Now that the election has finished, chess will once again take center stage in Khanty-Mansiysk. Here are the top team pairings for round 9:

Open Olympiad:

1. Azerbaijan (13/22.5) – Ukraine (14/23)
2. Armenia (13/21) – Russia 1 (13/21)
3. Georgia (13/23.5) – France (13/20)
4. Israel (12/21.5) – Hungary (13/19.5)
5. Cuba (12/21) – China (12/22)
6. Bulgaria (11/21.5) – United States of America (12/21)
7. India (11/20) – Poland (11/21.5)
8. Czech Republic (11/21.5) – Canada (11/20)
9. Croatia (11/19.5) – Spain (11/21)
10. Belarus (11/21.5) – Slovakia (11/19.5)
11. Russia 3 (11/18.5) – England (11/20)
12. Norway (11/19.5) – Serbia (11/21)
13. Brazil (11/21) – Italy (11/19.5)
14. Colombia (11/20.5) – Estonia (11/19.5)

Women’s Olympiad:

1. Russia 1 (16/25) – Serbia (13/23)
2. Georgia (12/22.5) – Russia 2 (13/20.5)
3. Hungary (12/20) – China (12/22.5)
4. Ukraine (12/22) – Croatia (12/19)
5. Cuba (12/23.5) – India (12/21)
6. Bulgaria (12/18.5) – Romania (11/21.5)
7. Slovakia (11/21.5) – Armenia (11/21)
8. Poland (11/20.5) – Uzbekistan (11/22)
9. United States of America (11/20) – Greece (11/20.5)
10. Latvia (11/19.5) – Kazakhstan (10/21)

Full pairings here: http://www.ugra-chess.com/results.php

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