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	There is a new post on The Chess Mind.  You can read it at:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1194409443.shtml

It begins:

	Normally such a result would be as unusual as a
	politician kissing babies during a campaign, but
	the last few years have seen Russian teams
	struggle. This time, however, buoyed by the
	performance of their top two boards, Peter Svidler
	and Alexander Morozevich, the Russian men's team
	won going away. Those two had the top TPRs in the
	event (2989(!!) and 2855, respectively), so it's
	hardly a surprise that they had clinched clear
	first prior to the last round. Their women's team
	wasn't as convincing, but they still won by a
	healthy two point margin (2 points per round for
	a...