Norway upsets China at Chess Olympiad
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Nineteenth-seed Norway upset 3rd-seed China in round three of the 38th Chess Olympiad on Saturday, while top-ranked Russia rolled on by beating Cuba 3.5-0.5.
Also in the third round of open division play, second-seed Ukraine edged Georgia 2.5-1.5.
On the women's side, top-seed Russia suffered a minor upset and drew against 11th-seed India, while the other top teams won their matches.
But it was Norway that captured most attention Saturday. In the most closely watched game of the day, 17-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus
Carlsen — currently rated fourth in the world — played 21-year-old Wang Yue of China on board one.
Wang had the advantage in the endgame, but Carlsen held the draw.
The real hero for Norway was Kjetil Lie, who beat the much higher rated Bu Xiangzhi on board two.
The Norwegians drew higher-rated Chinese opponents on boards three and four.
The 13-day tournament starting Thursday includes 146 teams in the open division — often referred to as the men's division although it includes a few women — and 111 in the separate women's division.
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Round 3 on 2008/11/15 at 15:00 |
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Bo. |
1 |
Russia (RUS) |
Rtg |
- |
16 |
Cuba (CUB) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
1.1 |
GM |
Kramnik Vladimir |
2772 |
- |
GM |
Dominguez Perez Leinier |
2719 |
½ - ½ |
1.2 |
GM |
Svidler Peter |
2727 |
- |
GM |
Bruzon Batista Lazaro |
2623 |
1 - 0 |
1.3 |
GM |
Morozevich Alexander |
2787 |
- |
GM |
Quezada Perez Yuniesky |
2580 |
1 - 0 |
1.4 |
GM |
Jakovenko Dmitry |
2737 |
- |
GM |
Hernandez Carmenates Holden |
2580 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
11 |
Germany 1 (GER1) |
Rtg |
- |
73 |
Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
2.1 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2678 |
- |
IM |
Mas Hafizulhelmi |
2439 |
1 - 0 |
2.2 |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2634 |
- |
FM |
Lim Yee-Weng |
2396 |
½ - ½ |
2.3 |
GM |
Fridman Daniel |
2630 |
- |
FM |
Mok Tze-Meng |
2308 |
1 - 0 |
2.4 |
GM |
Baramidze David |
2557 |
- |
IM |
Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy |
2306 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
17 |
Georgia (GEO) |
Rtg |
- |
2 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
3.1 |
GM |
Jobava Baadur |
2664 |
- |
GM |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2786 |
1 - 0 |
3.2 |
GM |
Izoria Zviad |
2610 |
- |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel |
2720 |
½ - ½ |
3.3 |
GM |
Mchedlishvili Mikheil |
2615 |
- |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2680 |
0 - 1 |
3.4 |
GM |
Arutinian David |
2584 |
- |
GM |
Volokitin Andrei |
2659 |
0 - 1 |
Bo. |
3 |
China (CHN) |
Rtg |
- |
19 |
Norway (NOR) |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
4.1 |
GM |
Wang Yue |
2736 |
- |
GM |
Carlsen Magnus |
2786 |
½ - ½ |
4.2 |
GM |
Bu Xiangzhi |
2714 |
- |
GM |
Lie Kjetil A |
2526 |
0 - 1 |
4.3 |
GM |
Ni Hua |
2710 |
- |
GM |
Johannessen Leif Erlend |
2545 |
½ - ½ |
4.4 |
GM |
Li Chao B |
2622 |
- |
IM |
Hammer Jon Ludvig |
2522 |
½ - ½ |
Bo. |
20 |
Netherlands (NED) |
Rtg |
- |
4 |
Azerbaijan (AZE) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
5.1 |
GM |
Van Wely Loek |
2618 |
- |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2752 |
1 - 0 |
5.2 |
GM |
Smeets Jan |
2604 |
- |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2731 |
½ - ½ |
5.3 |
GM |
L'Ami Erwin |
2610 |
- |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar |
2703 |
½ - ½ |
5.4 |
GM |
Werle Jan |
2582 |
- |
GM |
Huseynov Gadir |
2650 |
0 - 1 |
Bo. |
9 |
Armenia (ARM) |
Rtg |
- |
72 |
Faroe Islands (FAI) |
Rtg |
4 : 0 |
6.1 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2679 |
- |
IM |
Ziska Helgi Dam |
2416 |
1 - 0 |
6.2 |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2642 |
- |
FM |
Olsen Heini |
2376 |
1 - 0 |
6.3 |
GM |
Petrosian Tigran L |
2629 |
- |
IM |
Rodgaard John |
2383 |
1 - 0 |
6.4 |
GM |
Minasian Artashes |
2541 |
- |
|
Poulsen Martin |
