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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. |
The summit between Germany 1 and Russia ended in four draws, with Vladimir Kramnik playing a Petroff against Arkadij Naiditsch, who had sensationally beaten him with a novelty in this opening in Dortmund earlier this year. Armenia defeated the Netherlands to join Germany and Russia in the lead, that has now swollen to six teams with 9/10 points. Ukraine is one of them, after Vassily Ivanchuk ground down Peter Leko in 127 moves and the team defeated Hungary 2½:1½. That was the score between England and Italy as well, but one must note that 16-year-old prodigy Fabiano Caruana, who beat Viktor Korchnoi yesterday, did it again with the black pieces against Michael Adams. Norway's dream trip ended when Azerbaijan took their match 3:1. Third seed China could only beat 46th seed Scotland 2½:1½, which must be regarded as a further upset in this round. Bulgaria defeated Slovenia 3½:½, with Veselin Topalov dropping the only half-point in his game against Alexander Beliavsky.
Bo. | 9 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
20 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg |
1.1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2757 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Van Wely Loek | 2618 |
1.2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2679 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Smeets Jan | 2604 |
1.3 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2642 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2605 |
1.4 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2629 | ½ - ½ |
GM | L'Ami Erwin | 2610 |
Bo. | 11 | Germany 1 (GER1) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg |
2.1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2678 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2772 |
2.2 | GM | Khenkin Igor | 2647 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 |
2.3 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2634 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2787 |
2.4 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2630 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2737 |
Bo. | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
3.1 | GM | Leko Peter | 2747 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2786 |
3.2 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2711 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2730 |
3.3 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2663 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2720 |
3.4 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2616 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2659 |
Bo. | 19 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
4 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg |
4.1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2786 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2731 |
4.2 | GM | Agdestein Simen | 2588 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2703 |
4.3 | GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2526 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Huseynov Gadir | 2650 |
4.4 | IM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2522 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Mammadov Rauf | 2631 |
Bo. | 15 | England (ENG) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
44 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg |
5.1 | GM | Adams Michael | 2734 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2640 |
5.2 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2642 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Godena Michele | 2517 |
5.3 | GM | Howell David W L | 2593 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Shytaj Luca | 2472 |
5.4 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Brunello Sabino | 2455 |
Bo. | 13 | India (IND) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
54 | Austria (AUT) | Rtg |
6.1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2694 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Ragger Markus | 2518 |
6.2 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2659 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Kindermann Stefan | 2517 |
6.3 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2603 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Atlas Valery | 2465 |
6.4 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Neubauer Martin | 2422 |
Bo. | 21 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
66 | Costa Rica (CRC) | Rtg |
7.1 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2631 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Ramirez Alejandro | 2533 |
7.2 | GM | Miton Kamil | 2604 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Gonzalez Bernal | 2432 |
7.3 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2599 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Valdes Leonardo | 2401 |
7.4 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2602 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Hernandez Basante Francisco | 2247 |
Bo. | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
46 | Scotland (SCO) | Rtg |
8.1 | GM | Wang Yue | 2736 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Rowson Jonathan | 2596 |
8.2 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2714 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Aagaard Jacob | 2528 |
8.3 | GM | Wang Hao | 2696 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Shaw John | 2469 |
8.4 | GM | Li Chao B | 2622 | ½ - ½ |
GM | McNab Colin A | 2455 |
Bo. | 37 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
16 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg |
9.1 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2567 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2719 |
9.2 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2583 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2623 |
