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The Olympiad is in its final round, which begins tomorrow, Sunday, at 10 a.m. In the evening there is a closing ceremony, and on Monday everyone leaves Turin. This means that we will most likely only report on the final standings before our departure, and use the remaining time to collect as much material as possible. Hopefully we will be able to provide some picture report, stories and reflections after we have returned to our home base.
Armenia drew France 2:2, with all games drawn. China defeated the Czech Republic, which is having a bad strech. Russia defeated Cuba 3:1, with Kramnik, Grischuk and Morozevich winning and Peter Svidler losing. This reduced the lead of the Armenians to 2.5 points, but with just one round to go there is little chance that they will miss their Gold medal. Israel scored a 2.5:1.5 victory over the USA, with Kamsky losing to Gelfand and Nakamura beating Sutovsky. The USA is now in place 7-9 (with the Netherlands and Bulgaria). Vishy Anand lost to Pascal Charbonneau of Canada, rated almost 300 points lower than him. With the team result 1.5:2.5 number two seed India now occupies a dismal 33rd place.
Armenia vs France (with Aronian vs Bacrot)
| 5 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
3 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg |
| GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2708 | ½-½ |
GM | Aronian Levon | 2756 |
| GM | Sokolov Andrei | 2628 | ½-½ |
GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2706 |
| GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2633 | ½-½ |
GM | Asrian Karen | 2646 |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2576 | ½-½ |
GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2612 |
China vs Czech Republic
| 20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
12 | China (CHN) | Rtg |
| GM | Navara David | 2658 | ½-½ |
GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2640 |
| GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2593 | 0-1 |
GM | Zhang Pengxiang | 2623 |
| GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2551 | 0-1 |
GM | Wang Yue | 2598 |
| IM | Cvek Robert | 2503 | ½-½ |
GM | Ni Hua | 2607 |
Cuba vs Russia (with Bruzon facing Kramnik)
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
18 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg |
| GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2729 | 1-0 |
GM | Bruzon Batista L | 2652 |
| GM | Svidler Peter | 2743 | 0-1 |
GM | Dominguez Perez L | 2647 |
| GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 | 1-0 |
GM | Nogueira Santiago J | 2556 |
| GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2730 | 1-0 |
GM | Arencibia Rodriguez W | 2535 |
USA vs Israel (with Gata Kamsky facing Boris Gelfand)
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
7 | USA (USA) | Rtg |
| GM | Gelfand Boris | 2727 | 1-0 |
GM | Kamsky Gata | 2671 |
| GM | Smirin Ilia | 2662 | ½-½ |
GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2650 |
| GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2628 | 0-1 |
GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2664 |
| GM | Huzman Alexander | 2576 | 1-0 |
GM | Ibragimov Ildar | 2637 |
| Rk. | Sd | Team | |
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| 1 | 3 | Armenia | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | 342.5 | 22 |
| 2 | 12 | China | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 31.5 | 338.0 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | Russia | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31.0 | 351.0 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | France | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 30.5 | 339.0 | 19 |
| 5 | 16 | Hungary | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30.5 | 324.5 | 17 |
| 6 | 6 | Israel | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30.0 | 321.0 | 19 |
| 7 | 7 | USA | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29.5 | 340.5 | 19 |
| 8 | 8 | Netherlands | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29.5 | 334.5 | 17 |
| 9 | 10 | Bulgaria | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29.5 | 325.0 | 14 |
| 10 | 4 | Ukraine | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29.0 | 339.0 | 16 |
| 11 | 25 | Denmark | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 334.0 | 18 |
| 12 | 17 | Georgia | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29.0 | 332.0 | 19 |
| 13 | 11 | Spain | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29.0 | 325.5 | 16 |
| 14 | 21 | Poland | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29.0 | 324.5 | 15 |
| 15 | 24 | Norway | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29.0 | 321.5 | 19 |
| 16 | 20 | Czech Republic | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 28.5 | 342.0 | 16 |
| 17 | 30 | Uzbekistan | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 28.5 | 333.0 | 14 |
| 18 | 14 | Germany | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28.5 | 328.5 | 12 |
| 19 | 18 | Cuba | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28.5 | 327.5 | 16 |
| 20 | 22 | Greece | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28.5 | 324.5 | 16 |
| 21 | 9 | Azerbaijan | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28.5 | 323.0 | 16 |
| 22 | 23 | Moldova | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28.0 | 323.5 | 13 |
| 23 | 15 | Romania | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 28.0 | 317.5 | 13 |
| 24 | 13 | England | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28.0 | 313.0 | 16 |
| 25 | 41 | FYROM | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28.0 | 311.5 | 18 |
| 26 | 42 | Latvia | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28.0 | 305.5 | 13 |
| 27 | 47 | Canada | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 28.0 | 301.0 | 14 |
Ukraine defeated India 2.5:0.1, while Russia drew France 1.5:1.5. This left the Ukrainian girls two points ahead of the Russians and virtually assured of receiving the Gold medal. Russia is a point ahead of China, which drew the US team. That left the Americans a point behind in place four.