2281 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
74 |
Tajikistan (TJK) |
Rtg |
- |
12 |
Spain (ESP) |
Rtg |
1 : 3 |
7.1 |
|
Khuseinov Rashid |
2348 |
- |
GM |
Shirov Alexei |
2726 |
0 - 1 |
7.2 |
IM |
Isaev Jamshed |
2400 |
- |
GM |
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
2664 |
0 - 1 |
7.3 |
FM |
Djuraev Sokhib |
2339 |
- |
GM |
Khamrakulov Ibragim S |
2580 |
0 - 1 |
7.4 |
IM |
Khamdamov Suhrob |
2219 |
- |
GM |
San Segundo Carrillo Pablo |
2564 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
13 |
India (IND) |
Rtg |
- |
91 |
El Salvador (ESA) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
8.1 |
GM |
Sasikiran Krishnan |
2694 |
- |
IM |
Leyva Hector |
2399 |
1 - 0 |
8.2 |
GM |
Harikrishna P |
2659 |
- |
IM |
Arias Lemmys A |
2372 |
½ - ½ |
8.3 |
GM |
Geetha Narayanan Gopal |
2548 |
- |
|
Chavez Hector Eduardo |
2202 |
1 - 0 |
8.4 |
GM |
Sandipan Chanda |
2579 |
- |
FM |
Martinez Nelson |
2149 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
106 |
Japan (JPN) |
Rtg |
- |
14 |
Romania (ROU) |
Rtg |
1 : 3 |
9.1 |
|
Kojima Shinya |
2272 |
- |
GM |
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
2684 |
0 - 1 |
9.2 |
|
Baba Masahiro |
2220 |
- |
GM |
Parligras Mircea |
2611 |
0 - 1 |
9.3 |
|
Uesugi Shinsaku |
2222 |
- |
GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
2594 |
0 - 1 |
9.4 |
|
Sano Tomu |
2111 |
- |
GM |
Vajda Levente |
2582 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
15 |
England (ENG) |
Rtg |
- |
109 |
Malta (MLT) |
Rtg |
4 : 0 |
10.1 |
GM |
Adams Michael |
2734 |
- |
|
Sorensen Torben |
2383 |
1 - 0 |
10.2 |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
2642 |
- |
CM |
Pace Colin |
2148 |
1 - 0 |
10.3 |
GM |
Howell David W L |
2593 |
- |
|
Borg Andrew |
2112 |
1 - 0 |
10.4 |
GM |
Conquest Stuart C |
2526 |
- |
|
Zerafa Patrick |
2065 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
5 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg |
- |
18 |
Czech Republic (CZE) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
11.1 |
GM |
Leko Peter |
2747 |
- |
GM |
Navara David |
2633 |
1 - 0 |
11.2 |
GM |
Polgar Judit |
2711 |
- |
GM |
Laznicka Viktor |
2591 |
½ - ½ |
11.3 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan |
2663 |
- |
GM |
Babula Vlastimil |
2608 |
1 - 0 |
11.4 |
GM |
Berkes Ferenc |
2645 |
- |
GM |
Stocek Jiri |
2578 |
1 - 0 |
Bo. |
7 |
France (FRA) |
Rtg |
- |
27 |
Greece (GRE) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
12.1 |
GM |
Bacrot Etienne |
2705 |
- |
GM |
Papaioannou Ioannis |
2597 |
½ - ½ |
12.2 |
GM |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
2716 |
- |
GM |
Kotronias Vasilios |
2587 |
½ - ½ |
12.3 |
GM |
Fressinet Laurent |
2676 |
- |
GM |
Banikas Hristos |
2572 |
½ - ½ |
12.4 |
GM |
Tkachiev Vladislav |
2664 |
- |
GM |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
2572 |
½ - ½ |
Bo. |
35 |
Lithuania (LTU) |
Rtg |
- |
8 |
Israel (ISR) |
Rtg |
2 : 2 |
13.1 |
GM |
Kveinys Aloyzas |
2533 |
- |
GM |
Gelfand Boris |
2719 |
½ - ½ |
13.2 |
GM |
Rozentalis Eduardas |
2577 |
- |
GM |
Roiz Michael |
2677 |
0 - 1 |
13.3 |
GM |
Sulskis Sarunas |
2572 |
- |
GM |
Postny Evgeny |
2674 |
1 - 0 |
13.4 |
IM |
Zagorskis Darius |
2509 |
- |
GM |
Rodshtein Maxim |
2609 |
½ - ½ |
Bo. |
84 |
South Africa (RSA) |
Rtg |
- |
10 |
United States of America (USA) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
14.1 |
IM |
Kobese Watu |
2369 |
- |
GM |
Nakamura Hikaru |
2704 |
0 - 1 |
14.2 |
CM |
Steel Henry Robert |
2280 |
- |
GM |
Onischuk Alexander |
2644 |
0 - 1 |
14.3 |
CM |
Cawdery Daniel |
2265 |
- |
GM |
Shulman Yuri |
2616 |
½ - ½ |
14.4 |
IM |
Mabusela Johanne Mayedi |
2273 |
- |
GM |
Akobian Varuzhan |
2606 |
0 - 1 |
Bo. |
101 |
Nicaragua (NCA) |
Rtg |
- |
6 |
Bulgaria (BUL) |
Rtg |
0 : 4 |
15.1 |
IM |
Canda Danilo |
2289 |
- |
GM |
Topalov Veselin |
2791 |
0 - 1 |
15.2 |
|
Espinoza Felix |
2243 |
- |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2696 |
0 - 1 |
15.3 |
FM |
Bravo William |
2157 |
- |
GM |
Delchev Aleksander |
2632 |
0 - 1 |
15.4 |
|
Alfaro William |
2200 |
- |
GM |
Iotov Valentin |
2532 |
0 - 1 |
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