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Round 8 (over 160 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/8OlympiadRound8#

Round 7 (over 140 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/7OlympiadRound7#
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Round 4 (over 100 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/4OlympiadRound4
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Opening Ceremony Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/0DresdenOlympiadOpeningCeremony#

President of the world chess organization FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who was injured in an automobile accident just before the event started, has arrived in Dresden just in time for the FIDE Congress after being released from a Moscow hospital.

Here's an interesting idea for beating the Caro Kann.

Black is Jovanka Houska, author of a Caro Kann book! The way she lost so quickly using her prescribed opening is instructive!

2.Ne2 is also covered in the SOS (Secrets of Opening Suprises) series - volume 8.

[Event "95th ch-GBR"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Surtees, Michael"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4!? cxb4 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 e6 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Nge7 10. Nh5 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rxa5 Qxa5 13. Nxg7 f5 14. Nh5 Ng6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxh7 Qc7 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Bf6+ Kg8 19. g4 f4 20. Bd3 b5 21. g5 b4 22. Qh5 Ne7 23. g6 1-0

• Leaders Armenia lost to Israel with Levon Aronian losing to Boris Gelfand in a rook and pawn ending on top board and a final result of 2.5-1.5.
• Russia were defeated in Round 9 with three draws on boards 1-3 and their top rated player Morozevich lost on bottom board to Efimenko when he lost a piece. Kramnik - Ivanchuk was a fabulously uncompromising draw.
• Nigel Short's hot form continues as he won again, this time against Le Quang Liem. Michael Adams won (in spite of reporting to the contrary on the live site) and so England won 3-1.
• Round 10 pairings: Ukraine-Israel, Germany 1-United States of America, Serbia-Armenia, England-China, Slovenia-Russia, Spain-Bulgaria, Netherlands-Poland, Slovakia-France, Georgia-Denmark and Hungary-Switzerland,

Games in PGN

38th Olympiad Dresden (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Games in PGN
Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	All
Men	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	-	-	-
Women	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	-	-	-

From This Week in Chess (Compiled by Mark Crowther)

Things are now getting interesting as both leaders in the Open Olympiad and Women's Olympiad lost.

This means new leaders! Israel as emerged as the clear leader in the Men's section . In the Women's section, Ukraine, Poland, and Serbia are tied for the top spot.

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	8		Israel	ISR	9	7	2	0	16	252,5	98,0	24,0
2	9		Armenia	ARM	9	7	1	1	15	268,0	103,0	25,5
3	2		Ukraine	UKR	9	6	3	0	15	241,5	105,0	22,5
4	3		China	CHN	9	6	2	1	14	240,0	95,0	23,0
5	15		England	ENG	9	6	2	1	14	213,5	93,0	22,5
6	22		Serbia	SRB	9	7	0	2	14	207,5	87,0	22,5
7	1		Russia	RUS	9	6	1	2	13	250,0	107,0	21,5
8	11		Germany 1	GER1	9	5	3	1	13	246,0	106,0	22,5
9	6		Bulgaria	BUL	9	6	1	2	13	241,0	87,0	25,5
10	20		Netherlands	NED	9	6	1	2	13	223,5	89,0	23,5
11	25		Slovakia	SVK	9	6	1	2	13	214,0	85,0	25,0
12	10		United States of America	USA	9	6	1	2	13	207,0	90,0	23,0
13	21		Poland	POL	9	6	1	2	13	206,5	85,0	24,0
14	12		Spain	ESP	9	6	1	2	13	203,5	89,0	22,5
15	28		Slovenia	SLO	9	6	1	2	13	202,5	86,0	23,0

Women's Olympiad

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2		Ukraine	UKR	9	6	3	0	15	268,0	97,0	25,5
2	9		Poland	POL	9	7	1	1	15	249,5	104,0	23,5
3	10		Serbia	SRB	9	7	1	1	15	232,5	97,0	23,5
4	3		China	CHN	9	6	2	1	14	278,5	109,0	24,0
5	4		Georgia	GEO	9	6	2	1	14	269,5	97,0	25,5
6	6		Armenia	ARM	9	7	0	2	14	230,0	97,0	24,0
7	7		United States of America	USA	9	6	1	2	13	248,5	96,0	24,5
8	1		Russia	RUS	9	5	3	1	13	245,0	100,0	24,0
9	8		Hungary	HUN	9	6	1	2	13	229,5	97,0	23,5
10	43		Uzbekistan	UZB	9	6	1	2	13	188,5	87,0	21,5
11	5		France	FRA	9	5	2	2	12	224,0	90,0	25,0
12	11		India	IND	9	5	2	2	12	210,0	96,0	20,5
13	17		Netherlands	NED	9	6	0	3	12	202,5	97,0	20,0
14	16		Romania	ROU	9	6	0	3	12	198,0	95,0	22,0
15	25		Cuba	CUB	9	6	0	3	12	196,5	83,0	24,5
16	15		Slovakia	SVK	9	6	0	3	12	192,0	91,0	22,0
17	14		Slovenia	SLO	9	5	2	2	12	191,0	88,0	22,5
18	28		Azerbaijan	AZE	9	5	2	2	12	171,5	95,0	18,5