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Chess Olympiad Round 4:

The men's team faced the US, which fielded an imported Russian-expat team. Sasikiran was rested.

Mens:
Opponent: USA (seed 10)
1 GM Onischuk Alexander 2653 - GM Anand Viswanathan 2781 ½ - ½
2 GM Shabalov Alexander 2608 - GM Harikrishna Pentala 2612 0 - 1
3 GM Goldin Alexander 2620 - GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 0 - 1
4 GM Novikov Igor A 2588 - GM Sandipan Chanda 2543 1 - 0
Result: India wins 2.5-1.5

Womens:
Opponent: Netherlands (seed 15)
1 IM Peng Zhaoqin 2420 - GM Koneru Humpy 2503 0 - 1
2 WGM Bosboom-Lanchava Tea 2352 - IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 2411 ½ - ½
3 FM Schuurman Petra 2333 - WGM Harika Dronavalli 2391 ½ - ½
Result: India wins 2-1

Standings:
Mens
1. Ukraine: 14.5
2. Israel: 14
3. Russia 12
4. Azerbaijan 12
5. Slovakia: 12
6. Armenia 11.5
7. France 11.5
8. Spain 11.5
9. Cuba 11.5
<b>10. India: 11.5</b>

Womens
1. China 11
2. Russia 9.5
3. Ukraine 9.5
4. England 9.5
5. Germany 9
<b>6. India 9</b>
7. France 9
8. Poland 8.5
9. USA 8.5
10. Vietnam 8.5

Round 5 Pairings:
Men: India (11.5 pts, 5th seed) vs Armenia (11.5 pts, 4th seed)
Women: India (9pts, 6th seed) vs Poland (7pts, 7th seed)
We should win both again, with a full-strength team (Sasikiran in for Chanda)