38th Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008
The 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.
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Round four men's section
The sensation of the fourth round was the victory by Germany over Spain (with
Arkadij Naiditsch using the Berlin Defence taking a full point with black from
Alexei Shirov), which put Germany in first place, a few tiebreak points ahead
of Russia. Both teams have won all their matches so far. In round four Russia
beat India when Krishnan Sasikiran agreed to a draw against Vladimir Kramnik
in a promising position ("Sashi" had very little time on his clock)
and Surya Ganguly succumbed to Alexander Grischuk. Ukraine and Armenia drew
all their games against each other and are both now in the group with 7/8 points.
In a bit of a political match eight seed Israel defeated 49th seed Egypt, with
GMs Gelfand and Avrukh scoring the winning points. Egypt struck back with a
consolution point scored by Egyptian FM Abdel Razik Khaled, rated 2406, against
Israeli GM Postny Evgeny, 2674.
Bo. |
2 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
9 |
Armenia (ARM) |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2786 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Aronian Levon |
2757 |
1.2 |
GM |
Karjakin Sergey |
2730 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2679 |
1.3 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2680 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2642 |
1.4 |
GM |
Volokitin Andrei |
2659 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Petrosian Tigran L |
2629 |
Bo. |
12 |
Spain (ESP) |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
11 |
Germany 1 (GER1) |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Shirov Alexei |
2726 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2678 |
2.2 |
GM |
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
2664 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Khenkin Igor |
2647 |
2.3 |
GM |
Illescas Cordoba Miguel |
2604 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Fridman Daniel |
2630 |
2.4 |
GM |
Khamrakulov Ibragim S |
2580 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Baramidze David |
2557 |
Bo. |
19 |
Norway (NOR) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
15 |
England (ENG) |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Carlsen Magnus |
2786 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Adams Michael |
2734 |
3.2 |
GM |
Agdestein Simen |
2588 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
2642 |
3.3 |
GM |
Johannessen Leif Erlend |
2545 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Howell David W L |
2593 |
3.4 |
IM |
Hammer Jon Ludvig |
2522 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Jones Gawain C B |
2548 |
Bo. |
1 |
Russia (RUS) |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
13 |
India (IND) |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Kramnik Vladimir |
2772 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Sasikiran Krishnan |
2694 |
4.2 |
GM |
Svidler Peter |
2727 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Harikrishna P |
2659 |
4.3 |
GM |
Grischuk Alexander |
2719 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar |
2603 |
4.4 |
GM |
Morozevich Alexander |
2787 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Sandipan Chanda |
2579 |
Bo. |
14 |
Romania (ROU) |
Rtg |
1 : 3 |
5 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg |
5.1 |
GM |
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
2684 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Leko Peter |
2747 |
5.2 |
GM |
Istratescu Andrei |
2633 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Polgar Judit |
2711 |
5.3 |
GM |
Parligras Mircea |
2611 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan |
2663 |
5.4 |
GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
2594 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Berkes Ferenc |
2645 |
Bo. |
4 |
Azerbaijan (AZE) |
Rtg |
3 : 1 |
10 |
United States (USA) |
Rtg |
6.1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2752 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Kamsky Gata |
2729 |
6.2 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2731 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Nakamura Hikaru |
2704 |
6.3 |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar |
2703 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Onischuk Alexander |
