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Olympiad Dresden - Round 6

We are now just over half way and have reached the business end of the tournament. Today saw a number of good match-ups, as well as competitive chess as teams jockey for a medal or top 10 position.

In the men's section Russia was too strong for England. The hosts Germany kept themselves in contention by drawing with the 2nd seeds Ukraine and the defending champions Armenia moved into the 1st place by beating the 4th seeded Azerbaijan. There were good wins for France, India and China. Romania scored a famous win over the higher rated Bulgaria. The match of the day in this section tomorrow will undoubtedly be the top of the table clash between the defending champions Armenia and the first seeds Russia.

In the ladies section China is continuing with dominating performances and one wonders if they can be stopped at all. Good wins were also scored by Russia, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria and India. The USA scored a 4/0 over the not so weak Romanian side and will face of against the leaders China in round 7.

Amongst the African countries in the men's section Egypt surprisingly suffered a heavy loss to Austria, South Africa managed to get 1 point against the much stronger Italian side with Watu Kobese holding GM Fabiano Caruana (2640), victor over Mickey Adams in round 5, to a draw. Tunisia had a good win over Trinidad and Tobago as did Botswana over Nepal and Mozambique over U.S. Virgin Islands. Mauritius also scored a nice win over Surinam. Ghana scored bragging rights over Namibia as did Malawi over Kenya. Our 2 half strength teams Zambia and Uganda both drew their matches which is the best they could do. Looking at the draw for tomorrow it is interesting to note that by and large the seeding of the opposing teams is fairly close. However, on paper Egypt should have a relatively easy win against Malaysia and Tunisia a very tough match against Denmark.

In the ladies section there were unfortunately only 2 wins and both over African opponents with South Africa beating Egypt and Botswana defeating the Seychelles. Here also the draw and seeding is moving closer together except for the Nigerian ladies who will be facing of against the much higher seeded team from Turkmenistan.

With only 5 rounds to go now is the time that our teams must really show what they have in them!

Full results open section, ladies section.

View the latest African team and top 10 standings.

Africa Results - Open

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
21	50	Turkey	12	6	4	:	0	6	13½	Algeria	79
26	54	Austria	11½	6	3½	:	½	6	12½	Egypt	49
28	44	Italy	10½	6	3	:	1	6	11½	South Africa	84
39	51	Estonia	11½	5	4	:	0	5	10	Nigeria	134
41	115	Libya	7½	4	½	:	3½	5	11½	Uzbekistan	33
45	145	Ethiopia	7	4	½	:	3½	4	9½	Guatemala	105
50	65	Ecuador	8½	4	4	:	0	4	10½	Angola	102
52	111	Trinidad & Tobago	8½	4	0	:	4	4	8½	Tunisia	88
60	108	Botswana	9	3	2½	:	1½	3	6	Nepal	132
62	139	San Marino	7½	3	2	:	2	3	6½	Zambia	126
64	144	Mozambique	7	2	4	:	0	2	2½	U.S. Virgin Islands	154
65	110	Uganda	7½	2	2	:	2	2	4	Bermuda	135
66	137	Namibia	7½	2	1	:	3	2	4	Ghana	150
68	118	Surinam	5½	2	½	:	3½	2	7	Mauritius	119
69	114	Kenya	4½	2	1½	:	2½	2	6	Malawi	152
70	148	Rwanda	5	2	½	:	3½	2	5½	Liechtenstein	125
71	136	British Virgin Islands	3½	1	2	:	2	1	3½	Madagascar	151
73	147	Seychelles	2½	0	2	:	2	1	5	Gabon	149

Africa Results - Ladies

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
31	29	Argentina	12½	5	4	:	0	4	10½	Algeria	74
34	73	South Africa	9½	4	2½	:	1½	4	8	Egypt	82
36	71	Scotland	11	4	3½	:	½	4	9	Tunisia	103
38	110	Libya	8	4	½	:	3½	4	9½	United Arab Emirates	84
39	101	Angola	9	4	1	:	3	4	11½	Sri Lanka	81
40	111	Nigeria	5½	4	2	:	2	4	9	Dominican Republic	66
46	102	Surinam	6	3	4	:	0	3	7	Kenya	109
54	113	Seychelles	2½	1	0	:	4	2	5½	Botswana	100