IM Tania Sachdev: Proud Medal Winner for India

From Indian Sports News Online

Winning a bronze for country at Chess Olympiad is a great feeling: Tania Sachdev
19 September 2012

IM Sachdev during 2012 Gibraltar

She just returned home with her first medal at the Chess Olympiad. Since her initial days she always wanted to play for the country and win a medal at the Olympiad. She finally achieved and not only that, she also helped the Indian women’s team finish to best ever fourth position in the tournament held at Istanbul Turkey.

Tania Sachdev, winner of the Asian Chess Championship and a recipient of the Arjuna award, spoke to Indian Sports News during a felicitation function in New Delhi on her feat at the Olympiad. Excerpts:

ISN: Congratulations on your bronze medal. How much does this achievement mean to you?
Tania: Thank you. Ever since I started playing chess, I always wanted to play for the country and winning a bronze at the Olympiad is a great feeling. This achievement certainly stands alongside my win at the Asian Chess Championship.

ISN: Without Koneru Humpy in the team, you were the senior most member of the team. How much pressure did you have on you?
Tania: Frankly speaking I did not take any pressure on me. Every member of the team knew what they had to do and was totally focused on the game. We exceeded all expectations by finishing fourth and I have with it.

ISN: How much was Humpy missed by the team?
Tania: Yes we did miss Humpy in the tournament. I mean, to have someone like her in the team is always very encouraging and I am feel that we could have finished in top three had she been part of the sport.

ISN: How much do you think chess is recognized in the country?
Tania: The situation has improved a lot in the country. Earlier very few people knew about the game but then now it is being reported in the media and people have started recognizing it. People are aware of us now but then having said that it still has not reached the level it should have. It is on the course and will take time but I am confident it will reach be able to be at the same level with other popular sports in the country.

ISN: What would you say about AICF as a sports body?
Tania: They are doing a wonderful job. I mean they are very professional and the number of tournaments they organize every year helps the sport a great deal. We do not have to go hunting for international tournaments abroad and it is all due to them. The players get so much exposure and everyone is getting more platforms to make it big.

ISN: How much support do you get from the government?
Tania: We do have their support but then somehow I think that they do not match-up to the hard work we put in and our achievements. I feel that they should do a bit more for the cause of chess.


By Samikshan Dutta Choudhury
Indian Sports News Network

2012 Chess Olympiad - Final Standings

I'll get the Open out of the way first.  Top 10 finishers:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3		Armenia	ARM	11	9	1	1	19	397.0	29.0	155.00
2	1		Russia	RUS	11	9	1	1	19	388.5	28.5	157.00
3	2		Ukraine	UKR	11	9	0	2	18	363.0	29.5	147.00
4	6		China	CHN	11	8	1	2	17	390.5	29.5	157.00
5	5		United States Of America	USA	11	7	3	1	17	361.0	30.0	142.00
6	9		Netherlands	NED	11	8	0	3	16	329.0	29.0	133.00
7	27		Vietnam	VIE	11	6	4	1	16	313.5	29.0	126.00
8	25		Romania	ROU	11	8	0	3	16	310.0	29.0	128.00
9	4		Hungary	HUN	11	7	1	3	15	368.0	28.0	151.00
10	7		Azerbaijan	AZE	11	6	3	2	15	344.0	29.0	144.00

A creditable finish for Team USA-Open.

Now, the women!  Top 10 finishers:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2		Russia	RUS	11	8	3	0	19	450.0	33.0	155.00
2	1		China	CHN	11	8	3	0	19	416.0	31.5	154.00
3	4		Ukraine	UKR	11	7	4	0	18	408.5	30.5	154.00
4	6		India	IND	11	8	1	2	17	336.0	28.0	148.00
5	10		Romania	ROU	11	8	0	3	16	313.5	28.5	129.00
6	8		Armenia	ARM	11	8	0	3	16	313.0	26.5	140.00
7	14		France	FRA	11	7	1	3	15	347.5	29.0	147.00
8	3		Georgia	GEO	11	6	3	2	15	344.0	28.5	144.00
9	26		Iran	IRI	11	7	1	3	15	339.0	31.0	132.00
10	5		United States of America	USA	11	6	3	2	15	326.0	29.5	133.00

Team USA Women managed to squeak into the Top 10 but, frankly, I'm not impressed.  I don't know what happened - disharmony on the team?  Personality clashes?  Bad coaching decisions?  But we should have done better than we did.