9.3 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | 2510 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Quezada Perez Yuniesky | 2580 |
9.4 | CM | Nguyen Van Huy | 2422 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Hernandez Carmenates | 2580 |
Bo. | 32 | Denmark (DEN) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
8 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg |
10.1 | GM | Hansen Lars Bo | 2570 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Gelfand Boris | 2719 |
10.2 | GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2662 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Avrukh Boris | 2657 |
10.3 | IM | Rasmussen Allan Stig | 2513 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Postny Evgeny | 2674 |
10.4 | IM | Glud Jakob Vang | 2444 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2609 |
Bo. | 12 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
23 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg |
11.1 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2664 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Azarov Sergei | 2613 |
11.2 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2604 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2592 |
11.3 | GM | Khamrakulov Ibragim S | 2580 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2617 |
11.4 | GM | San Segundo Carrillo Pablo | 2564 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2584 |
Bo. | 28 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg |
12.1 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2619 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Topalov Veselin | 2791 |
12.2 | GM | Pavasovic Dusko | 2597 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2696 |
12.3 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2569 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2632 |
12.4 | IM | Borisek Jure | 2548 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Iotov Valentin | 2532 |
Bo. | 35 | Lithuania (LTU) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
14 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg |
13.1 | GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | 2533 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2684 |
13.2 | GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2577 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2633 |
13.3 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2572 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2594 |
13.4 | IM | Zagorskis Darius | 2509 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Vajda Levente | 2582 |
Bo. | 22 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
7 | France (FRA) | Rtg |
14.1 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2658 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2705 |
14.2 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2595 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2716 |
14.3 | GM | Perunovic Milos | 2580 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2676 |
14.4 | GM | Vuckovic Bojan | 2561 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2664 |
Bo. | 24 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
30 | Sweden (SWE) | Rtg |
15.1 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2583 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2574 |
15.2 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2593 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2543 |
15.3 | GM | Zelcic Robert | 2589 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Cicak Slavko | 2564 |
15.4 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | 2588 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2515 |
Bo. | 33 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
26 | Moldova (MDA) | Rtg |
19.1 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2672 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bologan Viktor | 2682 |
19.2 | GM | Iuldachev Saidali | 2511 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2572 |
19.3 | IM | Khamrakulov Dzhurabek | 2533 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2588 |
19.4 | GM | Barsov Alexei | 2513 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Khruschiov Alexey | 2499 |
Bo. | 50 | Turkey (TUR) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
43 | Latvia (LAT) | Rtg |
20.1 | GM | Gurevich Mikhail | 2634 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Miezis Normunds | 2557 |
20.2 | IM | Can Emre | 2464 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | 2525 |
20.3 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2436 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Meijers Viesturs | 2514 |
20.4 | FM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2387 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Lanka Zigurds | 2491 |
Bo. | 10 | United States (USA) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
131 | Hongkong (HKG) | Rtg |
26.1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2729 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Corke Anya | 2301 |
26.2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2704 | 1 - 0 |
Tsang Hon Ki | 2121 | |
26.3 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2616 | 1 - 0 |
Yu Marco | 2006 | |
26.4 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2606 | 1 - 0 |
Lam Mingo Kwok Wai | 1665 |
Mark Crowther, who compiles and edits games for the London Chess Centre's The Week in Chess service (and for the weekly downloads in ChessBase), had done a small amount of editing and correcting of the mens games from rounds 1-5. He cannot make use of the compiled PGN files for the individual rounds from the official site, he says, because he simply doesn't trust them. A number of games are misattributed, and in facth rounds 1-2 for the women actually have the men's games in them. The games above are taken from the live coverage and then processed into the normal TWIC format. Mark has tinkered with probably around 20 results and false game endings in the above files for round 1-5.
