Feel free to post any interesting Olympiad story that you know, especially this Olympiad.
Top Olympiad Peformers after 8 rounds:
Women’s Section:
1 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana 2489 Russia 2665 (According to Kasparov, Tatiana is the most talented young Russian female player)
2 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2460 Russia 2638 (Runner up of the Women’s World Championship a few years ago)
3 IM Peptan, Corina Isabela 2408 Romania 2632
4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2410 Georgia 2624
5 IM Krush, Irina 2437 USA 2614
6 IM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2487 Hungary 2613
7 WFM Przezdziecka, Marta 2265 Poland 2606
Overall Section:
1 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2661 Ukraine 2927 (He was one of the top performers in the last Olympiad as well)
2 GM Navara, David 2658 Czech Republic 2916
3 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2729 Russia 2914 (Is it fully back?)
4 GM Laznicka, Viktor 2551 Czech Republic 2894
5 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2706 Armenia 2864
6 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 2511 Belarus 2847
7 GM Iuldachev, Saidali 2480 Uzbekistan 2825
8 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2612 Armenia 2817
9 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2640 China 2806
10 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2673 Uzbekistan 2803
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
We know Babula lost to Morozevich on time. But in the final position Moro, as Black, is on move.
Black has no defense against mate, and each player gets a minimum of 30 seconds per move. What happened? Did Babula forget to stop his clock?
3 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2729 Russia 2914 (Is it fully back?)
“It” referring to Kramnik or his mojo?
The Georgians were big losers today: 0-4 to China!! Chinese rule the planet!!
Korchnoi lost to some patzer from Asia in 20 moves!!!
Susan, how is Gata Kamsky performing at this point? I notice he was not in the top players list anymore.
As I nervously sit down in front of Kramnik he asks me if he has white or black. I tell him I am not sure. He says we cannot play until he knows if he has white or black. Then I wake up…