Daily News of Torino Olympiad May 28/2006.

A day full of surprizes Tickets new leader sold out!

t seems that the rest day was very fter the success of the usefull, at least for all the teams website, the stands at from the top. If You remember the Olympiad that in round fi ve fi rst 5 matches start filling up Tickets ended in 2:2, today there was no for the parterre sold such a result in fi rst 14 matches! out and reprinted ITh e heroes of the day were Dutch players. TheA 37th edition of the Chess Olym- Th ey defeated with 2,5:1,5. It could piad is harvesting new successes every have been even worse for leaders, since Gri- day. With the media spotlight trained on schuk was a pawn down for a long time, but the event and press coverage at excep- fi nally managed to escape in a rook end- tional levels, crowds of chess freaks but game. Th e only decided game was on bord also a public of the simply curious are four, where Nijboer outplayed Rublevsky in pouring into the Oval. a highly tactical game. With such a result While the official site of the Organi- is now second with 17,5 poin- sing Committee continues to record an ts, while Russia dropped behind with half a incredible number of contacts (two mil- point less. lion again today, many connected live to Aft er yesterday’s round we have a new the games), today the stands and above leader! It is Armenia, who defeated Uzbeki- all the parterre (gold tickets) have cloc- stan with 2,5:1,5, thanks to the victory of ked up a record: in just a few hours the Akopian against Barsov, while all other ga- tickets available for the playing arena mes ended in a . were sold out. Another surprise in top matches was The 300 tickets made available by the created by . Th ey won 3:1 against organisation to protect the silence and con- higher rated team of . Especially im- centration of the players, were not enough portant was Aleksandrov’s win against Shi- to satisfy the demands of visitors. rov on board number 1. Th ey are now on 17 points, together with Russia. Four other winners in top matches are half a point behind: , USA, and . While USA, Sweden and especial- ly India are certainly very satisfi ed with their result, we are sure that Ukraine expected more from their match against , who Ruky continues to surprize. Actual champions Today the 37th sees the vi- managed to win just one game and it was El- sit of the mascot Ruky to the Oval. He will be yanov on board three. Sweden and USA won touring the various areas and will be availa- with the same small result against ble for photographs. and , while India managed to cash Top pairings for round seven are: Nether- Lithuanians collapsed aft er their short mo- even 3 points against . Aft er their lands-Armenia, Russia-Belarus, India- ments of glory a couple of rounds ago. disastrous start they are now sharing fi ft h Ukraine and USA-Sweden. Four teams are on 13,0 points: USA, Ro- place already. We feel somehow that today it will be a mania, India and Bulgaria. Th ey all won Italian «A» team lost to with real fi rework on boards! their matches with the same 2:1 result. Th eir 1,5:2,5, «C» team lost with the same result More or less the same scenario was seen victims were , Armenia, against , while only «B» team managed by women as well – 11 decided matches and . Th ree teams follow with to give some joy to italian fans by scoring 3,5 from fi rst 12! Two leading teams, Russia and half a point less: , China and Esto- points against . Ukraine, won with the same result 2:1. Th eir nia. Th e only team who won all the matches Th e situation on the top is now: Arme- victims were Hungary and Spain. Ukraine is Ukraine. nia 18,0 points, Netherlands 17,5, Russia missed a chance at least to equalize their Top pairings for round seven are: Slo- and Belarus 17,0 followed by Ukraine, USA, number of points with Russia. Th ey are now vakia-Russia, Ukraine-, USA-In- Sweden and India with 16,5 points. on 14,5 and respectively 14,0 points. dia, Bulgaria-China and -Hungary. One more interesting detail is that only A surprizingly high victory (3.0) of Slo- Today we step into the second half of this two teams won all their matches and these vakia against Lithuania brought them to the tournament and the suspense is growing up! are Belarus and USA! third place with 13,5 points. It seems that (M.Cebalo) Interview with MonRoi wireless a big hit!

ichele Godena, age 39, GM and present national champion, is the ita- he Open A Tournament is “Our team becomes a part of the organizer lian player with the highest Elo rating (2537). Aft er today’s hard fought taking place in May team assisting arbiters to make their tour- game he gave us this short interview. 