Rk. | SNo | Team | Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
- |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
1 | 1 | Russia | RUS |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
82.5 |
32.0 |
13.0 |
2 | 9 | Armenia | ARM |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
80.5 |
29.0 |
15.5 |
3 | 11 | Germany 1 | GER1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
77.5 |
28.0 |
14.5 |
4 | 4 | Azerbaijan | AZE |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
74.0 |
27.0 |
15.0 |
5 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
73.0 |
31.0 |
12.0 |
6 | 15 | England | ENG |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
62.0 |
25.0 |
14.0 |
7 | 21 | Poland | POL |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
72.5 |
25.0 |
15.5 |
8 | 13 | India | IND |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
68.0 |
28.0 |
13.5 |
9 | 30 | Sweden | SWE |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
68.0 |
26.0 |
13.5 |
10 | 17 | Georgia | GEO |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
67.0 |
28.0 |
12.5 |
11 | 14 | Romania | ROU |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
67.0 |
25.0 |
13.5 |
12 | 6 | Bulgaria | BUL |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
64.5 |
23.0 |
15.5 |
13 | 3 | China | CHN |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
64.0 |
27.0 |
13.5 |
14 | 8 | Israel | ISR |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
60.0 |
24.0 |
13.5 |
15 | 29 | Bosnia Herzeg. | BIH |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
58.0 |
22.0 |
13.5 |
16 | 7 | France | FRA |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
54.0 |
23.0 |
13.5 |
17 | 5 | Hungary | HUN |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
73.0 |
28.0 |
13.0 |
18 | 20 | Netherlands | NED |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
70.5 |
30.0 |
12.5 |
19 | 19 | Norway | NOR |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
68.0 |
33.0 |
11.5 |
20 | 12 | Spain | ESP |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
65.0 |
29.0 |
12.5 |
21 | 37 | Vietnam | VIE |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
64.5 |
26.0 |
14.5 |
22 | 27 | Greece | GRE |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
64.0 |
27.0 |
13.0 |
23 | 10 | United States | USA |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
61.5 |
29.0 |
13.0 |
24 | 23 | Belarus | BLR |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
58.0 |
27.0 |
12.0 |
25 | 16 | Cuba | CUB |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
57.5 |
27.0 |
12.0 |
26 | 41 | Germany 2 | GER2 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
56.0 |
27.0 |
12.0 |
27 | 45 | Iceland | ISL |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
54.5 |
24.0 |
13.5 |
28 | 38 | Philippines | PHI |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
53.5 |
26.0 |
11.0 |
29 | 52 | Finland | FIN |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
53.0 |
22.0 |
14.0 |
30 | 26 | Moldova | MDA |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
49.5 |
25.0 |
12.0 |
31 | 59 | Colombia | COL |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
49.5 |
23.0 |
13.0 |
It's a bit early, but we might as well take a look at the top twenty performers at the Olympiad.
No. | Ti. | Name | Elo | Team | Rp | Pkt. |
Gms |
% |
Bd. |
1 | GM | Iotov Valentin | 2532 | Bulgaria | 3029 | 5.0 |
5 |
100.0 |
5 |
2 | FM | El Debs Felipe | 2447 | Brazil | 3009 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
3 |
3 | FM | Abdel Razik Khaled | 2406 | Egypt | 2993 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
5 |
4 | GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2526 | Norway | 2923 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
3 |
5 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2642 | Armenia | 2892 | 4.5 |
5 |
90.0 |
3 |
6 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2719 | Israel | 2888 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
1 |
7 | FM | Nokes Roger I | 2293 | New Zealand | 2884 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
4 |
8 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2731 | Azerbaijan | 2878 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
2 |
9 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2678 | Germany 1 | 2870 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
1 |
10 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2644 | USA | 2863 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
3 |
11 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2680 | Ukraine | 2833 | 2.5 |
3 |
83.3 |
4 |
12 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2645 | Hungary | 2833 | 2.5 |
3 |
83.3 |
5 |
13 | GM | Wang Hao | 2696 | China | 2831 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
4 |
14 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2663 | Hungary | 2826 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
3 |
15 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2787 | Russia | 2823 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
4 |
16 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2619 | Slovenia | 2819 | 3.0 |
4 |
75.0 |
1 |
17 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2642 | England | 2815 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
2 |
18 | GM | Khenkin Igor | 2647 | Germany 1 | 2805 | 3.0 |
4 |
75.0 |
2 |
19 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2786 | Norway | 2804 | 3.5 |
5 |
70.0 |
1 |
20 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2672 | Uzbekistan | 2796 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
1 |
After round four China and Poland were in the lead, but China cleared up the matter in this rould with a crushing 3½:½ victory over the rivals. Russia drew against Georgia, with the current World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk dropping a full point against former World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze. India lost to Hungary, Ukraine trounced Slovakia 3:1, as did the US team to Norway. The upset was England's 4:0 dubbing of Lithuania, which had ninth seed Viktorija Cmilyte playing on board one.
