Here are some of the biggest upsets in round 2:
Israel 2-2 Indonesia
Azerbaijan (without Gashimov) 1.5-2.5 Vietnam
Bulgaria 1.5-2.5 Croatia
France (without Bacrot) 2-2 Slovenia
England 1.5 – 2.5 Bosnia & Herzegovina
Greece 2-2 Egypt
Sweden 2-2 Iceland
Argentina came close to tying Hungary. Judit won the only decisive of the match to give Hungary a 2.5 – 1.5 win.
Round 2 results:
Bo. | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | – | 63 | Scotland (SCO) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
1.1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2754 | – | GM | McNab Colin A | 2445 | 1 – 0 |
1.2 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2761 | – | GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | 2451 | 1 – 0 |
1.3 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2683 | – | GM | Shaw John | 2446 | 1 – 0 |
1.4 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2658 | – | IM | Burns-Mannion Stephen R | 2372 | 1 – 0 |
Bo. | 4 | Russia 2 (RUS2) | Rtg | – | 64 | Venezuela (VEN) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
2.1 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2691 | – | GM | Iturrizaga Eduardo | 2609 | 1 – 0 |
2.2 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2709 | – | IM | Alvarez Marquez Johann | 2414 | ½ – ½ |
2.3 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2701 | – | FM | Soto Paez Oliver | 2373 | 1 – 0 |
2.4 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | 2690 | – | FM | Semerene Dumit | 2318 | 1 – 0 |
Bo. | 66 | Mongolia (MGL) | Rtg | – | 9 | United States of Americ (USA) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
3.1 | Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan | 2460 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2733 | 0 – 1 | |
3.2 | FM | Battulga Namkhai | 2421 | – | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2705 | 0 – 1 |
3.3 | Erdene Ganzorig | 2330 | – | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2688 | 0 – 1 | |
3.4 | IM | Batchuluun Tsegmed | 2422 | – | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2636 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 11 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | – | 67 | Indonesia (INA) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
4.1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2665 | – | GM | Megaranto Susanto | 2516 | ½ – ½ |
4.2 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2657 | – | IM | Purnama Tirta Chandra | 2400 | 0 – 1 |
4.3 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2632 | – | FM | Novita Anjas | 2356 | 1 – 0 |
4.4 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | 2610 | – | IM | Irwanto Sadikin | 2419 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 68 | Albania (ALB) | Rtg | – | 15 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
5.1 | IM | Mehmeti Dritan | 2415 | – | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2711 | 0 – 1 |
5.2 | IM | Seitaj Ilir | 2390 | – | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2651 | 0 – 1 |
5.3 | FM | Rama Lorenc | 2276 | – | GM | Miton Kamil | 2629 | 0 – 1 |
5.4 | FM | Boshku Harallamb | 2314 | – | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2599 | 0 – 1 |
Bo. | 18 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | – | 69 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
6.1 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2716 | – | GM | Amanov Mesgen | 2493 | 1 – 0 |
6.2 | GM | Quesada Perez Yuniesky | 2614 | – | IM | Annaberdiev Meylis | 2465 | ½ – ½ |
6.3 | GM | Corrales Jimenez Fidel | 2599 | – | FM | Atabayev Maksat | 2318 | 1 – 0 |
6.4 | GM | Hernandez Carmenates Holden | 2563 | – | GM | Odeev Handszar | 2397 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 72 | ICSC (ICSC) | Rtg | – | 19 | India (IND) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
7.1 | GM | Gruenfeld Yehuda | 2464 | – | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 | ½ – ½ |
7.2 | IM | Collutiis Duilio | 2447 | – | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2650 | 0 – 1 |
7.3 | Klasan Vladimir | 2393 | – | GM | Gopal Geetha | 2603 | 0 – 1 | |
7.4 | IM | Salov Sergej | 2271 | – | IM | Adhiban Baskaran | 2516 | 0 – 1 |
Bo. | 20 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | – | 73 | Singapore (SIN) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
8.1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2710 | – | GM | Zhang Zhong | 2582 | 1 – 0 |
8.2 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2598 | – | IM | Fernandez Daniel Howard | 2371 | 1 – 0 |
8.3 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2628 | – | FM | Chan Wei Xuan Timothy | 2338 | 1 – 0 |
8.4 | GM | Gelashvili Tamaz | 2611 | – | FM | Chua Zheng Yuan Terry | 2280 | 1 – 0 |
Bo. | 1 | Russia 1 (RUS1) | Rtg | – | 21 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
9.1 | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2780 | – | GM | Sedlak Nikola | 2550 | 1 – 0 |
9.2 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2760 | – | GM | Vuckovic Bojan | 2615 | 1 – 0 |
9.3 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2731 | – | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2613 | ½ – ½ |
9.4 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2725 | – | GM | Markus Robert | 2624 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 24 | Brazil (BRA) | Rtg | – | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
