36th Chess Olympiad Round 13 Results

Round 13 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

MEN

On top board, Ukraine and Georgia tied 2-2 as all four games were very quickly drawn. Tomorrow, Ukraine will be just one draw away from clinching the gold medal. Israel and the United States also tied 2-2, and also with draws on all four boards although these were not as quick. And France tied with Armenia 2-2 (Lautier beat Akopian on board 1, Fontaine lost to Lputian on board 4, and the other two games were draws), pretty much ending France’s hopes for a medal. Russia defeated Cuba 2.5-1.5 (Svidler beat Bruzon on board 2, and the other three games were drawn), allowing Russia to edge out Armenia for second place.

Other important match-ups this round…
India over Poland 2.5-1.5
Bulgaria over Greece 2.5-1.5

The standings going into the last round…
Ukraine – 36.5
Russia – 33.5
Armenia – 33
Israel – 32.5

WOMEN

China wins the gold!

After three bad rounds, China came back in force to defeat India 2-1 (Zao beat Vijayalakshmi on board 2, and the other two games were drawn), to clinch the gold medal one round before the finish. France and the United States drew 1.5-1.5 (GM Polgar beat IM Skripchenko, IM Krush lost to IM Sebag, and WGMs Zatonskih and Collas drew). Russia defeated Georgia 2-1 (IM Kosteniuk and GM Chiburdanidze drew quickly, IM Kovalevskaya and WGM Dzagnidze played a fought-out draw, and WGM Kosintseva defeated WGM Javakhishvili).

The standings going into the last round…
China – 29
Russia, United States – 25.5
Georgia – 25

See you tomorrow for the 14th and final round.