36th Chess Olympiad Round 9 Results

Round 9 was played today.
Men's Results
Women's Results
All the games (ChessBase file download)
Round Bulletin (PDF download)

MEN

Ukraine and Armenia tied 2-2 (with Vaganian defeating Ponomariov, Lputin losing to Volokitin, and Akopian-Ivanchuk and Sargissian-Moiseenko ending in draws). Russia defeated India 2.5-1.5 (Morozevich lost to Anand, Svidler drew with Sasikiran, Dreev defeated Harikrishna, and Zvjaginsev defeated Ganguly-Surya), taking sole possession of second place. The United States beat Spain A 3.5-0.5 (Onischuk defeated Shirov, Shabalov and Vallejo drew, Goldin defeated Illescas-Cordoba, and Kaidanov defeated Arizmendi), allowing them to slip past Armenia into sole third place. Israel defeated Kazakhstan 3.5-0.5, to rise to fourth place equal with Armenia.

Other important results this round…
Cuba over Denmark 3.5-0.5
Azerbaijan over the Philippines 3-1
Switzerland over Poland 2.5-1.5
Bulgaria over Germany 2.5-1.5
France over Georgia 2.5-1.5
Slovenia over China 2.5-1.5

The standings after 9 rounds…
Ukraine – 27
Russia – 24.5
United States – 24
Israel, Armenia – 23
India, Switzerland, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba – 22.5

WOMEN

China skunked Lithuania 3-0, expanding their lead to an incredible 6 points. Russia and Hungary tied 1.5-1.5. India defeated Ukraine and the United States defeated Poland, both 2-1, joining Hungary and Russia in a four-way tie for second place. Latvia defeated Switzerland 3-0, and Sweden defeated Mongolia 2.5-0.5, to round out the top slots tied for sixth place.

China – 23.5
Hungary, Russia, India, United States – 17.5
Latvia, Sweden - 17

See you tomorrow for round 10.