39th Chess Olympiad Results

Gold: Ukraine (Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Eljanov, Efimenko, Moiseenko)
Silver:  Russia (Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov)
Bronze:  Israel (Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski)

Olympiad Round 11 Results (Final)

MEN:
Gold - Armenia (+9 =1 -1)
Silver - Israel (+8 =2 -1)
Bronze - USA (+8 =1 -2) on tiebreak over Ukraine, by beating them 3.5-0.5 in the last round

WOMEN:
Gold - Georgia (+8 =2 -1) on tiebreak
Silver - Ukraine (+7 =4 -0)
Bronze - USA (+8 =1 -2) on tiebreak over Russia and Poland

Olympiad Round 10 Results

MEN:
1 Armenia (+8 =1 -1)
2 Ukraine (+7 =3 -0)
3-4 Israel and China (both +7 =2 -1)
Russia, Netherlands, Spain and USA follow with 7.5 points

WOMEN:
1 Poland (+8 =1 -1)
2 Ukraine (+6 =4 -0)
3-4 Georgia and Serbia (both +7 =2 -1)
USA and Russia follow with 7.5 points

Olympiad Round 9 Results

MEN:
1 8 Israel (+7 =2 -0)
2 9 Armenia (+7 =1 -1)
3 2 Ukraine (+6 =3 -0)
China, England and Serbia follow with 7 match points

WOMEN:
1 2 Ukraine (+6 =3 -0)
2 9 Poland (+7 =1 -1)
3 10 Serbia (+7 =1 -1)
China, Georgia and Armenia follow with 7 match points

Olympiad Round 8 Results

MEN:
1 Armenia (+7 =1 -0)
2 Israel (+6 =2 -0)
3-4 Russia (+6 =1 -1) and Ukraine (+5 =3 -0)
Then there follow Azerbaijan, Germany 1, China, Vietnam, France, Slovakia, England, Poland and Serbia, each with a score of 6.

WOMEN:
1 China (+6 =2 -0)
2-5 USA (+6 =1 -1), Ukraine (+5 =3 -0), Poland (+6 =1 -1) and Serbia (+6 =1 -1)
There follow Georgia, Armenia, Slovenia and Romania at 6 points.

Olympiad Round 7 Results

MEN:

1	9	Armenia	ARM	7	6	1	0	13	165.0	58.0	20.5
2	11	Germany 1	GER1	7	5	2	0	12	149.5	59.0	19.0
3	8	Israel	ISR	7	5	2	0	12	141.5	50.0	19.0
4	7	France	FRA	7	5	2	0	12	137.0	55.0	19.0

WOMEN:

1	3	China	CHN	7	6	1	0	13	176.0	61.0	20.5
2	2	Ukraine	UKR	7	5	2	0	12	161.0	55.0	20.5
3	1	Russia	RUS	7	4	3	0	11	166.0	60.0	20.0
4	7	USA	USA	7	5	1	1	11	156.0	57.0	20.5
5	8	Hungary	HUN	7	5	1	1	11	154.0	59.0	20.0
6	10	Serbia	SRB	7	5	1	1	11	133.0	56.0	18.5
7	9	Poland	POL	7	5	1	1	11	132.0	62.0	17.5
8	11	India	IND	7	5	1	1	11	127.5	56.0	17.0

Olympiad Round 6 Results

MEN:

1	9	Armenia	ARM	6	5	1	0	11	118.0	43.0	18.0
2	1	Russia	RUS	6	5	1	0	11	116.5	44.0	16.0
3	11	Germany 1	GER1	6	4	2	0	10	116.5	46.0	16.5
4	2	Ukraine	UKR	6	4	2	0	10	107.0	47.0	14.0
5	13	India	IND	6	5	0	1	10	102.0	40.0	16.0
6	8	Israel	ISR	6	4	2	0	10	97.5	37.0	16.0
7	7	France	FRA	6	4	2	0	10	97.0	39.0	16.5
8	3	China	CHN	6	5	0	1	10	96.5	40.0	16.0
9	14	Romania	ROU	6	5	0	1	10	95.5	38.0	16.0

