A day full of surprizes Armenia new leader Ruky Tickets sold out!

Daily NewsofTorinoOlympiadMay 28/2006.A day full of surprizesArmenia new leaderTicketssold out!It seems that the rest day was veryusefull, at least for all the teamsfrom the top. If You rememberthat in round five first 5 matchesended in 2:2, today there was nosuch a result in first 14 matches!The heroes of the day were Dutch players.They defeated Russia with 2,5:1,5. It couldhave been even worse for leaders, since Grischukwas a pawn down for a long time, butfinally managed to escape in a rook endgame.The only decided game was on bordfour, where Nijboer outplayed Rublevsky ina highly tactical game. With such a resultNetherlands is now second with 17,5 points,while Russia dropped behind with half apoint less.After yesterday’s round we have a newleader! It is Armenia, who defeated Uzbekistanwith 2,5:1,5, thanks to the victory ofAkopian against Barsov, while all other gamesended in a draw.Another surprise in top matches wascreated by Belarus. They won 3:1 againsthigher rated team of Spain. Especially importantwas Aleksandrov’s win against Shirovon board number 1. They are now on 17points, together with Russia.Four other winners in top matches arehalf a point behind: Ukraine, USA, Swedenand India. While USA, Sweden and especiallyIndia are certainly very satisfied with theirresult, we are sure that Ukraine expectedmore from their match against Iran, whocontinues to surprize. Actual championsmanaged to win just one game and it was Elyanovon board three. Sweden and USA wonwith the same small result against Bulgariaand China, while India managed to casheven 3 points against Germany. After theirdisastrous start they are now sharing fifthplace already.Italian «A» team lost to Lithuania with1,5:2,5, «C» team lost with the same resultagainst Chile, while only «B» team managedto give some joy to italian fans by scoring 3,5points against Faroe Islands.The situation on the top is now: Armenia18,0 points, Netherlands 17,5, Russiaand Belarus 17,0 followed by Ukraine, USA,Sweden and India with 16,5 points.One more interesting detail is that onlytwo teams won all their matches and theseare Belarus and USA!Top pairings for round seven are: Netherlands-Armenia,Russia-Belarus, India-Ukraine and USA-Sweden.We feel somehow that today it will be areal firework on boards!More or less the same scenario was seenby women as well – 11 decided matchesfrom first 12! Two leading teams, Russia andUkraine, won with the same result 2:1. Theirvictims were Hungary and Spain. Ukrainemissed a chance at least to equalize theirnumber of points with Russia. They are nowon 14,5 and respectively 14,0 points.A surprizingly high victory (3.0) of Slovakiaagainst Lithuania brought them to thethird place with 13,5 points. It seems thatLithuanians collapsed after their short momentsof glory a couple of rounds ago.Four teams are on 13,0 points: USA, Romania,India and Bulgaria. They all wontheir matches with the same 2:1 result. Theirvictims were Mongolia, Armenia, Sloveniaand Kazakhstan. Three teams follow withhalf a point less: Hungary, China and Estonia.The only team who won all the matchesis Ukraine.Top pairings for round seven are: Slovakia-Russia,Ukraine-Romania, USA-India,Bulgaria-China and Estonia-Hungary.Today we step into the second half of thistournament and the suspense is growing up!(M.Cebalo)After the success of thewebsite, the stands atthe Chess Olympiadstart filling up Ticketsfor the parterre soldout and reprintedThe 37th edition of the Chess Olympiadis harvesting new successes everyday. With the media spotlight trained onthe event and press coverage at exceptionallevels, crowds of chess freaks butalso a public of the simply curious arepouring into the Oval.While the official site of the OrganisingCommittee continues to record anincredible number of contacts (two millionagain today, many connected live tothe games), today the stands and aboveall the parterre (gold tickets) have clockedup a record: in just a few hours thetickets available for the playing arenawere sold out.The 300 tickets made available by theorganisation to protect the silence and concentrationof the players, were not enoughto satisfy the demands of visitors.RukyToday the 37th Chess Olympiad sees the visitof the mascot Ruky to the Oval. He will betouring the various areas and will be availablefor photographs.

Interview withMichele GodenaMonRoi wirelessa big hit!Michele Godena, age 39, GM and present national champion, is the italianplayer with the highest Elo rating (2537). After today’s hard foughtgame he gave us this short interview.How many Olympiads did you take part in?I attended the last 10 Olympiads, Turin included, starting in Thessaloniki in 1988, andsince Moscow 1994 I have played in the first board. Actually today’s game has been the 100thin my Olympiads.Are Olympiads different from normal tournaments?Definitely yes. The number of participantsis extraordinarily higher, and you meet peoplefrom all over the world. You really understandwhat “Gens una sumus” means.And what about the training for this kind oftournament?This should be different too. Ideally youshould have a number of training stages with allthe team players, in order not only to work on the technical aspects, but also to improve theteam spirit. But unfortunately this has been possible only once before the event.How is the Olympiad going so far?We could have scored better, even if we have met strong teams. Personally I can be satisfiedat the moment: in the first board I have played four games, winning one and drawing three.And against Smirin (Israel, 2662) and Rozentalis (Lthuania, 2596) I probably had a betterposition with black, though their rating is higher is mine. But I am sorry for Garcia Palermo,who lost two games that were likely won. He just needs a good result to recover confidenceand shape, so to show what is his actual skill.