Round 2 of the Budapest Chess Olympiad Women section was played today. Top rated teams mostly won their matches, but not all of them were convincing.
Lithuania snatched 1.5 points from the defending champion Ukraine, while Finland took 1.5 points from Kazakhstan. Scotland also won 1.5 points from Serbia, with a victory by GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant.
Round 3 pairings are below.
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Round 2 Results:
India 3ยฝ – ยฝ Czech Republic
Ecuador ยฝ – 3ยฝ Hungary *)
Montenegro 1 – 3 Georgia
Poland 4 – 0 Brazil
Colombia 0 – 4 China
Ukraine 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Lithuania
Australia 1 – 3 Azerbaijan
United States of America 3ยฝ – ยฝ Philippines
Belgium 1 – 3 Germany
Spain 4 – 0 Hungary C
Finland 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Kazakhstan
Armenia 4 – 0 Mexico
Egypt ยฝ – 3ยฝ Bulgaria
France 3ยฝ – ยฝ Luxembourg
England 3 – 1 Denmark
Bosnia & Herzegovina ยฝ – 3ยฝ Turkiye
Netherlands 3ยฝ – ยฝ North Macedonia
Monaco 1 – 3 Mongolia
Serbia 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Scotland
Ireland ยฝ – 3ยฝ Vietnam
Switzerland 3ยฝ – ยฝ Moldova
Bangladesh 1 – 3 Romania
Greece 3 – 1 Portugal
Paraguay 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Italy
Israel 4 – 0 Albania
Venezuela 0 – 4 Argentina
Canada 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Chile
Indonesia 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Slovenia
Cuba 3ยฝ – ยฝ Malaysia
Algeria 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Austria
Hungary B 3ยฝ – ยฝ Iceland
Turkmenistan 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Slovakia
Sweden 3 – 1 New Zealand
Angola 1 – 3 Uzbekistan
Norway 3ยฝ – ยฝ Bolivia
Singapore 3 – 1 Latvia
Iran 4 – 0 El Salvador
Costa Rica ยฝ – 3ยฝ Estonia
Peru 3ยฝ – ยฝ Wales
Tajikistan 1 – 3 Croatia
Dominican Republic 4 – 0 Vanuatu
Guam 0 – 4 Jamaica
United Arab Emirates 4 – 0 Palau
Liberia 2 – 2 Panama
South Africa 3ยฝ – ยฝ Pakistan
Aruba 0 – 4 Kyrgyzstan
Nicaragua 4 – 0 Brunei Darussalam
Malawi 0 – 4 Jordan
Andorra 3 – 1 Cape Verde
Oman ยฝ – 3ยฝ Botswana
Uruguay 2 – 2 Kuwait
Jersey ยฝ – 3ยฝ Trinidad & Tobago
Zambia 4 – 0 Eritrea
Zimbabwe 4 – 0 Mauritius
Eswatini ยฝ – 3ยฝ Japan
Puerto Rico 4 – 0 Netherlands Antilles
Palestine 3 – 1 Guyana
Bahrain 1 – 3 South Korea
Honduras 4 – 0 Tanzania
Cayman Islands 0 – 4 Madagascar
Guatemala 3 – 1 Cote dโIvoire
Cameroon 0 – 4 Thailand
Tunisia 3 – 1 Maldives
Saint Lucia 0 – 4 Barbados
Kosovo * 4 – 0 Liechtenstein
Laos 2 – 2 Malta
Guernsey 4 – 0 Seychelles
Sao Tome and Principe 0 – 4 Suriname
Morocco 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Togo
Bhutan 0 – 4 Chinese Taipei
“Hong Kong, China” 4 – 0 San Marino
Dominica 0 – 4 Sudan
Ethiopia 4 – 0 British Virgin Islands
Chad 0 – 4 Mozambique
Bahamas 4 – 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti 0 – 4 Fiji
Haiti 4 – 0 Equatorial Guinea
Grenada 0 – 4 Namibia
Bermuda 2 – 2 Mauritania
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 – 4 Cyprus
Lebanon 4 – 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sierra Leone 0 – 4 Lesotho
Ghana 3ยฝ – ยฝ US Virgin Islands
Nigeria – not paired
Sri Lanka – not paired
Iraq – not paired
Syria – not paired
Uganda – not paired
Kenya – not paired
Nepal – not paired
Senegal – not paired
Burundi – not paired
Libya – not paired
Central African Republic – not paired
Somalia – not paired
Gambia – not paired
Mali – not paired
Niger – not paired
Refugees – not paired
South Sudan – not paired
Round 3 Pairings:
Switzerland – India
Hungary *) – Uzbekistan
Georgia – Romania
Greece – Poland
China – Italy
Israel – Ukraine
Azerbaijan – Argentina
Canada – United States of America
Germany – Slovenia
Cuba – Spain
Kazakhstan – Austria
Hungary B – Armenia
Bulgaria – Slovakia
Sweden – France
Norway – England
Turkiye – Iran
Estonia – Netherlands
Mongolia – Peru
Croatia – Serbia
Vietnam – Singapore
Latvia – Dominican Republic
Czech Republic – Tajikistan
Jamaica – Montenegro
Brazil – United Arab Emirates
South Africa – Colombia
Lithuania – Kyrgyzstan
Nicaragua – Australia
Philippines – Jordan
Andorra – Belgium
Hungary C – Botswana
Trinidad & Tobago – Finland
Mexico – Zambia
Zimbabwe – Egypt
Luxembourg – Japan
Puerto Rico – Ecuador
Denmark – Palestine
South Korea – Bosnia & Herzegovina
North Macedonia – Honduras
Madagascar – Monaco
Scotland – Guatemala
Thailand – Ireland
Moldova – Tunisia
Barbados – Bangladesh
Portugal – Kosovo *
Guernsey – Paraguay
Albania – Suriname
Morocco – Venezuela
Chile – Chinese Taipei
“Hong Kong, China” – Indonesia
Malaysia – Sudan
Ethiopia – Algeria
Iceland – Mozambique
Bahamas – Turkmenistan
New Zealand – Fiji
Haiti – Angola
Bolivia – Namibia
El Salvador – Cyprus
Lebanon – Costa Rica
Wales – Lesotho
Panama – Ghana
Laos – Uruguay
Malta – Mauritania
Kuwait – Bermuda
Vanuatu – Liberia
Cote dโIvoire – Sri Lanka
Uganda – Cameroon
Maldives – Kenya
Saint Lucia – Guam
Palau – Liechtenstein
Pakistan – Seychelles
Sao Tome and Principe – Aruba
Brunei Darussalam – Togo
Bhutan – Malawi
Cape Verde – San Marino
Dominica – Oman
British Virgin Islands – Jersey
Eritrea – Chad
Mauritius – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti – Eswatini
Netherlands Antilles – Equatorial Guinea
Guyana – Grenada
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Bahrain
Tanzania – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sierra Leone – Cayman Islands
US Virgin Islands – bye
Nigeria – not paired
Iraq – not paired
Syria – not paired
Nepal – not paired
Senegal – not paired
Burundi – not paired
Libya – not paired
Central African Republic – not paired
Somalia – not paired
Gambia – not paired
Mali – not paired
Niger – not paired
Refugees – not paired
South Sudan – not paired
