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)
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