(M. Settis)Three womenamongst the menOne of the curiosities of the Turin Chess Olympiad is the presence of womenplayers in men’s teams (men, on the other hand, may not play inwomen’s teams). Three men’s teams (Hong Kong, Bermuda and MonteCarlo) are playing women players, and in two cases the woman in questionis actually on top board.The Hong Kong team has the fifteen-year-old Anya Corke (born September 1990) on topboard. 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Game of the dayKasimdzhanov Rustam (2673)Ivanchuk Vasyl (2731)1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 00 This move orderis a typical psychological test. If Whitegoes now 8.c3 he allows Black to enter inMarshall Attack, one of the sharpest linesin Spanish game. The most funny thing isthat very often in such a case Black choosesto transpose to the main line with 8...d6instead of 8...d5. On the other hand a lot ofplayers with White prefer to avoid this linewith some “antimarshall” moves which willhappen in our game as well. The conclusionmight be that it is not so easy to say who ismore afraid to enter this line! 8.h3 One of theways to avoid Marshall Gambit (or MarshallAttack). White can do the same with: [8.d3;or 8.a4 .] 8...d6 9.c3 Now we are back inthe main line. 9...Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2Bf8 12.a4 h6 The evolution of this variationcan be followed in the best way by lookingat the games played between Kasparov andKarpov, during years of their rivalty. In theirfirst match (Moscow 1985) Karpov tried withsuccess another move : [12...Qd7 13.axb5axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.d5 Nd8 (15...Na516.Ba2 c6 17.b4 Nb7 18.c4 Rc8 19.dxc6Qxc6 20.c5 Nd8 21.Bb2 dxc5 22.bxc5Qxc5 23.Bxe5 Nd7 24.Bb2 Qb4 25.Nb3Nc5 26.Ba1 Bxe4 27.Nfd4 Ndb7 28.Qe2Nd6 29.Nxc5 Qxc5 30.Qg4 Re8 31.Rd1Bg6 32.Qf4 Qb4 33.Qc1 Be4 34.Re1 Qa535.Bb3 Qa8 36.Qb2 b4 37.Re3 Bg6 38.Rxe8Qxe8 39.Qc1 Ne4 40.Bd5 Nc5 41.Nb3 Nd30–1 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985)16.Nf1 h6 17.N3h2 Nb7 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.b4Na6 20.Ng4 Nh7 21.Ng3 c6 22.dxc6 Bxc623.Bb3 Nc7 24.Qf3 Ne6 25.h4 Qd8 26.Rd1Qa8 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Nc7 29.Ne4Qc8 30.Ne3 Qd7 31.Nf5 Ra8 32.Qh3 Rd833.Be3 Qc8 34.Qf3 Ne8 35.Bb6 Rd7 36.h5Qb7 37.Be3 Kh8 38.g4 Be7 39.Nxe7 Rxe740.g5 hxg5 41.Bxg5 Rc7 ½–½ Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1984 ] 13.Bc2 exd4[13...Nb8 was also tried by Karpov: 14.Bd3c6 15.Nf1 Nbd7 16.Ng3 Qc7 17.Bd2 g618.Qc1 Kh7 19.b3 Bg7 20.Qc2 Nf8 21.Be3Ne6 22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Bf1 Bf8 24.Rd2Qb8 25.Qb1 Ba8 26.b4 Bb7 27.axb5 axb528.Red1 Qc7 29.Rc1 Bg7 30.Rcd1 Rcd831.dxe5 dxe5 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rxd8Nxd8 34.c4 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Ne8 36.Qa2 Nd637.Bb3 Nb5 38.h4 Nd4 39.Bxd4 exd4 40.h5Qe7 41.Qd2 c5 42.Qc2 cxb4 43.hxg6+ fxg644.Qc4 h5 45.e5 Bxf3 46.gxf3 Bxe5 47.f4Bxf4 48.Qg8+ Kh6 49.Bc2 Qg7 50.Qxd8Bxg3 51.fxg3 Qe5 52.Qf8+ Kg5 53.Kg2½–½ Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985] 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 This position has arich history indeed and occurred on the boardalmost a thousand times since the stam gameRubinetti-Carbone, Buenos Aires 1965...................................... Official Sponsor15...c5 [15...bxa4 is considered dubious bythe theory after the game Kasparov-Karpov,New York/Lyon, Wch 1990, where followed:16.Rxa4 a5 17.Ra3 Ra6 18.Nh2 g6 19.f3 Qd720.Nc4 Qb5 21.Rc3 Bc8 22.Be3 c6 23.Qc1Kh7 24.Ng4 Ng8 25.Bxh6 Bxh6 26.Nxh6Nxh6 27.Nxd6 Qb6 28.Nxe8 Qxd4+ 29.Kh1Qd8 30.Rd1 Qxe8 31.Qg5 Ra7 32.Rd8 Qe633.f4 Ba6 34.f5 Qe7 35.Qd2 Qe5 36.Qf2Qe7 37.Qd4 Ng8 38.e5 Nd5 39.fxg6+ fxg640.Rxc6 Qxd8 41.Qxa7+ Nde7 42.Rxa6Qd1+ 43.Qg1 Qd2 44.Qf1 1–0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon 1990.] 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3Invented by Gufeld in 1982, this rookmanoeuvre became popular after the firstKasparov-Karpov match. 17...f5[The major alternative is 17...c4 18.axb5(Another famous game between Kasparov-Karpov, London followed: 18.Nd4 Qf619.N2f3 Nc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Rxa322.Nxa3 Ba6 23.Re3 Rb8 24.e5 dxe525.Nxe5 Nbd3 26.Ng4 Qb6 27.Rg3 g628.Bxh6 Qxb2 29.Qf3 Nd7 30.Bxf8 Kxf831.Kh2 Rb3 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.Qf4 Qxa334.Nh6 Qe7 35.Rxg6 Qe5 36.Rg8+ Ke737.d6+ Ke6 38.Re8+ Kd5 39.Rxe5+ Nxe540.d7 Rb8 41.Nxf7 1–0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Leningrad 1986.) 18...axb519.Nd4 Rxa3 (the most recent example inthis line is: 19...Qb6 20.Nf5 Ne5 21.Rg3g6 22.Nf3 Ned3 23.Qd2 Bxd5 24.Nxh6+Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Qxf2+ 26.Kh2 Nxe1 27.Nh4Ned3 28.Nxg6 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 fxg630.Qxg6+ Kf8 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Bh6 1–0Anand,V-Adams,M/San Luis ARG 2005.)20.bxa3 Nd3 21.Bxd3 cxd3 22.Bb2 (22.Re3! worked also very well in practice forWhite.)) 22...Qa5 23.Nf5 Ne5 24.Bxe5dxe5 25.Nb3 Qb6 26.Qxd3 Ra8 27.Rc1g6 28.Ne3 Bxa3 29.Ra1 Ra4 30.Ng4 Bf831.Rc1 Qd6 32.Nc5 Rc4 33.Rxc4 bxc434.Nxb7 cxd3 35.Nxd6 Bxd6 36.Kf1 Kg737.f3 f5 38.Nf2 d2 39.Ke2 Bb4 40.Nd3Bc3 41.Nc5 1–0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Leningrad 1986.] 