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2006 Chess Olympiad
Compiled by chessmoron
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Where: Turin, Italy
When: 20th May - 4th June 2006

MEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts---Buch----WIN--DRAW--- LOST
1.---Armenia-----ARM---36----397.0---10-----3---- -0 2.---China-------CHN---34----393.0----8-----1---- -4 3.-United States-USA---33----392.5----9-----3----1

MEN'S BEST PERFORMANCE:

No.-----------Name---------Code---ELOp
1.---GM Kramnik, Vladimir--RUS----2847
2.---GM Wang Yue-----------CHN----2837
3.---GM Bacrot, Etienne----FRA----2833

WOMEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts---Buch----WIN--DRAW--- LOST
1.---Ukraine-----UKR---29½---299.0----12---1---- --0
2.---Russia------RUS---28----306.0----9----3----- -1 3.---China-------CHN---27½---307.5----8----3---- --2

WOMEN'S BEST PERFORMANCE:

No.-----------Name---------Code---ELOp
1.---WGM Zhukova, Natalia--UKR----2647
2.---WGM Zhao Xue----------CHN----2617
3.-IM Kosintseva, Tatiana--FRA----2598

K Lie vs V Akobian, 2006 
(C02) French, Advance, 56 moves, 0-1

M Arbouche vs V Akobian, 2006 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

I Cheparinov vs D Pavasovic, 2006
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 32 moves, 1-0

Beautiful Combo
M Heidenfeld vs R Cecchetti, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0

Style of Kamsky
Kamsky vs B Socko, 2006 
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0

Girl Power!
V Da Vilhete vs P Marie, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0

The Comeback
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2006 
(A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0

Queen Sac
L Vajda vs Sutovsky, 2006 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 0-1

Vishy: Self-Destructed
P Charbonneau vs Anand, 2006 
(B44) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1-0

Fooled on 11 Nf7!?
Aronian vs Navara, 2006 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

A crushing game by Levon Aronian
I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1

Outplayed by Svidler
Svidler vs A Volokitin, 2006 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

12-year old Hou Yifan plays Rc5+!!
Y Hou vs E Kovalevskaya, 2006 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 67 moves, 1-0

A brilliant win for Short
Short vs L E Johannessen, 2006 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Pre-WC status
Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2006 
(A15) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Tribute to Ms. Gilbert
T Lopang vs J Gilbert, 2006 
(E92) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1

Boy wonder triumphs
Carlsen vs Adams, 2006 
(A17) English, 73 moves, 1-0

Impressive win by Radjabov
Radjabov vs Shirov, 2006 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Go get them, Tiger!
V Petkov vs T Hillarp Persson, 2006 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 0-1

Boy Wonder does it again: 25...Rad8!!
Naiditsch vs Carlsen, 2006 
(C57) Two Knights, 54 moves, 0-1

Zhao Xue
X Zhao vs D Reizniece-Ozola, 2006 
(E92) King's Indian, 56 moves, 1-0

Humpty Dumpty
Koneru vs L Mkrtchian, 2006 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 0-1

Navara vs Svidler, 2006 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

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