36th Chess Olympiad Round 8 Results

Round 8 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

MEN

Second-seed Ukraine continues to cut through the other top teams like a scythe, defeating Bulgaria 3.5-0.5 (Ivanchuk drew with Georgiev; Volokitin, Moissenko and Karjakin all won) and increasing their lead to 3 points. Russia pulled into sole second place by defeating Armenia 2.5-1.5 (Morozevich defeated Akopian, and the other three games were drawn). India pulled into third place ahead of Spain A after defeating them 2.5-1.5 (Harikrishna defeated Illescas-Cordoba and the other three games were drawn).

Other important results this round…
Switzerland over Morocco 4-0
Germany over Argentina 3.5-0.5
Slovenia over Canada 3-1
United States over Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5
Georgia over the Netherlands 2.5-1.5
China over Cuba 2.5-1.5
Poland and France tied 2-2
Israel and Moldova tied 2-2
Serbia-Montenegro and the Czech Republic tied 2-2

The standings after eight rounds…
Ukraine – 25
Russia – 22
India, Armenia – 21
Spain A, Poland, United States – 20.5
Bulgaria, France, Georgia, China, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland – 20

WOMEN

China beat Poland, and Lithuania beat England, 2-1 in each case, so China’s lead is intact. Hungary beat Bulgaria 2-1, slipping past Poland into third place. Hungary was joined by Russia, which defeated Kazakhstan 2.5-0.5. Poland was joined in fifth place by the United States, India and Ukraine, which defeated Armenia, France and Sweden, respectively (all three of these matches had a 2-1 result).

The standings after eight rounds…
China – 20.5
Lithuania – 16.5
Hungary, Russia – 16
Poland, United States, India, Ukraine – 15.5

See you tomorrow for round 9.