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

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