2644 |
6.4 |
GM |
Huseynov Gadir |
2650 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Shulman Yuri |
2616 |
Bo. |
72 |
Faroe Islands (FAI) |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
20 |
Netherlands (NED) |
Rtg |
7.1 |
IM |
Ziska Helgi Dam |
2416 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Van Wely Loek |
2618 |
7.2 |
FM |
Olsen Heini |
2376 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Stellwagen Daniel |
2605 |
7.3 |
IM |
Rodgaard John |
2383 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
L'Ami Erwin |
2610 |
7.4 |
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Andreasen Joan Hendrik |
2179 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Werle Jan |
2582 |
Bo. |
109 |
Malta (MLT) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
21 |
Poland (POL) |
Rtg |
8.1 |
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Sorensen Torben |
2383 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Socko Bartosz |
2631 |
8.2 |
CM |
Pace Colin |
2148 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw |
2599 |
8.3 |
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Borg Andrew |
2112 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Gajewski Grzegorz |
2577 |
8.4 |
|
Zerafa Robert |
1991 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Bartel Mateusz |
2602 |
Bo. |
57 |
Ireland (IRL) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
29 |
Bosnia Herzegovina (BIH) |
Rtg |
9.1 |
GM |
Baburin Alexander |
2544 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Nikolic Predrag |
2669 |
9.2 |
IM |
Kelly Brian |
2488 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Predojevic Borki |
2615 |
9.3 |
IM |
Collins Sam E |
2412 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Saric Ibro |
2559 |
9.4 |
IM |
Heidenfeld Mark |
2364 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Stojanovic Dalibor |
2455 |
Bo. |
39 |
Former Yug Rep Macedonia |
Rtg |
0 : 4 |
3 |
China (CHN) |
Rtg |
10.1 |
GM |
Georgiev Vladimir |
2517 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Wang Yue |
2736 |
10.2 |
GM |
Stanojoski Zvonko |
2502 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Bu Xiangzhi |
2714 |
10.3 |
GM |
Mitkov Nikola |
2556 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Ni Hua |
2710 |
10.4 |
IM |
Colovic Aleksandar |
2458 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Wang Hao |
2696 |
Bo. |
91 |
El Salvador (ESA) |
Rtg |
0 : 4 |
35 |
Lithuania (LTU) |
Rtg |
11.1 |
IM |
Leyva Hector |
2399 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Kveinys Aloyzas |
2533 |
11.2 |
IM |
Arias Lemmys A |
2372 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Rozentalis Eduardas |
2577 |
11.3 |
FM |
Chavez Ricardo Ernesto |
2226 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Zagorskis Darius |
2509 |
11.4 |
FM |
Martinez Nelson |
2149 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Sarakauskas Gediminas |
2429 |
Bo. |
44 |
Italy (ITA) |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
36 |
Switzerland (SUI) |
Rtg |
12.1 |
GM |
Caruana Fabiano |
2640 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Korchnoi Viktor |
2584 |
12.2 |
GM |
Godena Michele |
2517 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Pelletier Yannick |
2557 |
12.3 |
IM |
Shytaj Luca |
2472 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Jenni Florian |
2543 |
12.4 |
IM |
Brunello Sabino |
2455 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Gallagher Joseph G |
2480 |
Bo. |
65 |
Ecuador (ECU) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
22 |
Serbia (SRB) |
Rtg |
13.1 |
GM |
Matamoros Franco Carlos S |
2525 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Solak Dragan |
2595 |
13.2 |
IM |
Pazos Gambarrotti Plinio |
2327 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Kovacevic Aleksandar |
2581 |
13.3 |
|
Aucay Pelaez Mauro |
2335 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Perunovic Milos |
2580 |
13.4 |
|
Macias Murillo Bryan |
2333 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Vuckovic Bojan |
2561 |
Bo. |
61 |
Portugal (POR) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
17 |
Georgia (GEO) |
Rtg |
14.1 |
GM |
Galego Luis |
2484 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Jobava Baadur |
2664 |
14.2 |
IM |
Damaso Rui |
2425 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Mchedlishvili Mikheil |
2615 |
14.3 |
IM |
Rocha Sergio |
2417 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Pantsulaia Levan |
