Ukraine Join Olympiad Leaders
Co-leaders Georgia and Armenia drew their 6th round match at the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad to share the lead.
Joining them at the top, thanks in no small part to Vassily Ivanchuk, are Ukraine who defeated previous joint-leaders Hungary.
Ivanchuk (pictured) beat Peter Leko to take his personal tally to 5 wins out of five games so far!
In less good form is Magnus Carlsen who lost another game, this time to English #1 Michael Adams. Carlsen chose a very eccentric opening and lost badly. It seems that he may be human after all! Thank goodness he has just started a second career as a model! 
The only team left with a 100% match record is Russia 1 in the women's competition. They notched up a crucial win 2.5-1.5 against Ukraine to take the sole lead.
Round 7 is taking place today, with the very latest information available at the official site.
The top standings in the Open competition:
| Seed | Team | W | D | L | TB1 | TB2 |
| 2 |
Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 115.0 |
| 6 | Armenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 115.0 |
| 20 | Georgia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 109.5 |
| 1 |
Russia 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 113.5 |
| 4 | Russia 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 112.5 |
| 15 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 104.0 |
| 9 | USA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 102.5 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 101.0 |
| 5 | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 98.5 |
| 24 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 103.5 |
| 14 | Russia 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 102.0 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 102.0 |
| 35 | Belarus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 96.5 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 94.5 |
| 18 | Cuba | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 90.5 |
| 16 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 89.5 |
| 10 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 89.5 |
| 12 | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 81.5 |
| 38 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 79.0 |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 79.0 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 110.0 |
| 27 | Vietnam | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 93.5 |
| 42 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 93.0 |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 88.0 |
| 26 | Argentina | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 87.5 |
The women's standings:
| Seed | Team | W | D | L | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Russia 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 123.0 |
| 9 | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 120.5 |
| 4 | Georgia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 121.0 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 120.5 |
| 2 | China | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 117.0 |
| 8 | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 113.5 |
| 14 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 104.5 |
| 6 | USA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 104.5 |
| 7 | Armenia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 99.5 |
| 17 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 96.0 |
| 5 | Russia 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 96,0 |
| 16 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 94.0 |
