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 - and Judit Polgar

Top ten after R5 -- USA sinks deeper:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2		Russia	RUS	5	5	0	0	10	89.0	16.5	28.00
2	1		China	CHN	5	4	1	0	9	85.5	16.5	28.00
3	19		Serbia	SRB	5	4	1	0	9	75.5	16.0	26.00
4	7		Poland	POL	5	4	1	0	9	75.5	15.5	28.00
5	20		Slovakia	SVK	5	4	1	0	9	68.0	13.0	29.00
6	4		Ukraine	UKR	5	3	2	0	8	76.0	14.0	30.00
7	12		Hungary	HUN	5	4	0	1	8	75.5	15.0	28.00
8	3		Georgia	GEO	5	3	2	0	8	74.0	16.0	26.00
9	14		France	FRA	5	4	0	1	8	70.0	16.0	26.00
10	27		Azerbaijan	AZE	5	4	0	1	8	69.0	15.5	24.00

Bo.	2	Russia	Rtg	-	14	France	Rtg	2½:1½
1.1	GM	Kosintseva, Tatiana	2530	-	IM	Skripchenko, Almira	2442	½ - ½
1.2	IM	Gunina, Valentina	2507	-	IM	Milliet, Sophie	2411	0 - 1
1.3	GM	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	2524	-	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	2284	1 - 0
1.4	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2489	-	WIM	Bollengier, Andreea	2253	1 - 0

Bo.	1	China	Rtg	-	6	India	Rtg	3½: ½
6.1	GM	Hou, Yifan	2599	-	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2503	½ - ½
6.2	GM	Zhao, Xue	2549	-	IM	Karavade, Eesha Sanjay	2371	1 - 0
6.3	WGM	Ju, Wenjun	2528	-	IM	Sachdev, Tania	2379	1 - 0
6.4	WGM	Huang, Qian	2449	-	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	2396	1 - 0

Bo.	19	Serbia	Rtg	-	13	Bulgaria	Rtg	2½:1½
2.1	IM	Bojkovic, Natasa	2392	-	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2502	½ - ½
2.2	WGM	Manakova, Maria	2304	-	WGM	Videnova, Iva	2317	1 - 0
2.3	WGM	Stojanovic, Andjelija	2277	-	WGM	Voiska, Margarita	2281	0 - 1
2.4	WGM	Benderac, Ana	2266	-	WIM	Raeva, Elitsa	2313	1 - 0

Bo.	18	Greece	Rtg	-	7	Poland	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	IM	Dembo, Yelena	2457	-	GM	Socko, Monika	2467	½ - ½
3.2	WGM	Botsari, Anna-Maria	2336	-	IM	Rajlich, Iweta	2412	½ - ½
3.3	WGM	Makropoulou, Marina	2256	-	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2377	0 - 1
3.4	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	2237	-	WGM	Szczepkowska, Karina	2375	½ - ½

Bo.	24	Latvia	Rtg	-	20	Slovakia	Rtg	1½:2½
5.1	WGM	Reizniece-Ozola, Dana	2251	-	WGM	Borosova, Zuzana	2280	½ - ½
5.2	WGM	Rogule, Laura	2315	-	WGM	Pokorna, Regina	2353	½ - ½
5.3	WGM	Berzina, Ilze	2306	-	WGM	Kochetkova, Julia	2305	½ - ½
5.4	WGM	Erneste, Inguna	2203	-	WFM	Machalova, Veronika	2222	0 - 1

Bo.	3	Georgia	Rtg	-	4	Ukraine	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2547	-	GM	Lahno, Kateryna	2542	½ - ½
4.2	IM	Khotenashvili, Bela	2509	-	IM	Muzychuk, Mariya	2466	½ - ½
4.3	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2458	-	IM	Ushenina, Anna	2433	½ - ½
4.4	IM	Khurtsidze, Nino	2444	-	IM	Yanovska, Inna	2404	½ - ½

Bo.	41	Moldova	Rtg	-	12	Hungary	Rtg	½ :3½
7.1	WFM	Baciu, Diana	2186	-	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2464	½ - ½
7.2	WGM	Smokina, Karolina	2156	-	WGM	Gara, Ticia	2385	0 - 1
7.3	WGM	Partac, Elena	2102	-	WGM	Rudolf, Anna	2289	0 - 1
7.4		Hincu, Olga	1931	-	WGM	Papp, Petra	2302	0 - 1

Bo.	27	Azerbaijan	Rtg	-	21	Mongolia	Rtg	3½: ½
12.1	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	2285	-	IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	2434	½ - ½
12.2	WGM	Mammadova, Gulnar	2324	-	WGM	Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs	2311	1 - 0
12.3	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	2245	-	WIM	Ankhchimeg, Bayanmunkh	2167	1 - 0
12.4	WIM	Umudova, Nargiz	2208	-	WFM	Otgonjargal, Sengeravdan	2146	1 - 0

USA and Canada:

29

5

United States of America

USA

5

2

2

1

6

64.0

12.5

30.00

Are you fricking kidding me?

