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First round: The shock of the round was the loss by second seed India (without Vishy Anand, who was still playing in Sofia) to Morocco! India had rested Sasikiran and played with the rookie D.P.Singh on board 4. This move led to trouble when the top tow boards ended in a draw: Harikrishna was unable to attain a breakthrough against GM Hamdouchi while Ganguly with the white pieces was held to a draw by FM Elbilia Jacques. Karim Ismael conducted a enterprising attack against GM Sandipan Chanda and won his game, while FM Arbouche Muhamed put it across the DP Singh.
The Russian team consisting of Grischuk, Morozevich, Bareev and Rublevski wiped out the team from Kazakhstan 4-0. The same was achieved by Spain over Malasia, Netherlands over Faroe Islands, Bulgaria (without Topalov and Cheparinov) over Kyrgystan, Germany over South Africa, Greece over Thailand, Croatia over Brunei Darussalam, Turkey over Panama, Slovakia over Nepal, Latvia over Uganda, Romainia over Nicaragua, Georgia over ICSC, Poland over Yemen, Denmark (still without Peter Heine Nielsen, who was seconding Anand in Sofia) over Lebanon, Iceland over Guatemala, Philippines over Mauritius, Vietnam over Palestine, Bangladesh over Liechtenstein, Estonia over Honduras, Australia over Macau, Ireland over San Marino, Albania against Seychelles, Paraguay over Papua New Guinea, Singapore over Rwanda, Italy B over Chinese Taipei, Lithuania over Surinam, Indonesia over Namibia, Canada over Japan, Iran over Bahrain, Finland over Libya, Chile over Guernsey, Colombia over Bermuda, Luxembourg over Mozambique, Andorra over the US Virgin Islands, and Qatar against Kenya. 35 dubbings. Whew!
Ukraine, England, France and China dropped a valuable half point each, with IM Sergey Krylov of the blind chess association holding Vassily Ivanchuk to a draw. The four US GMs got only 2½:1½ against the IMs and FM of New Zealand.
Women: The Russian women's team with Kosteniuk and the two Kosintseva sisters defeated Portugal 3-0. The same score was achieved by China, Hungary (led by Hoang Thanh Trang), USA, Georgia, China, Italy A, Armenia, India (led by Koneru Humpy), Bulgaria, Romania, and many other countries.
Second round: First the dubbings. The Russian team scored a second 4-0 win, this time over Latvia. The same result was achieved by India over Cyprus, Serbia & Montenegro over Costa Rica, New Zealand over Ethiopia, Jamaica over South Korea, Faroe Islands over Liechtenstein, UAE over Afghanistan, Puerto Rico over the British Virgin Islands, Malaysia over Honduras, Yemen over Kenya, and Surinam over Rwanda.
So Russia is in the lead, even without unleashing Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler – the latter travelled from Sofia to Turin, together with Anand, Kamsky, Nielsen, Azmaiparashvili, Jobava and others.
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1 | 1 | Russia | |||||||
2 | 21 | Poland | |||||||
3 | 22 | Greece | |||||||
4 | 33 | Serbia Montenegro | |||||||
5 | 14 | Germany | |||||||
6 | 8 | Netherlands | |||||||
7 | 4 | Ukraine | |||||||
8 | 30 | Uzbekistan | |||||||
9 | 27 | Iceland | |||||||
10 | 34 | Turkey | |||||||
11 | 36 | Slovakia | |||||||
12 | 37 | Vietnam | |||||||
13 | 12 | China | |||||||
14 | 50 | Australia | |||||||
15 | 11 | Spain | |||||||
16 | 25 | Denmark | |||||||
17 | 3 | Armenia | |||||||
18 | 17 | Georgia | |||||||
19 | 61 | Colombia | |||||||
20 | 38 | Argentina | |||||||
21 | 66 | Peru |
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1 | 6 | China | |||||||
2 | 13 | Lithuania | |||||||
3 | 15 | France | |||||||
4 | 24 | Latvia | |||||||
5 | 1 | Russia | |||||||
6 | 4 | Hungary | |||||||
7 | 12 | Poland | |||||||
8 | 21 | Italy A | |||||||
9 | 11 | Romania | |||||||
10 | 28 | Mongolia | |||||||
11 | 20 | Israel | |||||||
12 | 25 | Cuba | |||||||
13 | 26 | Ecuador | |||||||
14 | 2 | Ukraine | |||||||
15 | 5 | USA | |||||||
16 | 8 | Germany | |||||||
17 | 3 | Georgia | |||||||
18 | 10 | Bulgaria | |||||||
19 | 17 | Slovenia | |||||||
20 | 44 | Bosnia Herzegovina | |||||||
21 | 47 | Mexico |
The historical city of Turin (Torino), host to the Chess Olympiad
The architectural style in Turin is known as "piemontese baroque".
The Royal palace in Piazza Castello has dozens of rooms gilded top to bottom,
and full of priceless antiquities.
Fountains – the Italians build them like no other country in the
world
The residential area for participants in the Olympic Village
The shopping street in the Village
The arrival of players and teams
Adolivio Capece, chief press officer of the Olympiad, , Geurt Gijssen,
chief arbiter, Casto Abundo, FIDE chief webmaster and ratings officer, and
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, chief of the World Chess Federation.
Vassily Ivanchuk (right) before his game against IM Sergey Krylov of the
Blind Chess Association IBCA. The game ended in a draw.
Sergey Karjakin and Efimenko Zahar Efimenko, title defenders for Ukraine
Alexander Grischuk, playing top board for Russia
Sergey Rublevsky, 2687, playing on board four for Russia
Waiting for Anand: India's top board in round one Pentala Harikrishna
Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk, second-highest rated female
player at the Olympiad (2540) and board one for the Russian women
IM Tatiana Kosintseva, 2489, board two for Russia
Sister Nadezhda Kosintseva, IM, 2469, board three
IM Irina Krush, board two for the US Women's team
WGM Rusudan Goletiani, board three for the US
WGM Zhukova Natalia, board one for Ukraine
IM Kateryna Lahno, 16, board two for Ukraine
WGM Ushenina Anna, playing on board three of Ukraine
WIM Jana Krivec, 2323, Slovenia
IM Almira Skripchenko, board one for France, with a great friend
WGM Natalia Kiseleva-Straub, who shot the photos on this page
37th Olympiad | 77th FIDE Congress | ||
May 20 2006 | 21:00 | Opening ceremony | |
May 21 2006 | 15:00 | First round | |
May 22 2006 | 15:00 | Second round | |
May 23 2006 | 15:00 | Third round | |
May 24 2006 | 15:00 | Fourth round | |
May 25 2006 | 15:00 | Fifth round | |
May 26 2006 | Rest day | ||
May 27 2006 | 15:00 | Sixth round | FIDE Commissions and committees |
May 28 2006 | 15:00 | Seventh round | |
May 29 2006 | 15:00 | Eighth round | |
May 30 2006 | 15:00 | Ninth round | Executive board, Presidential board |
May 31 2006 | 15:00 | Tenth round | |
June 1 2006 | Rest day | ||
June 2 2006 | 15:00 | Eleventh round | Continental Meeting, General Assembly |
June 3 2006 | 15:00 | Twelfth round | |
June 4 2006 | 10:00 | Thirteenth round | |
June 4 2006 | 20:30 | Closing ceremony |