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38th Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008The Olympiad is taking place from November 12th to 25th, 2008, in the Congress Hall in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. 156 teams from 152 nations are participating, with most of the top players present. |
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Russia (without Kramnik) struggled against Switzerland; Germany one beat Scotland convincingly, as did Germany 2 against Bulgaria (without Topalov). Azerbaijan defeated the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 4-0, and Armenia did the same to Italy. India (without Anand) defeated Canada 2½:1½, Norway beat Austria 3:1. Here are the top results.
| Bo. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
36 | Switzerland (SUI) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2727 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2584 |
| 1.2 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2557 |
| 1.3 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2787 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Jenni Florian | 2543 |
| 1.4 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2737 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2480 |
| Bo. | 11 | Germany 1 (GER1) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
46 | Scotland (SCO) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2678 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Rowson Jonathan | 2596 |
| 2.2 | GM | Khenkin Igor | 2647 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Shaw John | 2469 |
| 2.3 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2634 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | 2448 |
| 2.4 | GM | Baramidze David | 2557 | ½ - ½ |
GM | McNab Colin A | 2455 |
| Bo. | 37 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2567 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2786 |
| 3.2 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2583 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2730 |
| 3.3 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | 2510 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2720 |
| 3.4 | CM | Nguyen Van Huy | 2422 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2680 |
| Bo. | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
38 | Philippines (PHI) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Wang Yue | 2736 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Villamayor Buenaventura | 2468 |
| 4.2 | GM | Ni Hua | 2710 | 0 - 1 |
GM | So Wesley | 2610 |
| 4.3 | GM | Wang Hao | 2696 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Gonzales Jayson | 2469 |
| 4.4 | GM | Li Chao B | 2622 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Gomez John Paul | 2519 |
| Bo. | 39 | Former Yug Rep of Macedonia | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
4 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2517 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2752 |
| 5.2 | GM | Nedev Trajko | 2525 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2731 |
| 5.3 | GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2502 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Huseynov Gadir | 2650 |
| 5.4 | IM | Colovic Aleksandar | 2458 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Mammadov Rauf | 2631 |
| Bo. | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
40 | Iran (IRI) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2711 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2599 |
| 6.2 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2663 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Moradiabadi Elshan | 2499 |
| 6.3 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2616 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bagheri Amir | 2490 |
| 6.4 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2645 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Mahjoob Morteza | 2507 |
| Bo. | 41 | Germany 2 (GER2) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | GM | Meier Georg | 2558 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2696 |
| 7.2 | IM | Braun Arik | 2567 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2645 |
| 7.3 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2517 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2632 |
| 7.4 | IM | Bogner Sebastian | 2448 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Iotov Valentin | 2532 |
| Bo. | 7 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
42 | Montenegro (MNE) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2705 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Djukic Nikola | 2519 |
| 8.2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2716 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Drasko Milan | 2537 |
| 8.3 | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2664 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Kosic Dragan | 2511 |
| 8.4 | GM | Maze Sebastien | 2577 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Blagojevic Dragisa | 2522 |
| Bo. | 9 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
44 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg |
| 10.1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2757 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2640 |
| 10.2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2679 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Godena Michele | 2517 |
| 10.3 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2642 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Shytaj Luca | 2472 |
| 10.4 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2629 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Brunello Sabino | 2455 |
| Bo. | 45 | Iceland (ISL) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
10 | United States of America | Rtg |
| 11.1 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2575 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Kamsky Gata | 2729 |
| 11.2 | GM | Steingrimsson Hedinn | 2540 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2644 |
| 11.3 | GM | Danielsen Henrik | 2492 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Shulman Yuri | 2616 |
| 11.4 | IM | Kristjansson Stefan | 2474 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2606 |
| Bo. | 47 | Germany 3 (GER3) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
12 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg |
| 12.1 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | 2541 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Shirov Alexei | 2726 |
| 12.2 | GM | Prusikin Michael | 2538 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2664 |
| 12.3 | GM | Naumann Alexander | 2518 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2604 |
| 12.4 | Heimann Andreas | 2428 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Khamrakulov Ibragim S | 2580 | |
| Bo. | 13 | India (IND) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
48 | Canada (CAN) | Rtg |
| 13.1 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2659 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bluvshtein Mark | 2557 |
| 13.2 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2603 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Charbonneau Pascal | 2499 |
| 13.3 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Zugic Igor | 2457 |
| 13.4 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2579 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Noritsyn Nikolay | 2372 |
| Bo. | 15 | England (ENG) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
50 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg |
| 15.1 | GM | Adams Michael | 2734 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Gurevich Mikhail | 2634 |
| 15.2 | GM | Howell David W L | 2593 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Can Emre | 2464 |
| 15.3 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2548 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2449 |
| 15.4 | GM | Conquest Stuart C | 2526 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2436 |
| Bo. | 19 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
54 | Austria (AUT) | Rtg |
| 19.1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2786 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Ragger Markus | 2518 |
| 19.2 | GM | Agdestein Simen | 2588 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Kindermann Stefan | 2517 |
| 19.3 | GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2526 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Atlas Valery | 2465 |
| 19.4 | GM | Johannessen Leif Erlend | 2545 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Neubauer Martin | 2422 |
| Bo. | 55 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
20 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg |
| 20.1 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2510 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Van Wely Loek | 2618 |
| 20.2 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2494 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Smeets Jan | 2604 |
| 20.3 | FM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2418 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2605 |
| 20.4 | FM | Minhazuddin Ahmed | 2377 | 0 - 1 |
GM | L'Ami Erwin | 2610 |
In this section Russia (with women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk) trounced Azerbaijan 4-0. Iran held Germany, and Argentina Ukraine 2:2. China, France and USA scored convincing victories.
