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Armenia increased its lead over the Rest of the World to a full point, with a 3:1 victory over the Netherlands. The secret weapon of the Armenians is Gabriel Sargissian, who has scored 6/7 on board four. Russia beat Belarus by the same score, and now is in second place, a point behind the Armenians. The points were brought in by Vladimir Kramnik, who won in 18 moves, Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich (Bareev lost). India lost to Ukraine, when Harikrishna was beaten by Sergey Karjakin and all other games drawn.
Armenia (left) vs the Netherlands (right)
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | 1:3 |
3 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg |
| GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2676 | 0-1 |
GM | Aronian Levon | 2756 |
| GM | Tiviakov Sergey | 2669 | ½-½ |
GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2706 |
| GM | Van Wely Loek | 2655 | ½-½ |
GM | Asrian Karen | 2646 |
| GM | L'ami Erwin | 2565 | 0-1 |
GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2612 |
Belarus (left) vs Russia (right)
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 3:1 |
19 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg |
| GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2729 | 1-0 |
GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2634 |
| GM | Svidler Peter | 2743 | 1-0 |
GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2614 |
| GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2730 | 1-0 |
GM | Azarov Sergei | 2592 |
| GM | Bareev Evgeny | 2701 | 0-1 |
GM | Dydyshko Viacheslav | 2550 |
Ukraine (left) vs India (right)
| 2 | India (IND) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg |
| GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2803 | ½-½ |
GM | Ivanchuk Vasyl | 2731 |
| GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2692 | ½-½ |
GM | Volokytin Andrei | 2660 |
| GM | Harikrishna P | 2680 | 0-1 |
GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2661 |
| GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2550 | ½-½ |
GM | Elyanov Pavel | 2665 |
Sweden (left) vs USA (right)
| 7 | USA (USA) | Rtg | 2:2 |
31 | Sweden (SWE) | Rtg |
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2664 | ½-½ |
GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2570 |
| GM | Ibragimov Ildar | 2637 | 0-1 |
GM | Berg Emanuel | 2539 |
| GM | Kaidanov Gregory | 2603 | 1-0 |
GM | Hillarp-Persson Tiger | 2524 |
| GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2575 | ½-½ |
IM | Carlsson Pontus | 2433 |
| Rk. | Sd | Team | |
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| 1 | 3 | Armenia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 122.5 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | Russia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 124.0 | 11 |
| 3 | 18 | Cuba | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19.5 | 113.0 | 11 |
| 4 | 30 | Uzbekistan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19.0 | 118.5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 116.5 | 12 |
| 6 | 17 | Georgia | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 116.0 | 12 |
| 7 | 20 | Czech Republic | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 115.0 | 12 |
| 8 | 8 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18.5 | 123.5 | 11 |
| 9 | 7 | USA | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 | 118.5 | 13 |
| 10 | 14 | Germany | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18.5 | 115.0 | 8 |
| 11 | 25 | Denmark | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18.5 | 113.0 | 11 |
| 12 | 31 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18.5 | 112.5 | 10 |
| 13 | 5 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18.5 | 108.5 | 11 |
| 14 | 12 | China | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 118.5 | 9 |
| 15 | 10 | Bulgaria | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18.0 | 116.5 | 10 |
| 16 | 19 | Belarus | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 113.0 | 12 |
| 17 | 22 | Greece | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 113.0 | 10 |
| 18 | 2 | India | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 112.5 | 9 |
| 19 | 35 | Philippines | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18.0 | 105.0 | 9 |
| 20 | 32 | Slovenia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17.5 | 111.0 | 10 |
| 21 | 26 | Brazil | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 116.5 | 10 |
| 22 | 6 | Israel | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17.0 | 115.0 | 10 |
| 23 | 11 | Spain | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17.0 | 114.5 | 10 |
| 24 | 21 | Poland | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17.0 | 113.0 | 8 |
| 25 | 36 | Slovakia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 112.0 | 10 |
| 26 | 24 | Norway | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 109.5 | 12 |
| 27 | 16 | Hungary | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17.0 | 109.0 | 9 |
| 28 | 9 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17.0 | 105.0 | 9 |
| 29 | 37 | Vietnam | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17.0 | 102.5 | 9 |
In the Women's section Russia beat Slovakia 3:0, with Alexandra Kosteniuk, Nadezhda Kosintseva and Ekaterina Kovaleskaya at the guns. The Russian lead has increased to a full point after Ukraine defeated Romania by 2½:½. USA beat India which was resting Koneru Humpy.
