The Ukrainian men's chess team in the ninth round of the Olympiad in the Spanish city of Calvia played to a draw with the team of Armenia. The score of the game is 2:2. However, the Ukrainians still lead the overall standings, having 27 points to their credit. Second place goes to the Russians, who trail the Ukrainian team by 2.5 points. Third place belongs to the USA team, which has 24 points.
The Ukrainian women's team continues to show uncertain play at the Olympiad. After a series of victories at the start of the competition, the Ukrainian women lost their leading positions. In the ninth round, Zhukova and company lost to the team of India with a score of 2:1.
In the tournament table, the Ukrainian team with 16.5 points is in 9th place. The team of China leads with nine victories and 23.5 points. Second place belongs to the team of Russia and third to the American women, each with 17.5 points.
Results of the 9th round games.
Men.
UKRAINE – Armenia – 2:2 IVANCHUK (UKRAINE) – Akopian (Armenia) - 1/2 PONOMARIOV (UKRAINE) – Vaganian (Armenia) – 0:1 VOLOKITIN (UKRAINE) – Lputian (Armenia) – 1:0 MOISEIENKO (UKRAINE) – Sarkisian (Armenia) - 1/2.
Women.
India – UKRAINE – 2:1 Koneru – ZHUKOVA (UKRAINE) – 1:0 Vijayalakshmi (India) – GAPONENKO (UKRAINE) - 1/2 Harika (India) – LAKHNO (UKRAINE) - 1/2.