10.1 | GM | Leitao Rafael | 2624 | – | GM | Wang Yue | 2732 | 0 – 1 |
10.2 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2588 | – | GM | Wang Hao | 2724 | 0 – 1 |
10.3 | GM | Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag | 2550 | – | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2695 | ½ – ½ |
10.4 | GM | Diamant Andre | 2498 | – | GM | Zhou Jianchao | 2660 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 26 | Argentina (ARG) | Rtg | – | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
11.1 | GM | Flores Diego | 2615 | – | GM | Leko Peter | 2724 | ½ – ½ |
11.2 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | 2597 | – | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2707 | ½ – ½ |
11.3 | GM | Peralta Fernando | 2572 | – | GM | Polgar Judit | 2682 | 0 – 1 |
11.4 | GM | Lafuente Pablo | 2565 | – | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2678 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 7 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | – | 27 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
12.1 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2756 | – | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2694 | ½ – ½ |
12.2 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2748 | – | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2633 | ½ – ½ |
12.3 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2660 | – | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | 2500 | 0 – 1 |
12.4 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2611 | – | GM | Dao Thien Hai | 2520 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 28 | Croatia (CRO) | Rtg | – | 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
13.1 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | 2607 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2803 | ½ – ½ |
13.2 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2604 | – | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2661 | ½ – ½ |
13.3 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2567 | – | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2685 | 1 – 0 |
13.4 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2561 | – | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2623 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 10 | France (FRA) | Rtg | – | 29 | Slovenia (SLO) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
14.1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2721 | – | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2632 | ½ – ½ |
14.2 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2718 | – | GM | Lenic Luka | 2603 | ½ – ½ |
14.3 | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2632 | – | GM | Pavasovic Dusko | 2568 | ½ – ½ |
14.4 | GM | Feller Sebastien | 2649 | – | IM | Sebenik Matej | 2516 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 32 | Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) | Rtg | – | 12 | England (ENG) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
15.1 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2641 | – | GM | Adams Michael | 2728 | 1 – 0 |
15.2 | GM | Predojevic Borki | 2624 | – | GM | Short Nigel D | 2690 | ½ – ½ |
15.3 | GM | Kurajica Bojan | 2535 | – | GM | McShane Luke J | 2657 | ½ – ½ |
15.4 | IM | Stojanovic Dalibor | 2496 | – | GM | Howell David W L | 2616 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 14 | Russia 3 (RUS3) | Rtg | – | 35 | Belarus (BLR) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
16.1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2726 | – | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2640 | ½ – ½ |
16.2 | GM | Motylev Alexandr | 2694 | – | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | 2580 | 1 – 0 |
16.3 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2683 | – | GM | Teterev Vitaly | 2511 | ½ – ½ |
16.4 | IM | Pridorozhni Aleksei | 2556 | – | IM | Stupak Kirill | 2502 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 16 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | – | 37 | Philippines (PHI) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
17.1 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2749 | – | GM | So Wesley | 2668 | ½ – ½ |
17.2 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2595 | – | GM | Gomez John Paul | 2527 | 1 – 0 |
17.3 | GM | Magem Badals Jordi | 2589 | – | GM | Laylo Darwin | 2522 | ½ – ½ |
17.4 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | 2523 | – | IM | Bitoon Richard | 2447 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 38 | Iran (IRI) | Rtg | – | 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
18.1 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2594 | – | GM | Navara David | 2722 | 0 – 1 |
18.2 | GM | Moradiabadi Elshan | 2578 | – | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2690 | 0 – 1 |
18.3 | GM | Mahjoob Morteza | 2529 | – | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2633 | 0 – 1 |
18.4 | IM | Toufighi Homayoon | 2499 | – | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2515 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 22 | Slovakia (SVK) | Rtg | – | 39 | Lithuania (LTU) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
19.1 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2723 | – | GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2611 | 1 – 0 |