22-29 2006, as part of the naments modern and prestigious, while Fe- providing spectators wonderful experience. How many Olympiads did you take part in? stival. Th e tournament With aff ordable and easy to use MonRoi te- I attended the last 10 Olympiads, Turin included, starting in Th essaloniki in 1988, and attracted the participation of 110 players. chnology organizer can broadcast corporate sinceM 1994 I have played in the fi rst board. Actually today’s game has been the 100th Th Te championship is organized by the Chess sponsor logos, thus increasing profi ts and in my Olympiads. Olympiad Organizing Committee, the chess player prize funds.” Zeljka Maloba- Gruppo Scacchi Torino 2006, and the Italian bic, MonRoi Customer Support continued: Are Olympiads diff erent from normal tourna- Chess Federation under the aegis of FIDE. “PCMs are trendy. Electronic records help ments? Participants are using electronic Perso- players in preparations. Th ey can analyze Defi nitely yes. Th e number of participants nal Chess Managers (PCM) to record game their opponent matches on the spot. Player is extraordinarily higher, and you meet people scores. Th ese PCMs are linked to the Pro- photo broadcast is a real hit. We truly enjoy from all over the world. You really understand fessional Tournament Manager in order to working in beautiful Torino with a fantastic what “Gens una sumus” means. live broadcast tournament. Th e games are team of arbiters!” viewable in real time at the MonRoi World And what about the training for this kind of Databank of Chess (WDC). Players, arbiters onRoi system tournament? and spectators love it! Th e Personal Th is should be diff erent too. Ideally you Highly experienced tournament arbiters Chess Manager is the should have a number of training stages with all Michele Cordara, Domenico Fasano and only patented FIDE- the team players, in order not only to work on the technical aspects, but also to improve the Giovani D’Ingiullo implemented the leading approved Personal team spirit. But unfortunately this has been possible only once before the event. edge wireless technology and the verdict is Chess Manager in the world. It records mo- unanimous: “Th e MonRoi system is easy to vesM in a universal pictorial notation, records How is the Olympiad going so far? set-up and use. Spectators are thrilled with time spent on each move, wirelessly broadca- We could have scored better, even if we have met strong teams. Personally I can be satisfi ed the top quality live broadcast. Th e games are sts games, receives pairing information, sto- at the moment: in the fi rst board I have played four games, winning one and drawing three. projected on the white board as well.” Don’t res games, replays databank of chess games, And against Smirin (, 2662) and Rozentalis (Lthuania, 2596) I probably had a better miss the opportunity to take part in their views games in real-time, has SD card capa- position with black, though their rating is higher is mine. But I am sorry for Garcia Palermo, Blitz tournament which will be held on June bilities, easily transfers games to a computer who lost two games that were likely won. He just needs a good result to recover confi dence 1st starting at 6pm. and more! Th e PCM in a recording mode and shape, so to show what is his actual skill. FM Ljubomir Ilic from Macedonia is en- is a scoresheet- an electronic one. It is fully (M. Settis) thusiastic: “I wrote my games for 30 years secure and tamper-free. With the MonRoi on paper and it took just one day to switch Professional Tournament Manager the arbi- from paper to an electronic scoresheet. Th e ter can see all games listed in real-time from a central computer. It detects if players have stopped kee- ping score and if there is a 3- Three women time repetition draw, collects results and monitors the time on all games. No more in- correct pairings due to result amongst the men mix-ups! Th e MonRoi system is fully wireless and setting it up takes only a few minutes. ne of the curiosities of the Turin Chess Olympiad is the presence of wo- No wires and duck tapes! Th e men players in men’s teams (men, on the other hand, may not play in system has been implemented women’s teams). Th ree men’s teams (, and Monte at the 81st Chess Congress in Carlo) are playing women players, and in two cases the woman in que- Hastings, , Karpov- stion is actually on top board. Portisch rapid match in Novi Th e Hong Kong team has the fi ft een-year-old Anya Corke (born September 1990) on top Sad, & , at board.O Anya is one of the strongest under-16s in the world and was overall champion (i.e. the 2006 Spring North Ame- including both men and women) of Hong Kong at just 14, so becoming the second youngest MonRoi device is so easy to use and I have rican FIDE Invitational in Chicago, USA, at national champion of all time (the absolute youngest was none other than Capablanca who accurate and clean records of my games. the World Juniors and Girls Championship, became champion of at the ageof just 12). Aft er the match I can replay my game right , at the Asian Chess School On the Bermuda team we have Zuzana Kovacova on top board who in the fi rst fi ve games away on the device. No more messy paper Festival, , and at the World School has clocked up 3 and half points (3 wins, a draw and a loss). scoresheets!” Championship in Halkidiki, among Fourth board on the Monte Carlo () team is Julia Lebel-Arias. Jianjun Zhou, MonRoi engineer said: other tournaments. apvAMso 18 ] 1984 Karpov,A/Moscow 40.g5 hxg5 41.Bxg5 Rc7 ½–½ Kasparov,G- Rxe7 39.Nxe7 Be7 38.g4 Kh8 37.Be3 Qb7 36.h5 Rd7 35.Bb6 Ne8 34.Qf3 Qc8 33.Be3 Rd8 29.Ne4 32.Qh3 Ra8 31.Nf5 Nc7 Qd7 30.Ne3 Qc8 28.exd5 Bxd5 27.Bd5 Qa8 26.Rd1 Qd8 25.h4 Ne6 24.Qf3 Nc7 23.Bb3 Bxc6 22.dxc6 c6 21.Ng3 Nh7 20.Ng4 Na6 19.b4 Nc5 18.Bc2 Nb7 17.N3h2 h6 16.Nf1 1985) Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 0–1 Nd3 41.Nb3 Nc5 40.Bd5 Ne4 39.Qc1 Qxe8 35.Bb3 Qa8 36.Qb2 b4 37.Re3 Bg6 38.Rxe8 Qa5 34.Re1 Be4 33.Qc1 31.Rd1 Qb4 32.Qf4 Re8 Bg6 30.Qg4 Qxc5 29.Nxc5 28.Qe2 Nd6 Ndb7 27.Nfd4 Bxe4 25.Nb3 26.Ba1 Nc5 Qb4 22.bxc5 24.Bb2 Nd7 dxc5 23.Bxe5 21.Bb2 Qxc5 Nd8 20.c5 19.dxc6 Qxc6 Rc8 18.c4 Nb7 17.b4 c6 16.Ba2 (15...Na5 Nd8 15.d5 Bxa8 14.Rxa8 axb5 13.axb5 [12...Qd7 : move another success first match (Moscow 1985) Karpov tried with Karpov, during years of their rivalty. In their and Kasparov between played games the at looking by way best the in followed be can Bf8 12.a4 h6 The evolution of this variation line. main the .] 