56

59

Canada

CAN

5

3

0

2

6

19.5

11.0

17.00

Bo.	28	Vietnam	Rtg	-	5	United States of America	Rtg	3 : 1
8.1	WGM	Le Thao Nguyen, Pham	2393	-	IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2512	1 - 0
8.2	WIM	Thi Mai Hung, Nguyen	2212	-	IM	Krush, Irina	2467	0 - 1
8.3	WIM	Kieu Thien Kim, Le	2226	-	WGM	Foisor, Sabina	2356	1 - 0
8.4	WIM	Bich Ngoc, Pham	2172	-	WGM	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2303	1 - 0

How did Zatonskih, Foisor and Abrahamyan ALL manage to lose their games against much lower rated players?  Sucky.

Bo.	53	Venezuela	Rtg	-	59	Canada	Rtg	1 : 3
35.1		Gutierrez, Leonela	2067	-	WIM	Khoudgarian, Natalia	2158	0 - 1
35.2		Montilla, Jorcerys	2050	-	WCM	Peng, Jackie	2009	1 - 0
35.3		Varela, Tilsia	2036	-	WCM	Orlova, Yelizaveta	1947	0 - 1
35.4		Hernandez, Zaida	1990	-	WCM	Botez, Alexandra	2009	0 - 1

Hooray Canada Women!  You won against whom you needed to, unlike a certain Women's Team that shall remain nameless that resides just south of a certain Canadian and USA border, hmmm....

How are the USA and Canadian dudes doing after R5?

9

5

United States Of America

USA

5

3

2

0

8

73.5

15.0

27.00

34

53

Canada

CAN

5

3

1

1

7

49.0

12.0

27.00

Canada is doing excellently!  USA, meh, not so good, considering they came in as the 5th highest rated team.  Come on dudes, show me your chess junk! 

The chess femme who is in a class by herself, GM Judit Polgar, playing Board 3 for the Hungarian Team in the Open:

10

4

Hungary

HUN

5

4

0

1

8

71.5

13.0

30.00

10. Hungary (RtgAvg:2708, TB1: 8 / TB2: 71.5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	15,	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Leko Peter	2737	HUN		1	½	½	½		2.5	4	2623	2718	2.5	2.60	-0.10	10	-1.0
2	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2713	HUN	½		½	1	0		2.0	4	2541	2541	2	2.82	-0.82	10	-8.2
3	GM	Polgar Judit	2698	HUN	1	½	1	½	½		3.5	5	2508	2657	3.5	3.60	-0.10	10	-1.0
4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2685	HUN	½	½	1	1			3.0	4	2432	2625	3	3.24	-0.24	10	-2.4
5	GM	Balogh Csaba	2668	HUN	1	½			½		2.0	3	2448	2573	2	2.14	-0.14	10	-1.4

Judit is at 3.5/5, having played EVERY SINGLE GAME THUS FAR! 

Judit Watch!

GM Judit Polgar, arguably the most famous female chessplayer of all time, is playing Board 3 for the Hungarian Team in the Open.  Judit currently has 3.0/4:

Judit Polgar, R4, 2012 Chess Olympiad.  Photo by
David Llada @ 25, from official website. 

Polgar Judit GM 2698 HUN Rp:2632
Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Rp	Pts.	Res.	Bo.
1	773		Maznitsin Andrei	2283	KGZ	2488	2.5	s 1	2
2	216	GM	Nedev Trajko	2494	MKD	2615	3.0	w ½	2
3	246	IM	Kurmann Oliver	2469	SUI	2222	0.5	w 1	3
4	205	GM	Michalik Peter	2508	SVK	2682	3.5	s ½	3

2. Hungary (RtgAvg:2708, TB1: 8 / TB2: 48)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Leko Peter	2737	HUN		1	½	½		2.0	3	2564	2689	2	2.18	-0.18	10	-1.8
2	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2713	HUN	½		½	1		2.0	3	2467	2592	2	2.39	-0.39	10	-3.9
3	GM	Polgar Judit	2698	HUN	1	½	1	½		3.0	4	2439	2632	3	3.22	-0.22	10	-2.2
4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2685	HUN	½	½	1	1		3.0	4	2432	2625	3	3.24	-0.24	10	-2.4
5	GM	Balogh Csaba	2668	HUN	1	½				1.5	2	2307	0	1.5	1.73	-0.23	10	-2.3

2012 Chess Olympiad

The Turkish Chess Federation is once again hosting a major FIDE event.  Next month, after the Olympiad finishes, Turkey will be host to another FIDE Women's Grand Prix! 