Team Georgia Women managed to climb up to 8th place, but what a big disappointment from them, too! 

Iran? IRAN, where the women barely are allowed to play the game, let alone compete, finishes in 9th place?  Well, what a dilemma for the Ayatollah and Clueless Leader Ahmadwhateverhisnameis.  Will they tout this finish to the world, demonstrating how "advanced and equal" the sexes are in their theocracy under Sharia law, while simultaneously banning the women from giving interviews to national press or, Idol Forbid, going on television to encourage other women to become independent and critically-thinkers by taking up the game?  Ha ha ha!  I'm happy for Team Iran Women, because this is a great showing for them.  I'm all for encouraging women to independence and critical thinking.  May Caissa by with them.

JUDIT WATCH! 

All right, now is the tine for me to finally look -- I'm on pins and needles.  How did Judit do in the last round???  Wow!  Team Hungary Open had a VERY tough assignment in the final round: they played Armenia!

9. Hungary (HUN / RtgAvg:2708, TB1: 15 / TB2: 368)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED		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	½	5.5	10	2710	5.5	5.83	-0.33	10	-3.3
2	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2713	HUN	½		½	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	0	6.0	10	2655	6	6.63	-0.63	10	-6.3
3	GM	Polgar Judit	2698	HUN	1	½	1	½	½	1		½	1	1	½	7.5	10	2744	7.5	6.79	0.71	10	7.1
4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2685	HUN	½	½	1	1		½	0		1	1	½	6.0	9	2625	6	6.59	-0.59	10	-5.9
5	GM	Balogh Csaba	2668	HUN	1	½			½		½	½				3.0	5	2564	3	3.43	-0.43	10	-4.3

Judit drew her game with GM Vladimir Akopian. 

GO JUDIT GO!  I am so happy for her for this very good performance.  She's the only member of Team Hungary Open to ADD points to her ELO, and her performance rating was Team highest.  Excellent!  Judit's new ELO will go over 2700 once again.  And to think that people were saying that she had was past her prime.  HA!  And I'll say it again for good measure -- HA! 

If you are interested in looking further at Team Hungary Open, you can find all of the match-ups and results here. 

GAPRINDASHVILI CUP

Gaprindashvilicup (Best federation = sum (open + women))

Rk.	flag	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1		Russia	38	838.5	61.5	312.00
2		China	36	806.5	61.0	311.00
3		Ukraine	36	771.5	60.0	301.00
4		Armenia	35	710.0	55.5	295.00
5		United States of America	32	687.0	59.5	275.00
6		Romania	32	623.5	57.5	257.00
7		Germany	30	650.5	53.0	292.00
8		India	30	645.5	53.5	293.00
9		Netherlands	30	614.5	56.0	266.00
10		Hungary	29	671.0	55.5	280.00

INDIVIDUAL BOARD PERFORMANCES

Board 1
Rk.			Name	Rtg	Team	%	Games	RtgAvg	Pts.	Rp
1		GM	Hou Yifan	2599	China	72.2	9	2479	6.5	2645
2		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2547	Georgia	75.0	8	2432	6.0	2625
3		GM	Lahno Kateryna	2542	Ukraine	70.0	10	2459	7.0	2608

Board 2
Rk.			Name	Rtg	Team	%	Games	RtgAvg	Pts.	Rp
1		GM	Zhao Xue	2549	China	80.0	10	2334	8.0	2574
2		IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2466	Ukraine	66.7	9	2401	6.0	2526
3		WGM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2341	Turkey	86.4	11	2193	9.5	2502

Board 3
Rk.			Name	Rtg	Team	%	Games	RtgAvg	Pts.	Rp
1		GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2524	Russia	88.9	9	2342	8.0	2693
2		WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2377	Poland	81.8	11	2276	9.0	2538
3		IM	Sachdev Tania	2379	India	81.8	11	2260	9.0	2522

(Happy to see Sachdev step it up a notch for this Olympiad.  Congratulations to her for her fine performance!)

