Six share lead at Olympiad; China first in women’s section

18 November 2008, 5.38 CET | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags: FIDE, Olympiad

After Naiditsch and Kramnik had shaken hands relatively quickly, three hard-fought draws resulted in an exciting 2-2 between Germany and Russia – an excellent result for the home team. The two countries now share the lead with Armenia, Azerbaijan, England and Ukraine who all won their 5th round. In the women’s section China crushed Poland to take sole lead.

The Chess Olympiad takes place 12-25 november in Dresden, Germany. ChessVibes provides daily coverage and today, on the first rest day, your editor-in-chief will be travelling to Dresden to provide on-the-spot coverage during the last six rounds!

For this fifth round, let’s look at the exciting Russia-Germany match first. Earlier this year, in Dortmund, Kramnik had lost with Black against Naiditsch after Germany’s number one had placed a piece sacrifice that should have led to a draw, as computers quickly found after the game. With 8.c4 Naiditsch deviated and a well-prepared Kramnik had no trouble securing the draw this time.

On board two Khenkin seemed in big trouble after Grischuk used some tactical fireworks but the German was probably in full control all the time and after many accurate moves he more or less forced his opponent to go for the draw. Fridman’s Petroff was almost as solid as Kramnik’s and so the decision had to come from Gustafsson-Morozevich. As always, “Gusti” played ultra-solid for most of the game, but then quite unnecessarily he lost a pawn. However, after that he just defended and defended and defended, and the world’s number two played on until stalemate, but a draw it was!

The Netherlands came very close to also tieing their match with the Armenians after Van Wely, Smeets and L’Ami drew without much trouble against Aronian, Akopian and Petrosian respectively, but Sargissian was the man of the match, beating Stellwagen in style. Check out Aronian-Van Wely where the Dutchman used a Botvinnik Slav – he knew how to play with kings in the centre long before Anand started to feel as comfortable!

Norway’s great series came to an end in their match with Azerbaijan, who showed no mercy: 1-3. Carlsen was held by Mamedyarov and the rest of the Azeri’s did… the rest. There was clearly more reason for disappointment on the next boards for Hungary, where both their top players lost, but Leko should have drawn – easily. Ivanchuk’s persistence paid off: defending an ending with a pawn down for a long time, Leko decided to liquidate to a rook versus rook and bishop ending but just ten moves later he had to resign anyway! The position after 123…Kg3 is one that everyone should know by heart:

Leko-Ivanchuk after 123…Kg3

Here Leko played 124. Rd8? where 124. Rf8 was the only move. After 124…Re3! (the only move that wins, preventing a check and threating a bishop check) Black won the game a few moves later (see the games selection below).

As if Ivanchuk was saying to his younger colleague: “I’m not going to allow a draw too easily, and you aren’t either!”, or perhaps it was team captain Tukmakov, anyway, Karjakin kept on trying to break throught Polgar’s defence in an ending as well, and also managed. Because Almasi beat Eljanov and Balogh-Volokitin was drawn, Ukraine got their two match points.

England beat Italy despite Adams trying too hard get himself a nice birthday present against Caruana. Vietnam managed to hold Cuba to 2-2 and after sweeping Slovenia ?Ǭ?-3?Ǭ?, the Bulgarians are starting to climb up, like Gelfand’s Israel. Oh yeah, the USA beat a “slightly” weaker Hongkong 4-0; did Akobian ever play an opponent a thousand rating points below him? Probably not.

China demolished Poland ?Ǭ?-3?Ǭ? in the women’s section to take clear lead with ten board points out of five matches, followed by Hungary with nine, and then eleven countries on eight. The Russian ladies also finished on a 2-2, against Georgia – with a former world champion beating a current one: Kosteniuk-Chiburdanidze 0-1.