| Bo. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
28 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2525 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Mamedjarova Zeinab | 2351 |
| 1.2 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2513 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | 2269 |
| 1.3 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2468 | 1 - 0 |
Isgandarova Khayala | 2206 | |
| 1.4 | IM | Korbut Ekaterina | 2459 | 1 - 0 |
Kazimova Narmin Nizami | 2171 | |
| Bo. | 39 | Iran (IRI) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
12 | Germany 1 (GER1) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | WIM | Pourkashiyan Atousa | 2241 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2471 |
| 2.2 | WGM | Paridar Shadi | 2248 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Michna Marta | 2399 |
| 2.3 | WIM | Ghader Pour Shayesteh | 2149 | 0 - 1 |
WFM | Ohme Melanie | 2237 |
| 2.4 | WFM | Salman Mahini Mona | 2113 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Hoolt Sarah | 2274 |
| Bo. | 29 | Argentina (ARG) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | IM | Lujan Carolina | 2366 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2488 |
| 3.2 | WGM | Amura Claudia | 2344 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2488 |
| 3.3 | WIM | Zuriel Marisa | 2189 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Ushenina Anna | 2496 |
| 3.4 | WFM | Plazaola Maria | 2126 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2473 |
| Bo. | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
30 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | WGM | Hou Yifan | 2578 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Golubenko Valentina | 2273 |
| 4.2 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2518 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Medic Mirjana | 2281 |
| 4.3 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2450 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Franciskovic Borka | 2275 |
| 4.4 | Ju Wenjun | 2397 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Jelica Mara | 2205 | |
| Bo. | 31 | England (ENG) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
4 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2399 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2503 |
| 5.2 | IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2339 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2473 |
| 5.3 | WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | 2178 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2437 |
| 5.4 | WFM | Grigoryan-Lyell Meri | 2076 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | 2409 |
| Bo. | 5 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
32 | Moldova (MDA) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2533 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Petrenko Svetlana | 2285 |
| 6.2 | IM | Collas Silvia | 2352 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Smokina Karolina | 2235 |
| 6.3 | WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2366 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Partac Elena | 2168 |
| 6.4 | WGM | Leconte Maria | 2349 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Bulmaga Irina | 2287 |
| Bo. | 33 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
6 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | IM | Sedina Elena | 2365 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Danielian Elina | 2513 |
| 7.2 | WGM | Zimina Olga | 2368 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2443 |
| 7.3 | WFM | Ambrosi Eleonora | 2128 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Aginian Nelly | 2325 |
| 7.4 | WFM | Brunello Marina | 2117 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Galojan Lilit | 2305 |
| Bo. | 7 | United States of America | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
34 | Montenegro (MNE) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2440 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Vojinovic Jovana | 2332 |
| 8.2 | WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2359 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Drljevic Ljilja | 2259 |
| 8.3 | WGM | Rohonyan Katerina | 2334 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Stojanovic Marija R | 2199 |
| 8.4 | WFM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2286 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Mijovic Aleksandra | 2176 |
The Armenian team: Tigran Petrosian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian and
Levon Aronian
Germany I and II with Melanie Ohme, Judith Fuchs, Sara Hoolt, Anna Endress,
Manuela Mader
Azerbeijan (Zeinab and Turkan Mamedjarova) vs Russia (Alexander Kosteniuk, Tatiana
Konsintseva)
For Switzerland: Viktor Korchnoi, Yannik Pelletier
IM Nana Dzagnidze, GEO, 2503, board one
IM Lela Javakhihvili, GEO, 2473
IM Maia Lomineishvili, GEO, 2437, board three
IM Svetlana Petrenko, MDA, 2285
WGM Jana Krivec, SLO, 2345
WIM Atousa Pourkashiyan, IRI, 2241
IM Elisabeth Paehtz, GER, 2471
GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GER, 2678
GM Igor Khenkin, GER, 2647
GM David Baramidze, GER, 2557
IM Anna Ushenina, UKR, 2496
GM Kateryna Lahno, UKR, 2488
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, RUS, 2525
WIM Arianne Caoili, AUS, 2170
WFM Nora Mohd Saleh, UAE, 1876
IM Harika Dronavalli, IND, 2462
IM Tania Sachdev, IND, 2425
WGM Regina Pokorna, SVK, 2376
Pictures by Carsten Straub and André Schulz in Dresden
Video reports provided by Gérard Demuydt and GM Robert Fontaine by
Europe Echecs
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