2580 |
14.4 |
FM |
Pereira Ruben |
2437 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Arutinian David |
2584 |
Bo. |
73 |
Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
25 |
Slovakia (SVK) |
Rtg |
15.1 |
IM |
Mas Hafizulhelmi |
2439 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Ftacnik Lubomir |
2571 |
15.2 |
FM |
Lim Yee-Weng |
2396 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Markos Jan |
2557 |
15.3 |
FM |
Mok Tze-Meng |
2308 |
0 - 1 |
GM |
Petrik Tomas |
2487 |
15.4 |
|
Edward Lee Kim Han |
0 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Vavrak Peter |
2478 |
Bo. |
8 |
Israel (ISR) |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
49 |
Egypt (EGY) |
Rtg |
16.1 |
GM |
Gelfand Boris |
2719 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Adly Ahmed |
2586 |
16.2 |
GM |
Roiz Michael |
2677 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Amin Bassem |
2560 |
16.3 |
GM |
Avrukh Boris |
2657 |
1 - 0 |
IM |
Ezat Mohamed |
2425 |
16.4 |
GM |
Postny Evgeny |
2674 |
0 - 1 |
FM |
Abdel Razik Khaled |
2406 |
Bo. |
32 |
Denmark (DEN) |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
55 |
Bangladesh (BAN) |
Rtg |
17.1 |
GM |
Hansen Lars Bo |
2570 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Rahman Ziaur |
2510 |
17.2 |
GM |
Nielsen Peter Heine |
2662 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Hossain Enamul |
2494 |
17.3 |
GM |
Schandorff Lars |
2520 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Abdulla Al-Rakib |
2522 |
17.4 |
IM |
Glud Jakob Vang |
2444 |
0 - 1 |
FM |
Minhazuddin Ahmed |
2377 |
Bo. |
27 |
Greece (GRE) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
38 |
Philippines (PHI) |
Rtg |
18.1 |
GM |
Papaioannou Ioannis |
2597 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
So Wesley |
2610 |
18.2 |
GM |
Kotronias Vasilios |
2587 |
1 - 0 |
GM |
Gonzales Jayson |
2469 |
18.3 |
GM |
Halkias Stelios |
2584 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Gomez John Paul |
2519 |
18.4 |
GM |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
2572 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Laylo Darwin |
2507 |
Bo. |
6 |
Bulgaria (BUL) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
70 |
Mongolia (MGL) |
Rtg |
19.1 |
GM |
Topalov Veselin |
2791 |
1 - 0 |
|
Gundavaa Bayarsaihan |
2458 |
19.2 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2696 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Hatanbaatar Bazar |
2375 |
19.3 |
GM |
Delchev Aleksander |
2632 |
1 - 0 |
|
Oyunbaatar Tumendemberel |
2306 |
19.4 |
GM |
Iotov Valentin |
2532 |
1 - 0 |
|
Bayarmandah Balgan |
2339 |
Rk. |
SNo |
Team |
Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
- |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
1 |
11 |
Germany 1 |
GER1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
54.0 |
18.0 |
12.5 |
2 |
1 |
Russia |
RUS |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
51.0 |
18.0 |
11.0 |
3 |
9 |
Armenia |
ARM |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
53.0 |
18.0 |
13.0 |
4 |
5 |
Hungary |
HUN |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
50.5 |
16.0 |
11.5 |
5 |
19 |
Norway |
NOR |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
47.0 |
19.0 |
10.5 |
6 |
4 |
Azerbaijan |
AZE |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
47.0 |
18.0 |
12.0 |
7 |
15 |
England |
ENG |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
44.5 |
18.0 |
11.5 |
8 |
2 |
Ukraine |
UKR |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
44.0 |
19.0 |
9.5 |
9 |
20 |
Netherlands |
NED |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
40.0 |
15.0 |
11.0 |
10 |
13 |
India |
IND |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
44.0 |
18.0 |
10.5 |
11 |
21 |
Poland |
POL |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
42.0 |
16.0 |
12.0 |
12 |
3 |
China |
CHN |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
41.0 |
18.0 |
11.0 |
13 |
37 |
Vietnam |
VIE |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
40.5 |
15.0 |
12.5 |
14 |
8 |
Israel |
ISR |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
39.5 |
16.0 |
10.0 |
15 |
12 |
Spain |
ESP |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
39.0 |
18.0 |
10.5 |
16 |
28 |
Slovenia |
SLO |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
39.0 |
17.0 |
11.0 |
17 |
35 |
Lithuania |
LTU |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
38.0 |
15.0 |
11.0 |
18 |
22 |
Serbia |