18.g4!? Although it isnot a novelty, this move came probably asa surprise because my database says thatit was played just once and a longtime ago(1994). [Two other continuations (18.Rae3and 18.exf5) were tested by Kasparov andTimman in their matches against Karpov:1) 18.Rae3 f4 (In two of his games againstKasparov Karpov tried 18...Nf6 19.Nh2Kh8 (19...Qd7 20.exf5 Rxe3 21.fxe3 Bxd522.Ng4 Be7 23.e4 Bf7 24.Nf3 Rd8 25.Qe2Bc4 26.Qe3 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Bf6 28.Bd2 Re829.b3 Bf7 30.Qf2 Qe7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Qf1Rb8 33.Bd3 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 c4 35.bxc4bxc4 36.Qa3 Rb3 37.Qa8+ Qe8 38.Qxe8+Bxe8 39.g5 hxg5 40.Bxg5 Bb2 41.Rd1 Ba342.e5 c3 43.exd6 c2 44.Rd5 Rb1+ 45.Kf2Rd1 46.Ra5 c1Q 47.Bxc1 Bxc1 48.Ra6 Rd549.f6 g6 50.g4 g5 51.Ra7 Bf4 52.f7+ Bxf753.d7 Kf8 54.Ng1 Rd2+ 55.Ke1 Rd5 56.Nh3Bd2+ 57.Ke2 Kg7 58.Ra2 Bc1 59.Rc2 Ba360.Nxg5 Bg8 61.Rc7 Kg6 and ½–½, wasKasparov,G-Karpov,A/Amsterdam 1991)20.b3 bxa4 21.bxa4 c4 22.Bb2 fxe4 23.Nxe4Nfxd5 24.Rg3 Re6 25.Ng4 Qe8 26.Nxh6c3 27.Nf5 cxb2 28.Qg4 Bc8 29.Qh4+ Rh630.Nxh6 gxh6 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.Ng5 Qf633.Re8 Bf5 34.Qxh6+ Qxh6 35.Nf7+ Kh736.Bxf5+ Qg6 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Rxa8Be7 39.Rb8 a5 40.Be4+ Kxf7 41.Bxd5+1–0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon 1990 (41))19.R3e2 Ne5 20.Nf1 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qh422.Nh2 Re5 23.Qd2 Qxh3 24.Qxf4 bxa425.Qg4 Qxg4+ 26.Nxg4 Ree8 27.f4 a5 28.f3Ba6 29.Rg2 Kf7 30.Rd1 Bc4 31.Ne3 Bb332.Re1 c4 33.e5 dxe5 34.Bg6+ Kg8 35.Ng4Nd3 36.Nxh6+ gxh6 37.Bxd3+ Kh8 38.Bg6Red8 39.Bd2 Bb4 40.Bc3 Bxc3 41.bxc3a3 42.fxe5 Rxd5 43.e6 Rd1 44.Rxd1 Bxd145.e7 Ba4 46.Bf7 Rb8 47.Re2 Rb1+ 48.Kf2Rb2 49.Bxc4 Kg7 50.Ke1 Rxe2+ 51.Kxe2h5 52.Bb3 Bd7 53.Ke3 Kf6 54.Kf4 Bc655.c4 Kxe7 56.c5 Be8 0–1 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Kuala Lumpur 1990.; and 2)18.exf5 Almasi,Z: ‘- 58/374’ 18...Bxd5(18...Nf6 19.Ne4 Bxd5 20.Nxf6+ Qxf621.Bd2 Qxb2 22.Bxb4 Bf7 23.Re6 Qxb424.Rb3 Qxa4 25.Bc2 Rad8 26.Rbe3 Qb427.g3 a5 28.Nh4 d5 29.Qe2 Qc4 30.Bd3Qc1+ 31.Kg2 c4 32.Bc2 Bxe6 33.Rxe6Rxe6 34.Qxe6+ Kh8 35.Ng6+ Kh7 36.Qe2Qg5 37.f6 Qxf6 38.Nxf8+ Kg8 39.Ng6 Qf740.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Ng6+ ½–½ Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon 1990 (41)) 19.Ne4 Bf720.axb5 d5 21.Nc3 Rxe1+ 22.Nxe1 d423.Na2 Nxa2 24.Bxa2 c4 25.Rxa6 Nc526.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Bb1 d3 28.Be3 Qa5 29.b3Nxb3 30.Nxd3 cxd3 31.Bxd3 Nc5 32.Bf1Qc7 33.Qg4 Kh7 34.Bc4 Bxc4 35.Qxc4Qe5 36.Qf7 Bd6 37.g3 Qe7 38.Qg6+ Kh839.Bd4 Be5 40.Bxc5 Qxc5 41.Qe8+ Kh742.Qg6+ Kh8 43.Qe8+ ½–½ Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon 1990 (43); but the mostenergetic move, successfully introduced byWhite in Khalifman-Karpov, Reggio Emilia1991, seems to be 18.Nh2! Nf6 19.Rf3Re5 20.Rxf5 Rxf5 21.exf5 Bxd5 22.Ne4(White was also successfull with 22.Ng4bxa4 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Nexf6+ Bxf6 25.Bd2Bb3 26.Qf3 Rb8 27.Bxh6 Qf8 28.Qg3 Bxb229.Bxg7 Bxg7 30.f6 Nd5 31.f7+ 1–0 inHarikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/Khanty MansyiskRUS 2005.) 22...Bxe4 23.Bxe4 d5 24.Bf3c4 25.Re6 Nd3 26.Be3 d4 27.Bxh6 Nxb228.Qc2 Nxa4 29.Bg5 d3 30.Qd2 Nc531.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Rc6 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Qxc834.Bd5+ Kh7 35.Qf4 d2 36.Qg4 d1Q+37.Qxd1 Qxf5 38.Ng4 Bh6 39.Qe1 Bf840.Qe8 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Bd6+ 42.g3 Qg643.Qd8 1–0 Khalifman,A-Karpov,A/ReggioEmilia 1992.] 18...fxg4 [18...fxe4?! bringingwhite knight in the centre should be wrongbecause after 19.Nxe4 White has goodchances to organize a dangerous attack.; butinteresting is 18...f4! and after 19.Nb3 c420.Nbd4 Nc5 21.Bxf4 Qf6 22.Bh2 Nbd323.Bxd3 cxd3 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Bxa826.b4 Nxe4 27.Qxd3 Bxd5 28.Qxb5 Qf7 adraw was agreed in the stam game Hellers,F-Almasi,Z/Malmoe 1994, in a position whereBlack might be slightly better.] 19.hxg4 Ne5First critical moment in this game. All Whitepieces are ready for an assault on black king,while three black pieces (Ra8,Bb7 and Nb4)are out of play. The text move is a clever tryto close the position after an eventual knightexchange. [19...c4 was also in the spirit ofall the comments given up to now, with theidea to create an outpost on d3 for blackknights. The argument against this move isthat in this way Black looses the control overd4 square.] 20.g5 [20.Nxe5 dxe5!? (but not20...Rxe5?! 21.Nf3 Re8 22.g5 with terribleattack.) ] 20...Bc8 21.Nxe5 [21.axb5 and;21.gxh6 were both serious candidates.] 21...Qxg5+ 22.Rg3 Qxe5 23.Nf3 Qh5 24.Kg2So White sacrificed a pawn but activated allhis pieces, while Ra8 and Nb4 are still out ofplay. 24...Bg4 25.Rh1 Bxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Qg4+[Better than 26...Qe5 27.Rg3 and black kingis under fire.] 27.Kf127...Rxe4! The only chance to stay inthe game. White was already threateningblack queen (28.Rxf8+). 28.Bxh6 [28.Bxe4?! Qxe4 would give Black more thana full compensation for exchange.] 28...Ra7 [28...Rae8 29.Be3 Be7 with the ideato put the bishop on f6 in order to securean emergency exit for the king was better,because in that case White would havenot been able to exchange his darksquaredbishop for the knight.] 29.Bd2 Rf7 30.Bxe4Qxe4 31.Rfh3 Rf5 [31...Qc4+ 32.Kg1doesn’t change much.] 32.Bxb4 Qxb433.Qe2 Qc4 The only way to avoid matingthreats is to enter in this difficult endgame.34.Qxc4 bxc4 35.Rh5 Rxh5? This loosesby force, because Black now cannot defendhis a pawn. [The only chance was 35...g536.Rh8+ Kf7 37.R1h7+ Bg7 where Whiteprobably has nothing better than 38.Rd8Kg6 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Rxd6 with goodchances to win such a rook endgame.]36.Rxh5 Be7 37.Rh3! White finds the mostaccurate plan. 37...Bf6 38.b3! c3 39.Ke2Kf7 40.Kd3 Now the rook is ready to gofor “a” pawn. 40...Kg6 41.Rh8 Kf5 42.Ra8Ke5 43.Rxa6 Kxd5 44.a5 g6 45.Ra7 Kc646.Rf7 And there is nothing to do anymoreagainst the promotion of the “a” pawn. 46...Kd5 1–0 (M.Cebalo).