19.2 | GM | Ftacnik Lubomir | 2568 | – | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2544 | ½ – ½ |
19.3 | GM | Markos Jan | 2566 | – | GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2513 | 1 – 0 |
19.4 | IM | Jurcik Marian | 2466 | – | IM | Zagorskis Darius | 2497 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 40 | Egypt (EGY) | Rtg | – | 25 | Greece (GRE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
20.1 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2630 | – | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2622 | 1 – 0 |
20.2 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2578 | – | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2590 | ½ – ½ |
20.3 | IM | Abdel Razik Khaled | 2480 | – | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2569 | 0 – 1 |
20.4 | IM | Shoker Samy | 2458 | – | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2577 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 30 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | – | 41 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
21.1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2700 | – | GM | Kazhgaleyev Murtas | 2620 | ½ – ½ |
21.2 | GM | Godena Michele | 2551 | – | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2547 | 1 – 0 |
21.3 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2581 | – | IM | Kuderinov Kirill | 2481 | 0 – 1 |
21.4 | IM | Brunello Sabino | 2497 | – | GM | Ismagambetov Anuar | 2492 | 1 – 0 |
Bo. | 42 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | – | 31 | Moldova (MDA) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
22.1 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | 2563 | – | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2690 | 1 – 0 |
22.2 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | 2549 | – | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2632 | 0 – 1 |
22.3 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2507 | – | IM | Hamitevici Vladimir | 2415 | ½ – ½ |
22.4 | IM | Kraemer Martin | 2516 | – | GM | Sanduleac Vasile | 2446 | 0 – 1 |
Bo. | 36 | Mexico (MEX) | Rtg | – | 43 | Former YUG Rep of Macedonia (MKD) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
23.1 | GM | Leon Hoyos Manuel | 2579 | – | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2573 | ½ – ½ |
23.2 | GM | Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos | 2564 | – | GM | Nedev Trajko | 2505 | 1 – 0 |
23.3 | GM | Gonzalez Garcia Jose | 2543 | – | GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2485 | 1 – 0 |
23.4 | GM | Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto | 2540 | – | IM | Pancevski Filip | 2410 | ½ – ½ |
Bo. | 44 | Denmark (DEN) | Rtg | – | 47 | Switzerland (SUI) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
24.1 | GM | Hansen Sune Berg | 2595 | – | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2592 | ½ – ½ |
24.2 | GM | Rasmussen Allan Stig | 2530 | – | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2517 | ½ – ½ |
24.3 | IM | Glud Jakob Vang | 2479 | – | IM | Ekstroem Roland | 2489 | 0 – 1 |
24.4 | IM | Antonsen Mikkel | 2471 | – | IM | Buss Ralph | 2433 | 1 – 0 |
Bo. | 51 | Chile (CHI) | Rtg | – | 45 | Austria (AUT) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
25.1 | GM | Morovic Fernandez Ivan | 2580 | – | GM | Ragger Markus | 2628 | 1 – 0 |
25.2 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | 2521 | – | GM | Shengelia David | 2587 | ½ – ½ |
25.3 | GM | Campos Moreno Javier B | 2484 | – | IM | Neubauer Martin | 2428 | ½ – ½ |
25.4 | Lopez Silva Hugo | 2413 | – | IM | Kreisl Robert | 2376 | 1 – 0 |
http://www.chess-results.com/Tnr36795.aspx?art=33&lan=1
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I congratulate all those teams that wear uniforms for their countries, they make look more in the Olympian spirit and understand that is the right way to go to be considered as an Olimpic sport. All the others look like they are playing in a coffee shop. Domage!!
Why is Iceland-Sweden 2-2 an upset?
Of course it’s an upset. Sweden had 4 GMs in the match while Iceland had 2 weak IMs. Iceland also ranks 54 in this Olympiad. What happened to all the strong GMs in Iceland? Did they all quit chess?
Iceland had 2 GMs and 2 IMs in the match, not only 2 weak IMs. Sweden had starting rank nr.34 but Iceland ranked nr. 54.
But what happened to the Icelandic GMs? The answer is different for each one of them but here they are as far as I am informed:
1. Arnason; probably thinks chess is too easy
2. Danielssen; was not selected in the team due to his alleged anti-social attitude
3. Fischer; unfortunatly passed away last year
4. Gretarsson; gave up chess for working on volunteer project on legal help to very poor people (the so-called LIU)
5. Hjartarson; gave up chess for working on volunteer project to fight diseases through technical researches
6. Olafsson, Fridrik; mistakenly thinks he is too old for playing
7. Olafsson, Helgi; correctly thinks he is doing better in training the team than playing himself
8. Petursson; currently defending his private company MP Banki against absurd fraud charges
9. Sigurjonsson; probably gave up chess to more comfortable things in live
10. Thorhallsson; was not selected in the team due to his alleged far-too-much-social attitude; his low ELO rating might of course too be an issue
11. Thorsteins (the IM that should be a GM); mistakenly thinks he is too old for playing