Results and standings in both the Open and Women’s sections:

38th Olympiad, Dresden | Results round 5 (Open section, top 16 matches)

Bo.	9	ARM Armenia (ARM)	Rtg	-	20	NED Netherlands (NED)	Rtg	2½:1½
1.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2757	-	GM	Van Wely Loek	2618	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2679	-	GM	Smeets Jan	2604	½ - ½
1.3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2642	-	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	2605	1 - 0
1.4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2629	-	GM	L'Ami Erwin	2610	½ - ½
Bo.	11	GER Germany 1 (GER1)	Rtg	-	1	RUS Russia (RUS)	Rtg	2 : 2
2.1	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2678	-	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2772	½ - ½
2.2	GM	Khenkin Igor	2647	-	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2719	½ - ½
2.3	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2634	-	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2787	½ - ½
2.4	GM	Fridman Daniel	2630	-	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737	½ - ½
Bo.	5	HUN Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	-	2	UKR Ukraine (UKR)	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Leko Peter	2747	-	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2786	0 - 1
3.2	GM	Polgar Judit	2711	-	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2730	0 - 1
3.3	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2663	-	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2720	1 - 0
3.4	GM	Balogh Csaba	2616	-	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2659	½ - ½
Bo.	19	NOR Norway (NOR)	Rtg	-	4	AZE Azerbaijan (AZE)	Rtg	1 : 3
4.1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2786	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2731	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Agdestein Simen	2588	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2703	0 - 1
4.3	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2526	-	GM	Huseynov Gadir	2650	½ - ½
4.4	IM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2522	-	GM	Mammadov Rauf	2631	0 - 1
Bo.	15	ENG England (ENG)	Rtg	-	44	ITA Italy (ITA)	Rtg	2½:1½
5.1	GM	Adams Michael	2734	-	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2640	0 - 1
5.2	GM	Short Nigel D	2642	-	GM	Godena Michele	2517	1 - 0
5.3	GM	Howell David W L	2593	-	IM	Shytaj Luca	2472	1 - 0
5.4	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2548	-	IM	Brunello Sabino	2455	½ - ½
Bo.	13	IND India (IND)	Rtg	-	54	AUT Austria (AUT)	Rtg	3 : 1
6.1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2694	-	GM	Ragger Markus	2518	½ - ½
6.2	GM	Harikrishna P	2659	-	GM	Kindermann Stefan	2517	1 - 0
6.3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2603	-	IM	Atlas Valery	2465	1 - 0
6.4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2548	-	IM	Neubauer Martin	2422	½ - ½
Bo.	21	POL Poland (POL)	Rtg	-	66	CRC Costa Rica (CRC)	Rtg	3½: ½
7.1	GM	Socko Bartosz	2631	-	GM	Ramirez Alejandro	2533	1 - 0
7.2	GM	Miton Kamil	2604	-	IM	Gonzalez Bernal	2432	½ - ½
7.3	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2599	-	IM	Valdes Leonardo	2401	1 - 0
7.4	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2602	-	IM	Hernandez Basante Francisco	2247	1 - 0
Bo.	3	CHN China (CHN)	Rtg	-	46	SCO Scotland (SCO)	Rtg	2½:1½
8.1	GM	Wang Yue	2736	-	GM	Rowson Jonathan	2596	½ - ½
8.2	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2714	-	GM	Aagaard Jacob	2528	½ - ½
8.3	GM	Wang Hao	2696	-	GM	Shaw John	2469	1 - 0
8.4	GM	Li Chao B	2622	-	GM	McNab Colin A	2455	½ - ½
Bo.	37	VIE Vietnam (VIE)	Rtg	-	16	CUB Cuba (CUB)	Rtg	2 : 2
9.1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2567	-	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2719	½ - ½
9.2	GM	Le Quang Liem	2583	-	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2623	½ - ½
9.3	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2510	-	GM	Quezada Perez Yuniesky	2580	½ - ½
9.4	CM	Nguyen Van Huy	2422	-	GM	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	2580	½ - ½
Bo.	32	DEN Denmark (DEN)	Rtg	-	8	ISR Israel (ISR)	Rtg	½ :3½
10.1	GM	Hansen Lars Bo	2570	-	GM	Gelfand Boris	2719	0 - 1
10.2	GM	Nielsen Peter Heine	2662	-	GM	Avrukh Boris	2657	½ - ½
10.3	IM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	2513	-	GM	Postny Evgeny	2674	0 - 1
10.4	IM	Glud Jakob Vang	2444	-	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2609	0 - 1
Bo.	12	ESP Spain (ESP)	Rtg	-	23	BLR Belarus (BLR)	Rtg	2 : 2
11.1	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2664	-	GM	Azarov Sergei	2613	1 - 0
11.2	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2604	-	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2592	0 - 1
11.3	GM	Khamrakulov Ibragim S	2580	-	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2617	½ - ½
11.4	GM	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	2564	-	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2584	½ - ½
Bo.	28	SLO Slovenia (SLO)	Rtg	-	6	BUL Bulgaria (BUL)	Rtg	½ :3½
12.1	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2619	-	GM	Topalov Veselin	2791	½ - ½
12.2	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	2597	-	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2696	0 - 1
12.3	GM	Lenic Luka	2569	-	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2632	0 - 1
12.4	IM	Borisek Jure	2548	-	GM	Iotov Valentin	2532	0 - 1
Bo.	35	LTU Lithuania (LTU)	Rtg	-	14	ROU Romania (ROU)	Rtg	½ :3½
13.1	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	2533	-	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2684	0 - 1
13.2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	2577	-	GM	Istratescu Andrei	2633	½ - ½
13.3	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2572	-	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2594	0 - 1
13.4	IM	Zagorskis Darius	2509	-	GM	Vajda Levente	2582	0 - 1
Bo.	22	SRB Serbia (SRB)	Rtg	-	7	FRA France (FRA)	Rtg	1½:2½
14.1	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2658	-	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2705	½ - ½
14.2	GM	Solak Dragan	2595	-	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2716	½ - ½
14.3	GM	Perunovic Milos	2580	-	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2676	½ - ½
14.4	GM	Vuckovic Bojan	2561	-	GM	Tkachiev Vladislav	2664	0 - 1
Bo.	24	CRO Croatia (CRO)	Rtg	-	30	SWE Sweden (SWE)	Rtg	1 : 3
15.1	GM	Palac Mladen	2583	-	GM	Agrest Evgenij	2574	0 - 1
15.2	GM	Kozul Zdenko	2593	-	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2543	0 - 1
15.3	GM	Zelcic Robert	2589	-	GM	Cicak Slavko	2564	½ - ½
15.4	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	2588	-	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2515	½ - ½
Bo.	25	SVK Slovakia (SVK)	Rtg	-	17	GEO Georgia (GEO)	Rtg	1½:2½
16.1	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2732	-	GM	Jobava Baadur	2664	½ - ½
16.2	GM	Ftacnik Lubomir	2571	-	GM	Izoria Zviad	2610	0 - 1
16.3	GM	Markos Jan	2557	-	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2615	½ - ½
16.4	GM	Petrik Tomas	2487	-	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2580	½ - ½

