Dresden 2008 Chess Olympiad Round 9 notes

Round 9 of the 2008 Chess Olympiad finished yesterday in Dresden with some changes in the leaders. Also, I will update the top ten performance ratings in the open section after round 9. There are two rounds to go in this massive chess event, then hopefully more players will be back to ICC to play some blitz to take the edge off! :)

GM Boris Gelfand Photo courtesy of Chessdom.Com

Rank after Round 9

Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2
1 Israel 9 16 252,5
2 Armenia 9 15 268,0
3 Ukraine 9 15 241,5
4 China 9 14 240,0
5 England 9 14 213,5
6 Serbia 9 14 207,5
7 Russia 9 13 250,0
8 Germany 1 9 13 246,0
9 Bulgaria 9 13 241,0
10 Netherlands 9 13 223,5

Top 10 performance ratings after round 9:

No. (Rtg) Team [Rp] *Pts. #Games
1.GM Topalov Veselin: (2791) Bulgaria [2969] *6,5 #7
2 GM Sargissian Gabriel: (2642) Armenia [2950] *8,0 #9
3 FM Abdel Razik Khaled: (2406) Egypt [2929] *7,0 #7
4 GM Gelfand Boris: (2719) Israel [2875] *6,5 #8
5 GM Movsesian Sergei : (2732) Slovakia [2848] *6,0 #7
6 GM Rodshtein Maxim: (2609) Israel [2843] *6,0 #7
7 GM Short Nigel D: (2642) England [2827] *6,5 #8
8 GM Jakovenko Dmitry: (2737) Russia [2809] *5,5 #7
9 GM Akopian Vladimir: (2679) Armenia [2800] *6,5 #9
10 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam: (2672) Uzbekistan [2796] *5,5 #7

The US Team sits in 12th place at this moment.