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The shock of the day was Russia's 1.5:2.5 defeat at the hands of the Netherlands. The three top boards ended in draws, while Sergey Rublevsky went down in an inferno of a game against Friso Nijboer.
Rublevskiy Sergey (2687) - Nijboer,Friso (2584)
WCO 2006 Italy (6), 27.05.2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2
Ng6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.g3 Rc8 13.Rd1 Na5 14.Bd3 f5 15.d5 Qe8
16.exf5 exf5 17.Nd4 Bc5 18.Nxf5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Ne5 20.Ne3 Nac4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.b4
Ba7 23.Bb2
23...Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Ng4+ 25.Ke1 Nxe3 26.Nc3 Re8 27.Kd2 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Rf8 29.Kc2 Rf2+ 30.Kb1 Rxh2 31.a4 Rg2 32.b5 axb5 33.Nxb5 Rg1 34.Rxg1 Bxg1 35.d6 h5 36.a5 Bh2 37.Be5 h4 38.Nd4 h3 39.Ne2 Bf3 40.Nf4 Bxg3 0-1.
Armenia beat Uzbekistan 2½:1½ to take the sole lead with 18 points. The sole full point came from Vladmir Akopian, who is currently the national coach of the Qatar team. The Netherlands are just half a point behind, while Russia has dropped to third with 17 points. The Netherlands have lost only one individual game (by Sokolov) from the 24 games they have played so far. Loek van Wely has scored 3.5/4 games, Nijboer Friso 2.5/3 and Erwin L'ami 2/2.
India defeated Germany 3:1 to move to equal 5-8th place. Anand drew with the black pieces against Naiditsch, as did Sasikiran against Yussupow. The points came from Pentala Harikrishna and Surya Sekar Ganguly against Christopher Lutz and Alexander Graf.
Sweden pulled off a 2.5:1.5 surprise over Bulgaria, while Ukraine could only manager a mandatory 2.5:1.5 over Iran, with Pavel Elajanov scoring the crucial win on board three. Belorussia scored a 3:1 win over Spain with Alexei Alexandrov defeating Alexei Shirov and Andrey Zhigalko doing the same to Marc Narciso Dublan.
Critical sixth round encounter: Russia vs Netherlands
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | |
| GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2676 | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2729 | |
| GM | Tiviakov Sergey | 2669 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2743 | |
| GM | Van Wely Loek | 2655 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2719 | |
| GM | Nijboer Friso | 2584 | GM | Rublevskiy Sergey | 2687 |
Uzbekistan with Kasimdzhanov vs Armenia with Aronian on board one
| 3 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 30 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Rtg | |
| GM | Aronian Levon | 2756 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2673 | |
| GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2706 | GM | Barsov Aleksey | 2525 | |
| GM | Asrian Karen | 2646 | IM | Filippov Anton | 2497 | |
| GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2612 | IM | Kayumov Sergey | 2426 |
Spain with Alexei Shirov vs Belarus with Aleksij Alexsandrov
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg | 11 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | |
| GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2634 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2699 | |
| GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2614 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2666 | |
| GM | Dydyshko Viacheslav | 2550 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2608 | |
| GM | Zhigalko Andrey | 2511 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | 2510 |
India with Anand vs Germany with Naiditsch on board one
| 14 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | 2 | India (IND) | Rtg | |
| GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2664 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2803 | |
| GM | Jussupow Artur | 2608 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2692 | |
| GM | Lutz Christopher | 2608 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2680 | |
| GM | Graf Alexander | 2592 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2578 |
Portugal with GM Galego vs France with GM Bacrot on board one
| 5 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 11 | Portugal (POR) | Rtg | |
| GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2708 | GM | Galego Luis | 2543 | |
| GM | Sokolov Andrei | 2628 | IM | Fernando Diogo | 2467 | |
| GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2633 | IM | Damaso Rui | 2452 | |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2576 | IM | Rocha Sergio | 2405 |
Bulgaria with Georgiev and Cheparinov vs Sweden with Agrest and Helllsten
| 31 | Sweden (SWE) | Rtg | 10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | |
| GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2570 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2677 | |
| GM | Hellsten Johan | 2564 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2635 | |
| GM | Berg Emanuel | 2539 | GM | Spasov Vasil | 2578 | |
| GM | Hillarp-Persson Tiger | 2524 | IM | Petkov Vladimir | 2500 |
USA with Gata Kamsky (left) vs China with Bu Xiangzhi (red hair right)
| 12 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 7 | USA (USA) | Rtg | |
| GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2640 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2671 | |
| GM | Zhang Pengxiang | 2623 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2650 | |
| GM | Wang Yue | 2598 | GM | Ibragimov Ildar | 2637 | |
| GM | Zhao Jun | 2525 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory | 2603 |
| Rk. | Sd | Team | |
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| 1 | 3 | Armenia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 88.0 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17.5 | 84.5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | Russia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 90.5 | 9 |
| 4 | 19 | Belarus | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 81.5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16.5 | 87.5 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | USA | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 85.0 | 12 |
| 7 | 31 | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.5 | 80.5 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.5 | 79.0 | 9 |
| 9 | 30 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 88.5 | 8 |
| 10 | 17 | Georgia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 87.5 | 10 |
| 11 | 20 | Czech Republic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 85.0 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | Israel | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 84.5 | 10 |
| 13 | 18 | Cuba | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.0 | 84.5 | 9 |
| 14 | 21 | Poland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 82.5 | 8 |
| 15 | 26 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 79.5 | 10 |
| 16 | 10 | Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15.5 | 91.5 | 8 |
| 17 | 25 | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.5 | 84.0 | 9 |
| 18 | 51 | Iran | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15.5 | 83.5 | 6 |
| 19 | 16 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.5 | 82.0 | 9 |
| 20 | 45 | Indonesia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15.5 | 81.0 | 8 |
| 21 | 22 | Greece | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 90.5 | 8 |
| 22 | 11 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.0 | 90.0 | 9 |
| 23 | 12 | China | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.0 | 90.0 | 7 |
| 24 | 32 | Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15.0 | 84.5 | 8 |
| 25 | 5 | France | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 82.0 | 9 |
| 26 | 33 | Serbia Montenegro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.0 | 80.5 | 7 |
| 27 | 38 | Argentina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 78.5 | 8 |
| 28 | 37 | Vietnam | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 78.5 | 8 |
| 29 | 23 | Moldova | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.0 | 77.5 | 7 |
In the Womens' Section both Russia and Ukraine scored 2:1 wins, over Hungary and Spain, to stay in the lead with 14.5 and 14.0 points. USA, Romania and India scored similar victories over Mongolia, Armenia and Slovenia, with the points in the latter two matches coming on the third board. All three teams and Bulgaria have 13 points and share 4-7th place.
