Any time she caught a teammate's eye, Abby Wambach held up one finger. It had nothing to do with the shrinking numbers on the clock.
“I kept saying, ‘All it takes is one chance. It takes one second to score a goal,'” Wambach said.
Regulation. (...)
Armenia won its second straight gold medal at the Chess Olympiad Tuesday by defeating China 2.5-1.5 in the 11th and final round.
Armenia's only win came on board four where Tigran L. Petrosian beat Li Chao.
Armenia finished the tournament alone in (...)
The US men and women teams kept their slim hopes for a medal alive on Sunday after the men beat Germany 2.5-1.5 and the women rolled over Uzbekistan 3.5-0.5 in the 10th and penultimate round of the Chess Olympiad.
On the top board in the open (...)
The mighty were brought low as the first-place teams in both the open and women's divisions fell in round nine on Saturday. In the open division, Israel played the role of David, knocking off Armenia 2.5-1.5. On the women's side, Serbia edged China (...)
seeded Russia held off the United States in the 38th Chess Olympiad in round eight of open division play Friday, but the Armenian team crushed France and stayed in first place.
In women's division, the US team dealt a severe blow to the medal hopes (...)
Top seed Russia bounced back after drawing Germany in the last round to beat England 3-1 Wednesday in round six of open division play at the Chess Olympiad.
The Russian team was led by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik over Nigel Short on (...)
seed Norway upset 3rd-seed China in round three of the 38th Chess Olympiad on Saturday, while top-ranked Russia rolled on by beating Cuba 3.5-0.5.
Also in the third round of open division play, second-seed Ukraine edged Georgia 2.5-1.5.
On the (...)
ranked teams at the 38th Chess Olympiad advanced in the second round in both the open and women's section.
But the US men, ranked 10th, gave up a draw to Greece in the open division while the Israeli women upset the Americans.
Top-seed Russia (...)