Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Armenia, ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi huɗu kawai don yin wasa tare da Ukraine, wanda Levon Aronian na biyu ya jagoranci, wanda bai yi nasara ba a wasanni 12, kuma na uku Rafael Vaganian, wanda ya ci maki 81⁄2 a wasanni 11, ya rasa 11⁄2-21⁄2 zuwa Rasha a zagaye na takwas. A ƙarshe, a kan ƙarfin nasarar da Georgia ta yi a zagaye na ƙarshe na 31⁄2-1⁄2, sun daidaita maki 361⁄2 na Rasha. An sanya Armenia bayan Rasha, duk da haka, a kan tsarin daidaitawar Buchholz wanda Olympiad ke amfani da shi, kuma ya gama, kamar yadda yake a wasannin Olympics na baya
, tare da lambar tagulla. Masu masaukin baki Spain, karkashin jagorancin Alexei Shirov, kawai sun sami damar shiga cikin goma na farko.