Men’s sectionRound 5 on 2006/05/256.1 8 Netherlands 2½ - 1½ 1 Russia1 GM Sokolov Ivan ½ : ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir2 GM Tiviakov Sergey ½ : ½ GM Svidler Peter3 GM Van Wely Loek ½ : ½ GM Grischuk Alexander4 GM Nijboer Friso 1 : 0 GM Rublevskiy Sergey6.2 3 Armenia 2½ - 1½ 30 Uzbekistan1 GM Aronian Levon ½ : ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam2 GM Akopian Vladimir 1 : 0 GM Barsov Aleksey3 GM Asrian Karen ½ : ½ IM Filippov Anton4 GM Sargissian Gabriel ½ : ½ IM Kayumov Sergey6.3 31 Sweden 2½ - 1½ 10 Bulgaria1 GM Agrest Evgenij ½ : ½ GM Georgiev Kiril2 GM Hellsten Johan 0 : 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan3 GM Berg Emanuel 1 : 0 GM Spasov Vasil4 GM Hillarp-Persson Tiger 1 : 0 IM Petkov Vladimir6.4 4 Ukraine 2½ - 1½ 51 Iran1 GM Ivanchuk Vasyl ½ : ½ GM Ghaemmaghami Ehsan2 GM Volokytin Andrei ½ : ½ IM Mahjoob Zardast Morteza3 GM Elyanov Pavel 1 : 0 FM Sharbaf Mohsen4 GM Efimenko Zahar ½ : ½ GM Moradiabadi Elshan6.5 19 Belarus 3 - 1 11 Spain1 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 1 : 0 GM Shirov Alexei2 GM Fedorov Alexei ½ : ½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco3 GM Dydyshko Viacheslav ½ : ½ GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel4 GM Zhigalko Andrey 1 : 0 GM Narciso Dublan Marc6.6 12 China 1½ - 2½ 7 USA1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 1 : 0 GM Kamsky Gata2 GM Zhang Pengxiang 0 : 1 GM Onischuk Alexander3 GM Wang Yue ½ : ½ GM Ibragimov Ildar4 GM Zhao Jun 0 : 1 GM Kaidanov Gregory6.7 39 Lithuania 2½ - 1½ 43 Italy A1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas ½ : ½ GM Godena Michele2 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 1 : 0 GM Garcia Palermo Carlos3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 1 : 0 IM Bellini Fabio4 IM Zagorskis Darius 0 : 1 IM Arlandi Ennio6.8 22 Greece 1½ - 2½ 26 Brazil1 GM Kotronias Vasilios ½ : ½ GM Vescovi Giovanni2 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios ½ : ½ GM Leitao Rafael3 GM Halkias Stelios 0 : 1 GM Lima Darcy4 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis ½ : ½ IM Fier Alexander Hilario Takeda6.9 14 Germany 1 - 3 2 India1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij ½ : ½ GM Anand Viswanathan2 GM Jussupow Artur ½ : ½ GM Sasikiran Krishnan3 GM Lutz Christopher 0 : 1 GM Harikrishna P4 GM Graf Alexander 0 : 1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar6.10 49 Scotland 1 - 3 17 Georgia1 GM Rowson Jonathan ½ : ½ GM Kacheishvili Giorgi2 GM McNab Colin 0 : 1 GM Gagunashvili Merab3 IM Aagaard Jacob ½ : ½ GM Gelashvili Tamaz4 FM Gourlay Iain 0 : 1 GM Arutinian David6.11 25 Denmark 2½ - 1½ 28 Croatia1 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 1 : 0 GM Palac Mladen2 GM Hansen Lars Bo ½ : ½ GM Dizdar Goran3 GM Palo Davor ½ : ½ GM Zelcic Robert4 GM Schandorff Lars ½ : ½ IM Brkic Ante6.12 36 Slovakia 1 - 3 20 Czech Republic1 GM Ftacnik Lubomir 0 : 1 GM Navara David2 IM Markos Jan ½ : ½ GM Hracek Zbynek3 IM Petrik Tomas ½ : ½ GM Babula Vlastimil4 GM Likavsky Tomas 0 : 1 GM Laznicka Viktor6.13 15 Romania 1 - 3 6 Israel1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu Dieter 1 : 0 GM Gelfand Boris2 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 0 : 1 GM Smirin Ilia3 GM Vajda Levente 0 : 1 GM Sutovsky Emil4 GM Parligras Mircea 0 : 1 GM Huzman Alexander6.14 27 Iceland 1½ - 2½ 45 Indonesia1 GM Stefansson Hannes Hlifar ½ : ½ GM Adianto Utut2 GM Olafsson Helgi 0 : 1 GM Megaranto Susanto3 IM Kristjansson Stefan 0 : 1 IM Irwanto Sadikin4 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 1 : 0 FM Novita Anjas6.15 29 Switzerland 2 - 2 33 Serbia & Montenegro1 GM Pelletier Yannick 1 : 0 GM Markus Robert2 GM Gallagher Joseph 0 : 1 GM Sedlak Nikola3 GM Jenni Florian 1 : 0 GM Kosic Dragan4 IM Zueger Beat 0 : 1 IM Popovic Dusan6.16 9 Azerbaijan ½ - 3½ 18 Cuba1 GM Radjabov Teimour 0 : 1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro2 GM Gashimov Vugar ½ : ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier3 GM Guliyev Namig 0 : 1 GM Arencibia Rodriguez Walter4 GM Mamedov Rauf 0 : 1 GM Quezada Perez Yuniesky6.17 16 Hungary 3 - 1 42 Latvia1 GM Almasi Zoltan 1 : 0 GM Fridman Daniel2 GM Gyimesi Zoltan 1 : 0 GM Miezis Normunds3 GM Berkes Ferenc ½ : ½ GM Sveshnikov Evgeny4 GM Balogh Csaba ½ : ½ GM Meijers Viesturs6.18 21 Poland 3½ - ½ 54 Ireland1 GM Socko Bartosz 1 : 0 GM Baburin Alexander2 GM Macieja Bartlomiej ½ : ½ IM Kelly Brian3 GM Kempinski Robert 1 : 0 IM Collins Sam4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 1 : 0 IM Quinn Mark6.19 13 England 2 - 2 66 Peru1 GM Adams Michael ½ : ½ GM Granda Julio2 GM Short Nigel ½ : ½ IM Cordova Emilio3 GM Gormally Daniel 0 : 1 FM Pacheco Marco4 GM Conquest Stuart 1 : 0 FM Cruz Cristhian6.20 38 Argentina 2½ - 1½ 57 Turkmenistan1 GM Felgaer Ruben 0 : 1 IM Annaberdiev Meylis2 GM Peralta Fernando ½ : ½ GM Odeev Handjar3 GM Ricardi Pablo 1 : 0 Amanov Mesgen4 IM Flores Diego 1 : 0 IM Grigoryan Karen6.21 64 Paraguay 2 - 2 34 Turkey1 GM Franco Ocampos Zenon ½ : ½ GM Gurevich Mikhail2 IM Cubas Jose Fernando ½ : ½ GM Atalik Suat3 IM Bachmann Axel 1 : 0 IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc4 FM Patriarca Luis Carlos 0 : 1 FM Erturan Yakup6.22 41 FYROM 1 - 3 32 Slovenia1 GM Mitkov Nikola 0 : 1 GM Beliavsky Alexander2 