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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. Round seven open's sectionArmenia defeated Russia, with Gabriel Sargissian taking a point from Alexander Grischuk. The Armenians now lead with 13/14 points. Germany beat Romania, Israel beat Spain and France beat India, which puts all three victorious teams in the slot behind Armenia, with 12/14 each. Russia is acutall behind them, as is Ukraine, China (that's seeds one, two and three), with Vietnam and USA in the same 11/14 bracket. Fifteen teams follow with 10/14 each, among them Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, India, Turkey (really!) and England. |
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A nice game to replay is Nigel Short's 25-move victory over world class GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Veselin Topalov played a dominating game against Australian GM Zhao Zong-Yuan, but then almost let victory slip away (he won in the end). Magnus Carlsen was 276 points stronger than his opponent, but only managed to draw. Gelfand drew Shirov and Leko drew Kamsky.
| Bo. | 9 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2757 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2772 |
| 1.2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2679 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Svidler Peter | 2727 |
| 1.3 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2642 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 |
| 1.4 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2629 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2737 |
| Bo. | 11 | Germany 1 (GER1) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
14 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2678 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2684 |
| 2.2 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2634 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2633 |
| 2.3 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2630 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Parligras Mircea | 2611 |
| 2.4 | GM | Baramidze David | 2557 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Vajda Levente | 2582 |
| Bo. | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Wang Yue | 2736 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2786 |
| 3.2 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2714 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2730 |
| 3.3 | GM | Ni Hua | 2710 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2680 |
| 3.4 | GM | Wang Hao | 2696 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2659 |
| Bo. | 13 | India (IND) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
7 | France (FRA) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2694 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2705 |
| 4.2 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2659 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2716 |
| 4.3 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2603 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2676 |
| 4.4 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2664 |
| Bo. | 8 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
12 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2719 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Shirov Alexei | 2726 |
| 5.2 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2677 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2664 |
| 5.3 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2674 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2604 |
| 5.4 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2609 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Khamrakulov Ibragim S | 2580 |
| Bo. | 10 | United States (USA) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2729 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Leko Peter | 2747 |
| 6.2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2704 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2663 |
| 6.3 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2644 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Balogh Csaba | 2616 |
| 6.4 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2616 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2645 |
| Bo. | 15 | England (ENG) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
4 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | GM | Adams Michael | 2734 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2752 |
| 7.2 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2642 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2731 |
| 7.3 | GM | Howell David W L | 2593 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2703 |
| 7.4 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Huseynov Gadir | 2650 |
| Bo. | 27 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
23 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2597 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Azarov Sergei | 2613 |
| 8.2 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2587 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2592 |
| 8.3 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2572 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2584 |
| 8.4 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2572 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Zhigalko Andrey | 2568 |
| Bo. | 37 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
20 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg |
| 9.1 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2567 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Van Wely Loek | 2618 |
| 9.2 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2583 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Smeets Jan | 2604 |
| 9.3 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | 2510 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2605 |
| 9.4 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | 2496 | ½ - ½ |
GM | L'Ami Erwin | 2610 |
| Bo. | 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
53 | Australia (AUS) | Rtg |
| 10.1 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2791 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Zhao Zong-Yuan | 2567 |
| 10.2 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2696 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Smerdon David | 2470 |
| 10.3 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2645 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Solomon Stephen J | 2470 |
| 10.4 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2632 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Xie George Wendi | 2403 |
| Bo. | 21 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
