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
Russia should bring Kasparov, Karpov, and Spassky back for the A team.
Russia Team A GMs are getting lazy. Some of them must be replaced. (TugasKamagong)
Looks like Russia needs to use more of the alphabet to win… perhaps an I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P team to increase their chances of winning.
Who is Boris doing in the hospital?