8.a4 or [8.d3; with: same the do Attack). can White ways to avoid Marshall Gambit (or Marshall more afraid to enter this line! is who say to easy so not is it that be might happen in our game as well. The conclusion with some “antimarshall” moves which will line this avoid to prefer White with players 8...d6 of lot a with hand other the On 8...d5. line of instead main the to transpose to that very often in such a case Black chooses is thing funny most The game. Spanish in lines sharpest the of one Attack, Marshall in enter White to Black allows If he 8.c3 now test. goes psychological typical a is e 6R1 5 .b 00 7.Bb3 b5 6.Re1 Be7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00 Ivanchuk Vasyl (2731) Kasimdzhanov Rustam(2673) Game oftheday uiet-abn, uns ie 1965. Aires Buenos Rubinetti-Carbone, almost a thousand times since the stam game rich history indeed and occurred on the board ] – Ksao,-apvAMso 1985 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 53.Kg2 ½–½ Kg5 52.Qf8+ Qe5 51.fxg3 Bxg3 50.Qxd8 Qg7 49.Bc2 Kh6 48.Qg8+ Bxf4 47.f4 Bxe5 46.gxf3 Bxf3 45.e5 h5 44.Qc4 Qe7 41.Qd2 c5 42.Qc2 cxb4 43.hxg6+ fxg6 33.Rxd8 37.Bb3 Nb5 38.h4 Nd4 39.Bxd4 exd4 40.h5 Rxd8 Nd6 36.Qa2 Ne8 35.Bxc4 32.Rxd8 bxc4 34.c4 Nxd8 dxe5 Rcd8 31.dxe5 30.Rcd1 Bg7 29.Rc1 Qc7 28.Red1 24.Rd2 axb5 27.axb5 Bb7 Bf8 26.b4 Ba8 25.Qb1 23.Bf1 Qb8 Rac8 22.Rad1 Ne6 g6 21.Be3 Nf8 20.Qc2 Bg7 17.Bd2 19.b3 Kh7 18.Qc1 Qc7 16.Ng3 Nbd7 15.Nf1 c6 14.Bd3 Karpov: by tried also was [13...Nb8 This position has a has position This 15.Bb1 Nb4 14.cxd4 o w ae ak in back are we Now 9.c3 8...d6 9...Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Re8 10.d4 9...Bb7 hs oe order move This 8.h3 3B2 exd4 13.Bc2 One of the

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Emilia 1992.] Qg6 42.g3 43.Qd8 1–0 Bd6+ Khalifman,A-Karpov,A/Reggio 41.Kh2 Bf8 Qb1+ 39.Qe1 40.Qe8 Bh6 d1Q+ 38.Ng4 36.Qg4 Qxf5 d2 37.Qxd1 35.Qf4 Kh7 Nc5 Qxc8 34.Bd5+ 33.Rxc8 30.Qd2 Rc8 32.Rc6 d3 gxf6 31.Bxf6 29.Bg5 Nxa4 28.Qc2 Nxb2 27.Bxh6 d4 26.Be3 Nd3 25.Re6 c4 24.Bf3 d5 23.Bxe4 22...Bxe4 2005.) RUS in 1–0 Mansyisk Harikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/Khanty 31.f7+ Nd5 30.f6 Bxg7 29.Bxg7 Bb3 26.Qf3 Rb8 27.Bxh6 Qf8 28.Qg3 Bxb2 25.Bd2 Bxf6 24.Nexf6+ Be7 23.Ne4 22.Ng4 bxa4 with successfull also was 22.Ne4 (White Bxd5 19.Rf3 21.exf5 Rxf5 Nf6 20.Rxf5 18.Nh2! Re5 be to seems 1991, Khalifman-Karpov,in White Emilia Reggio most by introduced successfully move, the energetic but (43); 1990 Karpov,A/Lyon Kasparov,G- ½–½ 43.Qe8+ Kh8 42.Qg6+ Kh7 41.Qe8+ Qxc5 40.Bxc5 Be5 39.Bd4 Kh8 38.Qg6+ Qe7 37.g3 35.Qxc4 Bd6 36.Qf7 Bxc4 Qe5 34.Bc4 Kh7 33.Qg4 Qc7 32.Bf1 Nc5 31.Bxd3 cxd3 30.Nxd3 Nxb3 Nc5 25.Rxa6 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Bb1 c4 d3 28.Be3 Qa5 29.b3 d4 24.Bxa2 22.Nxe1 Nxa2 Rxe1+ 23.Na2 21.Nc3 Bf7 d5 19.Ne4 20.axb5 (41)) 1990 Karpov,A/Lyon Kasparov,G- ½–½ 41.Ng6+ Kf8 40.Ne7+ Qf7 39.Ng6 Kg8 38.Nxf8+ Qxf6 37.f6 Qg5 33.Rxe6 36.Qe2 Bxe6 Kh7 35.Ng6+ Kh8 34.Qxe6+ Rxe6 32.Bc2 c4 31.Kg2 30.Bd3 Qc1+ Qc4 29.Qe2 d5 28.Nh4 a5 27.g3 Qb4 26.Rbe3 Rad8 25.Bc2 Qxa4 24.Rb3 Qxb4 23.Re6 Qxf6 Bf7 22.Bxb4 20.Nxf6+ Qxb2 21.Bd2 Bxd5 18...Bxd5 19.Ne4 58/374’ (18...Nf6 ‘- 2) Almasi,Z: and 18.exf5 Timman,J- 1990.; 0–1 Lumpur Be8 Karpov,A/Kuala 56.c5 Kxe7 Bc6 54.Kf4 55.c4 Kf6 53.Ke3 Bd7 52.Bb3 h5 51.Kxe2 Rxe2+ 50.Ke1 Kg7 49.Bxc4 Rb2 45.e7 Ba4 46.Bf7 Rb8 47.Re2 Rb1+ 48.Kf2 Bxd1 44.Rxd1 Rd1 41.bxc3 43.e6 Rxd5 42.fxe5 a3 Bxc3 40.Bc3 Bb4 39.Bd2 Red8 Nd3 36.Nxh6+ gxh6 37.Bxd3+ Kh8 38.Bg6 32.Re1 c4 33.e5 dxe5 34.Bg6+ Kg8 35.Ng4 Bb3 31.Ne3 Bc4 30.Rd1 Kf7 29.Rg2 Ba6 bxa4 25.Qg4 Qxg4+ 26.Nxg4 Ree8 24.Qxf4 27.f4 a5 28.f3 Qxh3 23.Qd2 Re5 22.Nh2 Qh4 21.gxf3 Nxf3+ 20.Nf1 Ne5 19.R3e2 41.Bxd5+ Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon1–0 Kxf7 (41)) 1990 40.Be4+ 38.Rxa8 a5 Kg7 39.Rb8 Be7 37.Bxg6+ Qg6 36.Bxf5+ Kh7 35.Nf7+ Qf6 Qxh6 34.Qxh6+ 32.Ng5 Bf5 33.Re8 Qe5 31.Kh2 gxh6 30.Nxh6 Rh6 29.Qh4+ Bc8 28.Qg4 cxb2 27.Nf5 c3 26.Nxh6 Qe8 25.Ng4 Re6 24.Rg3 Nfxd5 20.b3 bxa4 21.bxa4 c4 22.Bb2 1991) fxe4 23.Nxe4 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Amsterdam was ½–½, and Kg6 61.Rc7 Bg8 60.Nxg5 Ba3 59.Rc2 Bc1 58.Ra2 Kg7 57.Ke2 Bd2+ 53.d7 Kf8 54.Ng1 Rd2+ 55.Ke1 Rd5 56.Nh3 Bxf7 52.f7+ Bf4 51.Ra7 g5 50.g4 g6 49.f6 Rd1 46.Ra5 c1Q 47.Bxc1 Bxc1 48.Ra6 Rd5 45.Kf2 Rb1+ 44.Rd5 c2 43.exd6 c3 42.e5 Ba3 41.Rd1 Bb2 40.Bxg5 hxg5 39.g5 Bxe8 35.bxc4 38.Qxe8+ Qe8 37.Qa8+ c4 Rb3 36.Qa3 bxc4 34.Qxd3 Nxd3 33.Bd3 Rb8 29.b3 Bf7 30.Qf2 Qe7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Qf1 Re8 28.Bd2 Bf6 27.hxg4 Nxg4 26.Qe3 Bc4 25.Qe2 Rd8 24.Nf3 Bf7 23.e4 Be7 22.Ng4 Bxd5 19.Nh2 21.fxe3 Rxe3 20.exf5 (19...Qd7 18...Nf6 Kh8 tried Karpov Kasparov against games his of two (In f4 18.Rae3 1) Karpov: against matches their in Timman Black might be slightly better.] Almasi,Z/Malmoe 1994, in a position where draw was agreed in the stam game a Hellers,F- Qf7 28.Qxb5 Bxd5 27.Qxd3 Nxe4 26.b4 Bxa8 25.Rxa8 axb5 24.axb5 cxd3 Nbd3 23.Bxd3 22.Bh2 Qf6 21.Bxf4 Nc5 20.Nbd4 c4 19.Nb3 after and 18...f4! is interesting good has White chances to organize a dangerous attack.; but 19.Nxe4 after because wrong be should centre the in knight white while three black pieces (Ra8,Bb7 and Nb4) pieces are ready for an assault on black king, First critical moment in this game. All White 18...fxg4 [18...fxe4?! bringing 19.hxg4 Ne5