70 | Mongolia (MGL) | Rtg |
| 11.1 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2631 | 1 - 0 |
Gundavaa Bayarsaihan | 2458 | |
| 11.2 | GM | Miton Kamil | 2604 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Hatanbaatar Bazar | 2375 |
| 11.3 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2599 | 1 - 0 |
Oyunbaatar Tumendemberel | 2306 | |
| 11.4 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2577 | 1 - 0 |
Bayarmandah Balgan | 2339 | |
| Bo. | 44 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
30 | Sweden (SWE) | Rtg |
| 12.1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2640 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Berg Emanuel | 2623 |
| 12.2 | GM | Godena Michele | 2517 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2574 |
| 12.3 | IM | Shytaj Luca | 2472 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2543 |
| 12.4 | IM | Brunello Sabino | 2455 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2515 |
| Bo. | 55 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
19 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg |
| 13.1 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2510 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2786 |
| 13.2 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2494 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2526 |
| 13.3 | GM | Abdulla Al-Rakib | 2522 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Johannessen Leif Erlend | 2545 |
| 13.4 | FM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2418 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2522 |
| Bo. | 66 | Costa Rica (CRC) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
50 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg |
| 14.1 | GM | Ramirez Alejandro | 2533 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Gurevich Mikhail | 2634 |
| 14.2 | IM | Valdes Leonardo | 2401 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Can Emre | 2464 |
| 14.3 | IM | Hernandez Francisco | 2247 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2449 |
| 14.4 | Vargas Serano Pablo | 1978 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2436 | |
| Bo. | 71 | New Zealand (NZL) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
29 | Bosnia Herzegovina (BIH) | Rtg |
| 15.1 | GM | Chandler Murray G | 2515 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Nikolic Predrag | 2669 |
| 15.2 | IM | Dive Russell John | 2357 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Predojevic Borki | 2615 |
| 15.3 | FM | Nokes Roger I | 2293 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Saric Ibro | 2559 |
| 15.4 | FM | Lukey Stephen G | 2271 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Stojanovic Dalibor | 2455 |
| Bo. | 17 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
46 | Scotland (SCO) | Rtg |
| 16.1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2664 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Rowson Jonathan | 2596 |
| 16.2 | GM | Izoria Zviad | 2610 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Aagaard Jacob | 2528 |
| 16.3 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2615 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Shaw John | 2469 |
| 16.4 | GM | Arutinian David | 2584 | 1 - 0 |
GM | McNab Colin A | 2455 |
| Bo. | 22 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
52 | Finland (FIN) | Rtg |
| 17.1 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2658 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Nyback Tomi | 2639 |
| 17.2 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2595 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Sammalvuo Tapani | 2463 |
| 17.3 | GM | Perunovic Milos | 2580 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Agopov Mikael | 2449 |
| 17.4 | GM | Vuckovic Bojan | 2561 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Karttunen Mika | 2411 |
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Gms |
+ |
= |
- |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
| 1 | 9 | Armenia | ARM | 7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
165.0 |
58.0 |
20.5 |
| 2 | 11 | Germany 1 | GER1 | 7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
149.5 |
59.0 |
19.0 |
| 3 | 8 | Israel | ISR | 7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
141.5 |
50.0 |
19.0 |
| 4 | 7 | France | FRA | 7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
137.0 |
55.0 |
19.0 |
| 5 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
155.0 |
64.0 |
17.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR | 7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
149.5 |
67.0 |
16.0 |
| 7 | 3 | China | CHN | 7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
145.0 |
57.0 |
18.0 |
| 8 | 37 | Vietnam | VIE | 7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
130.0 |
50.0 |
20.0 |
| 9 | 10 | USA | USA | 7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
116.0 |
52.0 |
18.0 |
| 10 | 4 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
147.5 |
62.0 |
18.5 |
| 11 | 6 | Bulgaria | BUL | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
147.5 |
51.0 |
21.0 |
| 12 | 17 | Georgia | GEO | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
136.5 |
57.0 |
17.5 |
| 13 | 27 | Greece | GRE | 7 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
133.5 |
60.0 |
17.5 |
| 14 | 21 | Poland | POL | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
133.5 |
54.0 |
19.5 |
| 15 | 13 | India | IND | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
130.0 |
55.0 |
17.5 |
| 16 | 14 | Romania | ROU | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
125.5 |
54.0 |
17.5 |
| 17 | 22 | Serbia | SRB | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
124.0 |
54.0 |
17.5 |
| 18 | 28 | Slovenia | SLO | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
123.0 |
53.0 |
18.0 |
| 19 | 50 | Turkey | TUR | 7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
122.0 |
47.0 |
19.5 |
| 20 | 15 | England | ENG | 7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
120.5 |
57.0 |
17.0 |
| 21 | 25 | Slovakia | SVK | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
119.0 |
48.0 |
20.0 |
| 22 | 23 | Belarus | BLR | 7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
115.0 |
52.0 |
18.0 |
| 23 | 24 | Croatia | CRO | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
108.5 |
46.0 |
16.0 |
| 24 | 71 | New Zealand | NZL | 7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
91.0 |
44.0 |
16.5 |
The United States held China to a 2:2 draw, while Ukraine defeated The Netherlands 3½:½ and so crept up to within a point of the dominant Chinese girls. Russia drew against Poland and now shares the third tier with USA, Hungary, Serbia, Poland and India.