Bo. | 9 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
3 | China (CHN) | Rtg |
1.1 | IM | Socko Monika | 2434 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Hou Yifan | 2578 |
1.2 | IM | Rajlich Iweta | 2404 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2518 |
1.3 | WIM | Majdan Joanna | 2284 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Shen Yang | 2450 |
1.4 | WIM | Przezdziecka Marta | 2327 | 0 - 1 |
Tan Zhongyi | 2395 | |
Bo. | 12 | Germany 1 (GER1) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
19 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg |
2.1 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2471 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Dembo Yelena | 2446 |
2.2 | IM | Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino | 2371 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Botsari Anna-Maria | 2308 |
2.3 | WGM | Michna Marta | 2399 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Makropoulou Marina | 2265 |
2.4 | WFM | Ohme Melanie | 2237 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 2248 |
Bo. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
4 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg |
3.1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2525 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2489 |
3.2 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2513 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2473 |
3.3 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2468 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2437 |
3.4 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2474 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | 2409 |
Bo. | 11 | India (IND) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
8 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg |
4.1 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2425 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2483 |
4.2 | WGM | Mohota Nisha | 2311 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2380 |
4.3 | WGM | Swathi Ghate | 2320 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Madl Ildiko | 2376 |
4.4 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2298 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Schneider Veronika | 2315 |
Bo. | 22 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
16 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg |
5.1 | WGM | Calzetta Monica | 2328 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Peptan Corina-Isabela | 2430 |
5.2 | WGM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | 2278 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Cosma Elena Luminita | 2340 |
5.3 | WGM | Delgado Crespo Mairelys | 2277 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Paulet Iozefina | 2307 |
5.4 | WIM | Llaneza Vega Patricia | 2246 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Motoc Alina | 2313 |
Bo. | 28 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
10 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg |
6.1 | WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | 2269 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Maric Alisa | 2405 |
6.2 | WIM | Umudova Nargiz | 2219 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Bojkovic Natasa | 2420 |
6.3 | Isgandarova Khayala | 2206 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Stojanovic Andjelija | 2357 | |
6.4 | Kazimova Narmin Nizami qizi | 2171 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2360 | |
Bo. | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
15 | Slovakia (SVK) | Rtg |
10.1 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2488 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Repkova Eva | 2400 |
10.2 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2488 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Hagarova Zuzana | 2430 |
10.3 | IM | Ushenina Anna | 2496 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Pokorna Regina | 2376 |
10.4 | WGM | Zdebskaja Natalia | 2419 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Machalova Maria | 2187 |
Bo. | 23 | Lithuania (LTU) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
31 | England (ENG) | Rtg |
11.1 | IM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2512 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Houska Jovanka | 2399 |
11.2 | WIM | Daulyte Deimante | 2278 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2339 |
11.3 | WFM | Limontaite Simona | 2197 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | 2178 |
11.4 | Ziogaite Jovita | 2093 | 0 - 1 |
Bhatia Kanwal K | 2065 | ||
Bo. | 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
14 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg |
12.1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2548 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2508 |
12.2 | WGM | Djingarova Emilia | 2352 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Krivec Jana | 2345 |
12.3 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2318 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Srebrnic Ana | 2290 |
12.4 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2280 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Rozic Vesna | 2293 |
Bo. | 7 | United States (USA) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
40 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg |
13.1 | IM | Krush Irina | 2452 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Hagesaether Ellen | 2239 |
13.2 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2440 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Sahl Sheila Barth | 2219 |
13.3 | WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2359 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Bjerke Silje | 2204 |
13.4 | WFM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2286 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Tjolsen Katrine | 2110 |
Bo. | 5 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
6 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg |
14.1 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2533 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Danielian Elina | 2513 |
14.2 | IM | Collas Silvia | 2352 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2443 |
