10-20-2004, 08:44 PM
Chess Olympiad Round 6:
Men
1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2781 - GM Van Wely Loek 2681 1 - 0
2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2668 - GM Tiviakov Sergei 2617 ½ - ½
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2559 - GM Van Den Doel Erik 2560 1 - 0
4 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 - GM Nijboer Friso 2567 ½ - ½
Result: India won 3-1
Women
1 IM Vajda Szidonia 2369 - GM Koneru Humpy 2503 1 - 0
2 WGM Gara Anita 2390 - IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 2411 0 - 1
3 WGM Lakos Nikoletta 2359 - WGM Mohota Nisha 2286 ½ - ½
Drawn 1.5-1.5
Standings
Men
1 Ukraine 19.0
2 Russia 18.0
3 Bulgaria 17.0
<b>4 India 17.0</b> (only team in mens event with no draws/losses so far)
5 Israel 16.5
6 Azerbaijan 16.5
7 Spain A 16.5
8 Armenia 16.5
9 Georgia 15.5
10 Slovakia 15.5
Women
1 China 16.0
2 France 13.0
3 Russia 12.0
4 Ukraine 12.0
5 United States 12.0
<b>6 India 12.0</b>
7 Bulgaria 12.0
8 Armenia 12.0
9 Germany 11.5
10 Poland 11.5
Both men's and women's teams are on their way to their best ever Olympiad performances if they keep up. The men really ought to be #3 based on their spotless 6-0-0 record (Bulgaria are 5-0-1) but the latter are seeded #20 to our #5, so they are placed #3 according to rules. Anand's stratospheric ranking (World #2, 2781 ELO) increases our average rating and therefore seeding. On the women's side, Humpy lost. Had she won, we'd have been in an incredible position #3, above Russia, Ukraine and USA.
Round 7 opponents:
Men: #2 seeds Ukraine
Women: #10 seeds USA
Round 7 will be tough. Ukraine are on fire, especially Ivanchuk on board #1. USA will be hard too, with Zsuzsa Polgar on the top board. Anand has a good record against Ivanchuk, but I don't know about Ponomariov vs Sasikiran, since the former is much higher rated (2710 vs 2668). A draw would be creditable. A win would be awesome.
Men
1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2781 - GM Van Wely Loek 2681 1 - 0
2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2668 - GM Tiviakov Sergei 2617 ½ - ½
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2559 - GM Van Den Doel Erik 2560 1 - 0
4 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 - GM Nijboer Friso 2567 ½ - ½
Result: India won 3-1
Women
1 IM Vajda Szidonia 2369 - GM Koneru Humpy 2503 1 - 0
2 WGM Gara Anita 2390 - IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 2411 0 - 1
3 WGM Lakos Nikoletta 2359 - WGM Mohota Nisha 2286 ½ - ½
Drawn 1.5-1.5
Standings
Men
1 Ukraine 19.0
2 Russia 18.0
3 Bulgaria 17.0
<b>4 India 17.0</b> (only team in mens event with no draws/losses so far)
5 Israel 16.5
6 Azerbaijan 16.5
7 Spain A 16.5
8 Armenia 16.5
9 Georgia 15.5
10 Slovakia 15.5
Women
1 China 16.0
2 France 13.0
3 Russia 12.0
4 Ukraine 12.0
5 United States 12.0
<b>6 India 12.0</b>
7 Bulgaria 12.0
8 Armenia 12.0
9 Germany 11.5
10 Poland 11.5
Both men's and women's teams are on their way to their best ever Olympiad performances if they keep up. The men really ought to be #3 based on their spotless 6-0-0 record (Bulgaria are 5-0-1) but the latter are seeded #20 to our #5, so they are placed #3 according to rules. Anand's stratospheric ranking (World #2, 2781 ELO) increases our average rating and therefore seeding. On the women's side, Humpy lost. Had she won, we'd have been in an incredible position #3, above Russia, Ukraine and USA.
Round 7 opponents:
Men: #2 seeds Ukraine
Women: #10 seeds USA
Round 7 will be tough. Ukraine are on fire, especially Ivanchuk on board #1. USA will be hard too, with Zsuzsa Polgar on the top board. Anand has a good record against Ivanchuk, but I don't know about Ponomariov vs Sasikiran, since the former is much higher rated (2710 vs 2668). A draw would be creditable. A win would be awesome.