Russia (left) vs Slovakia (right) in round seven
| 16 | Slovakia (SVK) | Rtg | 0:3 |
1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg |
| WGM | Repkova Eva | 2346 | 0-1 |
GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2540 |
| IM | Hagarova Zuzana | 2377 | 0-1 |
IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 |
| WFM | Borosova Zuzana | 2210 | 0-1 |
IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2460 |
Romaina (left) vs Ukraine (right)
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 2½:½ |
11 | Romania (ROM) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2425 | 1-0 |
IM | Foisor Cristina Adela | 2392 |
| IM | Lahno Katerina | 2468 | ½-½ |
WGM | Bogza Adina Maria | 2297 |
| WGM | Ushenina Anna | 2397 | 1-0 |
WGM | Calotescu Ana Cristina | 2325 |
German (left) vs Columbia (right)
| 46 | Colombia (COL) | Rtg | 0:3 |
8 | Germany (GER) | Rtg |
| WIM | Ortiz Nadya K. | 2184 | 0-1 |
IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2438 |
| Franco Angela | 2076 | 0-1 |
IM | Kachiani-Gersinska, K | 2421 | |
| WFM | Franco Beatriz | 2048 | 0-1 |
WGM | Juergens Vera | 2330 |
China (left) vs Bulgaria (right)
| 10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 1½:1½ |
6 | China (CHN) | Rtg |
| GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 | ½-½ |
WGM | Zhao Xue | 2423 |
| WGM | Djingarova Emilia | 2319 | ½-½ |
WGM | Wang Yu | 2390 |
| WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2279 | ½-½ |
WFM | Hou Yifan | 2298 |
India (left) vs USA (right)
| 5 | USA (USA) | Rtg | 2½:½ |
9 | India (IND) | Rtg |
| WGM | Zatonskih Anna | 2433 | ½-½ |
WGM | Harika Dronavalli | 2358 |
| IM | Krush Irina | 2437 | 1-0 |
WGM | Swathi Ghate | 2262 |
| WGM | Goletiani Rusudan | 2371 | 1-0 |
WIM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2239 |
Standings after seven rounds (Women)
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| 1 | 1 | Russia | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17.5 | 92.5 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | Ukraine | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 88.5 | 14 |
| 3 | 5 | USA | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15.5 | 90.0 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 92.0 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | Georgia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 88.0 | 12 |
| 6 | 17 | Slovenia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14.5 | 88.0 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Bulgaria | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14.5 | 85.0 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | China | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14.0 | 93.0 | 9 |
| 9 | 23 | Vietnam | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 83.0 | 8 |
| 10 | 25 | Latvia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 69.0 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | Romania | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13.5 | 92.0 | 10 |
| 12 | 9 | India | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13.5 | 90.5 | 10 |
| 13 | 16 | Slovakia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13.5 | 90.0 | 11 |
| 14 | 8 | Germany | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13.5 | 86.5 | 9 |
| 15 | 15 | France | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13.5 | 86.0 | 8 |
| 16 | 7 | Armenia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13.5 | 84.0 | 10 |
| 17 | 34 | Estonia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13.0 | 88.0 | 8 |
| 18 | 32 | Belarus | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 84.0 | 8 |
| 19 | 26 | Cuba | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13.0 | 78.0 | 10 |
| 20 | 18 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13.0 | 78.0 | 9 |
| 21 | 12 | Poland | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 87.5 | 10 |
| 22 | 20 | Israel | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | 86.5 | 9 |
| 23 | 14 | Greece | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 85.0 | 10 |
| 24 | 24 | Spain | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | 85.0 | 9 |
| 25 | 27 | Ecuador | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | 80.0 | 9 |
| 26 | 19 | Serbia Montenegro | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 78.5 | 8 |
| 27 | 28 | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 78.0 | 10 |
| 28 | 33 | Switzerland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12.5 | 73.0 | 7 |
Report: Frederic Friedel, pictures: Natalia Straub
The Chess Fidelity ticket: Georges Makropoulos (2nd from left), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
and Zurab Azmaiparashivili
A press conference with Kirsan and translator Polina
A Kalmyk dance troupe, with President Ilyumzhinov and ex FIDE President Campomanes
(standing, second from right)
The President and his troupe
A Kalmykian dance number
The men with great vigor
Songs from the Buddhist republic in central Asia
Rivals: Bessel Kok (middle) being shown around the Chess Fidelity stand by Campomanes
and Ilyumzhinov
Bessel and Kirsan, viewing the pictures of Kalmykia
Pictures by Karsten Straub
| 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 | |
