World U-16 Chess Olympiad: Philippines crushed no.1 seed Russia 3-1 but still fell down to 3rd place

Now how cruel was that? You crushed the tournament leader and no.1 seeded team but instead of finding yourself at the top of the standings, you are back at third place. But that is actually the case. Team Philippines overcome a herculean task by defeating the tough Russian team hoping to take the no.1 spot but it all appeared that their effort was not enough, no thanks to superb showings of 2nd seed India who defeated 6th seed Georgia 3 1/2- 1/2 and Armenia who blanked 9th seed, England 4-0. As a result, India and Armenia shared the lead with 19 1/2 points and the Philippines relegated to no.3 spot with three more rounds to play. GM Wesley So remains the heart and soul of the team as he continue to dominate his lower rated opponents this time by beating IM Shimanov Aleksandr (2480). Haridas Pascua (2171) humbled Yaksin, Oleg (2307), Alcon John Datu (2138) subdued WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia. The only casualty of the day was Jan Emmanuel Garcia (2232) who bowed to Iljiushenok Ilia (2315).

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Rank after round 7
Rank	Team	Pts.	BH.	MP	SB.	BH.
1	INDIA	19½	117	12	97,50	85
2	ARMENIA	19½	116	11	88,00	84
3	PHILIPPINES	19	121	10	83,75	87½
4	RUSSIA	18½	117	10	78,50	84
5	AZERBAIJAN	18	111½	11	84,00	79½
6	TURKIYE-A	17½	110	8	53,50	78
7	GEORGIA	16	115½	8	59,00	84½
8	SLOVAKIA	16	108½	7	45,25	78
9	ENGLAND	15½	101	7	39,50	76
10	SRI LANKA	14½	100½	7	45,50	70½
11	TURKIYE-GIRLS-A	14	89	8	43,50	64½
12	TURKIYE-C	13½	105½	7	45,25	73½
13	GREECE	13½	100	7	42,75	70
14	SWITZERLAND-A	13½	98	6	34,00	72
15	BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	13	92½	6	34,50	66½
16	SYRIA	13	85	4	20,00	62
17	TURKIYE-B	12½	99½	7	44,25	68½
18	TURKIYE-MERSIN	12½	99	7	44,00	70½
19	SWITZERLAND-B	12½	92	6	37,25	64½
20	ISEK AQUAMATCH	12½	83	6	28,25	58
21	SOUTH AFRICA-A	12	88	6	35,50	62
22	SOUTH AFRICA-B	11½	81½	5	20,25	60
23	TURKIYE-GIRLS-B	11½	77½	7	30,75	56
24	AUSTRALIA	10½	77	5	24,75	58
25	KENYA	8½	78½	3	13,25	59½
26	ALBANIA	5½	84	1	4,25	60