During the Olympiad, unknown players sometimes rise above the clouds to be the heroes for their teams and countries. Other times, it is the stars who carry their teams and countries on their backs. After 7 rounds of the 2006 Olympiad, there are some familiar names at the top of the best performer list. However, there are some who you may have never heard of. Here are the top 10:

Title – Name – Rating – Country – Performance Rating

Women’s Olympiad

1 IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda 2469 Russia 2678
2 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2421 Germany 2644
3 WGM Muzychuk, Anna 2418 Slovenia 2638
4 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana 2489 Russia 2616
5 IM Peptan Corina, Isabela 2408 Romania 2601
6 WFM Przezdziecka, Marta 2265 Poland 2599
7 GM Koneru, Humpy 2548 India 2590
8 IM Hoang Thanh, Trang 2487 Hungary 2577
9 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2410 Georgia 2570
10 IM Lahno, Katerina 2468 Ukraine 2562

Overall Olympiad

1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2729 Russia 2914
2 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2661 Ukraine 2884
3 GM Navara, David 2658 Czech Republic 2858
4 GM Laznicka, Viktor 2551 Czech Republic 2856
5 GM Iuldachev, Saidali 2480 Uzbekistan 2825
6 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 2511 Belarus 2818
7 GM Akopian, Vladimir2706 Armenia 2812
8 GM Bruzon, Batista Lazaro 2652 Cuba 2809
9 GM Aronian, Levon 2756 Armenia 2806
10 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2719 Russia 2795
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