Chess Olympiad: Round 5 LIVE |
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| Saturday, 01 September 2012 | ||||
 Live games Video broadcast with commentary 21:00 Let's summarize the results. After 5 rounds Armenia and Russia are leading the open section. Russia is in sole lead in the women's event. Thanks for following the broadcast and have a nice weekend! 20:52 Gunina blundered a checkmate. Upsetting performance so far. Let's hope that she will recover during the rest days and show her true strength! 20:48 Georgia-Ukraine - draw (women). 20:46 Just like I predicted, the fate of England vs. India will be decided in the Negi-Short game. Other matches were drawn. 20:40 Armenia-Ukraine 2.5-1.5. Russia and Armenia have 10/10 going into round 6. 20:38 Milliet-Gunina, match of the blondes. I don't like Valentina's stubborness.  20:28 Vietnam is leading 2-1 against USA in the women's section. This is a sensation. 20:19 Kosteniuk won. Russia is the sole leader in the women's section going into round 6. 20:13 Azerbaijan is leading 3-0 against Canada. 20:07 USA vs. Czech Republic is officially a tie now. 20:06 Looks like Armenia will win 2.5-1.5 19:53 Hou Yifan is awarded the Caissa award as the best female player in 2011:  19:46 Grischuk defeated Almasi. Russia-Hungary 2.5-1.5.  19:36 Aronian won. So did Nadezhda Kosintseva. 19:31 Polgar-Karjakin should be a draw. Grischuk and Tomashevsky are better. 19:27 Leko-Kramnik: draw. All according to the Kramnik facts (google Kramnik facts humor). 19:21 Looks like MIllet has to go for a perpetual check. 19:18 Ju Wenjun defeated Tania Sachdev. Many fans will be disappointed. 19:12 And now Gunina missed a chance to achieve a winning position:  Qd4!! is -+ 19:07 Kosintseva Tatiana drew Elmira Skripchenko. This is good news. Nadezhda and Alexandra have very promising positions. Milliet - Gunina is double-edged. 19:05 Aronian seems to be winning his game against Ivanchuk. 18:59 Millet could have executed a killing blow, but she became nervous and blundered in return. The fight continues. 18:56 Natalia Pogonina decided to visit the playing hall to support her teammates. Very tense match. 18:46 Gunina's position is absolutely hopeless... 18:42 Yuri Dokhoian, ex-coach of the Russian women's team and the current men's captain, came to support the girls:  18:38 India-England: a lot depends on the Negi-Short game. Negi is objectively better, but the position is double-edged. 18:35 Navara-Kamsky is also a draw! Heading for 2-2? 18:32 Aronian has found a way to open up Ivanchuk's king. He has a better position now. 18:29 Onischuk-Hracek: draw. 18:21 China-India, women: looks like 2.5-1.5 in China's favor so far. 18:11 Papua New Guinea defeated Burundi 4-0. 18:06 Ukraine-Georgia, women. Ukraine's chances seem to be higher. 18:04 Ukraine has a small edge against Armenia. 17:57 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is being interviewed about the Olympiad:  17:54 Crazy complications are stirring in Millet-Gunina:  17:43 Nakamura-Laznichka: draw. Other positions are also balanced. 17:42 Surprisingly, France seems to have an edge on 3 boards against Russia. 17:38 It is always interesting to take a look at your comrades' positions:  17:20 The Ukrainian coaches say that the members of their teams shouldn't visit the Bermuda Party. Afaik, the Russian members are allowed to go there, as long as they don't drink alcohol! 17:13 The Russian boards so far:  17:04 Ukrainian coaches (Alexandr Sulypa and Mikhail Brodsky) are giving a press conference:  17:00 France doesn't have any problems in the opening against Russia in the women's section. I would even say they have a slight edge. 16:44 Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko and Klitschko brothers:  16:36 England - India:  16:29 USA - Czech Republic. Nakamura broke Bobby Fischer's record today and from now on will be the highest-rated American chess player in history.  16:26 Judit Polgar defeated Sergey Karjakin in World Cup-2011 (1.5-0.5). How will their game end today? 16:22 Ukraine (Olympic Champions in 2004 and 2010) vs. Armenia (2006, 2008):  16:18 India-China. India is lacking Koneru Humpy.  16:16 Georgia vs. Ukraine:  16:10 Kramnik and Leko used to have the same manager, and even played a World Chess Championship match in 2004. Their confrontation can be called classical:  16:07 Russia vs. France:  16:01 Round 5 is live:  15:45 Any takes on who will be the leaders in both sections after round 5? 13:40 Round 5 pairings 13:30 Updated FIDE rating list and lists of highest-rated chess players of all times. 9:45 A warm and sunny video from the Olympiad. Highly recommended! 9:40 Congratulations with the 1st day of autumn! FIDE has published a new rating list. This time it looked rather weird. The initial version included all the inactive players and even the deceased Bobby Fischer. Stay tuned for the real list. 9:35 The FIDE Congress starts today. However, the participants are obviosly more excited about the upcoming traditional Bermuda Party. Where else would you meet so many chess stars and get to hang out with them? Tomorrow is a rest day, so it's a perfect time to relax a little.
9:30 Clashes of the titans are expected today! Russia (#1) vs. Hungary (#4) and Ukraine (#4) vs. Armenia (#3). These four teams have 8 match points out of 8.
There are two leaders in the women's section: Russia (#1) and France (#14). They are playing each other. Interestingly, both French teams are missing key players: the men's team - Etienne Bacrot and the women's team - Marie Sebag. Nonetheless, they are doing well so far. Two more epic fights are China (#1) vs. India (#6) and Georgia (#3) vs. Ukraine (#4). The losers in these matches will have very limited chances to win a medal, so we can expect the teams to try to do their best to succeed.
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