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4 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 1 : 0 FM Novita Anjas 6.15 29 2 - 2 33 Serbia & Montenegro Men’s section 1 GM Pelletier Yannick 1 : 0 GM Markus Robert 2 GM Gallagher Joseph 0 : 1 GM Sedlak Nikola Round 5 on 2006/05/25 3 GM Jenni Florian 1 : 0 GM Kosic Dragan 4 IM Zueger Beat 0 : 1 IM Popovic Dusan 6.16 9 ½ - 3½ 18 Cuba 6.1 8 Netherlands 2½ - 1½ 1 Russia 1 GM Radjabov Teimour 0 : 1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 1 GM Sokolov Ivan ½ : ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2 GM Gashimov Vugar ½ : ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2 GM Tiviakov Sergey ½ : ½ GM Svidler Peter 3 GM Guliyev Namig 0 : 1 GM Arencibia Rodriguez Walter 3 GM Van Wely Loek ½ : ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 4 GM Mamedov Rauf 0 : 1 GM Quezada Perez Yuniesky 4 GM Nijboer Friso 1 : 0 GM Rublevskiy Sergey 6.17 16 Hungary 3 - 1 42 6.2 3 Armenia 2½ - 1½ 30 1 GM Almasi Zoltan 1 : 0 GM Fridman Daniel 1 GM Aronian Levon ½ : ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2 GM Gyimesi Zoltan 1 : 0 GM Miezis Normunds 2 GM Akopian Vladimir 1 : 0 GM Barsov Aleksey 3 GM Berkes Ferenc ½ : ½ GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 3 GM Asrian Karen ½ : ½ IM Filippov Anton 4 GM Balogh Csaba ½ : ½ GM Meijers Viesturs 4 GM Sargissian Gabriel ½ : ½ IM Kayumov Sergey 6.18 21 3½ - ½ 54 Ireland 6.3 31 Sweden 2½ - 1½ 10 Bulgaria 1 GM Socko Bartosz 1 : 0 GM Baburin Alexander 1 GM Agrest Evgenij ½ : ½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2 GM Macieja Bartlomiej ½ : ½ IM Kelly Brian 2 GM Hellsten Johan 0 : 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan 3 GM Kempinski Robert 1 : 0 IM Collins Sam 3 GM Berg Emanuel 1 : 0 GM Spasov Vasil 4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 1 : 0 IM Quinn Mark 4 GM Hillarp-Persson Tiger 1 : 0 IM Petkov Vladimir 6.19 13 England 2 - 2 66 6.4 4 Ukraine 2½ - 1½ 51 Iran 1 GM Adams Michael ½ : ½ GM Granda Julio 1 GM Ivanchuk Vasyl ½ : ½ GM Ghaemmaghami Ehsan 2 GM Short Nigel ½ : ½ IM Cordova Emilio 2 GM Volokytin Andrei ½ : ½ IM Mahjoob Zardast Morteza 3 GM Gormally Daniel 0 : 1 FM Pacheco Marco 3 GM Elyanov Pavel 1 : 0 FM Sharbaf Mohsen 4 GM Conquest Stuart 1 : 0 FM Cruz Cristhian 4 GM Efimenko Zahar ½ : ½ GM Moradiabadi Elshan 6.20 38 2½ - 1½ 57 6.5 19 Belarus 3 - 1 11 Spain 1 GM Felgaer Ruben 0 : 1 IM Annaberdiev Meylis 1 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 1 : 0 GM Shirov Alexei 2 GM Peralta Fernando ½ : ½ GM Odeev Handjar 2 GM Fedorov Alexei ½ : ½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 3 GM Ricardi Pablo 1 : 0 Amanov Mesgen 3 GM Dydyshko Viacheslav ½ : ½ GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 4 IM Flores Diego 1 : 0 IM Grigoryan Karen 4 GM Zhigalko Andrey 1 : 0 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 6.21 64 2 - 2 34 Turkey 6.6 12 China 1½ - 2½ 7 USA 1 GM Franco Ocampos Zenon ½ : ½ GM Gurevich Mikhail 1 GM 1 : 0 GM Kamsky Gata 2 IM Cubas Jose Fernando ½ : ½ GM Atalik Suat 2 GM Zhang Pengxiang 0 : 1 GM Onischuk Alexander 3 IM Bachmann Axel 1 : 0 IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 3 GM ½ : ½ GM Ibragimov Ildar 4 FM Patriarca Luis Carlos 0 : 1 FM Erturan Yakup 4 GM 0 : 1 GM Kaidanov Gregory 6.22 41 FYROM 1 - 3 32 Slovenia 6.7 39 Lithuania 2½ - 1½ 43 A 1 GM Mitkov Nikola 0 : 1 GM Beliavsky Alexander 1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas ½ : ½ GM Godena Michele 2 GM Georgiev Vladimir ½ : ½ GM Pavasovic Dusko 2 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 1 : 0 GM Garcia Palermo Carlos 3 GM Nedev Trajko ½ : ½ GM Sermek Drazen 3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 1 : 0 IM Bellini Fabio 4 IM Kizov Atanas 0 : 1 IM Lenic Luka 4 IM Zagorskis Darius 0 : 1 IM Arlandi Ennio 6.23 5 3 - 1 48 6.8 22 Greece 1½ - 2½ 26 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 1 : 0 GM Galego Luis 1 GM Kotronias Vasilios ½ : ½ GM Vescovi Giovanni 2 GM Sokolov Andrei 0 : 1 IM Fernando Diogo 2 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios ½ : ½ GM Leitao Rafael 3 GM Fressinet Laurent 1 : 0 IM Damaso Rui 3 GM Halkias Stelios 0 : 1 GM Lima Darcy 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 1 : 0 IM Rocha Sergio 4 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis ½ : ½ IM Fier Alexander Hilario Takeda 6.24 91 1 - 3 37 6.9 14 Germany 1 - 3 2 India 1 IM Adlane Arab 0 : 1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij ½ : ½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2 IM Haddouche Mohamed 0 : 1 IM Le Quang Liem 2 GM Jussupow Artur ½ : ½ GM Sasikiran Krishnan 3 Seba Kamel ½ : ½ GM Tu Hoang Thong 3 GM Lutz Christopher 0 : 1 GM Harikrishna P 4 Bouhaddad Abdelkrim ½ : ½ FM Dinh Duc Trong 4 GM Graf Alexander 0 : 1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 6.25 24 2½ - 1½ 75 6.10 