36th Chess Olympiad Round 11 Results

Round 11 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

MEN

Ukraine defeated Cuba 3-1 as Ivanchuk, Volotikin and Karjakin beat Dominguez (no relation), Nogueiras and Quezada, respectively. Ukraine’s only loss came on board 2 as Ponomariov lost to Bruzon. Russia defeated the United States 2.5-1.5, as Svidler (2735) beat Onischuk (2653) on board 1 and the other three games (Grischuk-Goldin, Dreev-Novikov, Khalifman-Gulko) were drawn. Armenia defeated Switzerland 2.5-1.5, which put them in third place. Israel defeated Azerbaijan 3-1, which put them in fourth place. India defeated Canada 3.5-0.5, to join the United States in fifth place.

The standings after 11 rounds…
Ukraine – 32
Russia – 29.5
Armenia – 29
Israel – 28
United States, India – 27.5

WOMEN

China and Hungary tied, as all three games ended in draws, which cut China’s lead to 4 points. Georgia beat India 2.5-0.5, jumping into sole second place. The United States beat Slovakia 2-1, joining Hungary in third place. Russia beat Armenia 2-1, but France beat Lithuania 2.5-0.5, allowing them to slip past Russia (and India) in the rankings. England beat Mongolia 3-0, which allowed them to join France in fifth place.

The standings after 11 rounds…
China – 26
Georgia – 22
Hungary, United States – 21.5
France, England – 21

See you tomorrow for round 12.