Wednesday, October 27, 2004

36th Chess Olympiad Round 12 Results

Round 12 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

MEN
Ukraine beat Poland 2.5-1.5. Georgia beat Russia 2.5-1.5 and Armenia tied the United States 2-2, so these two teams are now tied for second place, 3.5 points behind Ukraine. Israel beat India 2.5-1.5, keeping its fourth place slot. So the four top seeded teams are currently holding the top four standings, although not in exactly the same order. The maverick result of this round was #18 seed Cuba defeating Slovenia by the margin of 4-0, allowing it to climb into fifth place ahead of both #5 India and the United States (#10).

The standings after 12 rounds…
Ukraine – 34.5
Russia, Armenia – 31
Israel – 30.5
Cuba – 30

WOMEN

China has had a bad three rounds. After losing in round 10 and drawing in round 11, they lost again this round, to Georgia 2-1, so their lead has been cut to 3 points. This marks the third consecutive round in which China has not won a single game. The United States beat Hungary 2.5-0.5 to join Georgia in second place. France beat England 2-1, but Russia beat Slovenia 3-0 to climb into fourth place ahead of France.

The standings after 12 rounds…
China – 27
United States, Georgia – 24
Russia – 23.5

See you tomorrow for round 13.

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