49 1 - 3 17 1 GM Carlsen Magnus 1 : 0 IM Prasca Rafael 1 GM Rowson Jonathan ½ : ½ GM Kacheishvili Giorgi 2 GM Agdestein Simen 0 : 1 IM Iturrizaga Eduardo 2 GM McNab Colin 0 : 1 GM Gagunashvili Merab 3 GM Lie Kjetil A. 1 : 0 FM Soto Oliver 3 IM Aagaard Jacob ½ : ½ GM Gelashvili Tamaz 4 GM Djurhuus Rune ½ : ½ FM Hernandez Alexander 4 FM Gourlay Iain 0 : 1 GM Arutinian David 6.26 50 1½ - 2½ 58 6.11 25 2½ - 1½ 28 1 IM Smerdon David ½ : ½ GM Dervishi Erald 1 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 1 : 0 GM Palac Mladen 2 IM Zhao Zong-Yuan ½ : ½ IM Shytaj Luca 2 GM Hansen Lars Bo ½ : ½ GM Dizdar Goran 3 IM Lane Gary ½ : ½ Mehmeti Dritan 3 GM Palo Davor ½ : ½ GM Zelcic Robert 4 Speck Nick 0 : 1 FM Rama Lorenc 4 GM Schandorff Lars ½ : ½ IM Brkic Ante 6.27 55 ½ - 3½ 23 6.12 36 1 - 3 20 1 GM Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos 0 : 1 GM Bologan Viktor 1 GM Ftacnik Lubomir 0 : 1 GM Navara David 2 IM Gonzalez Garcia Jose ½ : ½ GM Iordachescu Viorel 2 IM Markos Jan ½ : ½ GM Hracek Zbynek 3 IM Espinosa Rafael 0 : 1 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 3 IM Petrik Tomas ½ : ½ GM Babula Vlastimil 4 FM Dominguez Aguilar Guillermo 0 : 1 GM Sanduleac Vasile 4 GM Likavsky Tomas 0 : 1 GM Laznicka Viktor 6.28 59 1 - 3 35 6.13 15 Romania 1 - 3 6 Israel 1 GM Matamoros Franco Carlos 1 : 0 GM Torre Eugene 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu Dieter 1 : 0 GM Gelfand Boris 2 IM Mieles Palau Daniel 0 : 1 Laylo Darwin 2 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 0 : 1 GM Smirin Ilia 3 Medina Miguel 0 : 1 FM Dimakiling Oliver 3 GM Vajda Levente 0 : 1 GM Sutovsky Emil 4 IM Pazos Plinio 0 : 1 FM So Wesley 4 GM Parligras Mircea 0 : 1 GM Huzman Alexander 6.29 83 3½ - ½ 47 6.14 27 1½ - 2½ 45 1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 1 : 0 GM Charbonneau Pascal 1 GM Stefansson Hannes Hlifar ½ : ½ GM Adianto Utut 2 FM Mok Tze Meng ½ : ½ GM Bluvshtein Mark 2 GM Olafsson Helgi 0 : 1 GM Megaranto Susanto 3 FM Lim Yee Weng 1 : 0 IM Zugic Igor 3 IM Kristjansson Stefan 0 : 1 IM Irwanto Sadikin 4 Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan 1 : 0 IM Livshits Ron 6.30 44 1½ - 2½ 53 6.45 85 UAE 2½ - 1½ 102 1 GM Rahman Ziaur 0 : 1 GM Nybäck Tomi 1 Saud Mohamed 0 : 1 IM Juarez Flores Carlos Armando 2 IM Hossain Enamul 0 : 1 IM Nyysti Sampsa 2 IM Hassan Abdullah ½ : ½ FM Juarez Flores Gustavo Enrique 3 IM Mollah Abdullah Al-Rakib 1 : 0 IM Mäki-Uuro Miikka 3 Yahya Mohamed Saleh 1 : 0 FM Reyes Najera Carlos Antonio 4 IM Reefat Bin-Sattar ½ : ½ GM Westerinen Heikki 4 FM Abdul Majeed Mohamad 1 : 0 Juarez Flores Alfonso Roberto 6.31 40 Bosnia Herzegovina 3 - 1 61 6.46 89 2½ - 1½ 68 Singapore 1 GM Kurajica Bojan 1 : 0 GM Winants Luc 1 FM Hussein N A 0 : 1 GM Wong Meng Kong 2 GM Predojevic Borki 1 : 0 IM Dutreeuw Marc 2 FM Atia A Jomah 1 : 0 FM Goh Wei Ming 3 IM Saric Ibro ½ : ½ IM Claesen Pieter 3 S. Mohommed Zozik ½ : ½ IM Goh Koon Jong Jason 4 FM Bogut Zeljko ½ : ½ FM Gulbas Cemil 4 N.Karim Mohammed 1 : 0 FM Lo Kin Mun Dominic 6.32 94 1½ - 2½ 82 Kyrgystan 6.47 95 3 - 1 104 1 IM Leyva Paneque Hector 1 : 0 Shukuraliev Algis 1 Al- Harazi Khaled Saleh Yahya 1 : 0 Ovalle Ramon 2 FM Arias Lemnys Antonio 0 : 1 Samakov Nurdin 2 FM Al-Hadhrani Hatem Ebrahim Ahmed 1 : 0 Velasco Santiago 3 FM Chavez Monterrosa Ricardo Ernes ½ : ½ Davletbakov Saddam 3 FM Al-Qudaimi Basheer 1 : 0 Lamastus Jean Paul 4 Chavez Hector Eduardo 0 : 1 FM Tologontegin Semetey 4 Al Badani Abdu 0 : 1 Berrios Gabriel 6.33 101 0 - 4 62 6.48 119 ½ - 3½ 96 1 Carvalho Guillermo 0 : 1 GM Garcia Gildardo 1 Frick Renato 0 : 1 Adebayo Adegboyega Joel 2 FM Curi Gabriel 0 : 1 IM Cuartas Jaime Alexander 2 Mannhart Marcel 0 : 1 IM Aikhoje Odion 3 Saralegui Mario 0 : 1 IM Escobar Forero Alder 3 Ferster Fabian ½ : ½ IM Adu Oladapo 4 Arias Jorge 0 : 1 FM Barrientos Sergio 4 Guller Andras 0 : 1 IM Fola Akintola 6.34 81 Mongolia 2½ - 1½ 73 Kazakhstan 6.49 112 Palestine ½ - 3½ 88 1 FM Batchuluun Cegmed 1 : 0 Kozlov Roman 1 GM Ermenkov Evgenij 0 : 1 IM Mateo Ramon 2 Gundavaa Bayarsaihan 0 : 1 IM Kuderinov Kirill 2 Moussa Alaa-Eddine ½ : ½ FM Munoz Lisandro 3 FM Byambaa Zulzaga 1 : 0 IM Ismagambetov An 3 Tamra Attallah 0 : 1 IM Hernandez Gustavo 4 GM Hatanbaatar Bazar ½ : ½ Issabayev D 4 Iz Aldeen Khaled 0 : 1 Infante Miguel 6.35 69 2 - 2 46 Estonia 6.50 132 0 - 4 97 1 GM Belkhodja Slim ½ : ½ GM Kulaots Kaido 1 Samir Mosad Obeid Nadir 0 : 1 Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat 2 FM Doghri Nabil 0 : 1 IM Liiva Riho 2 Ali Elobeid Salih Asim 0 : 1 FM Jiravorasuk Banjuab 3 GM Bouaziz Slim ½ : ½ IM Seeman Tarvo 3 Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia 0 : 1 FM Saeheng Boonsueb 4 Njili Kamel 1 : 0 Volodin Aleksander 4 Gismalla Ali Yousif 0 : 1 Saelee Uaychai 6.36 60 Chile 2½ - 1½ 71 Italy C 6.51 111 1 - 3 86 1 IM Castellanos Renier ½ : ½ IM Sarno Spartaco 1 Malla Digesh Shanker 0 : 1 IM Kobese Watu 2 IM Rojas Luis 1 : 0 FM Mogranzini Roberto 2 Shrestha Bilam Lal 0 : 1 FM Van Der Nat Nicholas 3 IM Barria Daniel 0 : 1 FM Molina Fabrizio 3 Shrestha Rajendra Prasad 0 : 1 Cawdery Daniel 4 Avalos Joao 1 : 0 Pulito Alberto 4 Nepali Badri Lal 1 : 0 Van Den Heever Donovan 6.37 65 1 - 3 52 6.52 122 1 - 3 99 1 IM Neubauer Martin ½ : ½ GM Al-Modiahki Mohammed 1 Sano Tomu ½ : ½ IM Pedro Aderito 2 IM Pilaj Herwig 0 : 1 IM Al Sayed Mohammed 2 Iwasaki