36th Chess Olympiad Round 10 Results

Round 10 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

MEN

The United States tied 2-2 with first-place Ukraine as all four games (Onischuk-Ivanchuk, Shabalov-Volokitin, Goldin-Eljanov, Kaidanov-Karjakin) were drawn. Russia beat France 2.5-1.5, to hang on to second place and close Ukraine’s lead by a half-point. Armenia beat Slovenia 3.5-0.5, to take third place from the United States. #18 Cuba upset #3 India as GM Nogueiras beat GM Kunte on board 3 and the other three games were drawn. Israel (which tied with Switzerland 2-2) and Azerbaijan (which beat Bulgaria 2.5-1.5) round out the top boards.

The standings after 10 rounds…
Ukraine – 29
Russia – 27
Armenia – 26.5
United States – 26
Israel, Cuba, Azerbaijan – 25

WOMEN

China loses!!

The United States beat China 2-1, ending China’s rampage through this Olympiad! GM Xie drew with GM Polgar, WGM Xu lost to IM Krush, and WGM Zhao (2487) v WGM Zatonskih (2440), the last game to finish among all the top boards, ended in a draw.

Hungary defeated Latvia 2.5-0.5 to pull out of the pack into sole second place and reduce China's lead to 4.5 points. India defeated Russia 2-1 to join the United States in third place. Georgia spanked Sweden 3-0, which catapulted Georgia over Russia also into third place and pretty much squashed Sweden’s hopes for a medal. France beat Moldova 2.5-0.5, Slovakia beat Cuba 2.5-0.5, and Armenia beat Poland 2-1, to join Russia in sixth place.

The standings after 10 rounds…
China – 24.5
Hungary – 20
India, Georgia, United States – 19.5
Russia, France, Slovakia, Armenia – 18.5

See you tomorrow for round 11.