Judit did it again! Ivanchuk is out of this world!

After losing her first game at this Olympiad yesterday, Judit bounced back to beat GM Fier of Brazil with the Black pieces today. Almasi also won to give Hungary a 3-1 victory over Brazil.

1. Leitao, Rafael ½-½ Leko, Peter
2. Milos, Gilberto 0-1 Almasi, Zoltan
3. Fier, Alexandr 0-1 Polgar, Judit
4. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag ½-½ Berkes, Ferenc

Ivanchuk wins AGAIN (He’s 6/6 on board 1. His Fischer like performance gives Ukraine first place after 7 rounds.

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Jobava, Baadur
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ Gagunashvili, Merab
3. Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
4. Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ Pantsulaia, Levan

Armenia lost to Azerbaijan. This creates serious doubt for Armenia to three-peat.

1. Aronian, Levon ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2. Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour
3. Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ Mamedov, Rauf
4. Pashikian, Arman 0-1 Guseinov, Gadir

Only 1 Russia can win and it’s Russia A today. They won by a slim margin of 2.5 – 1.5 to keep the Gold medal hope alive.

1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
2. Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander
3. Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ Svidler, Peter
4. Tomashevsky, Evgeny 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey

The U.S. suffered a costly setback today with a tie against Poland.

1. Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2. Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Socko, Bartosz
3. Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 Macieja, Bartlomiej
4. Shulman, Yuri ½-½ Miton, Kamil

Iran is making a strong statement about their chess improvement with a tie against Russia C team.

1. Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan
2. Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 Moradiabadi, Elshan
3. Pridorozhni, Aleksei 0-1 Toufighi, Homayoon
4. Kabanov, Nikolai 0-1 Golizadeh, Asghar

England is out of the medal hunt after a huge loss against Belarus.

1. Zhigalko, Sergei ½-½ Adams, Michael
2. Teterev, Vitaly 1-0 Short, Nigel D
3. Podolchenko, Evgeniy1-0 Howell, David W L
4. Stupak, Kirill ½-½ Jones, Gawain C B

Full results: http://ugra-chess.com/results.php?tmnt=1&rn=7