WOMEN:

1	3	China	CHN	6	6	0	0	12	138.5	45.0	18.5
2	1	Russia	RUS	6	4	2	0	10	114.0	41.0	18.0
3	17	Netherlands	NED	6	5	0	1	10	110.0	44.0	16.0
4	2	Ukraine	UKR	6	4	2	0	10	109.0	40.0	17.0
5	7	USA	USA	6	5	0	1	10	102.5	35.0	18.5
6	9	Poland	POL	6	5	0	1	10	99.5	46.0	15.5

Olympiad Round 5 Results

Men:
No perfect scores left.
1 Russia (+4 =1 -0)
2 Armenia (+4 =1 -0)
3 Germany 1 (+4 =1 -0)
Azerbaijan, Ukraine, England all close behind at +4 =1 -0.

Women:
1 China (+5 =0 -0)
2 Hungary (+4 =1 -0)
3 Russia (+3 =2 -0)
Romania, Georgia, Netherlands, Armenia, Ukraine, Poland, England, USA, Uzbekistan, Austria all close behind with 4 points.

Olympiad Round 4 Standings

MEN:
1 Germany 1 (4-0-0)
2 Russia (4-0-0)
3 Armenia (3-1-0)
Hungary, Norway, Azerbaijan, England, Ukraine, Netherlands close behind at 3-1-0 as well.

WOMEN:
1 China (4-0-0)
2 Poland (4-0-0)
3 Russia (3-1-0)
Hungary, Georgia, India close behind at 3-1-0 as well.

Olympiad Round 3 Standings

MEN:
1st: Armenia
2nd-3rd: Germany 1, England
4th-5th: India, Romania
6th-7th: Russia, Norway
8th: Spain
9th: Ukraine

WOMEN:
1st-2nd: Hungary, Armenia
3rd: Poland
4th: Serbia
5th-6th: China, Georgia

Olympiad Round 2 Standings

The scoring in this Olympiad is stoooooopid. The first tiebreak is "Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)". DUH!!! That will always yield exactly the same results and ranking as the actual score of the team; it doesn't resolve ANYTHING as a tiebreaker.

MEN:
1st-2nd: Azerbaijan, Armenia
3rd-7th: Tajikistan, Germany 1, Netherlands, Romania, Malaysia
8th-13th: Norway, China, India, England, Cuba, Faroe Islands
14th-18th: Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Japan
19th-20th: El Salvador, Malta

WOMEN:
1st-2nd: Russia, Venezuela
3rd-7th: Hungary, China, Denmark, Armenia, Israel
8th-11th: Poland, Mexico, India, Netherlands
12th-14th: Georgia, Serbia, Germany 2

US - men's team drew with Greece and women's team lost to Israel.

Olympiad Round 1 Standings

This year the winners are decided by match points as opposed to game points. The following teams have a score of 1-0, and they won their matches 4-0 so they have the best tiebreaks.

MEN:
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Poland
Moldova
Greece
Tajikistan
IPCA
Turkmenistan
Algeria
Kyrgyzstan
Syria
Tunisia
Iraq
Wales
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Panama
Botswana

WOMEN:
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Brazil
Indonesia
IPCA
Finland
Albania
Scotland
South Africa
Algeria
Guatemala
New Zealand
Wales
Uruguay
Puerto Rico
Costa Rica
Sri Lanka
Egypt

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Olympiad Final Round

Men:

Results this round:

• Armenia (which went into this round 2.5 points ahead), made four quick draws against Hungary, securing Gold less than an hour after the start of round.
• China beat the Netherlands 2.5:1.5 to take Silver
• Russia lost to Israel 1:3 causing them to drop out of the top three slots
• The USA beat Norway 3.5:0.5, to draw even with Israel

Standings:
Armenia - Gold
China - Silver
USA - Bronze (on tiebreak over Israel)

Interesting facts:

• Armenia was the only undefeated team +10 =3
• #1 seed Russia ended up in 6th place, losing four matches (to France, the USA, Israel and the Netherlands)
• #2 seed India ended up in 30th place with a record of +6 -4 =3
• Sierra Leone and Somalia ended up not fielding teams
• Israel was fourth (losing on tiebreak to the USA), and Hungary was fifth

Women:

Results this round:
The results in this round did not change any of the standings.