Board 4
Rk.			Name	Rtg	Team	%	Games	RtgAvg	Pts.	Rp
1		WGM	Huang Qian	2449	China	80.0	10	2307	8.0	2547
2		IM	Collas Silvia	2261	France	83.3	9	2196	7.5	2469
3		GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2489	Russia	77.8	9	2248	7.0	2468

Congratulations one of my favorite players, GM Kosteniuk, on her Bronze Medal!)

Board 5
Rk.			Name	Rtg	Team	%	Games	RtgAvg	Pts.	Rp
1		WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2448	Russia	81.3	8	2236	6.5	2487
2		WFM	Castrillon Gomez Melissa	2181	Colombia	87.5	8	2043	7.0	2379
3		WIM	Davletbayeva Madina	2165	Kazakhstan	72.2	9	2191	6.5	2357

It was a China and Russia gold medal fest for board performances.

WIM, IM, WGM and GM FIDE-Titles (unofficial)

No.	FideID		Name	Team	FED	After Rd.	Pts.	Games	New Title
1	13903284	WFM	Baciu, Diana	Moldova	MDA	11	7	11	WIM
2	3804178	WFM	Chumpitaz Carbajal, Ann Linsay	Peru	PER	11	6.5	9	WIM
3	2114160	WFM	Feliciano Ebert, Vanessa	Brazil	BRA	11	7	9	WGM
4	4403070	WFM	Franco Valencia, Angela Maria	Colombia	COL	11	6	10	WIM
5	5212499		Frayna, Janelle Mae	Philippines	PHI	9	6	9	WIM
6	5105994		Garcia Morales, Ivette Alejandra	Mexico	MEX	11	7	9	WIM
7	14201437	WFM	Gevorgyan, Irina	Uzbekistan	UZB	10	5	9	WIM
8	8602689	WGM	Huang, Qian	China	CHN	11	8	10	IM
9	13401521	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	Azerbaijan	AZE	10	6	10	IM
10	13403508	WGM	Mammadova, Gulnar	Azerbaijan	AZE	10	7	10	IM
11	7101570	WFM	Medina, Warda Aulia	Indonesia	INA	11	6.5	10	WIM
12	3900517		Montilla, Jorcerys	Venezuela	VEN	11	7	9	WIM
13	14201526	WIM	Muminova, Nafisa	Uzbekistan	UZB	10	6	9	IM
14	13704788	WIM	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	Kazakhstan	KAZ	11	6.5	10	IM
15	322750	WGM	Nemcova, Katerina	Czech Republic	CZE	11	8.5	11	IM
16	4182146	FM	Pustovoitova, Daria	IBCA	IBCA	11	6.5	10	WIM
17	13700090	WIM	Saduakassova, Dinara	Kazakhstan	KAZ	11	7	9	WGM
18	14100126	WFM	Shvayger, Yuliya	Israel	ISR	11	6	9	WIM
19	7101198	WIM	Sihite, Chelsie Monica	Indonesia	INA	11	7	9	WGM
20	6300278	WCM	Sop, Selen	Turkey 2016	TUR16	10	7	9	WIM
21	13505300	FM	Stetsko, Lanita	Belarus	BLR	11	7	9	WGM
22	937266	WGM	Vojinovic, Jovana	Montenegro	MNE	11	8	11	IM
23	6302920	WGM	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	Turkey	TUR	11	8.5	10	IM
24	1122320	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	Poland	POL	11	9	11	IM

Official Website. 

2012 Chess Olympiad Women

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

17

5

United States of America

USA

10

5

3

2

13

260.5

26.5

109.00

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.

2012 Chess Olympiad Women

If I'm counting right, there are only 3 more rounds to go.  The last day is September 10th, but that is usually reserved for grand awards and closing ceremonies for teams and individual boards. Soooo...

