Armenia Holds Russia to 2:2 Draw, Ukraine Beats Russian Women 2:1

Thursday, 25 May 2006 00:00

Armenia held Russia to a 2:2 draw to remain tied for the lead at 15.5 points after 5 rounds. In the women`s division, Ukraine won 2:1 to end the winning streak of Russia who, however, held on to a slim half point lead. Watch games live at the official site. If you do not see the games, download Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE). Top games are also at playchess.com and Internet Chess Club. For results go to Swiss Manager site for Open Olympiad and Women`s Olympiad. Go to Olympiad news. .

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Armenia held Russia to a 2:2 draw to remain tied for the lead at 15.5 points after 5 rounds. Russian star Vladimir Kramnik beat rising talent Levon Aronian but Gabriel Sargissian evened the score at the expense of Alexander Morozevich. The match of the leaders was cordoned off to control other players from crowding them.

In the women`s division, Ukraine won 2:1 to end the winning streak of Russia who, however, held on to a slim half point lead. Natalia Zhukova beat Alexandra Kosteniuk while the other two boards were drawn.

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Got to photos by IA Ales Drinovec of Slovenia, well known as one of the principal workers in the Bled Olympiad.

Leaders Russia and Armenia meet in round 5. Levon Aronian (left) leads Armenia while Vladimir Kramnik (right) spearheads Russia.

The Russian women` team, headed by Alexandra Kosteniuk (left) vs. Ukraine headed by Natalia Zhukova.

The International Committee of Silent Chess is part of the FIDE family in the Turin Olympiad. Clockwise from seated are Michele Visco, ICSC President, Sergey Salov, Parfenov, Olga Nazarova, Svitlana Gonchar and Vladimir Kovalenko.