| Bo. | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
7 | United States (USA) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | WGM | Hou Yifan | 2578 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Krush Irina | 2452 |
| 1.2 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2518 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2440 |
| 1.3 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2450 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2359 |
| 1.4 | Tan Zhongyi | 2395 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Rohonyan Katerina | 2334 | |
| Bo. | 12 | Germany 1 (GER1) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
33 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2471 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Sedina Elena | 2365 |
| 2.2 | IM | Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino | 2371 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Zimina Olga | 2368 |
| 2.3 | WGM | Michna Marta | 2399 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Ambrosi Eleonora | 2128 |
| 2.4 | WFM | Hoolt Sarah | 2274 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Brunello Marina | 2117 |
| Bo. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
9 | Poland (POL) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2525 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Socko Monika | 2434 |
| 3.2 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2513 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Rajlich Iweta | 2404 |
| 3.3 | IM | Korbut Ekaterina | 2459 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2378 |
| 3.4 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2474 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Majdan Joanna | 2284 |
| Bo. | 17 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2455 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2488 |
| 4.2 | FM | Schuurman Petra | 2324 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Ushenina Anna | 2496 |
| 4.3 | WIM | Bensdorp Marlies | 2303 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2473 |
| 4.4 | WIM | Van Weersel Arlette | 2209 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Zdebskaja Natalia | 2419 |
| Bo. | 8 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
47 | Mongolia (MGL) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2483 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Yanjindulam Dulamsuren | 2286 |
| 5.2 | IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2380 | 1 - 0 |
Enxtuul Altanolzii | 1977 | |
| 5.3 | IM | Madl Ildiko | 2376 | 1 - 0 |
Nyamtuya Onorjargal | 1958 | |
| 5.4 | WIM | Schneider Veronika | 2315 | 0 - 1 |
Munhchuluun Cegmed | 1969 | |
| Bo. | 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
11 | India (IND) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Harika Dronavalli | 2462 |
| 6.2 | WGM | Djingarova Emilia | 2352 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Tania Sachdev | 2425 |
| 6.3 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2318 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Swathi Ghate | 2320 |
| 6.4 | WFM | Raeva Elitsa | 2251 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2298 |
| Bo. | 10 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
24 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | IM | Maric Alisa | 2405 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Le Thanh Tu | 2324 |
| 7.2 | IM | Bojkovic Natasa | 2420 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | 2304 |
| 7.3 | WGM | Stojanovic Andjelija | 2357 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Le Kieu Thien Kim | 2291 |
| 7.4 | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2360 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | 2250 |
| Bo. | 5 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
35 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2533 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Dauletova Gulmira | 2253 |
| 8.2 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Sergeeva Maria | 2325 |
| 8.3 | IM | Collas Silvia | 2352 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Rysbayeva Aigerim | 2180 |
| 8.4 | WGM | Leconte Maria | 2349 | 1 - 0 |
WCM | Saduakassova Dinara | 1863 |
| Bo. | 37 | Ecuador (ECU) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
31 | England (ENG) | Rtg |
| 11.1 | IM | Fierro Baquero Martha L | 2361 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Houska Jovanka | 2399 |
| 11.2 | WIM | Moncayo Romero Evelyn | 2142 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2339 |
| 11.3 | Heredia Serrano Carla | 2105 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | 2178 | |
| 11.4 | Rojas Solano Jessenia | 1959 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Grigoryan-Lyell Meri | 2076 | |
| Bo. | 6 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
36 | Austria (AUT) | Rtg |
| 16.1 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2443 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Moser Eva | 2376 |
