Both Russia A and B lost in round 5

Here are some notable results in round 5 of the 2010 Chess Olympiad:

The defending Olympiad champion is rolling along again!

Armenia 2.5 – 1.5 Russia B
1. Aronian, Levon ½-½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2. Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny
3. Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita
4. Pashikian, Arman 1-0 Timofeev, Artyom

This is a shocker! It is not a big surprise that Vietnam lost. The margin is a huge surprise!

Vietnam 0.5 – 3.5 Georgia
1. Le, Quang Liem 0-1 Jobava, Baadur
2. Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son 0-1 Gagunashvili, Merab
3. Nguyen, Anh Dung ½-½ Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
4. Dao, Thien Hai 0-1 Pantsulaia, Levan

Another margin shocker is Czech vs. Mexico.

Czech Republic 4 – 0 Mexico
1. Navara, David 1-0 Leon Hoyos, Manuel
2. Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos
3. Hracek, Zbynek 1-0 Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto
4. Babula, Vlastimil 1-0 Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando

The Italian team is quite dangerous.

Italy 2 – 2 Cuba
1. Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2. Godena, Michele ½-½ Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
3. Vocaturo, Daniele ½-½ Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
4. Brunello, Sabino ½-½ Corrales Jimenez, Fidel

The US is back on track with this strong win.

USA 3 – 1 Argentina
1. Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Flores, Diego
2. Kamsky, Gata 1-0 Felgaer, Ruben
3. Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Peralta, Fernando
4. Shulman, Yuri ½-½ Lafuente, Pablo

One should not forget that Russia C is also very dangerous. Israel just found out the hard way.

Israel 1.5 – 2.5 Russia C
1. Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry
2. Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 Motylev, Alexandr
3. Rodshtein, Maxim 0-1 Rublevsky, Sergei
4. Mikhalevski, Victor 0-1 Pridorozhni, Aleksei

Are France and England still in contention?

France 2 – 2 England
1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Adams, Michael
2. Fressinet, Laurent 0-1 Short, Nigel
3. Tkachiev, Vladislav ½-½ McShane, Luke
4. Feller, Sebastien 1-0 Howell, David

More results here: http://www.ugra-chess.com/results.php?ln=en&tmnt=1&rn=5