After losing her first game at this Olympiad yesterday, Judit bounced back to beat GM Fier of Brazil with the Black pieces today. Almasi also won to give Hungary a 3-1 victory over Brazil.
1. Leitao, Rafael ½-½ Leko, Peter
2. Milos, Gilberto 0-1 Almasi, Zoltan
3. Fier, Alexandr 0-1 Polgar, Judit
4. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag ½-½ Berkes, Ferenc
Ivanchuk wins AGAIN (He's 6/6 on board 1. His Fischer like performance gives Ukraine first place after 7 rounds.
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Jobava, Baadur
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ Gagunashvili, Merab
3. Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
4. Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ Pantsulaia, Levan
Armenia lost to Azerbaijan. This creates serious doubt for Armenia to three-peat.
1. Aronian, Levon ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2. Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour
3. Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ Mamedov, Rauf
4. Pashikian, Arman 0-1 Guseinov, Gadir
Only 1 Russia can win and it's Russia A today. They won by a slim margin of 2.5 - 1.5 to keep the Gold medal hope alive.
1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
2. Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander
3. Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ Svidler, Peter
4. Tomashevsky, Evgeny 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey
The U.S. suffered a costly setback today with a tie against Poland.
1. Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2. Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Socko, Bartosz
3. Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 Macieja, Bartlomiej
4. Shulman, Yuri ½-½ Miton, Kamil
Iran is making a strong statement about their chess improvement with a tie against Russia C team.
1. Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan
2. Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 Moradiabadi, Elshan
3. Pridorozhni, Aleksei 0-1 Toufighi, Homayoon
4. Kabanov, Nikolai 0-1 Golizadeh, Asghar
England is out of the medal hunt after a huge loss against Belarus.
1. Zhigalko, Sergei ½-½ Adams, Michael
2. Teterev, Vitaly 1-0 Short, Nigel D
3. Podolchenko, Evgeniy1-0 Howell, David W L
4. Stupak, Kirill ½-½ Jones, Gawain C B
Full results: http://ugra-chess.com/results.php?tmnt=1&rn=7
