France has been the Cinderella team so far in this Olympiad. But they ran into to Ukrainian buzz saw this round. Ukraine will now control their own destiny for Olympiad gold. Win and it is theirs.
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 Fressinet, Laurent
3. Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 Tkachiev, Vladislav
4. Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ Feller, Sebastien
Grischuk scored the lone win for Russia to give Russia outside hope for gold IF Ukraine lose the final round.
1. Wang, Yue ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
2. Wang, Hao 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander
3. Bu, Xiangzhi ½-½ Svidler, Peter
4. Li, Chao B ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey
The U.S. was eliminated from medal contention following a 1-3 loss to Israel.
1. Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Gelfand, Boris
2. Kamsky, Gata 0-1 Sutovsky, Emil
3. Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Rodshtein, Maxim
4. Shulman, Yuri 0-1 Mikhalevski, Victor
After a good run, Georgia’s medal hopes officially ended with a 1-3 loss against Spain.
1. Shirov, Alexei 1-0 Jobava, Baadur
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ Gagunashvili, Merab
3. Salgado Lopez, Ivan ½-½ Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
4. Magem Badals, Jordi 1-0 Pantsulaia, Levan
Poland wins but it may be too late for medal chances.
1. Sedlak, Nikola 0-1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2. Vuckovic, Bojan ½-½ Socko, Bartosz
3. Ivanisevic, Ivan ½-½ Miton, Kamil
4. Markus, Robert 0-1 Bartel, Mateusz
Aronian scores for Armenia to give them the match against the Czech Republic. However, they need some miracles to happen for a medal.
1. Navara, David 0-1 Aronian, Levon
2. Laznicka, Viktor ½-½ Akopian, Vladimir
3. Hracek, Zbynek ½-½ Sargissian, Gabriel
4. Babula, Vlastimil ½-½ Pashikian, Arman
Hungary won 3-1 but it may be too late for Olympiad bronze.
1. Leko, Peter ½-½ Zhigalko, Sergei
2. Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 Zhigalko, Andrey
3. Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 Podolchenko, Evgeniy
4. Balogh, Csaba ½-½ Stupak, Kirill
Italy continues strong showing by tying Azerbaijan 2-2. But both teams are out of the medal chase.
1. Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2. Godena, Michele ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour
3. Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0 Guseinov, Gadir
4. Brunello, Sabino 0-1 Safarli, Eltaj
Full results here: http://www.ugra-chess.com/results.php?tmnt=1&rn=10
Ukraine would have won every match if they didn’t lose Karjakin to Russia.
Thx for the detailed summary, Susan!
Can anybody enlighten me why on earth is the game between Onischuk vs. Rodshtein a draw??