GM Georgiev Vladimir ½ : ½ GM Pavasovic Dusko3 GM Nedev Trajko ½ : ½ GM Sermek Drazen4 IM Kizov Atanas 0 : 1 IM Lenic Luka6.23 5 France 3 - 1 48 Portugal1 GM Bacrot Etienne 1 : 0 GM Galego Luis2 GM Sokolov Andrei 0 : 1 IM Fernando Diogo3 GM Fressinet Laurent 1 : 0 IM Damaso Rui4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 1 : 0 IM Rocha Sergio6.24 91 Algeria 1 - 3 37 Vietnam1 IM Adlane Arab 0 : 1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son2 IM Haddouche Mohamed 0 : 1 IM Le Quang Liem3 Seba Kamel ½ : ½ GM Tu Hoang Thong4 Bouhaddad Abdelkrim ½ : ½ FM Dinh Duc Trong6.25 24 Norway 2½ - 1½ 75 Venezuela1 GM Carlsen Magnus 1 : 0 IM Prasca Rafael2 GM Agdestein Simen 0 : 1 IM Iturrizaga Eduardo3 GM Lie Kjetil A. 1 : 0 FM Soto Oliver4 GM Djurhuus Rune ½ : ½ FM Hernandez Alexander6.26 50 Australia 1½ - 2½ 58 Albania1 IM Smerdon David ½ : ½ GM Dervishi Erald2 IM Zhao Zong-Yuan ½ : ½ IM Shytaj Luca3 IM Lane Gary ½ : ½ Mehmeti Dritan4 Speck Nick 0 : 1 FM Rama Lorenc6.27 55 Mexico ½ - 3½ 23 Moldova1 GM Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos 0 : 1 GM Bologan Viktor2 IM Gonzalez Garcia Jose ½ : ½ GM Iordachescu Viorel3 IM Espinosa Rafael 0 : 1 GM Svetushkin Dmitry4 FM Dominguez Aguilar Guillermo 0 : 1 GM Sanduleac Vasile6.28 59 Ecuador 1 - 3 35 Philippines1 GM Matamoros Franco Carlos 1 : 0 GM Torre Eugene2 IM Mieles Palau Daniel 0 : 1 Laylo Darwin3 Medina Miguel 0 : 1 FM Dimakiling Oliver4 IM Pazos Plinio 0 : 1 FM So Wesley6.29 83 Malaysia 3½ - ½ 47 Canada1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 1 : 0 GM Charbonneau Pascal2 FM Mok Tze Meng ½ : ½ GM Bluvshtein Mark3 FM Lim Yee Weng 1 : 0 IM Zugic Igor4 Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan 1 : 0 IM Livshits Ron

6.30 44 Bangladesh 1½ - 2½ 53 Finland1 GM Rahman Ziaur 0 : 1 GM Nybäck Tomi2 IM Hossain Enamul 0 : 1 IM Nyysti Sampsa3 IM Mollah Abdullah Al-Rakib 1 : 0 IM Mäki-Uuro Miikka4 IM Reefat Bin-Sattar ½ : ½ GM Westerinen Heikki6.31 40 Bosnia Herzegovina 3 - 1 61 Belgium1 GM Kurajica Bojan 1 : 0 GM Winants Luc2 GM Predojevic Borki 1 : 0 IM Dutreeuw Marc3 IM Saric Ibro ½ : ½ IM Claesen Pieter4 FM Bogut Zeljko ½ : ½ FM Gulbas Cemil6.32 94 El Salvador 1½ - 2½ 82 Kyrgystan1 IM Leyva Paneque Hector 1 : 0 Shukuraliev Algis2 FM Arias Lemnys Antonio 0 : 1 Samakov Nurdin3 FM Chavez Monterrosa Ricardo Ernes ½ : ½ Davletbakov Saddam4 Chavez Hector Eduardo 0 : 1 FM Tologontegin Semetey6.33 101 Uruguay 0 - 4 62 Colombia1 Carvalho Guillermo 0 : 1 GM Garcia Gildardo2 FM Curi Gabriel 0 : 1 IM Cuartas Jaime Alexander3 Saralegui Mario 0 : 1 IM Escobar Forero Alder4 Arias Jorge 0 : 1 FM Barrientos Sergio6.34 81 Mongolia 2½ - 1½ 73 Kazakhstan1 FM Batchuluun Cegmed 1 : 0 Kozlov Roman2 Gundavaa Bayarsaihan 0 : 1 IM Kuderinov Kirill3 FM Byambaa Zulzaga 1 : 0 IM Ismagambetov An4 GM Hatanbaatar Bazar ½ : ½ Issabayev D6.35 69 Tunisia 2 - 2 46 Estonia1 GM Belkhodja Slim ½ : ½ GM Kulaots Kaido2 FM Doghri Nabil 0 : 1 IM Liiva Riho3 GM Bouaziz Slim ½ : ½ IM Seeman Tarvo4 Njili Kamel 1 : 0 Volodin Aleksander6.36 60 Chile 2½ - 1½ 71 Italy C1 IM Castellanos Renier ½ : ½ IM Sarno Spartaco2 IM Rojas Luis 1 : 0 FM Mogranzini Roberto3 IM Barria Daniel 0 : 1 FM Molina Fabrizio4 Avalos Joao 1 : 0 Pulito Alberto6.37 65 Austria 1 - 3 52 Qatar1 IM Neubauer Martin ½ : ½ GM Al-Modiahki Mohammed2 IM Pilaj Herwig 0 : 1 IM Al Sayed Mohammed3 IM Alvir Aco 0 : 1 GM Zhu Chen4 FM Genser Harald ½ : ½ IM Nezad Husain6.38 107 Tajikistan 2½ - 1½ 87 Nicaragua1 GM Amonatov Farrukh 1 : 0 IM Davila Carlos2 Khusenkhodzhaev Mukhammad 1 : 0 IM Canda Danilo3 Yunusov Ilhom ½ : ½ FM Sirias Danilo4 Sangmamadov Davlatmamad 0 : 1 FM Lacayo Rene6.39 79 New Zealand 1 - 3 90 ICSC1 IM Garbett Paul 0 : 1 IM Collutiis Duilio2 FM Nokes Roger 0 : 1 IM Georgiev Veselin3 IM Dive Russell 0 : 1 IM Salov Sergey4 Wang Puchen 1 : 0 Hoffmann Rainer6.40 92 Wales 1½ - 2½ 84 Syria1 IM Williams Leighton ½ : ½ Hamad Ahmad2 FM Jones Richard 0 : 1 FM Mohamed Samir3 Dineley Richard ½ : ½ IM Hakki Imad4 Kett Tim ½ : ½ FM Omearat Adel6.41 63 Luxembourg 3½ - ½ 108 Botswana1 IM Bakalarz Mieczyslaw 1 : 0 Gaealafshwe Barileng2 IM Berend Fred 1 : 0 Pitlagano Tebogo3 FM Brittner Serge ½ : ½ Molale Ofentse4 Hartung Jerry 1 : 0 Notha Moakofi6.42 80 Faroe Islands ½ - 3½ 70 Italy B1 IM Nilssen John Arni ½ : ½ FM Ronchetti Niccolo2 Poulsen Martin 0 : 1 FM Brunello Sabino3 Ziska Helgi D. 0 : 1 FM Rombaldoni Denis4 Simonsen Hans Kristian 0 : 1 FM Cacco Christian6.43 67 Andorra 2 - 2 72 Costa Rica1 GM De La Riva Aguado Oscar ½ : ½ IM Gonzalez Bernal2 IM Oms Pallise Josep 1 : 0 IM Valdes Leonardo3 FM Simonet Pons Marc ½ : ½ IM Hernandez Francisco4 FM Garcia Paolicchi Raul 0 : 1 IM Murillo Alexis6.44 100 Lebanon ½ - 3½ 74 Morocco1 IM Eid Fadi 0 : 1 GM Hamdouchi Hichem2 FM Khairallah Faisal 0 : 1 FM Elbilia Jacques3 Kassis Antoine ½ : ½ Karim Ismael4 Sakr Nassim 0 : 1 FM Arbouche Muhamed6.45 85 UAE 2½ - 1½ 102 Guatemala1 Saud Mohamed 0 : 1 IM Juarez Flores Carlos Armando2 IM Hassan Abdullah ½ : ½ FM Juarez Flores Gustavo Enrique3 Yahya Mohamed Saleh 1 : 0 FM Reyes Najera Carlos Antonio4 FM Abdul Majeed Mohamad 1 : 0 Juarez Flores Alfonso Roberto6.46 89 Iraq 2½ - 1½ 68 Singapore1 FM Hussein N A 0 : 1 GM Wong Meng Kong2 FM Atia A Jomah 1 : 0 FM Goh Wei Ming3 S. Mohommed Zozik ½ : ½ IM Goh Koon Jong Jason4 N.Karim Mohammed 1 : 0 