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Poland, led by the 20-year-old Jan Kryzsztof Duda, backed up by Radek Wojtaszek, Kacper Piorun, Kamil Dragun and Jacze Tomczak, started as the 11th seed in the Olympiad with a rating average of 2673. They beat USA (top seed), Russia (#2), The Ukraine (#6) and France (#7) and drew Armenia (#8) and Azerbaijan (#4) to lead with 16 match points after 9 rounds. Apart from Duda, who’s done a great job, Piorun, Dragun and Tomszak have pulled off a string of upsets.
China, Russia and the USA tied for first to third (18 points each) in the Olympiad with the tiebreaks