Hungary, with Hoang Thanh Trang vs Russia with Kosteniuk on board one
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 4 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | |
| GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2540 | IM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2487 | |
| IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2489 | IM | Madl Ildiko | 2387 | |
| IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2460 | IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2403 |
Zhukova, Lahno, Yanovska (Ukraine) vs Calzetta, Llaneza, Hernandez (Spain)
| 24 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | |
| WGM | Calzetta Ruiz Monica | 2317 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2425 | |
| WIM | Llaneza Vega Patricia | 2276 | IM | Lahno Katerina | 2468 | |
| WIM | Hernandez Estevez Y | 2262 | IM | Yanovska-Gaponenko I | 2430 |
Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia vs Koneru Humpy of India on board one
| 9 | India (IND) | Rtg | 17 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg | |
| GM | Koneru Humpy | 2548 | WGM | Muzychuk Anna | 2418 | |
| WGM | Harika Dronavalli | 2358 | WGM | Srebrnic Ana | 2302 | |
| WGM | Swathi Ghate | 2262 | WFM | Novak Ksenija | 2182 |
USA with Irina Krush vs Mongolia with Bathuyag Mongontuul on board one
| 29 | Mongolia (MGL) | Rtg | 5 | USA (USA) | Rtg | |
| WGM | Mongontuul Bathuyag | 2378 | IM | Krush Irina | 2437 | |
| WFM | Yanjindulam D. | 2162 | WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2371 | |
| WFM | Bayaraa Zorigt | 2102 | WGM | Baginskaite Camilla | 2299 |
Standings after six rounds (Women)
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| 1 | 1 | Russia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14.5 | 67.0 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Ukraine | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 66.5 | 12 |
| 3 | 16 | Slovakia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13.5 | 60.5 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | USA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 69.5 | 11 |
| 5 | 11 | Romania | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 69.5 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | India | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 63.5 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Bulgaria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 62.5 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 66.5 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | China | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 66.5 | 8 |
| 10 | 34 | Estonia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | Georgia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 66.5 | 10 |
| 12 | 17 | Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 64.0 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | Armenia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 63.5 | 9 |
| 14 | 24 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 62.5 | 9 |
| 15 | 29 | Mongolia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12.0 | 61.5 | 8 |
| 16 | 31 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11.5 | 63.5 | 8 |
| 17 | 32 | Belarus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11.5 | 59.0 | 7 |
| 18 | 25 | Latvia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11.5 | 49.5 | 8 |
| 19 | 20 | Israel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | 65.5 | 8 |
| 20 | 23 | Vietnam | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 64.5 | 6 |
| 21 | 15 | France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11.0 | 63.0 | 6 |
| 22 | 21 | Italy A | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 61.5 | 8 |
| 23 | 36 | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 59.0 | 8 |
| 24 | 38 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | 58.0 | 8 |
| 25 | 19 | Serbia Montenegro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11.0 | 57.5 | 7 |
Report: Frederic Friedel, pictures: Natalia Straub
GM Viswanathan Anand, 2803, India
GM Levon Aronian, 2756, Armenia
GM Vassily Ivanchuk, 2731, Ukraine
GM Teimour Radjabov, 2717, Azerbaijan
GM Nigel Short, 2677, England
GM Pavel Elyanov, 2665, Ukraine
GM Sergey Karjakin, 2661, Ukraine
GM Andrei Volokytin, 2660, Ukraine
GM Baadur Jobava, 2646, Georgia
GM Julio Granda, 2631, Peru
GM Alexander Beliavsky, 2622, Slovenia
GM Viktor Korchnoi, 2611, Switzerland
GM Zdenko Kozul, 2606, Croatia
GM Jonathan Rowson, 2594, Scotland
IM Jacob Aagaard, 2447, Scotland
WGM Regina Pokorna, 2338, Slovakia
WGM Sophie Milliet, 2330, France
WIM Anna Sharevich, 2281, Belarus
| 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 | |
