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Dresden at Night: 38th Chess Olympiad
The main image above comes from noted chess photographer Fred Lucas, and is a Dresden river scene at night. Dresden in Germany is the scene for the 38th Chess Olympiad, where remarkably we could be seeing history repeat itself.
In 2006, the tiny chess-mad nation of Armenia surprised everyone by capturing their first Olympiad gold-medal in Turin, Italy. And now, the defending champions are on course for a repeat performance after they sensationally defeated top seeds Russia in round seven. And after beating France in round eight, Armenia remain at the top on 15/16, a point ahead of Israel, with Ukraine and Russia still in the medal hunt on 13-points. Russia bounced back into a medal contention after beating USA 2.5-1.5.
In round 9, Saturday, Nov. 22, the top pairings will be: 1. Armenia vs. Israel, 2. Poland vs. Germany 1, 3. Russia vs. Ukraine. Play starts at 9am ET, and you can follow the action live here on ICC! So why not join ICC today and get all the Olympiad action right here, right now!
You can read more about the clash of the Cold war rivals of Russia vs. USA in ICC's new Chess.FM blog! Anyone can read the blog, but ONLY ICC members can login to leave comments. Other features in the blog include Macauley Peterson's video reporting direct from Dresden, where he's given Chess.FM scoops on the Kamsky-Topalov match, and also provided audio and video from GMs Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), IM David Smerdon (Australia), Alejandro Ramírez Álvarez (Costa Rica), Baadur Jobava (Georgia), Wang Hao and Hou Yifan (China), and Georg Meier (Germany).
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Dresden at Night: 38th Chess Olympiad
November 21, 2008
Tournament Sleepless - 3 tourneys - 5 rounds of 3 0