SRB |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
37.0 |
16.0 |
10.5 |
19 |
30 |
Sweden |
SWE |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
37.0 |
16.0 |
10.5 |
20 |
25 |
Slovakia |
SVK |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
37.0 |
15.0 |
12.0 |
Round four women's section
In this section China and Poland have won all their matches and lead with 8/8,
Russia being ahead on tiebreak points. In the second group with 7/8 we find
Russia, Hungary, Georgia and India.
Bo. |
8 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
4 |
Georgia (GEO) |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Hoang Thanh Trang |
2483 |
½ - ½ |
GM |
Chiburdanidze Maia |
2489 |
1.2 |
IM |
Vajda Szidonia |
2380 |
1 - 0 |
IM |
Dzagnidze Nana |
2503 |
1.3 |
IM |
Madl Ildiko |
2376 |
½ - ½ |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2473 |
1.4 |
WGM |
Rudolf Anna |
2318 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Lomineishvili Maia |
2437 |
Bo. |
11 |
India (IND) |
Rtg |
3 : 1 |
12 |
Germany 1 (GER1) |
Rtg |
2.1 |
IM |
Harika Dronavalli |
2462 |
½ - ½ |
IM |
Paehtz Elisabeth |
2471 |
2.2 |
IM |
Tania Sachdev |
2425 |
1 - 0 |
IM |
Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino |
2371 |
2.3 |
WGM |
Swathi Ghate |
2320 |
½ - ½ |
WGM |
Michna Marta |
2399 |
2.4 |
WGM |
Gomes Mary Ann |
2298 |
1 - 0 |
WFM |
Hoolt Sarah |
2274 |
Bo. |
3 |
China (CHN) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
6 |
Armenia (ARM) |
Rtg |
3.1 |
WGM |
Hou Yifan |
2578 |
1 - 0 |
IM |
Danielian Elina |
2513 |
3.2 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2518 |
½ - ½ |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2443 |
3.3 |
WGM |
Shen Yang |
2450 |
1 - 0 |
WGM |
Aginian Nelly |
2325 |
3.4 |
|
Tan Zhongyi |
2395 |
1 - 0 |
WIM |
Galojan Lilit |
2305 |
Bo. |
10 |
Serbia (SRB) |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
9 |
Poland (POL) |
Rtg |
4.1 |
IM |
Maric Alisa |
2405 |
½ - ½ |
IM |
Socko Monika |
2434 |
4.2 |
IM |
Bojkovic Natasa |
2420 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Rajlich Iweta |
2404 |
4.3 |
WGM |
Stojanovic Andjelija |
2357 |
1 - 0 |
WGM |
Zawadzka Jolanta |
2378 |
4.4 |
WGM |
Benderac Ana |
2310 |
0 - 1 |
WIM |
Majdan Joanna |
2284 |
Bo. |
67 |
Indonesia (INA) |
Rtg |
0 : 4 |
1 |
Russia (RUS) |
Rtg |
5.1 |
WIM |
Sukandar Irine Kharisma |
2303 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2513 |
5.2 |
|
Lindiawati Evi |
2121 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2468 |
5.3 |
|
Dewi Aa Citra |
1802 |
0 - 1 |
IM |
Korbut Ekaterina |
2459 |
5.4 |
|
Kadek Iin Dwijayanti |
1859 |
0 - 1 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2474 |
Bo. |
2 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
23 |
Lithuania (LTU) |
Rtg |
6.1 |
WGM |
Zhukova Natalia |
2488 |
½ - ½ |
IM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2512 |
6.2 |
IM |
Ushenina Anna |
2496 |
0 - 1 |
WIM |
Daulyte Deimante |
2278 |
6.3 |
IM |
Gaponenko Inna |
2473 |
½ - ½ |
WFM |
Limontaite Simona |
2197 |
6.4 |
WGM |
Zdebskaja Natalia |
2419 |
1 - 0 |
|
Ziogaite Jovita |
2093 |
Bo. |
57 |
Mexico (MEX) |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
18 |
Czech Republic (CZE) |
Rtg |
7.1 |
WIM |
Esquivel De Leon Aurora |
2037 |
1 - 0 |
WGM |
Nemcova Katerina |
2369 |
7.2 |
WIM |
Hernandez Guerrero Yadira |
2228 |
½ - ½ |
WGM |
Kulovana Eva |
2286 |
7.3 |
WIM |
Guerrero Alejandra |
2143 |
0 - 1 |
WGM |
Richtrova Eliska |
2270 |
7.4 |
|
Real Pereyra Diana Karime |
1766 |
0 - 1 |
WFM |
Pertlova Sona |
2239 |
Bo. |
58 |
Denmark (DEN) |
Rtg |
0 : 4 |
25 |
Cuba (CUB) |
Rtg |
8.1 |
WIM |
Hansen Evgenia |
2169 |
0 - 1 |
WGM |
Arribas Robaina Maritza |
2303 |
8.2 |
WFM |
De Blecourt Sandra |
2078 |
0 - 1 |
WGM |
Pina Vega Sulennis |
2286 |
8.3 |
|
Fredericia Louise |
2095 |
0 - 1 |
WIM |
Linares Napoles Oleiny |
2261 |
8.4 |
|
Treppendahl Trine |
2049 |
0 - 1 |
WIM |
Marrero Lopez Yaniet |
2260 |
Bo. |
16 |
Romania (ROU) |
Rtg |
4 : 0 |
52 |
ICSC (ICSC) |
Rtg |
9.1 |
IM |
Peptan Corina-Isabela |
2430 |
1 - 0 |
WIM |
Baklanova Tatiana |
2231 |
9.2 |
WGM |
Cosma Elena Luminita |
2340 |
1 - 0 |
WFM |
Ryvova Anna |
2009 |
9.3 |
WIM |
Paulet Iozefina |
2307 |
1 - 0 |
WIM |
Gerasimova Olga |
2316 |
9.4 |
WGM |
Motoc Alina |
2313 |
1 - 0 |
WCM |
Mucha Annegret |
1965 |
Bo. |
17 |
Netherlands (NED) |
Rtg |
3 : 1 |
60 |
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
Rtg |
10.1 |
FM |
Schuurman Petra |
2324 |
½ - ½ |
|
Tilenbaeva Janyl |
2037 |
10.2 |
WIM |
