Israel held Ukraine to a 2-2 tie. This opened the door for Russia to catch up. Kramnik won but Svidler lost. Therefore, Russia tied against the much lower rated Spain and lost out on the golden opportunity. Hungary beat Poland to tie for 3rd but Israel has better tiebreaks. Israel 2-2 Ukraine
1.  Gelfand, Boris |
½-½ | Ivanchuk, Vassily |
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| 2. Sutovsky, Emil |
½-½ | Ponomariov, Ruslan |
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| 3. Rodshtein, Maxim |
½-½ | Eljanov, Pavel |
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| 4. Mikhalevski, Victor |
½-½ | Efimenko, Zahar |
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Russia 2-2 Spain
| 1. Kramnik, Vladimir |
1-0 | Shirov, Alexei |
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| 2. Grischuk, Alexander |
½-½ | Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
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| 3. Svidler, Peter |
0-1 | Salgado Lopez, Ivan |
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| 4. Karjakin, Sergey |
½-½ | Magem Badals, Jordi |
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Poland 1.5-2.5 Hungary
| 1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
½-½ | Leko, Peter |
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| 2. Macieja, Bartlomiej |
0-1 | Almasi, Zoltan |
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| 3. Miton, Kamil |
½-½ | Polgar, Judit |
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| 4. Bartel, Mateusz |
½-½ | Berkes, Ferenc |
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France 2-2 Armenia
| 1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
0-1 | Aronian, Levon |
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| 2. Fressinet, Laurent |
1-0 | Akopian, Vladimir |
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| 3. Tkachiev, Vladislav |
½-½ | Sargissian, Gabriel |
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| 4. Edouard, Romain |
½-½ | Pashikian, Arman |
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Full results here: http://www.ugra-chess.com/results.php
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The story is a bit different : Spain held Russia 1 after the brilliant victory of Salgado and Ukraine drew with Israel to get Gold at once …
Regards
Fernando