Yudai 0 : 1 IM Campos Eugenio 3 IM Alvir Aco 0 : 1 GM 3 Hayashi Kenji ½ : ½ IM Sousa Armindo 4 FM Genser Harald ½ : ½ IM Nezad Husain 4 Nakagori Keiki 0 : 1 Pascoal Eduardo 6.38 107 2½ - 1½ 87 6.53 123 0 - 4 105 1 GM Amonatov Farrukh 1 : 0 IM Davila Carlos 1 Kassinopoullos Polydoros 0 : 1 FM Elliott Warren 2 Khusenkhodzhaev Mukhammad 1 : 0 IM Canda Danilo 2 Aristotelous Vasileios 0 : 1 Rowe Duane 3 Yunusov Ilhom ½ : ½ FM Sirias Danilo 3 Savva Panikos 0 : 1 Porter Russel 4 Sangmamadov Davlatmamad 0 : 1 FM Lacayo Rene 4 Florentiades Michalis 0 : 1 Brown Equitable 6.39 79 1 - 3 90 ICSC 6.54 98 4 - 0 110 Mauritius 1 IM Garbett Paul 0 : 1 IM Collutiis Duilio 1 IM Denny Kevin William Henderson 1 : 0 Phillips Roy 2 FM Nokes Roger 0 : 1 IM Georgiev Veselin 2 Farley Terry Ricardo 1 : 0 Chinnasamy Deevarajan 3 IM Dive Russell 0 : 1 IM Salov Sergey 3 FM Corbin Philip Arnold 1 : 0 Seegolam Pradeep 4 Wang Puchen 1 : 0 Hoffmann Rainer 4 Blackman Justin 1 : 0 Marie Patrick 6.40 92 1½ - 2½ 84 6.55 56 2½ - 1½ 76 IBCA 1 IM Williams Leighton ½ : ½ Hamad Ahmad 1 IM El Taher Fouad ½ : ½ IM Krylov Sergey 2 FM Jones Richard 0 : 1 FM Mohamed Samir 2 IM Ezat Mohamed 0 : 1 IM Berlinsky Vladimir 3 Dineley Richard ½ : ½ IM Hakki Imad 3 IM Sarwat Walaa 1 : 0 IM Dukaczewski Piotr 4 Kett Tim ½ : ½ FM Omearat Adel 4 IM Frhat Ali 1 : 0 Pribeanu Dacian 6.41 63 3½ - ½ 108 6.56 113 2½ - 1½ 130 1 IM Bakalarz Mieczyslaw 1 : 0 Gaealafshwe Barileng 1 Pace Colin 1 : 0 Guidi Guido 2 IM Berend Fred 1 : 0 Pitlagano Tebogo 2 Borg Andrew ½ : ½ Righi Egio 3 FM Brittner Serge ½ : ½ Molale Ofentse 3 Gauci Joe ½ : ½ CM Volpinari Danilo 4 Hartung Jerry 1 : 0 Notha Moakofi 4 Cilia Vincenti David ½ : ½ CM Grassi Enrico 6.42 80 Faroe Islands ½ - 3½ 70 Italy B 6.57 131 0 - 4 77 1 IM Nilssen John Arni ½ : ½ FM Ronchetti Niccolo 1 Mensing Fabio 0 : 1 IM Zambrana Oswaldo 2 Poulsen Martin 0 : 1 FM Brunello Sabino 2 Flanders Cander 0 : 1 FM Berrocal Jorge 3 Ziska Helgi D. 0 : 1 FM Rombaldoni Denis 3 Maduro Sherman 0 : 1 IM Cueto Jhony 4 Simonsen Hans Kristian 0 : 1 FM Cacco Christian 4 Vasques Nicolas 0 : 1 FM Molina Jorge Luis 6.43 67 2 - 2 72 6.58 127 1½ - 2½ 103 Darussalam 1 GM De La Riva Aguado Oscar ½ : ½ IM Gonzalez Bernal 1 Al Afoo Shaker 0 : 1 Pg Md Omar Ak Hafizon 2 IM Oms Pallise Josep 1 : 0 IM Valdes Leonardo 2 Alghasra Ali Mohamed Hasan Ahme ½ : ½ Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin 3 FM Simonet Pons Marc ½ : ½ IM Hernandez Francisco 3 Mohamed Sheer Mohamed 0 : 1 Hj Emran Ahmad Bukhari 4 FM Garcia Paolicchi Raul 0 : 1 IM Murillo Alexis 4 Ayyad Maher Abduljalil Saleh Ma 1 : 0 Sabli Mohd Arif Afifi 6.44 100 ½ - 3½ 74 6.59 106 Trinidad & Tobago 3 - 1 139 1 IM Eid Fadi 0 : 1 GM Hamdouchi Hichem 1 FM Harper Ryan 1 : 0 Andrade Ivan Sales 2 FM Khairallah Faisal 0 : 1 FM Elbilia Jacques 2 Ramsingh Yogendranath 0 : 1 Maia Mariano Tesoura De 3 Kassis Antoine ½ : ½ Karim Ismael 3 Cave Christo 1 : 0 Brumo Marques Victor Brigida 4 Sakr Nassim 0 : 1 FM Arbouche Muhamed 4 Singh Ravishen 1 : 0 Vilhete Vania Fausto Da T. 6.60 109 3 - 1 142 1 Baules Jorge 1 : 0 Fidaeyee Habibullah 2 Arosemena J 1 : 0 Heyayat Suliman Women’s section 3 Valdes Rances ½ : ½ Hanif Mahmood 4 Diaz Hector ½ : ½ Haidary Hameedullah Round 5 on 2006/05/25 6.61 136 Bermuda 0 - 4 116 Hong Kong 1 Kovacova Zuzana 0 : 1 WGM Corke Anya 2 Faulks Nick 0 : 1 Dew Brian 6.1 1 Russia 2 - 1 4 Hungary 3 Freeman Nigel 0 : 1 Chau Sau Ming 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra ½ : ½ IM Hoang Thanh Trang 4 Ebbin Larry 0 : 1 Yu Melvin 2 IM Kosintseva Tatiana ½ : ½ IM Madl Ildiko 6.62 115 1½ - 2½ 129 3 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 1 : 0 IM Vajda Szidonia 1 FM Weeramantry Sunil Parackrama Ra 0 : 1 FM Chahrani Ibrahim 6.2 24 Spain 1 - 2 2 Ukraine 2 Anuruddha Gc 0 : 1 Elarbi Abobker 1 Calzetta Ruiz Monica 0 : 1 WGM Zhukova Natalia 3 Wijesuriya Godigamuwage Luxman 1 : 0 Homrana Mustafa 2 Llaneza Vega Patricia 0 : 1 IM Lahno Katerina 4 Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Chathur ½ : ½ FM Asabri Hussien 3 Hernandez Estevez Yudania 1 : 0 IM Yanovska-Gaponenko Inna 6.63 134 1½ - 2½ 144 6.3 29 Mongolia 1 - 2 5 USA 1 Rowe Peter ½ : ½ Woldeyes Mekitew Molla 1 Mongontuul Bathuyag ½ : ½ IM Krush Irina 2 Kirby Peter ½ : ½ FM Belachew Yimam Abera 2 Yanjindulam Dulamsuren 0 : 1 WGM Goletiani Rusudan 3 Ozanne Mark ½ : ½ Belachew Kebadu 3 Bayaraa Zorigt ½ : ½ WGM Baginskaite Camilla 4 Forbes Garry 0 : 1 Gebregziabher Brehane Gebre Mic 6.4 11 Romania 2 - 1 7 Armenia 6.64 114 Surinam 1½ - 2½ 93 1 IM Peptan Corina Isabela ½ : ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 1 Gajadin Dewperkash ½ : ½ Jere Daniel 2 IM Foisor Cristina Adela ½ : ½ IM Danielian Elina 2 Matoewi Roger 1 : 0 Mwali Chitumbo 3 Bogza Adina Maria 1 : 0 WIM Andriasian Siranush 3 Mungroo Franklin 0 : 1 Chumfwa Kelvin 6.5 9 India 2 - 1 17 Slovenia 4 Dos Ramos Ricardo 0 : 1 Phiri Richmond 1 GM ½ : ½ WGM Muzychuk Anna 6.65 147 1½ - 2½ 118 Monaco 2 ½ : ½ WGM Srebrnic Ana 1 Lebrun Piersont 0 : 1 Rouchouse Stevens 3 Swathi Ghate 1 : 0 WFM Novak Ksenija 2 Velery Afriany 0 : 1 WIM Lebel-Arias Julia 6.6 31 Kazakhstan 1 - 2 10 Bulgaria 3 Bazil Joslin 1 : 0 Calabrese Antonino 1 Aketayeva Dana ½ : ½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 4 Sanon Mondoly ½ : ½ Rapaire Jean Michel 2 Zigangirova Sofya ½ : ½ WGM Voiska Margarita 