• Ukraine (which went into this round 2 points ahead), made three quick draws against Armenia
• Russia beat India 2:1
• China beat Belarus 2.5:0.5

Standings:
Ukraine - Gold
Russia - Silver
China - Bronze

Interesting facts:

• Ukraine was the only undefeated team +12 =1
• #1 seed Russia ended up in second place due to their loss to Ukraine. Had they won that match, they would have taken the gold by a half point
• The USA, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Georgia tied for fourth place, but they were 3 points behind China
• Afghanistan, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan ended up not playing

Olympiad Round 12

Men:

Results this round:
Armenia drew France 2:2
China defeated the Czech Republic 3:1
Russia defeated Cuba 3:1
Israel defeated the USA 2.5:1.5

Standings:
Armenia - 34
China - 31.5
Russia - 31

Women:

Results this round:
Ukraine defeated India 2.5:0.5
Russia drew France 1.5:1.5
China drew the USA 1.5:1.5

Standings:
Ukraine - 28
Russia - 26
China - 25

USA-Russia Match

Kamsky (USA) - Kramnik (Russia)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3Nbd7 8. c5 Qd8 9. Be2 Be7 10. h3 Ne4 11. O-O g5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5Bf6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qc3 Bg7 16. b4 O-O 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Qc7 19.Rac1 f6 20. Nd7 Rfd8 21. c6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rac8 24. Bb5Bg6 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. a4 Bf8 27. Na6 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. Nc5 e5 30.Rc1 Bf5 31. g4 Bg6 32. Nd7 Be8 33. Nxf8 Bxb5 34. axb5 Kxf8 35. dxe5fxe5 36. Rc7 d4 37. exd4 exd4 38. Kf1 d3 39. Ke1 Rd5 40. Rxa7 Rxb5 41.Rxh7 Rb1+ 42. Kd2 Rf1 43. Kxd3 Rxf2 44. Ke4 Rf4+ 45. Ke5 Rf3 46. Ke6Kg8 47. Rh5 Kf8 48. Rxg5 Rxh3 49. Kf6 Ra3 50. Kg6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

Svidler (Russia) - Onischuk (USA)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Ba2 Nd4 13. Be3 d614. b4 Bb6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. c3 dxc320. d4 a5 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Bb1 axb4 25. axb4Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Qf8 27. Qb2 Bc8 28. Re3 Re8 29. h4 Kh8 30. h5 g5 31. Nd2Bg4 32. Nf1 Bxh5 33. Ng3 Bg6 34. Nf5 Re6 35. Rf3 Bh7 36. Bd3 Qe8 37.g4 Qc6 38. Qd2 Kg8 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Ng3 Be4 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Re3 Qd543. Nf5 Rxe5 44. Kg1 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Qxf5 46. Qc2 Bxd4 47. Rxe4 Bxf2+48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qc3+ Kg6 50. Re5 Qf4 51. Qd3+ Kf6 52. Re4 Qf5 53. Qc3+Kg6 54. Re5 Qf4 55. Qd3+ Kf6 56. Re4 Qf5 57. Qc3+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