| 16.2 | WGM | Aginian Nelly | 2325 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Kopinits Anna-Christina | 2270 |
| 16.3 | WIM | Galojan Lilit | 2305 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Novkovic Julia | 2161 |
| 16.4 | WIM | Andriasian Siranush | 2290 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Mira Helene | 2115 |
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Gms | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 |
| 1 | 3 | China | CHN | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 176.0 | 61.0 | 20.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 161.0 | 55.0 | 20.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 166.0 | 60.0 | 20.0 |
| 4 | 7 | USA | USA | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 156.0 | 57.0 | 20.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Hungary | HUN | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 154.0 | 59.0 | 20.0 |
| 6 | 10 | Serbia | SRB | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 133.0 | 56.0 | 18.5 |
| 7 | 9 | Poland | POL | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 132.0 | 62.0 | 17.5 |
| 8 | 11 | India | IND | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 127.5 | 56.0 | 17.0 |
| 9 | 4 | Georgia | GEO | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 141.5 | 59.0 | 17.5 |
| 10 | 5 | France | FRA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 140.0 | 52.0 | 21.0 |
| 11 | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 134.5 | 63.0 | 16.5 |
| 12 | 14 | Slovenia | SLO | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 129.5 | 52.0 | 19.5 |
| 13 | 6 | Armenia | ARM | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 120.0 | 60.0 | 16.5 |
| 14 | 28 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 114.0 | 56.0 | 16.0 |
| 15 | 16 | Romania | ROU | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 113.0 | 53.0 | 18.0 |
| 16 | 37 | Ecuador | ECU | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 111.5 | 52.0 | 17.5 |
| 17 | 32 | Moldova | MDA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 111.5 | 51.0 | 17.0 |
| 18 | 43 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 105.0 | 50.0 | 17.0 |
A view in the playing hall
William Hook of the British Virgin Islands is playing at an Olympiad for the
seventeenth
time!. He paints and has just published a book
Nigel Short in the typical pose of an International Grandmaster
Once agains saturation crowds in front of the stage in the playing hall
The German trainer Uwe Bönsch with his players (Gustavsson and Naiditsch)
Jan Gustafsson
Arkadij Naiditsch
David Baramidze
Liviu-Dieter Nidipeanu
Andrei Istratescu
Germany against Rumania
Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler
Dresden Mayor Helma Orosz is supposed to make the first move for Aronian
"That one there – move it two squared forwards..."
Was that okay? Did I get it right? I should do this for you more often.
Alexander Grischuk lost to Gabriel Sargissian
Germany vs Italy – 2:2
The German team with WFM Sarah Hoolt and WGM Marta Michna (who won her game)
IM Elena Sedina 2365, defeated IM Elisabeth Paehtz, 2471, with the black pieces
Elli Pähtz (pronounced pay-ts), a former Women's Junior World Champion
IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska, 2371, playing on
board two for Germany
WGM Marta Michna, 2399
WFM Sarah Hoolt, 2274
The leading Chinese girls with Zhao Xue (left) and Hou Yifan
IM Irina Krush of the US leans across with determination against young Hou Yifan
Crowds around the match-up Russia (with Kramnik) against Armenia (Akopian, Aronian)
Everyone's favourite: Natalia Pogonina of Russia
GM Ekaterina Lahno, top board for Ukraine
US IM Zatonskih Anna, rated 2440
Italio-American prodigy Fabiano Caruana
Anastasia Gavrilova
Ukraine vs China
India vs France, with Harikrishna, 2659 facing Vachier-Lagrave, 2716. The latter
won.
Azerbaijan vs England – 2:2
Tatiana Kosintseva, Alexandra Kosteniuk from the Russian women't team
Nadeshda Kosintseva has a free day and does some video
The Netherlands vs Ukraine: Arlette van Weersel and Marlies Bensdorp against
Inna Gaponenko and Natalia Zdebskaja
Swedish GM Pia Cramling
Fatima Reis from Angola
Sonia Rosalina
Valquiria Rocha
Nelma Lopes
Helgi Dam Ziska of the Faroe Islands beat amongst other Loek van Wely
Heini Olsen
Martin Poulsen
Joan Hendrik Andreasen
TV ChessBase
Leontxo Garcia interviews Uvencio Blanco
Natalia Straub, Melanie Ohme, Manuela Mader
André Schulz and Arthur Kogan
Emil Sutovsky reports on the negotiations with FIDE regarding the Kamsky-Topalov
match
Lars Bo Hansen analyses
Boris Avrukh shows us a crazy game
David Baramidze scored a valuable point for Germany today
Fabiano Caruana played a great game in round seven
Anna Sharevich (right) won her game nicely in the ending
Hou Yifan beat Irina Krush
The ChessBase video team: Natalia und Carsten Straub
Pictures by Carsten Straub and André Schulz in Dresden
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