36th Chess Olympiad Round 2 Results

Round 2 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

The men's teams...

The U.S. (#10) faced Lithuania (#35) today. They received a rude awakening as all four games (Rozentalis-Onischuk, Sulskis-Shabalov, Kveinys-Kaidanov, Zagorskis-Novikov) were drawn. This 2-2 result drops the US from the list of leaders in the event.

All the lowest rated teams with a win in the previous round were knocked down today, as well as some of the top-rated teams (Spain A drew with Argentina, and Poland lost, in addition to the USA's draw). The leaders, with 2 team wins each (which are actually only used for tie breaking purposes) unless otherwise indicated, are the following countries, with the number of points so far indicated in parenthesis:

• Ukraine and the Czech Republic (8)
• Israel, Bulgaria, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia and Canada (7.5)
• Azerbaijan, Moldova, Norway, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Scotland (7)
• Russia, Armenia, Cuba, Greece, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia and the Philippines (6.5)
• India, Georgia, China and Denmark (6)
• England, Netherlands, France, Spain A, Lithuania, United States, Argentina, Colombia, Iran, Singapore and Mexico (5.5)

The women's teams...

The U.S. (#3) also faced Lithuania (#20) in the women's event and won 2.5-0.5. GM Polgar drew with IM Cmilyte, while IM Krush defeated Batyte, and WGM Zatonskih defeated Ivoskaite.

Here too all the lowest rated teams with a win in the previous round were knocked down today, as well as some of the top-rated teams (Ukraine drew with England, and France lost). The leaders are the following countries:

• Germany, Kazahkstan and Latvia (6)
• China, Russia, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Sweden and Slovenia (5.5)
• US, India, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia-Montenegro and Hungary (5)
• Georgia, Moldova, England, Greece, Iran, Ukraine and Spain A (4.5)

Round 3 is tomorrow.

[edited to correct error in standings]