Nakamura (USA) - Grischuk (Russia)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h68. h3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bd2 e5 14.Nb3 Be7 15. f4 Ne6 16. f5 Nd4 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Be3 Nc5 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nd5 Bh4 22. Rf1 c4 23. Qd1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bg5 25. Bf2 c326. b3 Bd2 27. Be4 Re8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bh4 Bg5 30. Bg3 Rc5 31. h4 Be3+32. Kh2 Bd2 33. g5 f5 34. Qh5 Qd6 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Rxf5 Qg6 37. Qg4h5 38. Qe4 Rxd5 39. Raf1 Rd4 40. Qb7 Bf4 41. Rf6 Qxc2+ 42. Kh3 Rf8 43.g6 fxg6?? (43....Bxg3!-+) 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47. Qe5+ Kf7 48.Qxd4 Qf5+ 49. Kh2 1-0

Bareev (Russia) - Kaidanov (USA)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4Bxc3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O b613. Qf4 Ba6 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd6 e5 18. Qe3Rf6 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Qd2 e4 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. b4 Nd8 23. Qd5+ Qe6 24. g4g6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. f3 exf3 27. Qxf3 Nf7 28. Qf4 Rg6 29. Nxf7 Kxf730. Qxb8 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

Olympiad Round 11

Men:

Results this round:
Armenia defeated the Czech Republic 3:1
France defeated China 2.5:1.5
USA defeated Russia 2.5:1.5

Standings:
Armenia - 32
China, France - 28.5
Russia, USA - 28

Women:

Results this round:
Ukraine defeated Bulgaria 2.5:0.5
Russia defeated Georgia 2:1
China defeated Greece 3:0

Standings:
Ukraine - 25.5
Russia - 24.5
China - 23.5

Olympiad Round 10

Men:

Results this round:
Armenia beat China 2½:1½.
France and USA tied 2-2.
Russia beat Ukraine 3-1.
Czech Republic beat Slovenia 3½:½.

Standings:
Armenia - 29
China - 27
Russia, Czech Republic - 26.5

It has no impact on the standings, but it is worth noting that there are four undefeated teams so far:
Armenia (+9 =1)
USA (+7 =3)
Czech Republic, France (+6 =4)

Women:

Results this round:
Ukraine beat Georgia 2-1.
Russia beat Bulgaria 2-1.
China beat Armenia 2-1, avenging the men's team.

Standings:
Ukraine - 23 (Has won all ten of its matches.)
Russia - 22.5
China - 20.5

Olympiad Round 9

Men:

Results this round:
Armenia beat Ukraine 2½:1½.
France beat Russia 2½:1½.
China beat Georgia 4-0.
USA and the Czech Republic tied 2-2.

Standings:
Armenia - 26.5
China - 25.5
France - 24

Women:

Results this round:
Ukraine beat USA 2½-½.
Russia and China tied 1½:1½.
Georgia beat Hungary 2½:½.

Standings:
Ukraine - 21
Russia - 20.5
Georgia - 19

Olympiad Round 9

Men:

Results this round:
Armenia beat Ukraine 2½:1½.
France beat Russia 2½:1½.
China beat Georgia 4-0.
USA and the Czech Republic tied 2-2.

Standings:
Armenia - 26.5
China - 25.5
France - 24

Women:

Results this round:
Ukraine beat USA 2½-½.
Russia and China tied 1½:1½.
Georgia beat Hungary 2½:½.

Standings:
Ukraine - 21
Russia - 20.5
Georgia - 19

Olympiad Round 8

Men:

Results this round:
Armenia beat Cuba 3-1 to increase their lead to two points.
Russia drew with the Czech Republic 2-2.
Ukraine beat Sweden 3-1.
China beat the Phillipines 3½:½.
Georgia beat Uzbekistan 2½:1½.
USA beat Denmark 3-1.
France beat the Netherlands 3-1.

Standings:
Armenia - 24
Russia, Ukraine - 22
China, Georgia, USA, France - 21.5

Women:

Results this round:
Russia and USA tied 1½:1½.
Ukraine beat Hungary 2-1.
China beat Latvia 3-0.

Standings:
Russia - 19
Ukraine - 18.5
USA, China - 17