Bensdorp Marlies |
2303 |
½ - ½ |
WIM |
Ostry Irina |
2183 |
10.3 |
WIM |
Van Weersel Arlette |
2209 |
1 - 0 |
|
Lim Greta |
2072 |
10.4 |
|
Schut Lisa |
2153 |
1 - 0 |
|
Shyngys Kyzy Aijarkyn |
1707 |
Rk. |
SNo |
Team |
Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
- |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
1 |
3 |
China |
CHN |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
54.0 |
18.0 |
12.5 |
2 |
9 |
Poland |
POL |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
51.0 |
18.0 |
12.5 |
3 |
1 |
Russia |
RUS |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
56.0 |
19.0 |
13.0 |
4 |
8 |
Hungary |
HUN |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
52.5 |
18.0 |
13.0 |
5 |
4 |
Georgia |
GEO |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
47.0 |
19.0 |
10.0 |
6 |
11 |
India |
IND |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
44.0 |
17.0 |
10.5 |
7 |
16 |
Romania |
ROU |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
44.5 |
17.0 |
12.5 |
8 |
10 |
Serbia |
SRB |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
42.0 |
20.0 |
10.5 |
9 |
17 |
Netherlands |
NED |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
39.0 |
18.0 |
10.0 |
10 |
25 |
Cuba |
CUB |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
39.0 |
14.0 |
13.0 |
11 |
18 |
Czech Republic |
CZE |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
39.0 |
14.0 |
11.5 |
12 |
2 |
Ukraine |
UKR |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
37.5 |
14.0 |
10.5 |
13 |
23 |
Lithuania |
LTU |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
37.5 |
14.0 |
10.5 |
14 |
14 |
Slovenia |
SLO |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
37.0 |
15.0 |
12.0 |
15 |
7 |
USA |
USA |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
37.0 |
14.0 |
11.5 |
16 |
6 |
Armenia |
ARM |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
36.5 |
19.0 |
10.5 |
17 |
21 |
Israel |
ISR |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
36.0 |
17.0 |
10.0 |
18 |
24 |
Vietnam |
VIE |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
36.0 |
16.0 |
11.0 |
19 |
5 |
France |
FRA |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
35.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
20 |
40 |
Norway |
NOR |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
35.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
I was in Dresden!
By Lakhdar Mazouz
After some unexpected downs during the first two rounds, the Olympiads have
entered their normal routine: routine in the sense that players are getting
used to the new regulations adopted by FIDE and have become accustomed to transport
from and to the playing scene.
The interest of the media and the public is huge. On Saturday, the Congress
hall where the chess is being played, was totally crowded. People of all ages
were moving around like ants, never tired to watch the games on the screens,
to throw a glimpse on the playing ground, to watch eagerly on a big board live
comments and analysis made with great command by GM S. Polgar or GM K. Bischof.
Moreover, numerous fans invaded shops selling chess material, books and souvenirs.
All eyes were focused on the super stars like Kramnik, Topalov, Carlsen, Aronian,
Leko, Kamsky and Polgar. But there was also a big interest in the diversity
of chess players coming from all continents. It is always a special happening
during the Olympiads when so many nations meet and commune together. Chess is
indeed one of the few sport activities that makes this possible.
With each round, the playing ground, although very vast, gives the impression
of being overfilled with such gathering of players, arbiters, officials and
spectators. This is not surprising when a record number of teams compete for
the privilege of getting the much revered medals. One can sense the excitement
and fiber that radiate in the playing hall. The whole atmosphere is unique.
There is nothing so nice and attractive in chess to compare with the Olympiads.
Furthermore, this exceptional gathering is taking place in Dresden, a city
with a long and rich history, known to host many monuments such as the “
Frauenkirche” Church, a city that encourages culture and arts and that
is proud of its impressive achievements through the years. Olympiad participants
must certainly be happy to belong to the very few selected people who will say
later: I was in Dresden!
Source: FIDE
Pictorial impressions from Round Four
By André Schulz and Carsten Straub