38th Olympiad, Dresden | Round 5 Standings (Open section, top 20)

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1	Russia	RUS	4	1	0	9	82,5	32,0	13,0
2	9	Armenia	ARM	4	1	0	9	80,5	29,0	15,5
3	11	Germany 1	GER1	4	1	0	9	77,5	28,0	14,5
4	4	Azerbaijan	AZE	4	1	0	9	74,0	27,0	15,0
5	2	Ukraine	UKR	4	1	0	9	73,0	31,0	12,0
6	15	England	ENG	4	1	0	9	62,0	25,0	14,0
7	21	Poland	POL	4	0	1	8	72,5	25,0	15,5
8	13	India	IND	4	0	1	8	68,0	28,0	13,5
9	30	Sweden	SWE	4	0	1	8	68,0	26,0	13,5
10	17	Georgia	GEO	4	0	1	8	67,0	28,0	12,5
11	14	Romania	ROU	4	0	1	8	67,0	25,0	13,5
12	6	Bulgaria	BUL	4	0	1	8	64,5	23,0	15,5
13	3	China	CHN	4	0	1	8	64,0	27,0	13,5
14	8	Israel	ISR	3	2	0	8	60,0	24,0	13,5
15	29	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	4	0	1	8	58,0	22,0	13,5
16	7	France	FRA	3	2	0	8	54,0	23,0	13,5
17	5	Hungary	HUN	3	1	1	7	73,0	28,0	13,0
18	20	Netherlands	NED	3	1	1	7	70,5	30,0	12,5
19	19	Norway	NOR	3	1	1	7	68,0	33,0	11,5
20	12	Spain	ESP	3	1	1	7	65,0	29,0	12,5

38th Olympiad, Dresden | Beste players after rd 5 (rating perf.; Open section)

