 On the third board, So sacrificed an exchange in his game against Lesiège with all three results being realistic at some point but the game ended with a full point for the American team, while Hansen beat Shankland in a game in which the American did not get anything from his theoretical pawn sacrifice on the last board.Ukraine did also win their final match with a convincing 3½-½ victory over Slovenia thanks to the wins by Pavel Eljanov, Anton Korobov and Andrei Volokitin against Alexander Beliavsky, Jure Borišek and Matej Šebenik, respectively.Russia defeated Italy 3-1 thanks to the victories scored by Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk.