Rank – Title – Name – Rating – Country – Performance
Olympiad Best Performers after 9 rounds:
Overall Olympiad:
1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2729 Russia 2873 (He’s on his way back)
2 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2661 Ukraine 2861 (Future world champion?)
3 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2612 Armenia 2852
4 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2640 China 2841 (China’s youngest ever GM)
5 GM Laznicka, Viktor 2551 Czech Republic 2832
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 2671 USA 2829 (He’s almost back)
7 GM Wang, Yue 2598 China 2819 (Another Chinese star)
8 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2706 Armenia 2819
9 GM Navara, David 2658 Czech Republic 2808 (Czech star)
Women’s Olympiad:
1 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana 2489 Russia 2699 (Russia’s best talent according to Kasparov)
2 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2410 Georgia 2668
3 IM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2487 Hungary 2589 (Top Vietnamese now Hungarian)
4 IM Peptan, Corina Isabela 2408 Romania 2585
5 WGM Zhao, Xue 2423 China 2572 (The next generation of Chinese star)
Kramnik vs. Topalov.
“Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”
I predict Kamsky loses to Bacrot, Bu loses to Aronian, and Kramnik loses to Ivanchuk.
Bacrot is a very tactical player, and I don’t think Kamsky is up to par.
Susan,
What do you think about Romanian IM Corina Peptan. She changed her coach last year and in my opinion she plays a lot better.
“Bacrot is a very tactical player, and I don’t think Kamsky is up to par.”
Bacrot never reached the hights Kamsky did. With good preparation Kamsky will be the favorite.
Anybody have Bacrot’s mobile phone number, by the way?
“What do you think about Romanian IM Corina Peptan. She changed her coach last year and in my opinion she plays a lot better.”
Who were the old and the new coach?