Here are the top ten Women's Teams standings after R9:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1		China	CHN	9	7	2	0	16	287.0	27.0	102.00
2	2		Russia	RUS	9	6	3	0	15	266.5	25.5	102.00
3	4		Ukraine	UKR	9	5	4	0	14	266.0	24.5	103.00
4	22		Kazakhstan	KAZ	9	6	2	1	14	236.0	25.0	91.00
5	7		Poland	POL	9	6	2	1	14	236.0	24.5	97.00
6	8		Armenia	ARM	9	7	0	2	14	231.0	23.5	92.00
7	14		France	FRA	9	6	1	2	13	242.5	25.0	99.00
8	25		Israel	ISR	9	6	1	2	13	223.5	25.0	86.00
9	27		Azerbaijan	AZE	9	6	1	2	13	221.0	23.0	96.00
10	11		Spain	ESP	9	6	1	2	13	213.5	23.0	88.00

Team USA is out of it at this point.  They lost their match today and have fallen to 14th place.  They don't have enough rounds to make up match points, barring a complete collapse of the teams above them.  Team Canada is in 53rd place.  The Georgian Women's Team has collapsed all the way to 24th place!  I, for one, would never have predicted that outcome!  So perhaps the impossible can happen and Team USA can win a medal.  Nah.

14

5

United States of America

USA

9

5

2

2

12

212.5

24.5

88.00

24

3

Georgia

GEO

9

4

3

2

11

223.0

23.5

97.00

53

59

Canada

CAN

9

5

0

4

10

115.5

19.5

74.00

Bo.	1	China (CHN)	Rtg	-	14	France (FRA)	Rtg	3 : 1
1.1	GM	Hou, Yifan	2599	-	IM	Skripchenko, Almira	2442	1 - 0
1.2	GM	Zhao, Xue	2549	-	IM	Milliet, Sophie	2411	1 - 0
1.3	WGM	Ju, Wenjun	2528	-	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	2284	½ - ½
1.4	WGM	Huang, Qian	2449	-	IM	Collas, Silvia	2261	½ - ½
Bo.	6	India (IND)	Rtg	-	2	Russia (RUS)	Rtg	1 : 3
2.1	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2503	-	GM	Kosintseva, Tatiana	2530	½ - ½
2.2	IM	Karavade, Eesha Sanjay	2371	-	IM	Gunina, Valentina	2507	0 - 1
2.3	IM	Sachdev, Tania	2379	-	GM	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	2524	½ - ½
2.4	WGM	Soumya, Swaminathan	2271	-	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2489	0 - 1

Bo.	5	United States of America (USA)	Rtg	-	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Rtg	1 : 3
4.1	IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2512	-	GM	Lahno, Kateryna	2542	0 - 1
4.2	IM	Krush, Irina	2467	-	IM	Muzychuk, Mariya	2466	½ - ½
4.3	WGM	Foisor, Sabina	2356	-	IM	Ushenina, Anna	2433	½ - ½
4.4	WGM	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2303	-	IM	Yanovska, Inna	2404	0 - 1

Bo.	22	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Rtg	-	35	Uzbekistan (UZB)	Rtg	2½:1½
3.1	WIM	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	2291	-	WIM	Muminova, Nafisa	2329	½ - ½
3.2	WIM	Dauletova, Gulmira	2267	-	WFM	Gevorgyan, Irina	2178	1 - 0
3.3	WIM	Saduakassova, Dinara	2216	-		Nadirjanova, Nodira	2185	1 - 0
3.4	WIM	Davletbayeva, Madina	2165	-		Kurbonboyeva, Sarvinoz	2143	0 - 1

Bo.	13	Bulgaria (BUL)	Rtg	-	7	Poland (POL)	Rtg	1½:2½
5.1	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2502	-	GM	Socko, Monika	2467	½ - ½
5.2	WGM	Videnova, Iva	2317	-	IM	Rajlich, Iweta	2412	½ - ½
5.3	WGM	Nikolova, Adriana	2299	-	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2377	0 - 1
5.4	WGM	Voiska, Margarita	2281	-	WGM	Szczepkowska, Karina	2375	½ - ½
Bo.	26	Iran (IRI)	Rtg	-	8	Armenia (ARM)	Rtg	1 : 3
6.1	WGM	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	2313	-	GM	Danielian, Elina	2476	0 - 1
6.2	WIM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	2270	-	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2454	½ - ½
6.3	WIM	Hakimifard, Ghazal	2249	-	IM	Galojan, Lilit	2349	½ - ½
6.4	WIM	Ghaderpour, Shayesteh	2218	-	WGM	Kursova, Maria	2338	0 - 1