India vs Ukraine
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 2½:½ |
9 | India (IND) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2425 | 1-0 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2548 |
| IM | Lahno Katerina | 2468 | 1-0 |
WGM | Harika Dronavalli | 2358 |
| WGM | Ushenina Anna | 2397 | ½-½ |
WGM | Swathi Ghate | 2262 |
France vs Russia (with Almira Skripchenko against Tatiana Kosintseva)
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 1½:1½ |
15 | France (FRA) | Rtg |
| IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2489 | ½-½ |
IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2423 |
| IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 | ½-½ |
WGM | Leconte Maria | 2345 |
| IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2460 | ½-½ |
WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2330 |
China vs USA
| 5 | USA (USA) | Rtg | 1½:1½ |
6 | China (CHN) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zatonskih Anna | 2433 | ½-½ |
WGM | Zhao Xue | 2423 |
| IM | Krush Irina | 2437 | 1-0 |
Shen Yang | 2411 | |
| WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2371 | 0-1 |
WFM | Hou Yifan | 2298 |
Croatia vs Germany
| 8 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | 2½:½ |
36 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg |
| IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2438 | 1-0 |
WGM | Medic Mirjana | 2239 |
| IM | Kachiani-Gersinska K | 2421 | 1-0 |
WIM | Macek Vlasta | 2243 |
| WGM | Juergens Vera | 2330 | ½-½ |
WFM | Franciskovic Borka | 2144 |
Poland vs Romania
| 11 | Romania (ROM) | Rtg | 1 : 2 |
12 | Poland (POL) | Rtg |
| IM | Peptan Corina Isabela | 2408 | 0-1 |
IM | Radziewicz Iweta | 2439 |
| IM | Foisor Cristina Adela | 2392 | 1-0 |
WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2389 |
| WGM | Bogza Adina Maria | 2297 | 0-1 |
WIM | Majdan Joanna | 2297 |
Hungary vs Netherlands
| 18 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | 1½:1½ |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg |
| GM | Peng Zhao Qin | 2395 | 1-0 |
IM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2487 |
| FM | Schuurman Petra | 2258 | ½-½ |
IM | Madl Ildiko | 2387 |
| WIM | Muhren Bianca | 2253 | 0-1 |
WGM | Gara Anita | 2367 |
Standings after twelve rounds (Women)
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| 1 | 2 | Ukraine | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 253.5 | 24 |
| 2 | 1 | Russia | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26.0 | 261.5 | 19 |
| 3 | 6 | China | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 264.5 | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | USA | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23.0 | 266.5 | 18 |
| 5 | 7 | Armenia | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22.5 | 254.0 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | Georgia | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 265.0 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | Hungary | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22.0 | 264.0 | 15 |
| 8 | 9 | India | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22.0 | 258.0 | 16 |
| 9 | 15 | France | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22.0 | 254.5 | 14 |
| 10 | 14 | Greece | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22.0 | 252.5 | 18 |
| 11 | 32 | Belarus | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 248.5 | 15 |
| 12 | 12 | Poland | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22.0 | 247.0 | 17 |
| 13 | 8 | Germany | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22.0 | 245.5 | 16 |
| 14 | 17 | Slovenia | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21.5 | 243.5 | 14 |
| 15 | 23 | Vietnam | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21.5 | 242.0 | 12 |
| 16 | 26 | Cuba | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21.5 | 237.0 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | Netherlands | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21.5 | 237.0 | 15 |
| 18 | 60 | Philippines | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21.5 | 231.0 | 15 |
| 19 | 22 | Czech Republic | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 21.5 | 229.0 | 14 |
| 20 | 10 | Bulgaria | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21.0 | 261.5 | 15 |
| 21 | 11 | Romania | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21.0 | 254.0 | 14 |
| 22 | 29 | Mongolia | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21.0 | 239.5 | 15 |
| 23 | 19 | Serbia Montenegro | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21.0 | 232.0 | 13 |
| 24 | 37 | Iran | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21.0 | 228.5 | 13 |
| 25 | 16 | Slovakia | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20.5 | 246.0 | 15 |
| 26 | 20 | Israel | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20.5 | 242.0 | 16 |
| 27 | 41 | Turkey | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20.5 | 234.5 | 15 |
Report: Frederic Friedel, pictures: Karsten Straub
Gata Kamsky, board one, USA
Alexander Onischuk, board two, USA
Hikaru Nakamura, board three, USA
Vassily Ivanchuk, board one, Ukraine
WIM Arianne Caoili, Australia, 2169 (more about her later)
Natalia Straub, Firuza Kasimdzhanov
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| 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 | |
