2008 Chess Olympiad

USA has jumped into the #2 spot by virtue of their winning the match today against the Russian Women's Team, which fell all the way to #10. Wow! Here are the top 10 after Round 8 - 3 more rounds to go. Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 3 China CHN 8 6 2 0 14 232,0 82,0 22,5 2 7 United States of America USA 8 6 1 1 13 215,5 74,0 23,5 3 2 Ukraine UKR 8 5 3 0 13 206,0 77,0 22,5 4 9 Poland POL 8 6 1 1 13 187,5 82,0 20,5 5 10 Serbia SRB 8 6 1 1 13 178,0 74,0 21,0 6 4 Georgia GEO 8 5 2 1 12 200,5 76,0 21,5 7 6 Armenia ARM 8 6 0 2 12 182,0 77,0 20,5 8 14 Slovenia SLO 8 5 2 1 12 170,5 66,0 22,5 9 16 Romania ROU 8 6 0 2 12 168,0 74,0 21,0 10 1 Russia RUS 8 4 3 1 11 191,0 81,0 21,0 Round 9 match-ups for the Top 10: China (#1) meets Serbia (#5) Poland (#4) meets USA (#2) Ukraine (#3) meets Romania (#9) Georgia (#6) meets Slovenia (#8) Argentina (#17) meets Armenia (#7) Russia (#10) meets Lithuania (#18) How are the US chess femmes now standing in contention for earning an individual medal? On Board #1, IM Irina Krush is currently in 5th place On Board #2, IM Anna Zatonskih is currently in 1st place On Board #3, WGM Rusudan Goletiani is currently in 1st place On Board #4, WGM Katerine Rohonyan is currently in 11th place On the Best Performance List, USA now has 2 players in the top 10: IM Anna Zatonskih is in 2nd place, with a PF of 2634 (her ELO is 2440) IM Irina Krush is in 7th place, with a PF of 2578 (her ELO is 2452) In addition, WGM Rusudan Goletiani is in 20th place with a PF of 2532 (her ELO is 2359), outshining a veritable galaxy of chess femme stars, including Stefanova, Sachdev, Ushenina, Cimilyte, and others. Getting ready to eat that hat...