Leading Round 5 Pairings 25th May 2006:
Russia 13.5 - 13.5 Armenia
Uzbekistan 12.5 - 13 Netherlands
Spain 12 - 12 Sweden
Ukraine 12 - 12 Bulgaria
India 11.5 - 11.5 China
Georgia 11.5 - 11.5 USA
Poland 10 - 10 Italy A
Greece 11 - 11 Argentina
Romania 11 - 11 Iceland
Vietnam 11 - 11 Iran
Israel 11 - 11 Denmark
Czech Republic 11 - 11 Croatia
Brazil 11 - 11 Cuba
Mexico 10.5 - 10.5 Germany
Switzerland 10.5 - 10.5 Hungary
Turkey 10.5 - 10.5 Slovakia
Colombia 10 - 10.5 Belarus
Serbia & Montenegro 10 - 10 Belgium
Scotland 10 - 10 Egypt
Moldova 10 - 10 Azerbaijan
Macedonia 10 - 10 France
Slovenia 10 - 10 Algeria
Kazakhstan 9.5 - 9.5 England
Finland 9.5 - 9.5 Norway
Ireland 9.5 - 9.5 Chile
Portugal 9.5 - 9.5 Canada
Philippines 9.5 - 9.5 Lithuania
Estonia 9 - 9.5 Turkmenistan
Indonesia 9 - 9 UAE
Peru 9 - 9 Andorra
Bangladesh 9 - 9 Bosnia Herzegovina
Ecuador 9 - 8.5 Qatar
Latvia 8.5 - 8.5 Palestine
Venezuela 8.5 - 8.5 New Zealand
Italy B 8.5 8 Malaysia
South Africa 8 - 8 Australia
Tunisia 8 - 8 Tajikistan
Costa Rica 8 - 8 Mongolia
Albania 8 - 8 Dominican Republic
Italy C 8 - 8 Austria
Nicaragua 8 - 8 Kyrgystan
Yemen 8 - 8 El Salvador
Paraguay 8 - 7.5 Barbados

I believe the USA has a tough Match vs China in the next round.Good to
see a strong American team featuring Gata Kamsky.I see my man
Morozevich got beat today
E-JAY

"EJAY" wrote in message
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I believe the USA has a tough Match vs China in the next round.Good to
see a strong American team featuring Gata Kamsky.I see my man
Morozevich got beat today
E-JAY

Yeah E - I give you 3 months until switching to Kamsky

Meanwhile I was impressed by the performance level of the US women [analysis
by S. Polgar]

1 WGM Zatonskih, Anna 2433 USA 0 1 ½ ½ = 2.0/4 - Performance Rating: 2362
2 IM Krush, Irina 2437 USA 1 1 1 ½ = 3.5/4 - Performance Rating: 2593
3 WGM Goletiani, Rusudan 2371 USA 1 1 ½ ½ = 3.0/4 - Performance Rating: 2401
4 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla 2299 USA 1 1 ½ = 2.5/3 - Performance Rating: 2517

Krush and Baginskaite being particularly strong, with Zatonskih having to
take the full force of opponents on board one.

Other other women players performing well, here are other stats [again
courtesy S. Polgar.

IM Kosintseva, Tatiana 2489 (Russia) is performing at 2701 (4.5/5)
IM Peptan, Corina Isabela 2408 (Romania) is performing at 2675
GM Koneru, Humpy 2548 (India) is performing at 2663 (4.5/5)
WGM Muzychuk, Anna 2418 (Slovenia) is performing at 2655

Of the MEN's competition, Here's Kamsky again - as Arnold would say "I'm
back!"

GM Kramnik, Vladimir is performing at 2960!!
GM Kamsky, Gata is performing at 2896!!
GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam is performing at 2895!!
GM Bareev, Evgeny is performing at 2874!!
GM Grischuk, Alexander is performing at 2866!!

Phil