Olympiad R11: Armenia on the path to Gold
6/3/2006 – A 3:1 dubbing of the rival Czech team put Armenia a full 3.5 points ahead of the field and on a clear path to the Gold medal at the 37th Olympiad in Turin. China and France are in 2-3rd place, Russia is in fourth, half a point behind. In the women's section Ukraine demolished Bulgaria 2.5:0.5, while Russia beat Georgia 2:1. Report and pictures.
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Turin 2006: After round eleven
Armenia defeated the Czech Republic 3:1, with Levon Aronian beating David Navara, and Karen Asrian defeating Vlastimil Bubla. That put Arminia a full 3.5 points ahead of their nearest rivals (China). France helped in this ranking by defeating China 2.5:1.5 (Lautier beat Zhang Zhong), which put the French squad on par with the Chinese. The US fought an incredible battle aganist Russia, with Grischuk winning, winning, winning until he lost (to a blunder – 43...fxg6?? instead of 43...Bxg3!) against Hikaru Nakamura. Gata Kamsky was quite disappointed not to have got a full point in his game against Vladimir Kramnik. The final score: 2.5:1.5 for the USA.
Czech Republic vs Armenia
| 3 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg |
| GM | Aronian Levon | 2756 | 1-0 |
GM | Navara David | 2658 |
| GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2706 | ½-½ |
GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2593 |
| GM | Asrian Karen | 2646 | 1-0 |
GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2583 |
| GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2612 | ½-½ |
GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2551 |
Russia vs USA (with Kramnik vs Kamsky on board one)
| 7 | USA (USA) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg |
| GM | Kamsky Gata | 2671 | ½-½ |
GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2729 |
| GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2650 | ½-½ |
GM | Svidler Peter | 2743 |
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2664 | 1-0 |
GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 |
| GM | Kaidanov Gregory | 2603 | ½-½ |
GM | Bareev Evgeny | 2701 |
France vs China (with Bacrot vs Bu)
| 12 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
5 | France (FRA) | Rtg |
| GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2640 | ½-½ |
GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2708 |
| GM | Zhang Zhong | 2640 | 0-1 |
GM | Lautier Joel | 2682 |
| GM | Zhang Pengxiang | 2623 | ½-½ |
GM | Sokolov Andrei | 2628 |
| GM | Ni Hua | 2607 | ½-½ |
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2576 |
Ukraine (with Ivanchuk) vs Azerbaijan (with Radjabov)
| 9 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2717 | ½-½ |
GM | Ivanchuk Vasyl | 2731 |
| GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2659 | ½-½ |
GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2661 |
| GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2617 | 0-1 |
GM | Elyanov Pavel | 2665 |
| GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2538 | 0-1 |
GM | Moiseyenko Alexander | 2662 |
Other top teams results
| 30 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
18 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg |
| GM | Kasimdzhanov R | 2673 | 0-1 |
GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2652 |
| GM | Gareyev Timur | 2522 | ½-½ |
GM | Dominguez Perez L | 2647 |
| IM | Filippov Anton | 2497 | 0-1 |
GM | Nogueira Santiago J |
2556 |
| GM | Iuldachev Saidali | 2480 | 1-0 |
GM | Quezada Perez Y | 2512 |
| 15 | Romania (ROM) | Rtg | 2:2 |
17 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg |
| GM | Nisipeanu Liviu Dieter | 2695 | ½-½ |
GM | Jobava Baadur | 2646 |
| GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2621 | 1-0 |
GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2611 |
| GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2582 | ½-½ |
GM | Kacheishvili Giorgi | 2605 |
| GM | Vajda Levente | 2511 | 0-1 |
GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2560 |
| 43 | Italy A (ITA-A) | Rtg | 2:2 |
70 | Italy B (ITA-B) | Rtg |
| GM | Godena Michele | 2537 | ½-½ |
FM | Ronchetti Niccolo | 2419 |
| GM | Garcia Palermo Carlos | 2462 | ½-½ |
FM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2402 |
| IM | Bellini Fabio | 2499 | 1-0 |
FM | Brunello Sabino | 2339 |
| IM | D'Amore Carlo | 2474 | 0-1 |
FM | Rombaldoni Denis | 2322 |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 2:2 |
25 | Denmark (DEN) | Rtg |
| GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2657 | ½-½ |
GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2646 |
| GM | Gyimesi Zoltan | 2614 | ½-½ |
GM | Hansen Sune Berg | 2555 |
| GM | Balogh Csaba | 2576 | ½-½ |
GM | Hansen Lars Bo | 2560 |
| GM | Horvath Adam | 2532 | ½-½ |
GM | Schandorff Lars | 2521 |
| 2 | India (IND) | Rtg | 1:3 |
6 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg |
| GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2803 | ½-½ |
GM | Gelfand Boris | 2727 |
| GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2692 | 0-1 |
GM | Smirin Ilia | 2662 |
| GM | Harikrishna P | 2680 | ½-½ |
GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2628 |
| GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2550 | 0-1 |
GM | Avrukh Boris | 2633 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | 3:1 |
35 | Philippines (PHI) | Rtg |
| GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2676 | ½-½ |
GM | Paragua Mark | 2617 |
| GM | Tiviakov Sergey | 2669 | ½-½ |
GM | Torre Eugene | 2543 |
| GM | Van Wely Loek | 2655 | 1-0 |
GM | Antonio Rogelio | 2539 |
| GM | Nijboer Friso | 2584 | 1-0 |
Laylo Darwin | 2406 | |
| 14 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | 3:1 |
28 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg |
| GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2664 | 1-0 |
GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2606 |
| GM | Jussupow Artur | 2608 | 0-1 |
GM | Palac Mladen | 2561 |
| GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2603 | 1-0 |
GM | Dizdar Goran | 2541 |
| GM | Graf Alexander | 2592 | 1-0 |
GM | Zelcic Robert | 2525 |
Standings after eleven rounds
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| 1 | 3 | Armenia | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 291.0 | 21 |
| 2 | 12 | China | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28.5 | 286.0 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 | France | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28.5 | 283.0 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | Russia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28.0 | 300.0 | 14 |
| 5 | 7 | USA | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 285.0 | 19 |
| 6 | 20 | Czech Republic | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27.5 | 289.0 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | Ukraine | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27.5 | 281.5 | 16 |
| 8 | 18 | Cuba | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27.5 | 273.5 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | Israel | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27.5 | 270.0 | 17 |
| 10 | 8 | Netherlands | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27.0 | 283.5 | 15 |
| 11 | 14 | Germany | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27.0 | 279.5 | 12 |
| 12 | 17 | Georgia | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26.5 | 283.5 | 17 |
| 13 | 25 | Denmark | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26.5 | 282.5 | 16 |
| 14 | 30 | Uzbekistan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26.5 | 282.0 | 13 |
| 15 | 32 | Slovenia | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26.5 | 276.5 | 16 |
| 16 | 16 | Hungary | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26.5 | 275.0 | 15 |
| 17 | 22 | Greece | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26.5 | 272.5 | 15 |
| 18 | 10 | Bulgaria | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26.5 | 272.0 | 12 |
| 19 | 24 | Norway | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26.5 | 269.0 | 17 |
| 20 | 23 | Moldova | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26.5 | 267.0 | 13 |
| 21 | 15 | Romania | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26.5 | 264.0 | 13 |
| 22 | 21 | Poland | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26.0 | 275.0 | 13 |
| 23 | 11 | Spain | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26.0 | 273.5 | 14 |
| 24 | 36 | Slovakia | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26.0 | 267.0 | 14 |
| 25 | 27 | Iceland | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26.0 | 259.5 | 13 |
| 26 | 2 | India | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25.5 | 281.0 | 13 |
| 27 | 19 | Belarus | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25.5 | 279.5 | 15 |
| 28 | 51 | Iran | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25.5 | 274.5 | 11 |
| 29 | 9 | Azerbaijan | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25.5 | 273.5 | 14 |
| 30 | 34 | Turkey | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25.5 | 268.0 | 12 |
| 31 | 37 | Vietnam | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25.5 | 266.0 | 14 |
| 32 | 41 | FYROM | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25.5 | 260.5 | 16 |
| 33 | 13 | England | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25.5 | 259.0 | 14 |
| 34 | 47 | Canada | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25.5 | 255.5 | 12 |
| 35 | 28 | Croatia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 272.0 | 13 |
| 36 | 35 | Philippines | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25.0 | 271.5 | 12 |
| 37 | 31 | Sweden | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25.0 | 269.5 | 12 |
| 38 | 29 | Switzerland | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25.0 | 261.5 | 12 |
Women's section
Ukraine demolished Bulgaria 2.5:0.5, with Katerina Lahno and Inna Yanovska-Gaponenko bringing home the full points. Meanwhile Russia defeated Georgia 2:1, which left Ukrain a full point ahead of their main rival in this Olympiad. China defeated Greece 3:0 to narrow the gap to Russia, but the Chinese girls are still a full point behind. USA beat Slovenia 2.5:1.5 and India defeated Romania 2:1 to share the next two places.
