2014 Olympiad Day 5 - And now there are none

Round 5 of the 2014 Chess Olympiad saw the last of the teams with a perfect score drop at at least 1 point. The top board match between Azerbaijan and Serbia ended 2:2 with Radjabov being upset by lower rated GM Milos Perunovic. Board 2 saw a something of a grudge match between Russia and Bulgaria, and although Kramnik beat Topalov in their individual game, this was cancelled out by Karjakin's loss to Iotov, so another 2:2. Armenia scored a 2.5-1.5 win over host country Norway, with Sargissian beating Agdestein in the only decisive game of the match. Aronian - Carlsen was a draw.
As a result 7 teams share the lead going into the first rest day. Included in this group are Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, along with Cuba and Georgia.
Australia ran into Italy (seeded 40 places higher) and went down 3-1. Anton Smirnov proved his worth on the bottom board by drawing with GM Danyyil Dvirnyy, while David Smerdon score the other half point against Alberto David. The next opponents are Botswana, who scored a 2:2 against neighbours South Africa in today's round.


Kramnik Vladimir (2760) - Topalov Veselin (2772) [D37]
WCO2014 Tromso (5.21), 06.08.2014

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 Nb6 8. c5 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 b6 11. Bf4 a5 12. a3 Ba6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Rfe1 Bc4 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Nhf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nhf6 22. h3 h6 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. f4 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Bf2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Nd5 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. e4 Bxa1 31. exd5 Qf6 32. d6 Qc3 33. Qd1 Bb2 34. Bxc6 Rad8 35. Nb1 Qf6 36. Qd2 Rb8 37. Be4 e5 38. Nc3 Qe6 39. Nd5 Qxh3 40. Bg2 Qh5 41. d7 exf4 42. Qxf4 Bxa3 43. Qxb8 Rxb8 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rxb8 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Bh3 Qf3 48. d8Q Qxf2+ 49. Bg2 1-0