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BY: BOBBY ANG

(An abridged version of Chess Piece, BusinessWorld, 16 October 2010)

2010 Olympiad
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Sept 21-Oct 3, 2010

Final Top standings
(in tie-break order)

1. Ukraine, 19/22
2. Russia 1, 18/22
3-4. Israel, Hungary, 17/22
5-10. China, Russia 2, Armenia, Spain, United States, France, 16/22
11-19. Poland, Azerbaijan, Russia 3, Belarus, Netherlands, Slovakia, Brazil, India, Denmark, 15/22

149 teams participating

The 39th Chess Olympiad is over, and it remains for chess journalists the world over to analyze and overanalyze the failures and successes of the different competitors. The best individual rating performances during this event:

GM Emil Sutovsky (ISR) -- 2895, 6.5/8
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) -- 2890, 8/10
GM Lev Aronian (ARM) -- 2888, 7.5/10
GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS-1) -- 2859, 8/10
GM Vitaly Teterev (BLR) -- 2850, 7/8

The Olympiad had a major impact on the top 10 players’ list. The highest rated player in the world, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, lost three games and his ELO plunged by 15 points, although he still remains top of the list. Aronian gained 10.8 points and overtook Topalov for third place, while Ivanchuk, Wang Yue and Karjakin entered the top 10 list, the latter for the first time in his life. The new Top 10 list:

1. Carlsen 2810.7
2. Anand 2800
3. Aronian 2793.8
4. Topalov 2785.5
5. Kramnik 2779.6
6. Ivanchuk 2771.9
7. Grischuk 2762.3
8. Karjakin 2760.9
9. Mamedyarov 2760
10. Wang Yue 2753.3

Sutovsky (IN PHOTO) was his usual brilliant attacking self. His total crush of tough-to-beat Gata Kamsky led the way to Israel’s 3-1 rout over USA in the 10th round, who until then were still gunning for Olympiad medals.

Sutovsky, Emil (2665) -- Kamsky, Gata (2705) [B43]
39th Olympiad Men Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (10), 01.10.2010
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