No.	Title	Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	GM	Iotov Valentin	2532	Bulgaria	3029	5,0	5	100,0	5
2	FM	El Debs Felipe De Cresce	2447	Brazil	3009	4,0	4	100,0	3
3	FM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2406	Egypt	2993	4,0	4	100,0	5
4	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2526	Norway	2923	3,5	4	87,5	3
5	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2642	Armenia	2892	4,5	5	90,0	3
6	GM	Gelfand Boris	2719	Israel	2888	3,5	4	87,5	1
7	FM	Nokes Roger I	2293	New Zealand	2884	4,0	4	100,0	4
8	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2731	Azerbaijan	2878	4,0	5	80,0	2
9	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2678	Germany 1	2870	4,0	5	80,0	1
10	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2644	United States of America	2863	3,5	4	87,5	3
11	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2680	Ukraine	2833	2,5	3	83,3	4
12	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2645	Hungary	2833	2,5	3	83,3	5
13	GM	Wang Hao	2696	China	2831	3,5	4	87,5	4
14	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2663	Hungary	2826	4,0	5	80,0	3
15	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2787	Russia	2823	4,0	5	80,0	4
16	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2619	Slovenia	2819	3,0	4	75,0	1
17	GM	Short Nigel D	2642	England	2815	3,5	4	87,5	2
18	GM	Khenkin Igor	2647	Germany 1	2805	3,0	4	75,0	2
19	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2786	Norway	2804	3,5	5	70,0	1
20	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2672	Uzbekistan	2796	4,0	5	80,0	1

38th Olympiad, Dresden | Results round 5 (Women section, top 14 matches)

