9. Ra3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. a5 Bf5 12. Qxc3 Qa7 13. Qb4 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Rb3
Nd7 16. Nd4 Nxc5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Ra3 Ne4 19. Qxe7 Bf8 20. Qe5 Bxa3 21. bxa3
Qc5 22. Qxf5 Qxa5+ 23. Ke2 Qd2+ 24. Kf3 Qxf2+ 25. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Masango, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f4 Qe8 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd2
Bd7 15. Bb3 Rae8 16. Rf3 Be6 17. Raf1 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Qf2 b6
21. Qd4 Re7 22. Qa4 a5 23. Qc6 Nf6 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Qb7 Kg8 26. Bd4 c5 27. Qd5+
Qe6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxd5 31. exd5 Re3 32. Rxd6 Rxd3 33. c4
a4 34. Rxb6 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. b4 cxb4 38. c5 Rxa2 39. c6 Rc2
40. d6 1-0

[Board "4"]
[White "Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 h6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nh2 f5 14. f3 g5 15. c4 c5
16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rab1 Nh5 18. Qe1 Nf4 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Qd2 a5 22.
Bf2 b5 23. Rfc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nd4 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh4 Nxd5 27. Ng4 Qe6 28. b3
Nf4 29. Bf2 h5 30. Nh2 d5 31. Bxd4 cxd4 0-1