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Chess Olympiad Round 7

29.05.2006 Round 7 was played on Sunday 28 May at 03.00 p.m. In the Men’s section Armenia made a clear victory over Netherlands 3-1. Aronian crushed Sokolov in a 19 mover, a game Sokolov would like to forget. Sargissian defeated L’Ami. The other games (Akopian vs Tiviakov and Asrian vs Van Wely) ended in a draw. Other top encounters: Russia – Belarus 3-1, India – Ukraine 1,5-2,5, USA – Sweden 2-2.

Armenia is now first ranked with 21 points, followed by Russia with 20,0 points. Third is Cuba with 19,5 points. Four countries are on 19,0 points: Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Georgia and Czech Republic.
In the Women’s section Russia leads with 17,5 followed by Ukraine 16,5 and USA 15,5.

The day started earlier with committee / commission meetings. May 28th was also the Day of Kalmykia, which was organised in the Olympic Oval as part of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's presidential campaign. There was an entertaining programme with Kalmyk folk singing and folk dancing.

kirsan in dansgroep
Kalmyk folk sing/dance group with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov posing for photographers

kirsan en kok
FIDE Presidential Candidates Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Bessel Kok together at the performance of Kalmyk dancers and singers.

More photos of the Day of Kalmykia in the Picture Gallery see below.

Tiviakov and Olympiad mascot
Sergey Tiviakov and the Olympiad mascot

 Asrian, Aronian, Sargissian and L
Armenians Karen Asrian, Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian and Dutchman Erwin L'Ami

 Gabriel Sargissian
Gabriel Sargissian

Erwin L
Erwin L'Ami from The Netherlands

Aronian vs Sokolov
Levon Aronian (left) and Ivan Sokolov, arriving late as usual

SOKOLOV Ivan (Netherlands) - ARONIAN Levon (Armenia)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bxb8 Qf6 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. a3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. Ra2 Rxc5 17. Qa1 Qc6 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 0-1

tivi and soko
Tiviakov and Sokolov

Volokitin (Ukraine) - Sasikiran (India)  draw
Volokitin (Ukraine) - Sasikiran (India) draw

no11 Julio Granda Zuniga from Peru  380
Julio Granda Zuniga from Peru

no12 Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba 380
Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba

Michael Adams
Michael Adams lost to Magnus Carlsen

CARLSEN Magnus (Norway) – ADAMS Michael (England)
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Rb8 10. Bg5 b5 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Nd7 16. f4 Re8 17. e6 fxe6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bd8 Nd3 20. Bxc7 Rb7 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rdb1 Bc6 24. Rb8 Kf7 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Bd6 a6 27. Rb1 h5 28. Rb6 Kd7 29. Bf8 g6 30. Rxa6 e5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. h4 Ng4 33. Bg7 Kc7 34. Bd4 Nh6 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. Bc5 Kd7 37. Bb4 Kc7 38. Ra7+ Kb6 39. Rf7 Nh6 40. Re7 Bd5 41. Rd7 Ng4+ 42. Ke2 Be4 43. Rd4 Bd3+ 44. Kf3 Nh2+ 45. Kf4 Nf1 46. Rd6+ Kb5 47. Rd5+ Kb6 48. Ra5 Bc2 49. Re5 Bd3 50. Kf3 Nd2+ 51. Kf4 Nf1 52. g4 hxg4 53. Kxg4 Nd2 54. Kf4 Nb3 55. Re6+ Kb5 56. Re8 Nc1 57. Rb8+ Kc6 58. Ra8 Ne2+ 59. Kf3 Ng1+ 60. Ke3 Ne2 61. Rxa4 Kd5 62. Ra5+ Ke6 63. Ra2 Ng3 64. Kf4 Nf5 65. Ra6+ Kf7 66. Kg5 Ng3 67. Ra7+ Kg8 68. Kf6 Nh5+ 69. Ke5 Ng3 70. Bc5 Nf5 71. Bf2 Nh6 72. Bd4 Nf5 73. Kf6 1-0

Ivanchuk - Anand
Ivanchuk - Anand

Anand
Viswanathan Anand of India

MAHJOOB ZARDAST Morteza from Iran
MAHJOOB ZARDAST Morteza from Iran

bridge
The bridge over the train rails to the colorful buildings in the Olympic Village


PICTURE GALLERY
Kalmyk folk dance and folk song


kirsan and besselno19 Kok and Kirsan 500no20Kalmyk singer 500no21 Kalmyk dancers 500no22 Kalmyk dancer 500no23 Kalmyk dancer 380no24 Kalmyk folk dancer 500no25 Kalmyk dancer 500no26 Kirsan, Kok and Campo 500no27 Kalmyk folk singer  380no28 Kalmyk folk singer 380no29 Kalmyk dancers 500no30 Kalmyk dancers 500no31 Kalmyk dancer 380no32 Kalmyk dancers 500no33 Kalmyk dancers 380no34 Kalmyk dancer 380no35 Sosonko gets a gift 500no36 Kirsan and folk singer  380no37 Kirsan and dancer 380
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