FM Lo Kin Mun Dominic6.47 95 Yemen 3 - 1 104 Puerto Rico1 Al- Harazi Khaled Saleh Yahya 1 : 0 Ovalle Ramon2 FM Al-Hadhrani Hatem Ebrahim Ahmed 1 : 0 Velasco Santiago3 FM Al-Qudaimi Basheer 1 : 0 Lamastus Jean Paul4 Al Badani Abdu 0 : 1 Berrios Gabriel6.48 119 Liechtenstein ½ - 3½ 96 Nigeria1 Frick Renato 0 : 1 Adebayo Adegboyega Joel2 Mannhart Marcel 0 : 1 IM Aikhoje Odion3 Ferster Fabian ½ : ½ IM Adu Oladapo4 Guller Andras 0 : 1 IM Fola Akintola6.49 112 Palestine ½ - 3½ 88 Dominican Republic1 GM Ermenkov Evgenij 0 : 1 IM Mateo Ramon2 Moussa Alaa-Eddine ½ : ½ FM Munoz Lisandro3 Tamra Attallah 0 : 1 IM Hernandez Gustavo4 Iz Aldeen Khaled 0 : 1 Infante Miguel6.50 132 Sudan 0 - 4 97 Thailand1 Samir Mosad Obeid Nadir 0 : 1 Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat2 Ali Elobeid Salih Asim 0 : 1 FM Jiravorasuk Banjuab3 Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia 0 : 1 FM Saeheng Boonsueb4 Gismalla Ali Yousif 0 : 1 Saelee Uaychai6.51 111 Nepal 1 - 3 86 South Africa1 Malla Digesh Shanker 0 : 1 IM Kobese Watu2 Shrestha Bilam Lal 0 : 1 FM Van Der Nat Nicholas3 Shrestha Rajendra Prasad 0 : 1 Cawdery Daniel4 Nepali Badri Lal 1 : 0 Van Den Heever Donovan6.52 122 Japan 1 - 3 99 Angola1 Sano Tomu ½ : ½ IM Pedro Aderito2 Iwasaki Yudai 0 : 1 IM Campos Eugenio3 Hayashi Kenji ½ : ½ IM Sousa Armindo4 Nakagori Keiki 0 : 1 Pascoal Eduardo6.53 123 Cyprus 0 - 4 105 Jamaica1 Kassinopoullos Polydoros 0 : 1 FM Elliott Warren2 Aristotelous Vasileios 0 : 1 Rowe Duane3 Savva Panikos 0 : 1 Porter Russel4 Florentiades Michalis 0 : 1 Brown Equitable6.54 98 Barbados 4 - 0 110 Mauritius1 IM Denny Kevin William Henderson 1 : 0 Phillips Roy2 Farley Terry Ricardo 1 : 0 Chinnasamy Deevarajan3 FM Corbin Philip Arnold 1 : 0 Seegolam Pradeep4 Blackman Justin 1 : 0 Marie Patrick6.55 56 Egypt 2½ - 1½ 76 IBCA1 IM El Taher Fouad ½ : ½ IM Krylov Sergey2 IM Ezat Mohamed 0 : 1 IM Berlinsky Vladimir3 IM Sarwat Walaa 1 : 0 IM Dukaczewski Piotr4 IM Frhat Ali 1 : 0 Pribeanu Dacian6.56 113 Malta 2½ - 1½ 130 San Marino1 Pace Colin 1 : 0 Guidi Guido2 Borg Andrew ½ : ½ Righi Egio3 Gauci Joe ½ : ½ CM Volpinari Danilo4 Cilia Vincenti David ½ : ½ CM Grassi Enrico6.57 131 Netherlands Antilles 0 - 4 77 Bolivia1 Mensing Fabio 0 : 1 IM Zambrana Oswaldo2 Flanders Cander 0 : 1 FM Berrocal Jorge3 Maduro Sherman 0 : 1 IM Cueto Jhony4 Vasques Nicolas 0 : 1 FM Molina Jorge Luis6.58 127 Bahrain 1½ - 2½ 103 Brunei Darussalam1 Al Afoo Shaker 0 : 1 Pg Md Omar Ak Hafizon2 Alghasra Ali Mohamed Hasan Ahme ½ : ½ Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin3 Mohamed Sheer Mohamed 0 : 1 Hj Emran Ahmad Bukhari4 Ayyad Maher Abduljalil Saleh Ma 1 : 0 Sabli Mohd Arif Afifi6.59 106 Trinidad & Tobago 3 - 1 139 Mozambique1 FM Harper Ryan 1 : 0 Andrade Ivan Sales2 Ramsingh Yogendranath 0 : 1 Maia Mariano Tesoura De3 Cave Christo 1 : 0 Brumo Marques Victor Brigida4 Singh Ravishen 1 : 0 Vilhete Vania Fausto Da T.

6.60 109 Panama 3 - 1 142 Afghanistan1 Baules Jorge 1 : 0 Fidaeyee Habibullah2 Arosemena J 1 : 0 Heyayat Suliman3 Valdes Rances ½ : ½ Hanif Mahmood4 Diaz Hector ½ : ½ Haidary Hameedullah6.61 136 Bermuda 0 - 4 116 Hong Kong1 Kovacova Zuzana 0 : 1 WGM Corke Anya2 Faulks Nick 0 : 1 Dew Brian3 Freeman Nigel 0 : 1 Chau Sau Ming4 Ebbin Larry 0 : 1 Yu Melvin6.62 115 Sri Lanka 1½ - 2½ 129 Libya1 FM Weeramantry Sunil Parackrama Ra 0 : 1 FM Chahrani Ibrahim2 Anuruddha Gc 0 : 1 Elarbi Abobker3 Wijesuriya Godigamuwage Luxman 1 : 0 Homrana Mustafa4 Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Chathur ½ : ½ FM Asabri Hussien6.63 134 Guernsey 1½ - 2½ 144 Ethiopia1 Rowe Peter ½ : ½ Woldeyes Mekitew Molla2 Kirby Peter ½ : ½ FM Belachew Yimam Abera3 Ozanne Mark ½ : ½ Belachew Kebadu4 Forbes Garry 0 : 1 Gebregziabher Brehane Gebre Mic6.64 114 Surinam 1½ - 2½ 93 Zambia1 Gajadin Dewperkash ½ : ½ Jere Daniel2 Matoewi Roger 1 : 0 Mwali Chitumbo3 Mungroo Franklin 0 : 1 Chumfwa Kelvin4 Dos Ramos Ricardo 0 : 1 Phiri Richmond6.65 147 Haiti 1½ - 2½ 118 Monaco1 Lebrun Piersont 0 : 1 Rouchouse Stevens2 Velery Afriany 0 : 1 WIM Lebel-Arias Julia3 Bazil Joslin 1 : 0 Calabrese Antonino4 Sanon Mondoly ½ : ½ Rapaire Jean Michel6.66 78 IPCA 3½ - ½ 120 Namibia1 IM Obodchuk Andrey 1 : 0 Eichab Charles Sidney2 IM Mikheev Stanislav 1 : 0 Tjipueja Werner3 IM Yarmonov Igor 1 : 0 Nitzborn Josef4 IM Bieluczyk Bogdan ½ : ½ Silver Willem August6.67 141 Fiji 0 - 4 126 Macau1 Arora Neel 0 : 1 Silveirinha Jose2 Kumar Manoj 0 : 1 Mak Keng Kei3 Gautam Asheesh 0 : 1 Calangi Zachary4 Prasad Calvin 0 : 1 Ho Cheng Fai6.68 125 Jersey 3 - 1 140 Papua New Guinea1 CM Simmons Matthew Edwin ½ : ½ Fancy Stuart2 Hawes Jonathan Richard ½ : ½ Press Shaun3 Fulton Anthony John 1 : 0 Jones Rupert4 Jouault Louis 1 : 0 Skehan Craig6.69 148 Malawi 2 - 2 133 Aruba1 Chimthere Alfred Charles 0 : 1 Jacobusse Willem Adriaan2 Mwanza Malama 1 : 0 Croes Octavio3 Salanjira Blessings ½ : ½ Pesqueira Jose Andres4 Chalemba Joseph ½ : ½ Howell Alvin Alfonso6.70 128 Kenya 2 - 2 117 Uganda1 Magana Benjamin Omondi ½ : ½ Kawuma Steven2 Mukabi John Mukuna 0 : 1 Kantinti Shadrack3 Gateri Martin Mwangi 1 : 0 Munanira Isaac4 Wachira William Wachania ½ : ½ Kawuma Moses6.71 138 Seychelles 2 - 2 121 Honduras1 Meier Kurt ½ : ½ Zamora Roberto2 Meier Peter 0 : 1 FM Montesinos Jorge3 Zialor Michel ½ : ½ Medina Ricardo4 Kimende Ralph 1 : 0 Ustariz Carlos6.72 