In Istanbul, at the fifth day of World Chess Olympiad, the opponent of Georgian national men chess team is Vietnam. In such case, they played all draws: Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2659)- Liem Li (2693) 0.5:0.5, Gson Nguien (2639)- Merab Gagunashvili (2578) 0.5:0.5, Levan Pantsulia (2575)- Hoa Nguien (2505) 0.5:0.5, Hay Dao (25-18) – Konstantine Shanava (2569) 0.5:0.5. Final score is 2-2.
In this round, remarkable match was between Armenia and Ukraine. The match at the first board was decisive. Levon Aronyan beat Vasili Ivanchuk 2.5:1.5. Russians beat Hungary. After the fifth round, Georgian national team is in the 26th place with 3 victories, one draw and one failure (13 points). Armenian and Russian national teams are leaders with 5-5 victories at Olympiad.
Like men, Georgian women chess players also played draw 2-2 with Ukrainian team: Nana Dzagnidze (2547)- Catherina Lahno (2542), Mari Muzhichuk (2466)- Bela Khotenashvili (2509), Lela Javakhishvili (2458)- Ana Ushenina (2433) and Ina Janovska- Nino Khurtsidze (244) ( these mentioned players played with white pieces). Nino Maisuradze who represents France, who has won all the matches and beat the match this time with Russian Nadezhda Kosintseva, in case of victory Georgian emigrant would bring victory to her team..
In tournament schedule, Georgian women chess players are in the 8th round (tree victories, 2 draws, 16 points). Russian team is leader with five points. September 2 is day-off at Olympiad. On Monday matches will be renovated. Our guys plays against Columbia and women against Slovaks.
