Friday, October 1, 2010

Ukrainian one step closer to Olympiad Gold


France has been the Cinderella team so far in this Olympiad. But they ran into to Ukrainian buzz saw this round. Ukraine will now control their own destiny for Olympiad gold. Win and it is theirs.

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 Fressinet, Laurent
3. Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 Tkachiev, Vladislav
4. Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ Feller, Sebastien

Grischuk scored the lone win for Russia to give Russia outside hope for gold IF Ukraine lose the final round.

1. Wang, Yue ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
2. Wang, Hao 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander
3. Bu, Xiangzhi ½-½ Svidler, Peter
4. Li, Chao B ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey

The U.S. was eliminated from medal contention following a 1-3 loss to Israel.

1. Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Gelfand, Boris
2. Kamsky, Gata 0-1 Sutovsky, Emil
3. Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Rodshtein, Maxim
4. Shulman, Yuri 0-1 Mikhalevski, Victor

After a good run, Georgia's medal hopes officially ended with a 1-3 loss against Spain.

1. Shirov, Alexei 1-0 Jobava, Baadur
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ Gagunashvili, Merab
3. Salgado Lopez, Ivan ½-½ Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
4. Magem Badals, Jordi 1-0 Pantsulaia, Levan

Poland wins but it may be too late for medal chances.

1. Sedlak, Nikola 0-1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2. Vuckovic, Bojan ½-½ Socko, Bartosz
3. Ivanisevic, Ivan ½-½ Miton, Kamil
4. Markus, Robert 0-1 Bartel, Mateusz

Aronian scores for Armenia to give them the match against the Czech Republic. However, they need some miracles to happen for a medal.

1. Navara, David 0-1 Aronian, Levon
2. Laznicka, Viktor ½-½ Akopian, Vladimir
3. Hracek, Zbynek ½-½ Sargissian, Gabriel
4. Babula, Vlastimil ½-½ Pashikian, Arman

Hungary won 3-1 but it may be too late for Olympiad bronze.

1. Leko, Peter ½-½ Zhigalko, Sergei
2. Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 Zhigalko, Andrey
3. Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 Podolchenko, Evgeniy
4. Balogh, Csaba ½-½ Stupak, Kirill

Italy continues strong showing by tying Azerbaijan 2-2. But both teams are out of the medal chase.

1. Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2. Godena, Michele ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour
3. Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0 Guseinov, Gadir
4. Brunello, Sabino 0-1 Safarli, Eltaj

Full results here: http://www.ugra-chess.com/results.php?tmnt=1&rn=10
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