Armenis vs Ukraine: Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian

Levon Aronian, top Armenian GM

Top Ukrainians Sergey Karjakin and Vassily Ivanchuk

Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L Petrosian on the Armenian side

Andrej Volokitin and Zahar Efimenko

The ceremonial first moves were made by Prof. Christian Hesse and actor/singer
Vaile

Vaile, a keen amateur player, executes the first move on the board of Hoang
Thanh Trang

Naiditsch, Igor Khenkin, playing for Germany

David Baramidze, who scored a valuable point for Germany in round four

Elisabeth Pähtz and Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska on the German women's team

Tania Sachdev and Harika Dronavalli

Tania

Elisabeth Pähtz

Sara Hoolt

Marta Michna

Lela Javakhishvili, Maia Lomineishvili

Top Hungarian player Hoang Thanh Trang, originally from Vietnam

"Commonwelth Team" Nigel Short and Pentala Harikrishna

Pentala Harikrishna, one of India's top GMs

India vs Russia, with Harikrishna and Sasikiran facting Svidler and Kramnik

Surya Ganguly, Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grischuk

In a good mood: Peter Svidler and Vlad Kramnik

Alexander Morozevich

Veselin Topalov

Ivan Cheparinov

Leko and Polgar playing for Hungary

Bartosz Socko

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

Fabiano Caruana, playing for Italy

Michele Godena, Italy

Sabino Brunello

Luca Shytaj

Vasilios Kotronias, Greece

Susanto Megaranto , Indonesien

Sadikin Irwanto

Simbolon Yohannes

Farid Firmansyah

Pia Cramling, Sweden

Poland with Monicka Socko and Iweta Rajlich

Jolanta Zawadzka, Joanna Majdan

Lorena Zepeda

Sonia Zepeda

Gabriela Avelar

Ingrid Sanchez

Batkhuyag Munguntuul if Mongolia

Dulamsuren Yanjindulam

Altanolzii Enxtuul

Cegmed Munhchuluun

Yelena Dembo

Anna-Maria Botsari

Marina Makropoulou

Ekaterini Fakhiridou

Mira Dedijer, Bosnien-Herzegowina

Nermina Malokas

German players Elisabeth Pähtz and Melanie Ohme

The "Bulgarian Delegation"
TV ChessBase

Today our star guest with André Schulz: Sophie Leko

Sophie Leko revealed the secrets of what it is like to be married to a GM

André Schulz interviews Chief Arbiter Ignatius Leong

Jobava Baduur after his win against Vassily Ivanschuk
Pictures by Carsten Straub and André Schulz in Dresden
Live coverage on Playchess
A selection of 32 games will be broadcast live on our chess server Playchess.com.
There will also be live video interviews with players after their games.
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