2010 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 7

It's been a long rough day so this is going to be short.

Anna Zatonskih was the difference on USA Women's team today by coming through with a victory - good for Anna.  She has, I hope, shaken off whatever was ailing her the first games in the Olympiad, and has won two in a row.

Round 7 on 2010/09/28 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 7 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Danielian Elina 2466 ½ - ½
5.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2484 1 - 0
5.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - IM Galojan Lilit 2373 ½ - ½
5.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WGM Aginian Nelly 2282 ½ - ½

Here are the top 10 Women's Teams after R7:

Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 7 7 0 0 14 176,5 21,5 60,00
2 4 Georgia GEO 7 6 0 1 12 157,5 21,0 59,00
3 8 India IND 7 6 0 1 12 148,0 20,5 53,00
4 17 Serbia SRB 7 5 1 1 11 147,5 20,5 55,00
5 9 Hungary HUN 7 5 1 1 11 143,5 18,0 61,00
6 6 United States of America USA 7 5 1 1 11 134,0 19,0 56,00 7 5 Russia 2 RUS2 7 4 3 0 11 131,5 17,5 54,00
8 12 Bulgaria BUL 7 5 1 1 11 131,0 16,5 59,00
9 2 China CHN 7 5 0 2 10 155,5 19,0 64,00
10 3 Ukraine UKR 7 5 0 2 10 152,5 19,0 64,00

Top match-ups tomorrow:

No. SNo Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team SNo
1 8 IND India 20½ 12 : 14 21½ Russia 1 RUS1 1
2 17 SRB Serbia 20½ 11 : 12 21 Georgia GEO 4
3 5 RUS2 Russia 2 17½ 11 : 11 19 United States of America USA 6
4 9 HUN Hungary 18 11 : 11 16½ Bulgaria BUL 12
5 36 RUS3 Russia 3 19 10 : 10 20 Cuba CUB 18

How did Canadian Women do? They split the match points:

Round 7 on 2010/09/28 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 64 Singapore (SIN) Rtg 2 : 2
32.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - WFM Tay Li Jin Jeslin 2119 1 - 0
32.2 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - WFM Liu Yang 2083 0 - 1
32.3 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 - Neo Xiuwen Christabel 1846 1 - 0
32.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - Lo Yin Ling Melissa 1814 0 - 1

Canadian Women moved up one spot, to 53rd.

There are four more games to go. Can the American Women advance further? They're back where they started - in 6th place. People are already crowning Russian Women 1 the Gold Medalists, and perhaps they are right. But, as the saying goes, it ain't over until the fat lady sings :)

The women playing on Open teams:

GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3: Bounced back from her loss yesterday, with a win against GM Alexandr Fier of Brazil. Judit's score is 5.0/7 with a current performance rating of 2782. Very nice :)

GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3: She did her part by holding a draw against a higher rated player - "The Hammer" - GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2633 of Norway - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 ½ - ½. However, very few players can overcome GM Magnus Carlsen on Board 1 and neither could Lithuania's first board.  Lithuania lost to Norway by 2.5/1.5. Cmilyte's score, 3.0/6; her current performance rating is below her ELO (not good).

GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3: Zhu Chen drew her game
31.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - Erdene Ganzorig 2330 ½ - ½
Zhu Chen's score is 4.0/7 and her performance rating is below her ELO (not good).

GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
29.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - GM Drasko Milan 2486 ½ - ½
Ketevan was the only draw, her teammates all lost their games to Montenegro. Keti's score is 4.0/6 and is the best performance on her team, but her performance rating is below her ELO.

WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Shiomi Ryo 2105 1 - 0
Luxembourg took the match against Japan 3.5/0.5
Fiona has not lost a game and has a score of 4.5/6. Her performance rating is a little above her ELO, which is good.