2012 Chess Olympiad - Women

Just a brief report tonight on the Olympiad.  First, the starting position of the U.S. and Canadian Women's Teams relative to all 128 teams:

U.S. 5th Place: 2419 Average ELO
Canada 59th Place: 2044 Average ELO

Team Results R1:

Bo.	5	United States of America	Rtg	-	67	New Zealand	Rtg	4 : 0
5.1	IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2512	-	WFM	Milligan, Helen	1987	1 - 0
5.2	IM	Krush, Irina	2467	-	WFM	Tsoi, Nicole	1786	1 - 0
5.3	WGM	Foisor, Sabina	2356	-	WFM	Fairley, Natasha	1788	1 - 0
5.4	IM	Goletani, Rusudan	2341	-	WIM	Meyer, Marany	2117	1 - 0

Round 1
Bo.	122	Aruba	Rtg	-	59	Canada	Rtg	0 : 4
56.1		Dania, Manuelle	0	-	WIM	Khoudgarian, Natalia	2158	0 - 1
56.2	WCM	Carrero, Claudia	0	-	WCM	Peng, Jackie	2009	0 - 1
56.3		Jacobs, Annelaine	0	-	WCM	Orlova, Yelizaveta	1947	0 - 1
56.4		De Mey, Maria Paula	0	-	WCM	Botez, Alexandra	2009	0 - 1

USA in 4th place and Canada in 43rd after R1. Lots of chess to go.