6.66 78 IPCA 3½ - ½ 120 3 Dauletova Gulmira 0 : 1 WGM Velcheva Maria 1 IM Obodchuk Andrey 1 : 0 Eichab Charles Sidney 6.7 21 Italy A 1½ - 1½ 26 Cuba 2 IM Mikheev Stanislav 1 : 0 Tjipueja Werner 1 IM Sedina Elena 0 : 1 WGM Pina Vega Sulennis 3 IM Yarmonov Igor 1 : 0 Nitzborn Josef 2 Zimina Olga 1 : 0 WIM Marrero Lopez Yaniet 4 IM Bieluczyk Bogdan ½ : ½ Silver Willem August 3 Ambrosi Eleonora ½ : ½ WFM Perez Rodriguez Jennifer 6.67 141 0 - 4 126 6.8 16 Slovakia 3 - 0 13 Lithuania 1 Arora Neel 0 : 1 Silveirinha Jose 1 Repkova Eva 1 : 0 IM Ciuksyte Dagne 2 Kumar Manoj 0 : 1 Mak Keng Kei 2 Pokorna Regina 1 : 0 Daulyte Deimante 3 Gautam Asheesh 0 : 1 Calangi Zachary 3 Borosova Zuzana 1 : 0 Batyte Daiva 4 Prasad Calvin 0 : 1 Ho Cheng Fai 6.9 6 China 2½ - ½ 12 Poland 6.68 125 3 - 1 140 1 1 : 0 IM Radziewicz Iweta 1 CM Simmons Matthew Edwin ½ : ½ Fancy Stuart 2 ½ : ½ WFM Przezdziecka Marta 2 Hawes Jonathan Richard ½ : ½ Press Shaun 3 1 : 0 WIM Majdan Joanna 3 Fulton Anthony John 1 : 0 Jones Rupert 6.10 3 Georgia 2 - 1 15 France 4 Jouault Louis 1 : 0 Skehan Craig 1 IM Khurtsidze Nino 0 : 1 IM Skripchenko Almira 6.69 148 2 - 2 133 2 IM Dzagnidze Nana 1 : 0 WGM Leconte Maria 1 Chimthere Alfred Charles 0 : 1 Jacobusse Willem Adriaan 3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 1 : 0 WGM Milliet Sophie 2 Mwanza Malama 1 : 0 Croes Octavio 6.11 63 El Salvador ½ - 2½ 34 Estonia 3 Salanjira Blessings ½ : ½ Pesqueira Jose Andres 1 Zepeda Cortez Lorena Marisela 0 : 1 WIM Bashkite Viktoria 4 Chalemba Joseph ½ : ½ Howell Alvin Alfonso 2 Melendez Gabriela Maria ½ : ½ WFM Gansvind Valeria 6.70 128 2 - 2 117 3 Zepeda Cortez Sonia Guadalupe 0 : 1 WIM Piarnpuu Leili 1 Magana Benjamin Omondi ½ : ½ Kawuma Steven 6.12 8 Germany 1 - 2 25 Latvia 2 Mukabi John Mukuna 0 : 1 Kantinti Shadrack 1 IM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ : ½ WGM Reizniece Dana 3 Gateri Martin Mwangi 1 : 0 Munanira Isaac 2 Nill Jessica 0 : 1 WGM Rogule Laura 4 Wachira William Wachania ½ : ½ Kawuma Moses 3 Juergens Vera ½ : ½ WIM Berzina Ilze 6.71 138 2 - 2 121 6.13 19 Serbia & Montenegro 1½ - 1½ 23 Vietnam 1 Meier Kurt ½ : ½ Zamora Roberto 1 IM Maric Alisa 0 : 1 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An 2 Meier Peter 0 : 1 FM Montesinos Jorge 2 Chelushkina Irina 1 : 0 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 3 Zialor Michel ½ : ½ Medina Ricardo 3 Benderac Ana ½ : ½ WFM Le Thanh Tu 4 Kimende Ralph 1 : 0 Ustariz Carlos 6.14 30 Moldova 1 - 2 20 Israel 6.72 145 1½ - 2½ 137 1 IM Petrenko Svetlana 0 : 1 IM Klinova Masha 1 Yueh Wei Po 0 : 1 Lee Sanghoon 2 Partac Elena 0 : 1 WGM Igla Bella 2 Hicks Robert Paul ½ : ½ Song Jinwoo 3 Agababean Naira 1 : 0 WFM Botvinnik Irina 3 Yeh Tzu-Hao ½ : ½ Kim Hyunwoo 6.15 54 IBCA 2½ - ½ 78 Bolivia 4 Ho Hou Meng ½ : ½ Kim Yongtae 1 Zsiltzova-Lisenko Lubov 1 : 0 Luna Rayza 6.73 135 2 - 2 146 2 Stolarczyk Anna ½ : ½ Ramirez Maria Eugenia 1 Hook William 1 : 0 Murara Maxence 3 FM Debowska Teresa 1 : 0 Barrenechea Sthepany 2 Lettsome Maurice 0 : 1 Kabera Godfrey 6.16 14 Greece 1½ - 1½ 18 Netherlands 3 Christopher Art 1 : 0 Ruteremara Thetime 1 IM Dembo Yelena ½ : ½ GM Peng Zhao Qin 4 Potter Simon 0 : 1 Nzamwitar Aciel 2 Botsari Anna-Maria 0 : 1 IM Bosboom-Lanchava Tea 6.74 143 Us Virgin Islands 0 - 4 124 3 Fakhiridou Ekaterini 1 : 0 FM Schuurman Petra 1 Wilkinson Sinclair 0 : 1 Gillani Tanveer Mohyuddin 6.17 36 Croatia 2 - 1 43 Turkmenistan 2 Allen Darryl 0 : 1 IM Mahmood Ahmad Lodhi 1 Medic Mirjana 0 : 1 WGM Geldieva Mahri 3 Jackson Francis 0 : 1 Younus Muhammad Younus 2 Stock Lara 1 : 0 WFM Hallaeva Bahar 4 Saleem Zayd 0 : 1 Karim Amer 3 Macek Vlasta 1 : 0 WFM Ovezova Maisa 6.18 32 Belarus 2½ - ½ 60 Philippines 6.37 82 Ireland ½ - 2½ 70 Italy B 1 Azarova Nadezhda 1 : 0 Perena Catherine 1 Quinn Deborah 0 : 1 Arnetta Maria Teresa 2 Sharevich Anna ½ : ½ Cua Sherily 2 Shaughnessy Elizabeth 0 : 1 Chierici Marianna 3 Berlin Tatiana 1 : 0 WIM Mendoza Beverly 3 Menon Poornima ½ : ½ Brunello Marina 6.19 71 Venezuela 2 - 1 35 England 6.38 65 Albania 1½ - 1½ 69 Wales 1 Sanchez Sarai 1 : 0 IM Houska Jovanka 1 Shabanaj Eglantina ½ : ½ WFM Cast Abigail 2 Han Irene 0 : 1 WFM Gilbert Jessie 2 Gjergji Rozana 0 : 1 Blackburn Suzy 3 Hernandez Zaida 1 : 0 WGM Bellin Jana 3 Shabanaj Alda 1 : 0 Owens Megan 6.20 41 Turkey 2 - 1 39 Uzbekistan 6.39 84 New Zealand 2 - 1 85 Costa Rica 1 Atalik-Polovnikova Ekaterina 0 : 1 WIM Sabirova Olga 1 Maroroa Sue 0 : 1 Da Bosco Carla 2 Topel Zehra 1 : 0 Khamrakulova Iroda 2 Chen Eachen 1 : 0 Garcia Veronica 3 Ozturk Kubra 1 : 0 Khamrakulova Shakhnoza 3 Fairley Natasha 1 : 0 Ramirez Karla 6.21 27 Ecuador 2 - 1 68 Indonesia 6.40 72 Scotland 2 - 1 88 Botswana 1 IM Fierro Baguero Martha 1 : 0 WFM Kharisma Sukandar Irine 1 Giulian Rosemary 1 : 0 Lopang Tshepiso 2 Moncayo Romero Evelyn 1 : 0 Lindiawati Evi 2 Offi cer Amy 1 : 0 Sabure Ontiretse 3 Vasquez Ramirez Rocio 0 : 1 Sinuhaji Tuti Rahayu 3 Hughes Rhian 0 : 1 Mokgacha Keitumetse 6.22 47 Mexico 1 - 2 45 6.41 67 ICSC 1 - 2 73 South Africa 1 Hernandez Guerrero Yadira 0 : 1 Tilenbaeva Janyl 1 Ryvova Anna ½ : ½ WIM Frick Denise 2 Carreras Mendiolea Paulina Adria 0 : 1 WFM Sabirova Sofi a 2 Rossinskaya Liudmila ½ : ½ WIM Ellappen Jenine 3 Estrada Gaspar Nelly Massiel 1 : 0 Samaganova Alexandra 3 Gonchar Svitlana 0 : 1 WIM Laubscher Anzel 6.23 38 Australia 3 - 0 87 Algeria 6.42 