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Roberto Lavieri wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 02:38 PM UTC:
The '37° Olimpiade degli scacchi - Torino 2006' has finished minutes
ago. Surprises. Armenia was gold medal, China silver, Russia fall down to
6th., Topalov´s Bulgaria was 10th. and the third seed, Anand´s India,
finished around the 30th. position, with a poor actuaction of Vishy, who
even lost against a canadian player >300 points below in the 11th. round.
Final (unofficial) positions, after tie-breaks:

1.- Armenia----------36.0
2.- China------------34.0
3.- USA--------------33.0
4.- Israel-----------33.0
5.- Hungary----------32.5
6.- Russia-----------32.0
7.- France-----------32.0
8.- Ukraine----------32.0
9.- Spain------------32.0
10.-Bulgaria---------32.0

Jeremy Good wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 05:49 PM UTC:
Wow, USA took 3rd. That's a big result! Congratulations to Nakamura! 

And kudos to Armenia and China! Very exciting results. That's great! 

Can you update us on the women's teams too?

Jeremy Good wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 05:50 PM UTC:
Last year, it was the Ukraine that won. They've got to be very
disappointed with their performance this year. (I see Ponomariov didn't participate -- wonder why). 

 Kramnik had very good results this year but Anand had terrible results.

Jeremy Good wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 05:51 PM UTC:
Actually, I'm surprised Anand even played as I knew that he didn't think
his country's chess powers were sufficiently training for it. I think the
stress of it all prolly got to him.

Jeremy Good wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 06:55 PM UTC:
On the upside for the Ukraine: Looks like Ukrainian women's team took
first place this year! Last year, it was China's women's team that came
in first, as I recall.

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 08:51 PM UTC:
Final standings, women (first 5 places):
1  Ukraine UKR  29.5 
2  Russia RUS   28.0 
3  China CHN    27.5 
4  USA          24.5
5  Hungary      24.5 

Great performance by the USA and China teams in men and women. Relatively
modest actuation of Russians in both categories. Anand is going to lose
around 30-40 ELO poits after this olympiad (incredible!), but he is still
second in the world. Topalov consolidates his first position in ELO
ratings augmenting a lot his advantage (he has not played with the
Bulgarian team, i don´t know why).

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