Bo.	25	Israel (ISR)	Rtg	-	19	Serbia (SRB)	Rtg	3 : 1
8.1	WIM	Porat, Maya	2295	-	WGM	Manakova, Maria	2304	0 - 1
8.2	WIM	Efroimski, Marsel	2174	-	WGM	Stojanovic, Andjelija	2277	1 - 0
8.3	IM	Klinova, Masha	2317	-	WIM	Rakic, Marija	2300	1 - 0
8.4	WFM	Shvayger, Yuliya	2202	-	WGM	Benderac, Ana	2266	1 - 0

Bo.	3	Georgia (GEO)	Rtg	-	27	Azerbaijan (AZE)	Rtg	1½:2½
7.1	IM	Khotenashvili, Bela	2509	-	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	2285	0 - 1
7.2	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2458	-	WGM	Mammadova, Gulnar	2324	½ - ½
7.3	IM	Khurtsidze, Nino	2444	-	WIM	Umudova, Nargiz	2208	½ - ½
7.4	WGM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2432	-	WIM	Isgandarova, Khayala	2205	½ - ½

Bo.	11	Spain (ESP)	Rtg	-	33	Lithuania (LTU)	Rtg	3½: ½
11.1	WGM	Matnadze, Ana	2422	-	GM	Cmilyte, Viktorija	2520	½ - ½
11.2	IM	Alexandrova, Olga	2417	-	WGM	Daulyte, Deimante	2216	1 - 0
11.3	WGM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	2355	-	WFM	Kaspute, Vesta	2118	1 - 0
11.4	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	2276	-		Ziogaite, Jovita	2052	1 - 0

Judit Watch!

How did Judit Polgar do in R9?  She won today!

10. Hungary (HUN / RtgAvg:2708, TB1: 13 / TB2: 233.5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Games	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Leko Peter	2737	HUN		1	½	½	½	½	½	0	½		4.0	8	2668	4	4.73	-0.73	10	-7.3
2	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2713	HUN	½		½	1	0	1	1	½	½		5.0	8	2672	5	5.36	-0.36	10	-3.6
3	GM	Polgar Judit	2698	HUN	1	½	1	½	½	1		½	1		6.0	8	2734	6	5.51	0.49	10	4.9
4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2685	HUN	½	½	1	1		½	0		1		4.5	7	2575	4.5	5.36	-0.86	10	-8.6
5	GM	Balogh Csaba	2668	HUN	1	½			½		½	½			3.0	5	2564	3	3.43	-0.43	10	-4.3

Her numbers speak for themselves.  GO JUDIT GO! 

Checking in on the Open Teams, some interesting developments:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	6		China	CHN	9	7	1	1	15	272.0	26.0	100.00
2	1		Russia	RUS	9	7	1	1	15	268.5	23.0	107.00
3	3		Armenia	ARM	9	7	1	1	15	258.5	23.5	104.00
4	5		United States Of America	USA	9	6	3	0	15	252.0	26.0	93.00
5	2		Ukraine	UKR	9	7	0	2	14	240.0	24.0	99.00
6	9		Netherlands	NED	9	7	0	2	14	218.0	25.0	85.00
7	29		Argentina	ARG	9	6	2	1	14	216.5	22.5	90.00
8	17		Czech Republic	CZE	9	5	3	1	13	247.0	24.0	92.00
9	7		Azerbaijan	AZE	9	5	3	1	13	246.5	25.0	97.00
10	4		Hungary	HUN	9	6	1	2	13	233.5	22.5	98.00

Tomorrow for R10, Open Team USA faces #1 Open Team China. Good luck, dudes.  Can you kill the Terminator Team?

4. United States Of America (USA / RtgAvg:2702, Captain: Shulman, Yury / TB1: 15 / TB2: 252)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Games	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2778	USA		1	½	1	½	½	1		1		5.5	7	2884	5.5	4.59	0.91	10	9.1
2	GM	Kamsky Gata	2746	USA	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	1		7.0	9	2786	7	6.41	0.59	10	5.9
3	GM	Onishuk Alexander	2666	USA	1		1	½	½	½	1	1	½		6.0	8	2761	6	4.98	1.02	10	10.2
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2617	USA	1	½		½		½		½			3.0	5	2557	3	3.27	-0.27	10	-2.7
5	GM	Robson Ray	2598	USA	1	1	1		½		½	½	0		4.5	7	2566	4.5	4.63	-0.13	10	-1.3