145 Chinese Taipei 1½ - 2½ 137 South Korea1 Yueh Wei Po 0 : 1 Lee Sanghoon2 Hicks Robert Paul ½ : ½ Song Jinwoo3 Yeh Tzu-Hao ½ : ½ Kim Hyunwoo4 Ho Hou Meng ½ : ½ Kim Yongtae6.73 135 British Virgin Islands 2 - 2 146 Rwanda1 Hook William 1 : 0 Murara Maxence2 Lettsome Maurice 0 : 1 Kabera Godfrey3 Christopher Art 1 : 0 Ruteremara Thetime4 Potter Simon 0 : 1 Nzamwitar Aciel6.74 143 Us Virgin Islands 0 - 4 124 Pakistan1 Wilkinson Sinclair 0 : 1 Gillani Tanveer Mohyuddin2 Allen Darryl 0 : 1 IM Mahmood Ahmad Lodhi3 Jackson Francis 0 : 1 Younus Muhammad Younus4 Saleem Zayd 0 : 1 Karim AmerWomen’s sectionRound 5 on 2006/05/256.1 1 Russia 2 - 1 4 Hungary1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra ½ : ½ IM Hoang Thanh Trang2 IM Kosintseva Tatiana ½ : ½ IM Madl Ildiko3 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 1 : 0 IM Vajda Szidonia6.2 24 Spain 1 - 2 2 Ukraine1 Calzetta Ruiz Monica 0 : 1 WGM Zhukova Natalia2 Llaneza Vega Patricia 0 : 1 IM Lahno Katerina3 Hernandez Estevez Yudania 1 : 0 IM Yanovska-Gaponenko Inna6.3 29 Mongolia 1 - 2 5 USA1 Mongontuul Bathuyag ½ : ½ IM Krush Irina2 Yanjindulam Dulamsuren 0 : 1 WGM Goletiani Rusudan3 Bayaraa Zorigt ½ : ½ WGM Baginskaite Camilla6.4 11 Romania 2 - 1 7 Armenia1 IM Peptan Corina Isabela ½ : ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit2 IM Foisor Cristina Adela ½ : ½ IM Danielian Elina3 Bogza Adina Maria 1 : 0 WIM Andriasian Siranush6.5 9 India 2 - 1 17 Slovenia1 GM Koneru Humpy ½ : ½ WGM Muzychuk Anna2 Harika Dronavalli ½ : ½ WGM Srebrnic Ana3 Swathi Ghate 1 : 0 WFM Novak Ksenija6.6 31 Kazakhstan 1 - 2 10 Bulgaria1 Aketayeva Dana ½ : ½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta2 Zigangirova Sofya ½ : ½ WGM Voiska Margarita3 Dauletova Gulmira 0 : 1 WGM Velcheva Maria6.7 21 Italy A 1½ - 1½ 26 Cuba1 IM Sedina Elena 0 : 1 WGM Pina Vega Sulennis2 Zimina Olga 1 : 0 WIM Marrero Lopez Yaniet3 Ambrosi Eleonora ½ : ½ WFM Perez Rodriguez Jennifer6.8 16 Slovakia 3 - 0 13 Lithuania1 Repkova Eva 1 : 0 IM Ciuksyte Dagne2 Pokorna Regina 1 : 0 Daulyte Deimante3 Borosova Zuzana 1 : 0 Batyte Daiva6.9 6 China 2½ - ½ 12 Poland1 Zhao Xue 1 : 0 IM Radziewicz Iweta2 Shen Yang ½ : ½ WFM Przezdziecka Marta3 Hou Yifan 1 : 0 WIM Majdan Joanna6.10 3 Georgia 2 - 1 15 France1 IM Khurtsidze Nino 0 : 1 IM Skripchenko Almira2 IM Dzagnidze Nana 1 : 0 WGM Leconte Maria3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 1 : 0 WGM Milliet Sophie6.11 63 El Salvador ½ - 2½ 34 Estonia1 Zepeda Cortez Lorena Marisela 0 : 1 WIM Bashkite Viktoria2 Melendez Gabriela Maria ½ : ½ WFM Gansvind Valeria3 Zepeda Cortez Sonia Guadalupe 0 : 1 WIM Piarnpuu Leili6.12 8 Germany 1 - 2 25 Latvia1 IM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ : ½ WGM Reizniece Dana2 Nill Jessica 0 : 1 WGM Rogule Laura3 Juergens Vera ½ : ½ WIM Berzina Ilze6.13 19 Serbia & Montenegro 1½ - 1½ 23 Vietnam1 IM Maric Alisa 0 : 1 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An2 Chelushkina Irina 1 : 0 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram3 Benderac Ana ½ : ½ WFM Le Thanh Tu6.14 30 Moldova 1 - 2 20 Israel1 IM Petrenko Svetlana 0 : 1 IM Klinova Masha2 Partac Elena 0 : 1 WGM Igla Bella3 Agababean Naira 1 : 0 WFM Botvinnik Irina6.15 54 IBCA 2½ - ½ 78 Bolivia1 Zsiltzova-Lisenko Lubov 1 : 0 Luna Rayza2 Stolarczyk Anna ½ : ½ Ramirez Maria Eugenia3 FM Debowska Teresa 1 : 0 Barrenechea Sthepany6.16 14 Greece 1½ - 1½ 18 Netherlands1 IM Dembo Yelena ½ : ½ GM Peng Zhao Qin2 Botsari Anna-Maria 0 : 1 IM Bosboom-Lanchava Tea3 Fakhiridou Ekaterini 1 : 0 FM Schuurman Petra6.17 36 Croatia 2 - 1 43 Turkmenistan1 Medic Mirjana 0 : 1 WGM Geldieva Mahri2 Stock Lara 1 : 0 WFM Hallaeva Bahar3 Macek Vlasta 1 : 0 WFM Ovezova Maisa

6.18 32 Belarus 2½ - ½ 60 Philippines1 Azarova Nadezhda 1 : 0 Perena Catherine2 Sharevich Anna ½ : ½ Cua Sherily3 Berlin Tatiana 1 : 0 WIM Mendoza Beverly6.19 71 Venezuela 2 - 1 35 England1 Sanchez Sarai 1 : 0 IM Houska Jovanka2 Han Irene 0 : 1 WFM Gilbert Jessie3 Hernandez Zaida 1 : 0 WGM Bellin Jana6.20 41 Turkey 2 - 1 39 Uzbekistan1 Atalik-Polovnikova Ekaterina 0 : 1 WIM Sabirova Olga2 Topel Zehra 1 : 0 Khamrakulova Iroda3 Ozturk Kubra 1 : 0 Khamrakulova Shakhnoza6.21 27 Ecuador 2 - 1 68 Indonesia1 IM Fierro Baguero Martha 1 : 0 WFM Kharisma Sukandar Irine2 Moncayo Romero Evelyn 1 : 0 Lindiawati Evi3 Vasquez Ramirez Rocio 0 : 1 Sinuhaji Tuti Rahayu6.22 47 Mexico 1 - 2 45 Kyrgyzstan1 Hernandez Guerrero Yadira 0 : 1 Tilenbaeva Janyl2 Carreras Mendiolea Paulina Adria 0 : 1 WFM Sabirova Sofia3 Estrada Gaspar Nelly Massiel 1 : 0 Samaganova Alexandra6.23 38 Australia 3 - 0 87 Algeria1 IM Berezina Irina 1 : 0 WIM Toubal Wissam2 Moylan Laura 1 : 0 Toubal Hayet3 Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 1 : 0 Boudechiche Maroua6.24 50 Finland 1 - 2 28 Argentina1 Sammalvuo Niina ½ : ½ WGM Lujan Carolina2 Rantanen Tanja 0 : 1 WIM Zuriel Marisa3 Puuska Heini ½ : ½ WIM Burijovich Liliana6.25 57 Bangladesh ½ - 2½ 46 Colombia1 Hamid Rani 0 : 1 WIM Ortiz Nadya Karolina2 Sultana Zakia 0 : 1 Franco Angela3 Khan Nazrana ½ : ½ WIM Palao Maricela6.26 33 Switzerland 1½ - 1½ 52 Azerbaijan1 Heinatz Gundula ½ : ½ Isgandarova Khayala2 Seps Monika 0 : 1 Umudova Nargiz3 Gavrilova Anastassia 1 : 0 Agasiyeva Fidan6.27 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1½ - 1½ 40 Sweden1 Dengler