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Armenia defeated China 2.5:1.5, with Vladimir Akopian taking the point in an amazing game against Zhang Zhong on board two (Gabriel Sargissian discovered that drawing was an option he had so far overlooked). That gave back the Armenians their two-point lead. France vs the USA ended 2:2, but what a drama that was. At one stage it looked as though France would crush the US 3.5:0.5, but then Christian Bauer turned a win into a selfmate; and Nakamura swindled Fressinet in an ending where he was two pawns down. Russia beat Ukraine 3:1, with Peter Svidler and Evgeny Bareev scoring. The Russians are now back in third place. The Czech Republic, with David Navara on board one, scored heavily against Slovenia (3.5:0.5) to occupy fourth place.
China (left with Bu) vs Armenia (right with Aronian)
| 3 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
12 | China (CHN) | Rtg |
| GM | Aronian Levon | 2756 | ½-½ |
GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2640 |
| GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2706 | 1-0 |
GM | Zhang Zhong | 2640 |
| GM | Asrian Karen | 2646 | ½-½ |
GM | Wang Yue | 2598 |
| GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2612 | ½-½ |
GM | Ni Hua | 2607 |
Russia (left with Kramnik) vs Ukraine (right with Ivanchuk)
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 1:3 |
1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg |
| GM | Ivanchuk Vasyl | 2731 | ½-½ |
GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2729 |
| GM | Volokytin Andrei | 2660 | 0-1 |
GM | Svidler Peter | 2743 |
| GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2661 | ½-½ |
GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 |
| GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2648 | 0-1 |
GM | Bareev Evgeny | 2701 |
USA (left) vs France (right)
| 5 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 2:2 |
7 | USA (USA) | Rtg |
| GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2708 | 1-0 |
GM | Kamsky Gata | 2671 |
| GM | Lautier Joel | 2682 | ½-½ |
GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2650 |
| GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2633 | ½-½ |
GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2664 |
| GM | Bauer Christian | 2638 | 0-1 |
GM | Ibragimov Ildar | 2637 |
India (left with Anand) vs Cuba (right with Bruzon)
| 18 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
2 | India (IND) | Rtg |
| GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2652 | ½-½ |
GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2803 |
| GM | Dominguez Perez L | 2647 | ½-½ |
GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2692 |
| GM | Nogueira Santiago J | 2556 | ½-½ |
GM | Harikrishna P | 2680 |
| GM | Arencibia Rodriguez W | 2535 | ½-½ |
GM | Ganguly Surya | 2578 |
Slovenia (with Beliavsky) vs Czech Republic (with David Navara)
| 20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | 3½:½ |
32 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg |
| GM | Navara David | 2658 | 1-0 |
GM | Beliavsky Alexander | 2622 |
| GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2583 | ½-½ |
GM | Pavasovic Dusko | 2534 |
| GM | Kalod Radek | 2495 | 1-0 |
GM | Sermek Drazen | 2523 |
| IM | Cvek Robert | 2503 | 1-0 |
IM | Borisek Jure | 2508 |
Chinese Taipei (left) vs Ethiopa (right)
| 144 | Ethiopia (ETH) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
145 | Chin. Taipei (TPE) | Rtg |
| Woldeyes Mekitew Molla | 0 | ½-½ |
Yueh Wei Po | 2088 | ||
| Belachew Kebadu | 0 | 1-0 |
Hicks Robert Paul | 0 | ||
| Gebregziabher Gebre | 0 | 1-0 |
Yeh Tzu-Hao | 0 | ||
| Huluka Fikreselassie A | 0 | 0-1 |
Liu Yung Hung | 0 |
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| 1 | 3 | Armenia | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 240.0 | 19 |
| 2 | 12 | China | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27.0 | 241.0 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | Russia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26.5 | 245.5 | 14 |
| 4 | 20 | Czech Republic | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26.5 | 235.0 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | France | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26.0 | 231.5 | 16 |
| 6 | 7 | USA | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25.5 | 242.5 | 17 |
| 7 | 18 | Cuba | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25.0 | 231.0 | 14 |
| 8 | 30 | Uzbekistan | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 229.5 | 13 |
| 9 | 17 | Georgia | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24.5 | 238.5 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | Ukraine | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24.5 | 238.0 | 14 |
| 11 | 25 | Denmark | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 234.5 | 15 |
| 12 | 2 | India | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24.5 | 233.5 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | Israel | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24.5 | 228.0 | 15 |
| 14 | 16 | Hungary | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24.5 | 220.5 | 14 |
| 15 | 9 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24.5 | 220.0 | 14 |
| 16 | 15 | Romania | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24.5 | 217.5 | 12 |
| 17 | 8 | Netherlands | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24.0 | 240.5 | 13 |
| 18 | 14 | Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24.0 | 232.0 | 10 |
| 19 | 11 | Spain | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24.0 | 229.5 | 13 |
| 20 | 51 | Iran | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24.0 | 228.5 | 11 |
| 21 | 22 | Greece | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24.0 | 228.0 | 13 |
