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Chess Olympiad Round 5

Men
1 Ukraine 16.5
2 Israel 16.0
3 Azerbaijan 15.0
4 Russia 14.5
5 Bulgaria 14.5
6 Spain A 14.0
<b>7 India 14.0</b>
8 Netherlands 14.0
9 France 14.0
10 Poland 14.0

Women
1 China 14.0
2 Russia 11.0
3 Ukraine 11.0
4 France 11.0
<b>5 India 10.5</b>
6 Germany 10.0
7 Poland 10.0
8 United States 10.0
9 Hungary 10.0
10 Georgia 10.0

Mens (vs 4th seeds Armenia)
1 GM Aronian Levon 2675 - GM Anand Viswanathan 2781 ½ - ½
2 GM Vaganian Rafael A 2640 - GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2668 ½ - ½
3 GM Lputian Smbat G 2634 - GM Harikrishna Pentala 2612 ½ - ½
4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2611 - GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2559 0 - 1
Result: India won 2.5-1.5

Women (vs 7th seeds Poland)
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2503 - IM Radziewicz Iweta 2449 ½ - ½
2 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 2411 - IM Dworakowska Joanna 2393 ½ - ½
3 WGM Harika Dronavalli 2391 - WGM Zielinska Marta 2395 ½ - ½
Result: Drawn 1.5-1.5

Round 6 opponents:
Men: Netherlands (8th seeds)
Women: Hungary (10th seeds)

Again the opponents are beatable. Netherlands has Timman and Ven Wely, but they're not big shots. Hungary would have been scary if the Polgar sisters were present, but they're not. Judit Polgar is out of the event due to the birth of her kid, while Zsuzsa is playing for USA.