Russia vs Georgia
| 3 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | 1 : 2 |
1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg |
| IM | Khurtsidze Nino | 2426 | 0-1 |
GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2540 |
| IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2410 | ½-½ |
IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2489 |
| IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2395 | ½-½ |
IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 |
Ukraine vs Bulgaria (with Nataila Zhukova vs Antoaneta Stefanova)
| 10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | ½ :2½ |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| GM | Stefanova Ant. | 2502 | ½-½ |
WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2425 |
| WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2314 | 0-1 |
IM | Lahno Katerina | 2468 |
| WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2279 | 0-1 |
IM | Yanovska-Gaponenko I | 2430 |
Armenia vs France (with Mkrtchian vs Skripchenko)
| 15 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 1½:1½ |
7 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg |
| IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2423 | ½-½ |
IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2453 |
| WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2330 | ½-½ |
IM | Danielian Elina | 2422 |
| WGM | Lallemand Roza | 2243 | ½-½ |
WGM | Aginian Nelli | 2332 |
Germany (with Elisabeth Paehtz) vs Sweden
| 40 | Sweden (SWE) | Rtg | 1 : 2 |
8 | Germany (GER) | Rtg |
| WIM | Johansson Viktoria | 2222 | 0-1 |
IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2438 |
| WFM | Pavlovskaia Evgenia | 2182 | ½-½ |
IM | Kachiani-Gersinska K | 2421 |
| Jiretorn Eva | 2117 | ½-½ |
WGM | Juergens Vera | 2330 |
Slovenia vs USA
| 5 | USA (USA) | Rtg | 2½:½ |
17 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zatonskih Anna | 2433 | 1-0 |
WGM | Muzychuk Anna | 2418 |
| IM | Krush Irina | 2437 | ½-½ |
WGM | Srebrnic Ana | 2302 |
| WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2371 | 1-0 |
WIM | Krivec Jana | 2323 |
Greece vs China
| 6 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 3 : 0 |
14 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zhao Xue | 2423 | 1-0 |
IM | Dembo Yelena | 2464 |
| Shen Yang | 2411 | 1-0 |
WGM | Makropoulou Marina | 2305 | |
| WFM | Hou Yifan | 2298 | 1-0 |
WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 2292 |
Romania vs India
| 9 | India (IND) | Rtg | 2 : 1 |
11 | Romania (ROM) | Rtg |
| GM | Koneru Humpy | 2548 | ½-½ |
IM | Peptan Corina Isabela | 2408 |
| WGM | Harika Dronavalli | 2358 | ½-½ |
IM | Foisor Cristina Adela | 2392 |
| WGM | Swathi Ghate | 2262 | 1-0 |
WGM | Calotescu Ana Cristina | 2325 |
Standings after eleven rounds (Women)
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| 1 | 2 | Ukraine | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 214.0 | 22 |
| 2 | 1 | Russia | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24.5 | 225.5 | 18 |
| 3 | 6 | China | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23.5 | 224.5 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | USA | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21.5 | 224.5 | 17 |
| 5 | 9 | India | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21.5 | 210.5 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | Georgia | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 223.5 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | Hungary | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20.5 | 227.0 | 14 |
| 8 | 7 | Armenia | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20.5 | 216.0 | 15 |
| 9 | 15 | France | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20.5 | 214.0 | 13 |
| 10 | 10 | Bulgaria | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20.0 | 221.5 | 15 |
| 11 | 11 | Romania | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20.0 | 217.0 | 14 |
| 12 | 12 | Poland | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20.0 | 208.5 | 15 |
| 13 | 32 | Belarus | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 204.5 | 13 |
| 14 | 18 | Netherlands | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20.0 | 192.0 | 14 |
| 15 | 14 | Greece | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19.5 | 210.0 | 16 |
| 16 | 17 | Slovenia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19.5 | 206.5 | 12 |
| 17 | 8 | Germany | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19.5 | 205.5 | 14 |
| 18 | 16 | Slovakia | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19.5 | 204.0 | 15 |
| 19 | 36 | Croatia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19.5 | 204.0 | 13 |
| 20 | 25 | Latvia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19.5 | 191.0 | 14 |
| 21 | 13 | Lithuania | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19.0 | 207.5 | 13 |
| 22 | 34 | Estonia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19.0 | 205.0 | 12 |
| 23 | 20 | Israel | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19.0 | 200.5 | 15 |
| 24 | 60 | Philippines | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19.0 | 194.5 | 13 |
| 25 | 37 | Iran | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19.0 | 194.5 | 11 |
- All results from round eleven
- Round twelve pairings
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Report: Frederic Friedel, pictures: Karsten Straub
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The Timetable
| 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 | |
