Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012 R5 - Armenia, Russia in Joint Lead in Open; Russia in Sole Lead in Women's Section
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Hi everyone,
Round 5 at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul saw match-pairing more in keeping with team strengths. On the first match table, two-time Chess Olympiad Champion Armenia beat defending champions Ukraine. World #2 Levon Aronian beat Vassily Ivanchuk with a nice exchange-up and follow-up tactics which were enough to win the match for Armenia as the other games were drawn 2,5-1,5.
Russia comfortably beat Hungary on the second board on the basis of Alexander Grischuk's attacking win over Zoltan Almasi with a score of 2,5-1,5. Meanwhile, the Azeri and Chinese teams beat Canada and Iran 3,5-0,5 even as France lost to Croatia 2,5-1,5. USA drew with the Czech Republic.
Hi everyone,
Round 5 at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul saw match-pairing more in keeping with team strengths. On the first match table, two-time Chess Olympiad Champion Armenia beat defending champions Ukraine. World #2 Levon Aronian beat Vassily Ivanchuk with a nice exchange-up and follow-up tactics which were enough to win the match for Armenia as the other games were drawn 2,5-1,5.
Russia comfortably beat Hungary on the second board on the basis of Alexander Grischuk's attacking win over Zoltan Almasi with a score of 2,5-1,5. Meanwhile, the Azeri and Chinese teams beat Canada and Iran 3,5-0,5 even as France lost to Croatia 2,5-1,5. USA drew with the Czech Republic.
In the Women's Section Russia beat France 2,5-1,5 to take sole lead in the tournament. Serbia beat Bulgaria 2,5-1,5. Poland beat Greece, Slovakia won with against Latvia. Harika Dronavalli made a good start for India in the match with China as she held the World Champion Hou Yifan to a draw with black pieces. But all the other three boards lost and China cruised to a nice win. Georgia and Ukraine, as well as Slovenia and Israel, tied their matches with draws on all four boards.
The US suffered a devastating 3-1 loss against Vietnam who gave up an average of 158 rating points to the Americans. Sunday is a rest day. Monday is a crucial sixth round which could well make or break the teams' fortunes in the event.
The US suffered a devastating 3-1 loss against Vietnam who gave up an average of 158 rating points to the Americans. Sunday is a rest day. Monday is a crucial sixth round which could well make or break the teams' fortunes in the event.
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4 Comments:
At September 3, 2012 at 5:36 AM ,
gerard, london said...
indeed v crucial day today armenia and russia
At September 3, 2012 at 5:54 AM ,
alexis cochran, nz said...
russia is sweeping this for sure
At September 3, 2012 at 9:37 AM ,
Anonymous said...
round 6 is going to be the decider
At September 3, 2012 at 1:48 PM ,
jiu lin beijing said...
Great chess olympiad its been lot of fun so far what happens in case of tie in the end some tiebreakers i guess but i hope they dont do like world chess championship for the teams heh heh
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