Dijana 1 : 0 WIM Johansson Viktoria2 Dedijer Sanja ½ : ½ WFM Pavlovskaia Evgenia3 Dedijer Mira 0 : 1 Jiretorn Eva6.28 97 Chinese Taipei 0 - 3 64 IPCA1 Chen I -Chen 0 : 1 WFM Melnik Galina2 Yueh Elsa Wei Chung 0 : 1 Kudrina Aliya3 Chen Peng An 0 : 1 Zykina Nadezhda6.29 77 Iraq 0 - 3 22 Czech Republic1 I. Ibrahim Delbak 0 : 1 IM Jackova Jana2 M. Muhsin Dhuha 0 : 1 WIM Cedikova Katerina3 Basil .b. Ghazala Zena 0 : 1 WIM Blazkova Petra6.30 37 Iran 3 - 0 62 Dominican Republic1 Pourkashiyan Atousa 1 : 0 WFM Perez Eneida2 Paridar Shadi 1 : 0 Jose Polanco Keyla3 Ghaderpour Taleghani Shayesteh 1 : 0 Munoz Dorisbel6.31 58 Malaysia 2 - 1 66 Guatemala1 Siti Zulaikha 1 : 0 WIM Martinez Porras Ingrid Lorena2 Wan Khye Theng 1 : 0 WFM Monterroso Ochoa Karla Vanessa3 Nur Shazwani Zullkafli 0 : 1 Castillo Melendez Dina Lissette6.32 53 Portugal 1½ - 1½ 75 Luxembourg1 Coimbra Margarida ½ : ½ WFM Bakalarz Grazyna2 Pintor Ariana 0 : 1 Steil-Antoni Fiona3 Baptista Ana 1 : 0 Bakalarz Janet6.33 59 Denmark 2 - 1 51 Canada1 Vovk Oksana 1 : 0 WIM Khoudgarian Natalia2 De Blecourt Dalsberg Sandra 1 : 0 WIM Khaziyeva Dinara3 Bekker-Jensen Anne 0 : 1 WFM Smith Hazel6.34 55 Iceland 2 - 1 56 Austria1 Ptacnikova Lenka ½ : ½ WIM Mira Helene2 Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug 1 : 0 WFM Kopinits Anna Christina3 Gretarsdottir Lilja ½ : ½ Sommer Sonja6.35 42 Norway 3 - 0 61 Brazil1 Hagesaether Ellen 1 : 0 WFM Delai Paula Fernanda2 Sahl Sheila Barth 1 : 0 WIM Chaves Joara3 Bjerke Silje 1 : 0 Chang Suzana6.36 48 FYROM 1 - 2 49 Peru1 Koskoska Gabriela 1 : 0 WIM Zapata Karen2 Sekulovska Vesna 0 : 1 WIM Morales Luciana3 Jonoska Katerina 0 : 1 WFM Aliaga Ingrid6.37 82 Ireland ½ - 2½ 70 Italy B1 Quinn Deborah 0 : 1 Arnetta Maria Teresa2 Shaughnessy Elizabeth 0 : 1 Chierici Marianna3 Menon Poornima ½ : ½ Brunello Marina6.38 65 Albania 1½ - 1½ 69 Wales1 Shabanaj Eglantina ½ : ½ WFM Cast Abigail2 Gjergji Rozana 0 : 1 Blackburn Suzy3 Shabanaj Alda 1 : 0 Owens Megan6.39 84 New Zealand 2 - 1 85 Costa Rica1 Maroroa Sue 0 : 1 Da Bosco Carla2 Chen Eachen 1 : 0 Garcia Veronica3 Fairley Natasha 1 : 0 Ramirez Karla6.40 72 Scotland 2 - 1 88 Botswana1 Giulian Rosemary 1 : 0 Lopang Tshepiso2 Officer Amy 1 : 0 Sabure Ontiretse3 Hughes Rhian 0 : 1 Mokgacha Keitumetse6.41 67 ICSC 1 - 2 73 South Africa1 Ryvova Anna ½ : ½ WIM Frick Denise2 Rossinskaya Liudmila ½ : ½ WIM Ellappen Jenine3 Gonchar Svitlana 0 : 1 WIM Laubscher Anzel6.42 80 Jamaica 1 - 2 83 Tajikistan1 Richards Deborah 1 : 0 Nuretdinova Elena2 Zhu Hui 0 : 1 Umarova Shakhnoza3 Thomas Vanessa 0 : 1 Antonova Nadezhda6.43 74 Puerto Rico 1½ - 1½ 98 Malta1 Oquendo Chrissy 0 : 1 Pulpan Oana2 Martinez Natiska 1 : 0 Aguilar Filipina3 Segarra Tammy ½ : ½ Alyeksandr Uranchimeg6.44 96 Angola 1½ - 1½ 86 Nigeria1 Rocha Valquiria 1 : 0 Amadasun Rosemary2 Venancio Sandra 0 : 1 Edward-Dappa Rachael3 Oliveira Engracia ½ : ½ Ikpa-Glewis Pauline Tresa6.45 89 Japan 1½ - 1½ 92 Fiji1 Ishizuka Mirai ½ : ½ WFM Lyons Keiran2 Hishii Ayano 1 : 0 Sukhu Gloria3 Shibata Misaki 0 : 1 Frentina Andrea6.46 81 UAE ½ - 2½ 79 Sri Lanka1 Mansour Mariam 0 : 1 Methmali Uluwitike Gamage Yashod2 Ebtissam Mohamed ½ : ½ Wijayawardana Dangampolage M.C.3 Kholoud Essa 0 : 1 Koswatte Chandrika Thilini6.47 91 Libya 1½ - 1½ 94 Trinidad & Tobago1 Elnami Safa 0 : 1 Kennedy Jane2 Wafa Mohamed ½ : ½ Guiseppi Lyndy-Ann3 Mawadda Rahal 1 : 0 Rattan Joanne Camille6.48 95 Us Virgin Islands 1 - 2 108 Yemen1 Widmer-Babic Gail 1 : 0 Awat Amimah2 Bansal Vibha 0 : 1 Jalal Amani3 Mody Ila 0 : 1 Abdulsalam Nadnia6.49 99 Namibia 0 - 3 101 Panama1 Swartz Stephne 0 : 1 Barria Raisa2 Ndjoze Ngangane 0 : 1 Gonzalez Yaribeth3 Valombola Magdalena 0 : 1 Arosemena Bethania6.50 102 Qatar 2 - 1 90 Kenya1 Al-Khelaifi Aisha 1 : 0 Abur Lyndah Amollo2 Al-Jefairi Noora 0 : 1 Wambugu Jane Wanjiru3 Safar Alshaymaa 1 : 0 Gichuru Everlyn Wanjiru6.51 106 Surinam 2½ - ½ 93 Honduras1 Naipal Victoria 1 : 0 Duron Sari2 Hardwarsing Jyoti ½ : ½ Sevilla Persis3 Sabajo Anuska + : - Barahona BesyBulletin BoardTransportationIt is possibile to rent private Buses (50 seats) with hostess assistance forGuest transportation to Milano Malpensa Airport from the Village.The price of the Bus (minimum 50 reserved seats) is 10 Euros per person,to be collected on board.Deadline date for Bus reservation: May 30 th.Please book your requests at:BUS TRANSFER RESERVATION OFFICEIN THE HALL OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE by May 30 th

Bermuda partyParty starts at may 31, at 10 pmHiroshima Mon Amour via Bossoli, 83Get your pin to get in!You can buy it only in advance at one of the following:accreditation point at the village every day from 10 to 14due torri stand in the oval exhibition areaThe pin costs 10 euros and it includes the fi rst drinkFour DJs, three bars,two dance fl oors, one night!!!With a ten minutes walkyou will be in the heart of the fun!THE BRANDS TAKING PART IN THE OLYMPIADAND OLYMPIC MERCHANDISING ARE TO BE FOUNDIN THE 500 SQ M OF STAND AREALE DUETORRIFROM 21 MAY TO 4 JUNEOVAL/LINGOTTOHanno collaborato alla realizzazione di Turin moves: Claudio Agnese - Marino Baruffa - Adolivio Capece - Marco Cassinera - Misho Cebalo - Mauro Ciani -Michele Cordara - Marta Corradi - Ravi Kumar - L J M - Andrea Natoli - Alan Nixon - Alexis Pergay - Antonio Rosino - Massimo Settis - Elisa Tritto.