Bo.	9	POL Poland (POL)	Rtg	-	3	CHN China (CHN)	Rtg	½ :3½
1.1	IM	Socko Monika	2434	-	WGM	Hou Yifan	2578	½ - ½
1.2	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2404	-	GM	Zhao Xue	2518	0 - 1
1.3	WIM	Majdan Joanna	2284	-	WGM	Shen Yang	2450	0 - 1
1.4	WIM	Przezdziecka Marta	2327	-		Tan Zhongyi	2395	0 - 1
Bo.	12	GER Germany 1 (GER1)	Rtg	-	19	GRE Greece (GRE)	Rtg	2½:1½
2.1	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2471	-	IM	Dembo Yelena	2446	½ - ½
2.2	IM	Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino	2371	-	WGM	Botsari Anna-Maria	2308	1 - 0
2.3	WGM	Michna Marta	2399	-	WGM	Makropoulou Marina	2265	1 - 0
2.4	WFM	Ohme Melanie	2237	-	WIM	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	2248	0 - 1
Bo.	1	RUS Russia (RUS)	Rtg	-	4	GEO Georgia (GEO)	Rtg	2 : 2
3.1	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2525	-	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2489	0 - 1
3.2	IM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2513	-	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2473	½ - ½
3.3	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2468	-	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	2437	½ - ½
3.4	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2474	-	IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	2409	1 - 0
Bo.	11	IND India (IND)	Rtg	-	8	HUN Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	1½:2½
4.1	IM	Tania Sachdev	2425	-	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2483	½ - ½
4.2	WGM	Mohota Nisha	2311	-	IM	Vajda Szidonia	2380	0 - 1
4.3	WGM	Swathi Ghate	2320	-	IM	Madl Ildiko	2376	½ - ½
4.4	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2298	-	WIM	Schneider Veronika	2315	½ - ½
Bo.	22	ESP Spain (ESP)	Rtg	-	16	ROU Romania (ROU)	Rtg	1½:2½
5.1	WGM	Calzetta Monica	2328	-	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2430	1 - 0
5.2	WGM	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	2278	-	WGM	Cosma Elena Luminita	2340	0 - 1
5.3	WGM	Delgado Crespo Mairelys	2277	-	WIM	Paulet Iozefina	2307	½ - ½
5.4	WIM	Llaneza Vega Patricia	2246	-	WGM	Motoc Alina	2313	0 - 1
Bo.	28	AZE Azerbaijan (AZE)	Rtg	-	10	SRB Serbia (SRB)	Rtg	2 : 2
6.1	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	2269	-	IM	Maric Alisa	2405	½ - ½
6.2	WIM	Umudova Nargiz	2219	-	IM	Bojkovic Natasa	2420	½ - ½
6.3		Isgandarova Khayala	2206	-	WGM	Stojanovic Andjelija	2357	½ - ½
6.4		Kazimova Narmin Nizami qizi	2171	-	WGM	Chelushkina Irina	2360	½ - ½
Bo.	37	ECU Ecuador (ECU)	Rtg	-	17	NED Netherlands (NED)	Rtg	1 : 3
7.1	IM	Fierro Baquero Martha L	2361	-	GM	Peng Zhaoqin	2455	½ - ½
7.2	WIM	Vasquez Ramirez Rocio	2284	-	FM	Schuurman Petra	2324	0 - 1
7.3	WIM	Moncayo Romero Evelyn	2142	-	WIM	Bensdorp Marlies	2303	0 - 1
7.4		Heredia Serrano Carla	2105	-		Schut Lisa	2153	½ - ½
Bo.	25	CUB Cuba (CUB)	Rtg	-	43	UZB Uzbekistan (UZB)	Rtg	1½:2½
8.1	WIM	Ordaz Valdes Lisandra	2306	-		Muminova Nafisa	2240	1 - 0
8.2	WGM	Pina Vega Sulennis	2286	-	WIM	Sabirova O	2185	0 - 1
8.3	WIM	Linares Napoles Oleiny	2261	-	WFM	Gevorgyan Irina	2179	½ - ½
8.4	WIM	Marrero Lopez Yaniet	2260	-		Tokhirjanova Hulkar	2106	0 - 1
Bo.	18	CZE Czech Republic (CZE)	Rtg	-	36	AUT Austria (AUT)	Rtg	1 : 3
9.1	IM	Jackova Jana	2360	-	IM	Moser Eva	2376	0 - 1
9.2	WGM	Kulovana Eva	2286	-	WFM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2270	1 - 0
9.3	WGM	Richtrova Eliska	2270	-	WFM	Novkovic Julia	2161	0 - 1
9.4	WFM	Pertlova Sona	2239	-	WIM	Mira Helene	2115	0 - 1
Bo.	2	UKR Ukraine (UKR)	Rtg	-	15	SVK Slovakia (SVK)	Rtg	3 : 1
10.1	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2488	-	IM	Repkova Eva	2400	½ - ½
10.2	WGM	Zhukova Natalia	2488	-	IM	Hagarova Zuzana	2430	½ - ½
10.3	IM	Ushenina Anna	2496	-	WGM	Pokorna Regina	2376	1 - 0
10.4	WGM	Zdebskaja Natalia	2419	-	WFM	Machalova Maria	2187	1 - 0
Bo.	23	LTU Lithuania (LTU)	Rtg	-	31	ENG England (ENG)	Rtg	0 : 4
11.1	IM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2512	-	IM	Houska Jovanka	2399	0 - 1
11.2	WIM	Daulyte Deimante	2278	-	IM	Ciuksyte Dagne	2339	0 - 1
11.3	WFM	Limontaite Simona	2197	-	WIM	Lauterbach Ingrid	2178	0 - 1
11.4		Ziogaite Jovita	2093	-		Bhatia Kanwal K	2065	0 - 1
Bo.	13	BUL Bulgaria (BUL)	Rtg	-	14	SLO Slovenia (SLO)	Rtg	2 : 2
12.1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2548	-	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2508	½ - ½
12.2	WGM	Djingarova Emilia	2352	-	WGM	Krivec Jana	2345	½ - ½
12.3	WGM	Voiska Margarita	2318	-	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2290	1 - 0
12.4	WGM	Velcheva Maria	2280	-	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2293	0 - 1
Bo.	7	USA United States of America (USA)	Rtg	-	40	NOR Norway (NOR)	Rtg	3 : 1
13.1	IM	Krush Irina	2452	-	WIM	Hagesaether Ellen	2239	1 - 0
13.2	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2440	-	WIM	Sahl Sheila Barth	2219	1 - 0
13.3	WGM	Goletiani Rusudan	2359	-	WFM	Bjerke Silje	2204	½ - ½
13.4	WFM	Abrahamyan Tatev	2286	-	WFM	Tjolsen Katrine	2110	½ - ½
Bo.	5	FRA France (FRA)	Rtg	-	6	ARM Armenia (ARM)	Rtg	1½:2½
14.1	GM	Sebag Marie	2533	-	IM	Danielian Elina	2513	1 - 0
14.2	IM	Collas Silvia	2352	-	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2443	0 - 1
14.3	WGM	Milliet Sophie	2366	-	WIM	Galojan Lilit	2305	0 - 1
14.4	WGM	Leconte Maria	2349	-	WIM	Andriasian Siranush	2290	½ - ½

