2008 Chess Olympiad

Bad news! The US women fell to Poland in R9 today, 3:1. Boo, hiss, boo! They have fallen from 2nd place all the way to 7th, with only 2 round left! And - get this - China was knocked out of first place, all the way down to 4th! Here are the current top 10 after R9: Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 2 Ukraine UKR 9 6 3 0 15 268,0 97,0 25,5 2 9 Poland POL 9 7 1 1 15 249,5 104,0 23,5 3 10 Serbia SRB 9 7 1 1 15 232,5 97,0 23,5 4 3 China CHN 9 6 2 1 14 278,5 109,0 24,0 5 4 Georgia GEO 9 6 2 1 14 269,5 97,0 25,5 6 6 Armenia ARM 9 7 0 2 14 230,0 97,0 24,0 7 7 United States of America USA 9 6 1 2 13 248,5 96,0 24,5 8 1 Russia RUS 9 5 3 1 13 245,0 100,0 24,0 9 8 Hungary HUN 9 6 1 2 13 229,5 97,0 23,5 10 43 Uzbekistan UZB 9 6 1 2 13 188,5 87,0 21,5 Uzbekistan??? Russia in 8th place? Stock market crash being compared to the Great Depression. THE END MUST BE NEAR. Everyone - pray to the Goddess - quick!