14.3 | WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2366 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Galojan Lilit | 2305 |
14.4 | WGM | Leconte Maria | 2349 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Andriasian Siranush | 2290 |
Bo. | 21 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
24 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg |
15.1 | IM | Klinova Masha | 2327 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Le Thanh Tu | 2324 |
15.2 | WGM | Igla Bella | 2254 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | 2304 |
15.3 | WIM | Vasiliev Olga | 2235 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | 2250 |
15.4 | WFM | Efroimski Marsel | 2052 | 0 - 1 |
WFM | Dang Bich Ngoc | 2186 |
Rk. | SNo | Team | Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
- |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
1 | 3 | China | CHN |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
97.0 |
30.0 |
16.0 |
2 | 8 | Hungary | HUN |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
75.5 |
27.0 |
15.5 |
3 | 1 | Russia | RUS |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
79.0 |
29.0 |
15.0 |
4 | 16 | Romania | ROU |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
75.0 |
28.0 |
15.0 |
5 | 4 | Georgia | GEO |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
74.0 |
33.0 |
12.0 |
6 | 17 | Netherlands | NED |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
69.0 |
28.0 |
13.0 |
7 | 6 | Armenia | ARM |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
68.5 |
29.0 |
13.0 |
8 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
68.5 |
24.0 |
13.5 |
9 | 9 | Poland | POL |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
67.5 |
32.0 |
13.0 |
10 | 31 | England | ENG |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
63.0 |
24.0 |
15.0 |
11 | 7 | United States | USA |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
62.5 |
23.0 |
14.5 |
12 | 43 | Uzbekistan | UZB |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
62.0 |
26.0 |
13.5 |
13 | 36 | Austria | AUT |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
58.0 |
24.0 |
13.5 |
14 | 11 | India | IND |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
68.0 |
31.0 |
12.0 |
15 | 10 | Serbia | SRB |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
65.0 |
27.0 |
12.5 |
16 | 21 | Israel | ISR |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
63.0 |
29.0 |
12.0 |
17 | 14 | Slovenia | SLO |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
60.5 |
26.0 |
14.0 |
18 | 24 | Vietnam | VIE |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
57.0 |
25.0 |
13.0 |
19 | 38 | Switzerland | SUI |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
54.5 |
24.0 |
13.0 |
20 | 28 | Azerbaijan | AZE |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
53.0 |
27.0 |
11.5 |
21 | 13 | Bulgaria | BUL |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
52.0 |
23.0 |
13.5 |
22 | 47 | Mongolia | MGL |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
50.5 |
24.0 |
11.0 |
23 | 33 | Italy | ITA |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
49.0 |
24.0 |
13.5 |
24 | 12 | Germany 1 | GER1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
47.0 |
22.0 |
11.0 |
Here, too, are the top scorers, all the way down to place 25, where we have a famous player.
No. | Title | Name | Elo | Team | Rp | Pkt. |
Gms |
% |
Bd. |
1 | IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2380 | Hungary | 2978 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
2 |
2 | Tan Zhongyi | 2395 | China | 2934 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
5 |
|
3 | IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2339 | England | 2875 | 5.0 |
5 |
100.0 |
2 |
4 | WGM | Igla Bella | 2254 | Israel | 2874 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
3 |
5 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2474 | Russia | 2864 | 3.0 |
3 |
100.0 |
5 |
6 | IM | Moser Eva | 2376 | Austria | 2790 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
1 |
7 | WGM | Zdebskaja Natalia | 2419 | Ukraine | 2765 | 4.0 |
4 |
100.0 |
5 |
8 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2548 | Bulgaria | 2672 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
1 |
9 | WGM | Hou Yifan | 2578 | China | 2655 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
1 |
10 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2450 | China | 2651 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
3 |
11 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2468 | Russia | 2639 | 4.5 |
5 |
90.0 |
3 |
12 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2489 | Georgia | 2634 | 3.0 |
4 |
75.0 |
1 |
13 | Bhatia Kanwal K | 2065 | England | 2633 | 3.0 |
3 |
100.0 |
5 |
|
14 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2455 | Netherlands | 2619 | 3.0 |
4 |
75.0 |
1 |
15 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2425 | India | 2618 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
2 |
16 | WGM | Calzetta Monica | 2328 | Spain | 2612 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
1 |
17 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2443 | Armenia | 2601 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
2 |
18 | IM | Socko Monika | 2434 | Poland | 2587 | 3.0 |
4 |
75.0 |
1 |
19 | WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2359 | USA | 2584 | 4.5 |
5 |
90.0 |
3 |
20 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2410 | Mongolia | 2580 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
1 |
21 | IM | Krush Irina | 2452 | USA | 2562 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
1 |
22 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2440 | USA | 2562 | 3.5 |
4 |
87.5 |
2 |
23 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2533 | France | 2550 | 4.0 |
5 |
80.0 |
1 |
24 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2525 | Russia | 2548 | 2.5 |
4 |
62.5 |
1 |
25 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2550 | Sweden | 2544 | 3.0 |
3 |
100.0 |
1 |
Arshak Petrosian with his daughter Sophi (who
is married to Peter Leko)
Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifah Al-Neyhan
Nigel Short with a friend
Nigel Short with two friends
Successful Austrians: Eva Moser, Helen Mira, IM Egon Brestian
Eva Moser, top board for Austria
Crowds at the start of round five...
