| Rank after round 8 | |||||||||
| Rank | Team | Gam. | + | = | – | MP | Pts. | Res. | SB. |
| 1 | RUSSIA | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 98,75 |
| 2 | UNITED STATES | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19½ | 0 | 82,00 |
| 3 | AZERBAIJAN | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 74,00 |
| 4 | INDIA | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17½ | 0 | 81,25 |
| 5 | ARMENIA | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17½ | 0 | 76,75 |
| 6 | ISRAEL | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 48,50 |
| 7 | GREECE | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15½ | 0 | 50,50 |
| 8 | BRAZIL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 21,00 |
| 9 | EGYPT | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 20,50 |
| 10 | TURKIYE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 21,50 |
Final round matchups:
| Round 9 on 2010/01/13 at 12:00 | |||||
| No. | SNo. | Team | Res. | Team | SNo. |
| 1 | 5 | EGYPT | – | ARMENIA | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | ISRAEL | – | RUSSIA | 4 |
| 3 | 7 | BRAZIL | – | INDIA | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | GREECE | – | TURKIYE | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | UNITED STATES | – | AZERBAIJAN | 1 |
I expect Armenia to beat Egypt. That means that Armenia will have 12 points. I expect India to beat Brazil. That means India will have 13 points. Russia will have a tough match against Israel but Russia will be the favorite to win. That would give Russia 15 points and the Gold, unless Israel can play the spoiler role.
The U.S. currently has 12 points. Unless the U.S. can beat Azerbaijan, there will be no chance for Gold. If the U.S. ties Azerbaijan, the tiebreaks will decided if India or the U.S. will get the Silver. However, if the U.S. loses, the U.S. will be out of medal contention and will probably tie for 4th with Armenia.
What is your final round prediction?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Armenia, Russia, India, Greece and Azerbaijan will win the final round match-ups. The US fought well, however, they will not win a medal this time.
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USA will beat Azerbaijan.
Sorry,
You have a little wrong.
1 RUSSIA 21,0
2 AZERBAIJAN 20,0
3 UNITED STATES 19,5
If Russia beats Israel they will have 15 points, not 14.
Russia, US and Azerbaijan have better tie break than India. So, if they can beat Brazil, Indians are assured of 3rd. Russia is likely first with either US or Azerbaijan 2nd (depending on their match outcome). Draw or US win – US finishes 2nd and India 3rd. Azerbaijan win – Azerbaijan finishes 2nd and India 3rd.
US will not get a medals this time,may be in 2014?!
incredible India!!
Incredible India!! We will be third for sure!
USA WILL BEAT AZERBAIJAN AND GET SILVER. EVEN GOLD IS AT REACH, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ISRAEL.
INDIA WILL GET BRONZE.
Correct and crisp analysis by Anonymous @ 3:17:00pm
But what is the tiebreak criteria? Game points or head to head score?
If the latter, Azeris will finish behind India, assuming both wins final Rnd.
Every thing depends on whether Shulman can resist the Azeri Bulldozer(Mamdeyarov). Only Sutovsky could salvage a draw from him that too with an extra queen.
Azmaiparisvilli has denied all some very interesting match ups like Mamdyarov Vs Nakamura/Aronian/Sasikiran
Don’t worry Ravanan, the USA will beat Azerbaijan.
Russia, USA, India
Russia will draw with Israel, USA will draw with Azerbaijan, both India and Armenia will win as well, but USA has tiebreaks over India. If Russia draws with Israel, USA will need 4-0 to overtake Russia. Not going to happen. Unless the USA collapses… that is if Shulman keeps getting into trouble… they may slip out of contention. USA should hold a draw but the Azeris will come gunning. Gashimov will have to play much better or he’ll be the goat this tournament.
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