Today was quite a dramatic day for the Chess Olympiad that saw quite a few upsets on both the team and individual level. As was the case yesterday I’m going to be very lightly annotating some games and discussing the results. You’ll note that of the first five teams with perfect scores none are from Eastern Europe; which is quite surprising.
After the first two rounds the top five teams are:
| Rank | SNo | Country | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 2 | 11 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 3 | 12 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 4 | 13 | Cuba | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 5 | 20 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.0 |
The “rivalries” of this round are as follows (In descending order of the number of games played):
| Games Played | Country | Name | Rating | Score | Country | Name | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | BRA | Leitao | 2649 | 5.0 – 1.0 | BOL | Zambrana | 2472 |
| 4 | LAT | Shirov | 2709 | 3.0 – 1.0 | LTU | Sulskis | 2544 |
| 3 | ISR | Gelfand | 2753 | 2.5 – 0.5 | TJK | Amonatov | 2590 |
| 3 | ESP | Vallejo-Pons | 2698 | 2.0 – 1.0 | ARG | Peralta | 2574 |
| 3 | IND | Negi | 2645 | 2.0 – 1.0 | CAN | Kovalyov | 2622 |
| 3 | ISL | Stefansson | 2536 | 0.5 – 2.5 | IRL | Baburin | 2502 |
| 2 | NOR | Carlsen | 2877 | 0.5 – 1.5 | FIN | Nyback | 2591 |
| 2 | AZE | Mamedyarov | 2743 | 1.0 – 1.0 | SCO | McNab | 2441 |
| 2 | UZB | Kasimdzhanov | 2700 | 1.5 – 0.5 | DEN | Palo | 2562 |
| 2 | CRO | Saric | 2671 | 1.5 – 0.5 | EGY | Amin | 2627 |
| 2 | AUT | Ragger | 2528 | 1.5 – 0.5 | SVK | Markos | 2565 |
| 2 | ZAM | Chumfwa | 2317 | 1.5 – 0.5 | KOR | Lee | 2114 |
The top 5 team upsets are as follows:
- 2nd Norway draws Ukraine
- Finland draws 1st Norway
- Iran defeats Slovenia
- Philippines draws Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Moldova draws Estonia