...on the stage, in the hall and on the balconies
"I'm not afraid of you!" Russia vs Germany 1, with Kramnik vs Naiditsch
in the front
Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk
Arkadij Naiditsch playing on board one for Germany
Alexander Morozevich and Dmitry Jakovenko against Daniel Fridman and Jan
Gustafsson
Morozevich, second highest ranked player at the Olympiad (2787), playing
on board four
Many times ChessBase reporter Anastasiya Karlovich
Loek van Wely, Jan Smeets playing for Holland
Levon Aronian does not seem to be overly intimidated by the duo
Daniel Stellwagen and Erwin L'Ami vs Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran Petrosian
Gabriel Sargissian, second of Levon Aronian at big tournaments
Hungary vs Ukraine, with Judit Polgar, Peter Leko, Vassily Ivanchuk and
Sergey Karjakin
Pavel Eljanov, Zoltan Almasi (Hungary)
face Csaba Balogh, Volokitin Andrei (Ukraine)
The summit encounter China vs Polen ended 3½:½
Boards one and two for China: Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue
Hou Yifan, 14 years old, rated 2578, on board one for China
WGM Shen Yang, 2450, on board three
Tan Zhongyi, 2395, on board four
IM Elisabeth Pähtz, 2471, board one for Germany
IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersisnka, board two for Germany, rated 2371
WGM Marta Michna, board three for Germany, rated 2399
WFM Melanie Ohme, board four, rated 2237
Greetings between colleagues: Paco Vallejo und Veseling Topalov (whom he
seconds)
Topalov with his other second, Ivan Cheparinov
French star GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GM Laurent Fressinet, board two or three for France, rated 2676
Normunds Miezies
Werner Hug
Tomi Nyback
Austrian GM Markus Ragger, who held Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran to a draw
GM Stefan Kindermann
>India with Pentala Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran
Norway with Agdestein and Carlsen facting Mamedyarov and Vugar Gashimov
Simen Agdestein, Magnus Carlsen
Kjetil Lie
Scotland with Jonathan Rowson, Jacob Aagaard, John Shaw and Colin McNab
China with Wang Hao and Bu Xiangzhi
David Howell playing for England
The sensation: Fabiano Caruana beats Michael Adams with black
Lady's section : Russland vs Georgien, 2:2
Tatiana Kosinseva and Alexandra Kosteniuk facing Maia Chiburdanidze and
Lela Javakhishvili
IM Tatiana Kosintseva, rated 2413
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, Women's World Champion
Natalia Pogonina
Nadezhda Kosintseeva
Arianna Caoili
Anna Sharevich
India vs Hungary, with Nisha Mohota, Tania Sachdev, Hoang Thanh Trang and
Vajda Szidonia
Mary Ann Gomez, Ghate Swathi
England-Litunia ended with a 4:0 whitewash
Jovanka Houska
Jana Jackova, Czech Republic
Anna Endress, Hanna Maria Klek
Judit Fuchs
Manuela Mader
Eva Winkelmann
Claudia Steinbacher
Edina Sedina
TV ChessBase: André Schulz interviews the Ethiopian team
Vlastimil Hort comments
GMs Rainer Knaak and Thomas Luther on TV ChessBase
The girls from the German junior team (who won their match 4:0)
Anastasya Karlovich with Natalia Straub
Anna Zatonskih on TV ChessBase
Pictures by Carsten Straub and André Schulz in Dresden
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