| 22 | 28 | Croatia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24.0 | 226.0 | 13 |
| 23 | 21 | Poland | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24.0 | 224.0 | 12 |
| 24 | 35 | Philippines | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24.0 | 222.5 | 12 |
| 25 | 32 | Slovenia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23.5 | 227.5 | 14 |
| 26 | 19 | Belarus | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23.5 | 227.0 | 14 |
| 27 | 23 | Moldova | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23.5 | 223.5 | 11 |
| 28 | 33 | Serbia Montenegro | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23.5 | 221.0 | 11 |
| 29 | 37 | Vietnam | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23.5 | 219.0 | 13 |
| 30 | 46 | Estonia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23.5 | 210.5 | 11 |
| 31 | 31 | Sweden | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 223.0 | 11 |
| 32 | 62 | Colombia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23.0 | 221.5 | 11 |
| 33 | 29 | Switzerland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 216.5 | 11 |
Ukraine beat Georgia 2:1 to retain their half-point lead. Russia defeated Bulgaria with the same score, with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk losing to GM Antoaneta Stefanova, and the two Kosintseva sisters winning their games. China defeated Armenia 2:1, India gave Mongolia a 3:0 thumping.
Bulgaria (left with Stefanova) vs Russia (right with Kosteniuk)
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 2 : 1 |
10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg |
| GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2540 | 0-1 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
| IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2489 | 1-0 |
WGM | Djingarova Emilia | 2319 |
| IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 | 1-0 |
WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2279 |
Georgia vs Ukraine
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 2:1 |
3 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2425 | ½-½ |
IM | Khurtsidze Nino | 2426 |
| IM | Yanovska-Gaponenko Inna | 2430 | 1-0 |
IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2454 |
| WGM | Ushenina Anna | 2397 | ½-½ |
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2410 |
Standings after ten rounds (Women)
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| 1 | 2 | Ukraine | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 178.5 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | Russia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22.5 | 185.0 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 | China | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20.5 | 187.5 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | Georgia | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20.0 | 182.5 | 15 |
| 5 | 10 | Bulgaria | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19.5 | 180.5 | 15 |
| 6 | 9 | India | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19.5 | 176.0 | 14 |
| 7 | 14 | Greece | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19.5 | 170.5 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | USA | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19.0 | 187.5 | 15 |
| 9 | 7 | Armenia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 181.5 | 14 |
| 10 | 15 | France | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19.0 | 178.0 | 12 |
| 11 | 11 | Romania | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 177.5 | 14 |
| 12 | 17 | Slovenia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19.0 | 168.0 | 12 |
| 13 | 4 | Hungary | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18.5 | 187.0 | 12 |
| 14 | 12 | Poland | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18.5 | 169.0 | 14 |
| 15 | 36 | Croatia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18.5 | 165.5 | 13 |
| 16 | 18 | Netherlands | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18.0 | 160.5 | 12 |
| 17 | 25 | Latvia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18.0 | 155.0 | 13 |
| 18 | 13 | Lithuania | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17.5 | 174.0 | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | Germany | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17.5 | 173.0 | 12 |
| 20 | 32 | Belarus | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17.5 | 173.0 | 11 |
| 21 | 23 | Vietnam | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17.5 | 172.0 | 10 |
| 22 | 16 | Slovakia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17.5 | 170.5 | 13 |
| 23 | 22 | Czech Republic | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17.5 | 162.0 | 12 |
| 24 | 27 | Ecuador | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17.5 | 161.0 | 12 |
| 25 | 60 | Philippines | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17.5 | 157.5 | 12 |
| 26 | 40 | Sweden | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17.5 | 143.0 | 13 |
Report: Frederic Friedel, pictures: Karsten Straub
The main attraction of the Playchess multimedia coverage is the live game annotations, with GM Yasser Seirawan showing spectators from all over the world the highlighs of the day's play. Yasser also does walkarounds with the camera, capturing impressions of the action that is taking place in the Oval playing hall.
Another highligh: Yasser periodically interviews interesting players or personalities. In the following sequence he is thoroughly enjoying himself discussing the games with Almira Skripchenko (France) and Anna Zatonskih (USA).
Full instructions on how to watch the video broadcasts live or later on as an archive stream are to be found here:
| 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 | |
