The Ukrainian men's chess team, after the games of the sixth round, has solidified its lead at the Chess Olympiad taking place in the Spanish city of Calvià. On Wednesday, the Ukrainians defeated the chess players from Azerbaijan with a score of 2.5:1.5. The victory for the Ukrainians was brought by Vasyl Ivanchuk and Serhiy Karyakin, who won against Teymur Rajabov and Rauf Mamedov, respectively. Andriy Volokitin drew with Shahriyar Mamedyarov, and Oleksandr Moiseyenko lost to Vugar Gashimov. \n \nAfter six rounds, the Ukrainian team occupies first place with 19 points and is ahead of the Russian team, which is in second place by one point. Third position belongs to the Bulgarian team, which has 17 points. \n \nThe Ukrainian women's team suffered its first defeat in the competition, losing to the French team - 2:1. Another game was lost by the leader of the Ukrainian team, Natalia Zhukova, who was unable to handle Almira Skripchenko. Kateryna Lahno and Olha Oleksandrova "signed" draws with Silvia Collas and Sophie Milliet. \n \nThe loss to the French women pushed the Ukrainian team down to fourth place in the overall standings with 12 points. As before, the Chinese team leads the tournament (16 points), which in the sixth round defeated the Russians with a score of 2:1. Second place belongs to France (13) and third to Russia (12).