80 Jamaica 1 - 2 83 Tajikistan 1 IM Berezina Irina 1 : 0 WIM Toubal Wissam 1 Richards Deborah 1 : 0 Nuretdinova Elena 2 Moylan Laura 1 : 0 Toubal Hayet 2 Zhu Hui 0 : 1 Umarova Shakhnoza 3 Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 1 : 0 Boudechiche Maroua 3 Th omas Vanessa 0 : 1 Antonova Nadezhda 6.24 50 Finland 1 - 2 28 Argentina 6.43 74 Puerto Rico 1½ - 1½ 98 Malta 1 Sammalvuo Niina ½ : ½ WGM Lujan Carolina 1 Oquendo Chrissy 0 : 1 Pulpan Oana 2 Rantanen Tanja 0 : 1 WIM Zuriel Marisa 2 Martinez Natiska 1 : 0 Aguilar Filipina 3 Puuska Heini ½ : ½ WIM Burijovich Liliana 3 Segarra Tammy ½ : ½ Alyeksandr Uranchimeg 6.25 57 Bangladesh ½ - 2½ 46 Colombia 6.44 96 Angola 1½ - 1½ 86 Nigeria 1 Hamid Rani 0 : 1 WIM Ortiz Nadya Karolina 1 Rocha Valquiria 1 : 0 Amadasun Rosemary 2 Sultana Zakia 0 : 1 Franco Angela 2 Venancio Sandra 0 : 1 Edward-Dappa Rachael 3 Khan Nazrana ½ : ½ WIM Palao Maricela 3 Oliveira Engracia ½ : ½ Ikpa-Glewis Pauline Tresa 6.26 33 Switzerland 1½ - 1½ 52 Azerbaijan 6.45 89 Japan 1½ - 1½ 92 Fiji 1 Heinatz Gundula ½ : ½ Isgandarova Khayala 1 Ishizuka Mirai ½ : ½ WFM Lyons Keiran 2 Seps Monika 0 : 1 Umudova Nargiz 2 Hishii Ayano 1 : 0 Sukhu Gloria 3 Gavrilova Anastassia 1 : 0 Agasiyeva Fidan 3 Shibata Misaki 0 : 1 Frentina Andrea 6.27 44 1½ - 1½ 40 Sweden 6.46 81 UAE ½ - 2½ 79 Sri Lanka 1 Dengler Dijana 1 : 0 WIM Johansson Viktoria 1 Mansour Mariam 0 : 1 Methmali Uluwitike Gamage Yashod 2 Dedijer Sanja ½ : ½ WFM Pavlovskaia Evgenia 2 Ebtissam Mohamed ½ : ½ Wijayawardana Dangampolage M.C. 3 Dedijer Mira 0 : 1 Jiretorn Eva 3 Kholoud Essa 0 : 1 Koswatte Chandrika Th ilini 6.28 97 Chinese Taipei 0 - 3 64 IPCA 6.47 91 Libya 1½ - 1½ 94 Trinidad & Tobago 1 Chen I -Chen 0 : 1 WFM Melnik Galina 1 Elnami Safa 0 : 1 Kennedy Jane 2 Yueh Elsa Wei Chung 0 : 1 Kudrina Aliya 2 Wafa Mohamed ½ : ½ Guiseppi Lyndy-Ann 3 Chen Peng An 0 : 1 Zykina Nadezhda 3 Mawadda Rahal 1 : 0 Rattan Joanne Camille 6.29 77 Iraq 0 - 3 22 Czech Republic 6.48 95 Us Virgin Islands 1 - 2 108 Yemen 1 I. Ibrahim Delbak 0 : 1 IM Jackova Jana 1 Widmer-Babic Gail 1 : 0 Awat Amimah 2 M. Muhsin Dhuha 0 : 1 WIM Cedikova Katerina 2 Bansal Vibha 0 : 1 Jalal Amani 3 Basil .b. Ghazala Zena 0 : 1 WIM Blazkova Petra 3 Mody Ila 0 : 1 Abdulsalam Nadnia 6.30 37 Iran 3 - 0 62 Dominican Republic 6.49 99 Namibia 0 - 3 101 Panama 1 Pourkashiyan Atousa 1 : 0 WFM Perez Eneida 1 Swartz Stephne 0 : 1 Barria Raisa 2 Paridar Shadi 1 : 0 Jose Polanco Keyla 2 Ndjoze Ngangane 0 : 1 Gonzalez Yaribeth 3 Ghaderpour Taleghani Shayesteh 1 : 0 Munoz Dorisbel 3 Valombola Magdalena 0 : 1 Arosemena Bethania 6.31 58 Malaysia 2 - 1 66 Guatemala 6.50 102 Qatar 2 - 1 90 Kenya 1 Siti Zulaikha 1 : 0 WIM Martinez Porras Ingrid Lorena 1 Al-Khelaifi Aisha 1 : 0 Abur Lyndah Amollo 2 Wan Khye Th eng 1 : 0 WFM Monterroso Ochoa Karla Vanessa 2 Al-Jefairi Noora 0 : 1 Wambugu Jane Wanjiru 3 Nur Shazwani Zullkafl i 0 : 1 Castillo Melendez Dina Lissette 3 Safar Alshaymaa 1 : 0 Gichuru Everlyn Wanjiru 6.32 53 Portugal 1½ - 1½ 75 Luxembourg 6.51 106 Surinam 2½ - ½ 93 Honduras 1 Coimbra Margarida ½ : ½ WFM Bakalarz Grazyna 1 Naipal Victoria 1 : 0 Duron Sari 2 Pintor Ariana 0 : 1 Steil-Antoni Fiona 2 Hardwarsing Jyoti ½ : ½ Sevilla Persis 3 Baptista Ana 1 : 0 Bakalarz Janet 3 Sabajo Anuska + : - Barahona Besy 6.33 59 Denmark 2 - 1 51 Canada 1 Vovk Oksana 1 : 0 WIM Khoudgarian Natalia 2 De Blecourt Dalsberg Sandra 1 : 0 WIM Khaziyeva Dinara 3 Bekker-Jensen Anne 0 : 1 WFM Smith Hazel Bulletin Board 6.34 55 Iceland 2 - 1 56 Austria Transportation 1 Ptacnikova Lenka ½ : ½ WIM Mira Helene 2 Th orsteinsdottir Gudlaug 1 : 0 WFM Kopinits Anna Christina It is possibile to rent private Buses (50 seats) with hostess assistance for 3 Gretarsdottir Lilja ½ : ½ Sommer Sonja Guest transportation to Milano Malpensa Airport from the Village. 6.35 42 Norway 3 - 0 61 Brazil The price of the Bus (minimum 50 reserved seats) is 10 Euros per person, 1 Hagesaether Ellen 1 : 0 WFM Delai Paula Fernanda to be collected on board. th. 2 Sahl Sheila Barth 1 : 0 WIM Chaves Joara Deadline date for Bus reservation: May 30 3 Bjerke Silje 1 : 0 Chang Suzana Please book your requests at: 6.36 48 FYROM 1 - 2 49 Peru BUS TRANSFER RESERVATION OFFICE 1 Koskoska Gabriela 1 : 0 WIM Zapata Karen IN THE HALL OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE by May 30th 2 Sekulovska Vesna 0 : 1 WIM Morales Luciana 3 Jonoska Katerina 0 : 1 WFM Aliaga Ingrid Bermuda party

Party starts at may 31, at 10 pm Hiroshima Mon Amour via Bossoli, 83

Get your pin to get in! Four DJs, three bars, You can buy it only in advance at one of the following: two dance fl oors, one night!!! accreditation point at the village every day from 10 to 14 due torri stand in the oval exhibition area With a ten minutes walk The pin costs 10 euros and it includes the fi rst drink you will be in the heart of the fun!

THE BRANDS TAKING PART IN THE OLYMPIAD AND OLYMPIC MERCHANDISING ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE 500 SQ M OF STAND AREA LE DUETORRI FROM 21 MAY TO 4 JUNE OVAL/LINGOTTO

Hanno collaborato alla realizzazione di Turin moves: Claudio Agnese - Marino Baruffa - Adolivio Capece - Marco Cassinera - Misho Cebalo - Mauro Ciani - Michele Cordara - Marta Corradi - Ravi Kumar - L J M - Andrea Natoli - Alan Nixon - Alexis Pergay - Antonio Rosino - Massimo Settis - Elisa Tritto.