38th Olympiad, Dresden | Round 5 Standings (Women section, top 20)

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3	China	CHN	5	0	0	10	97,0	30,0	16,0
2	8	Hungary	HUN	4	1	0	9	75,5	27,0	15,5
3	1	Russia	RUS	3	2	0	8	79,0	29,0	15,0
4	16	Romania	ROU	4	0	1	8	75,0	28,0	15,0
5	4	Georgia	GEO	3	2	0	8	74,0	33,0	12,0
6	17	Netherlands	NED	4	0	1	8	69,0	28,0	13,0
7	6	Armenia	ARM	4	0	1	8	68,5	29,0	13,0
8	2	Ukraine	UKR	3	2	0	8	68,5	24,0	13,5
9	9	Poland	POL	4	0	1	8	67,5	32,0	13,0
10	31	England	ENG	4	0	1	8	63,0	24,0	15,0
11	7	United States of America	USA	4	0	1	8	62,5	23,0	14,5
12	43	Uzbekistan	UZB	4	0	1	8	62,0	26,0	13,5
13	36	Austria	AUT	4	0	1	8	58,0	24,0	13,5
14	11	India	IND	3	1	1	7	68,0	31,0	12,0
15	10	Serbia	SRB	3	1	1	7	65,0	27,0	12,5
16	21	Israel	ISR	3	1	1	7	63,0	29,0	12,0
17	14	Slovenia	SLO	3	1	1	7	60,5	26,0	14,0
18	24	Vietnam	VIE	3	1	1	7	57,0	25,0	13,0
19	38	Switzerland	SUI	3	1	1	7	54,5	24,0	13,0
20	28	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	1	1	7	53,0	27,0	11,5

38th Olympiad, Dresden | Beste players after rd 5 (rating perf.; Women section)

No.	Title	Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	IM	Vajda Szidonia	2380	Hungary	2978	4,0	4	100,0	2
2		Tan Zhongyi	2395	China	2934	4,0	4	100,0	5
3	IM	Ciuksyte Dagne	2339	England	2875	5,0	5	100,0	2
4	WGM	Igla Bella	2254	Israel	2874	4,0	4	100,0	3
5	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2474	Russia	2864	3,0	3	100,0	5
6	IM	Moser Eva	2376	Austria	2790	4,0	4	100,0	1
7	WGM	Zdebskaja Natalia	2419	Ukraine	2765	4,0	4	100,0	5
8	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2548	Bulgaria	2672	3,5	4	87,5	1
9	WGM	Hou Yifan	2578	China	2655	4,0	5	80,0	1
10	WGM	Shen Yang	2450	China	2651	3,5	4	87,5	3
11	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2468	Russia	2639	4,5	5	90,0	3
12	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2489	Georgia	2634	3,0	4	75,0	1
13		Bhatia Kanwal K	2065	England	2633	3,0	3	100,0	5
14	GM	Peng Zhaoqin	2455	Netherlands	2619	3,0	4	75,0	1
15	IM	Tania Sachdev	2425	India	2618	4,0	5	80,0	2
16	WGM	Calzetta Monica	2328	Spain	2612	3,5	4	87,5	1
17	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2443	Armenia	2601	4,0	5	80,0	2
18	IM	Socko Monika	2434	Poland	2587	3,0	4	75,0	1
19	WGM	Goletiani Rusudan	2359	United States of America	2584	4,5	5	90,0	3
20	WGM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2410	Mongolia	2580	4,0	5	80,0	1

Here’s a selection of round 5 games for replay:

Photos: EZ = by Evi Zickelbein; PT = by Paul Truong; a selection of much more available.

Links:

• Official website
• All results and standings
• (Live) games for replay
• ICC’s Chess.FM blog with videos and lots of other stuff
• GM Ian Rogers blogging for Chess Life Online
• Olimpbase
• TWIC’s games in PGN: Men rd 1, Women rd1, Men rd 2, Women rd2, Men rd 3, Women rd3, Men rd 4, Women rd4, Men rd 5 & Women rd5

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