Hola darlings! It's all over except for the Fat Lady singing. September 8th is a "free day." Why not give a free day half way through the damn competition? DOH! The FINAL round, Round 11, will be held on September 9th. So, here are the top ten Women's Teams after R10. There is only 1 more round to go.
| Rk. | SNo | | Team | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| China | CHN | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 357.0 | 29.0 | 131.00 |
| 2 | 2 |
| Russia | RUS | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 348.0 | 29.0 | 126.00 |
| 3 | 4 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 325.0 | 27.0 | 127.00 |
| 4 | 14 |
| France | FRA | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 294.0 | 27.5 | 120.00 |
| 5 | 22 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 281.0 | 27.0 | 112.00 |
| 6 | 9 |
| Germany | GER | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 277.5 | 26.5 | 113.00 |
| 7 | 6 |
| India | IND | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 277.5 | 25.5 | 122.00 |
| 8 | 7 |
| Poland | POL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 282.0 | 26.0 | 122.00 |
| 9 | 13 |
| Bulgaria | BUL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 260.0 | 26.0 | 107.00 |
| 10 | 8 |
| Armenia | ARM | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 259.5 | 24.0 | 117.00 |
Three points separate the No. 1 team from the No. 10 team. Here are the final match-ups among some of the top Women's Teams:
| Round 11 on 2012/09/09 at 11:00 |
| No. | SNo | | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | | SNo |
| 1 | 2 |
| RUS | Russia | 29 | 17 | | : | | 15 | 27 | Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| 22 |
| 2 | 13 |
| BUL | Bulgaria | 26 | 14 | | : | | 17 | 29 | China | CHN |
| 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
| UKR | Ukraine | 27 | 16 | | : | | 15 | 26½ | Germany | GER |
| 9 |
| 4 | 14 |
| FRA | France | 27½ | 15 | | : | | 15 | 25½ | India | IND |
| 6 |
| 5 | 7 |
| POL | Poland | 26 | 14 | | : | | 14 | 24 | Armenia | ARM |
| 8 |
Here are the R10 results among the top teams:
| Bo. | 1 |
China (CHN) | Rtg | - | 22 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 1.1 | GM | Hou, Yifan | 2599 | - | WIM | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | 2291 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | GM | Zhao, Xue | 2549 | - | WIM | Dauletova, Gulmira | 2267 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.3 | WGM | Ju, Wenjun | 2528 | - | WIM | Saduakassova, Dinara | 2216 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.4 | WGM | Ding, Yixin | 2424 | - | WIM | Davletbayeva, Madina | 2165 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 8 |
Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | - | 2 |
Russia (RUS) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 2.1 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2476 | - | GM | Kosintseva, Tatiana | 2530 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.2 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2454 | - | IM | Gunina, Valentina | 2507 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.3 | IM | Galojan, Lilit | 2349 | - | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2489 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.4 | WGM | Kursova, Maria | 2338 | - | WGM | Pogonina, Natalija | 2448 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 4 |
Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | - | 7 |
Poland (POL) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Lahno, Kateryna | 2542 | - | GM | Socko, Monika | 2467 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.2 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | 2442 | - | IM | Rajlich, Iweta | 2412 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.3 | IM | Ushenina, Anna | 2433 | - | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 2377 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | IM | Yanovska, Inna | 2404 | - | WGM | Szczepkowska, Karina | 2375 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 27 |
Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | - | 14 |
France (FRA) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 4.1 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Zeinab | 2285 | - | IM | Skripchenko, Almira | 2442 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.2 | WGM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2324 | - | WGM | Maisuradze, Nino | 2284 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.3 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 2245 | - | IM | Collas, Silvia | 2261 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.4 | WIM | Umudova, Nargiz | 2208 | - | WIM | Bollengier, Andreea | 2253 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 9 |
Germany (GER) | Rtg | - | 11 |
Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 6.1 | IM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2483 | - | WGM | Matnadze, Ana | 2422 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.2 | WGM | Melamed, Tetyana | 2356 | - | IM | Alexandrova, Olga | 2417 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.3 | WGM | Ohme, Melanie | 2337 | - | WGM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2355 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.4 | WGM | Michna, Marta | 2380 | - | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | 2276 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 6 |
India (IND) | Rtg | - | 25 |
Israel (ISR) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 5.1 | GM | Dronavalli, Harika | 2503 | - | WIM | Porat, Maya | 2295 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | IM | Sachdev, Tania | 2379 | - | WIM | Efroimski, Marsel | 2174 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.3 | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | 2396 | - | IM | Klinova, Masha | 2317 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | WGM | Soumya, Swaminathan | 2271 | - | WFM | Shvayger, Yuliya | 2202 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 12 |
Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | - | 13 |
Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 10.1 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2464 | - | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2502 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.2 | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2385 | - | WGM | Videnova, Iva | 2317 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.3 | WGM | Rudolf, Anna | 2289 | - | WGM | Nikolova, Adriana | 2299 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.4 | IM | Gara, Anita | 2306 | - | WIM | Raeva, Elitsa | 2313 | 0 - 1 |
Team USA, Team Canada, and Team Georgia:
| 14 | 3 |
| Georgia | GEO | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 280.5 | 26.0 | 119.00 |
| 55 | 59 |
| Canada | CAN | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 157.5 | 21.5 | 95.00 |
Judit Watch!
How is GM Judit Polgar doing?
She won again :)
| 5. Hungary (HUN / RtgAvg:2708, TB1: 15 / TB2: 311.5) |
| Bo. |
| Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts. | Games | Rp | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- |
| 1 | GM | Leko Peter | 2737 | HUN | | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | | 5.0 | 9 | 2701 | 5 | 5.44 | -0.44 | 10 | -4.4 |
| 2 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2713 | HUN | ½ | | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | | 6.0 | 9 | 2695 | 6 | 6.11 | -0.11 | 10 | -1.1 |
| 3 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2698 | HUN | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 7.0 | 9 | 2756 | 7 | 6.27 | 0.73 | 10 | 7.3 |
| 4 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2685 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | | ½ | 0 | | 1 | 1 | | 5.5 | 8 | 2617 | 5.5 | 6.10 | -0.60 | 10 | -6.0 |
| 5 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2668 | HUN | 1 | ½ | | | ½ | | ½ | ½ | | | | 3.0 | 5 | 2564 | 3 | 3.43 | -0.43 | 10 | -4.3 |
The Hungarian Team is currently in 5th place in the Open. Team USA is right behind in 6th place in the Open.
> Why not give a free day half way through the damn competition?
ReplyDeleteThey did, more or less: September 2nd was a free day too.
Hi Eugene,
ReplyDeleteI did not see Sept. 2 on the calendar. So it was good they receive two rest days, but it would have been better to schedule 4 games/off day/4 games/off day/3 games. I wonder sometimes if organizers ever actually played competitive chess in such a situation as the Olympiad! Wish they would consult active players to get input from the people who are actually affected by the schedule.
Yeah, 5-5-1 is a little odd. Still, it is not that bad. Here is something worse:
ReplyDelete"The FIDE Congress has awarded the 2016 World Chess Olympiad to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. (...) The FIDE World Cup 2015 is also awarded to the city of Baku."
Apparently, they forgot that Azerbaijan and Armenia are still pretty much at war. Or maybe they expect Aronian to retire or die by 2014, but even then the Armenians will likely be potential medal contenders in 2016, if they are allowed entry to the venue and avoid assassination before the closing ceremony.
Seriously, it is not like Baku was the only option!
Holy Goddess! That even tops FIDE scheduling a women's event near a war zone a few years back (when the Russians invaded Georgia). Seriously, do Kirsan and FIDE have it in for the Armenians? Will they even show up to play in such a venue? I wouldn't! The pissy thing is, most or all of the other chessplayers will cave because of the prizes in these events. Principles go out the window when money is involved, as we are witness to daily in US politics. It's absolutely disgusting all the way around.
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