Do you remember who won the 2010 Chess Olympiad?  I didn't!  To refresh your memory, here are the top ten finishers from the "Open" (a/k/a Men's) and Women's Teams:

Open:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2		Ukraine	UKR	11	8	3	0	19	380.5	31	143
2	1		Russia 1	RUS1	11	8	2	1	18	379.5	28	157
3	11		Israel	ISR	11	7	3	1	17	367.5	29	148
4	5		Hungary	HUN	11	8	1	2	17	355.5	26.5	157
5	3		China	CHN	11	7	2	2	16	362	29	147
6	4		Russia 2	RUS2	11	8	0	3	16	355	29.5	144
7	6		Armenia	ARM	11	7	2	2	16	345	27	147
8	16		Spain	ESP	11	7	2	2	16	332	28.5	137
9	9		United States of America	USA	11	7	2	2	16	315.5	27	141
10	10		France	FRA	11	6	4	1	16	311.5	25	149

Women's:

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1		Russia 1	RUS1	11	11	0	0	22	439.5	34	147
2	2		China	CHN	11	9	0	2	18	386.5	31.5	146
3	4		Georgia	GEO	11	7	2	2	16	384	29	155
4	18		Cuba	CUB	11	8	0	3	16	348.5	30	136
5	6		United States of America	USA	11	7	2	2	16	336.5	28.5	140
6	10		Poland	POL	11	7	2	2	16	336	29.5	132
7	26		Azerbaijan	AZE	11	8	0	3	16	320	28	136
8	12		Bulgaria	BUL	11	7	2	2	16	296.5	24.5	147
9	3		Ukraine	UKR	11	7	1	3	15	366.5	28.5	156
10	5		Russia 2	RUS2	11	6	3	2	15	335.5	26.5	152

 I do have vague recollections that the USA Men's Team had been expected to do pretty darn well, perhaps even medal.  Wrong!  The USA Women's Team was good, but they were outgunned by Russia, China and Georgia.  However, to see Cuba finish ahead of them - oy!  Still, they played tough and the didn't lay down.

2010's Women's Team was composed of IM Irina Krush, IM Anna Zatonskih, WFM Tatev Abrahamyan, WGM Camille Baginskaite, and WGM Sabina Foisor.  The 2012 Women's Team is composed of IM Anna Zatonskih, IM Irina Krush, WGM Sabina Foisor, IM Rusudan Goletiani, and WGM Tatev Abrahamyan.  A little rearranging, Baginskaite swapped out for Goletiani.  USA Women are ready to rock. 

GM Judit Polgar is on the Hungarian Open Team, I assume she will be playing Board 3.  As far as I can tell, she is the only female playing on an Open team for this Olympiad.

I was shocked to see that GM Koneru Humpy is NOT playing on either Indian team.  Neither is GM Vishy Anand.

Opening Ceremonies are tomorrow, play will start on August 28th.  Who will win medals in 2012?  I've no idea, LOL!

Official Olympiad website.

2012 Chess Olympiad

Hola darlings!

The next big international chess event on the horizon is the Chess Olympiad.  Official website.

I really love the by-line "Let's meet where the continents meet..."  Actual OTB action begins on August 28th, 10 days away!

List of registered countries. 

Of course, I'm biased toward my home country of the USA, and Mr. Don's country, Canada.  But I have individual player favorites, too, and they're from all over the place!

I'm not sure I counted exactly right, but it appears that 131 countries this year are sending women's team to the Olympiad, and 162 men's teams.  In this day and age, so sad and shame on you, countries, for shorting female chess players their chance to play on an international stage!  It isn't necessarily poor countries, either, that are not fielding a team of female chess players.  You can see for yourself from the list of registered countries which ones are not fielding a female team.  I think it speaks for itself.

USA Women:

Photo	Board	Name	FIDE ID	Rating	Title
	1	Zatonskih, Anna	14101572	2510	IM
	2	Krush, Irina	2012782	2464	IM
	3	Foisor, Sabina	1212915	2364	WGM
	4	Goletani, Rusudan	13601105	2341	IM
	5	Ambrahamyan, Tatev	13301918	2329	WGM

On the USA Men's Team, I will be rooting for GM Ray Robson (2601), who is the Board 5 players.  While the youngest team member by far, he is already a seasoned veteran!  Go Ray!

Canadian Women:

Photo	Board	Name	FIDE ID	Rating	Title
	1	Khoudgarian, Natalia	2602121	2158	WIM
	2	Peng, Jackie	2609819	1944	WCM
	3	Orlova, Yelizaveta	2601826	1947	WCM
	4	Botez, Alexandra	2603365	2021	WCM
	5	Lacau-Rodean, Iulia	1211285	1999

Three of these women did not play in the 2012 Canadian Women's National Championship.   One - Jackie Peng - quit after playing some rounds and not scoring very well. Stay tuned for further action.