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My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Ian Rogers, Jon Speelman, Daði Örn Jónsson's Chess in Iceland page, Christophe Bouton of Europe-Echecs, Shahcom Company and all those who helped with this issue.
The 33rd Olympiad held in Elista finished on October 12th with the Russian first team taking the Gold Medal above the USA who took Silver in an exciting battle which went to the final round. This issue covers the results and games from the Olympiad. It has been much delayed because of the unavailability of the full final standings which were provided by Europe-Echecs yesterday. I also would have preferred the round by round results for the last round as some of the games didn't have results, I've had to make some educated guesses for these games. I don't like delaying twic and the next issue will be out on Monday as usual when I hope to have a few more stories from the Olympiad. I have also had some problems completing the issue due to a shoulder problem which is very much on the mend now and would like to have written a little more about the event..
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 33rd Chess Olympiad took place on 26th September to October 12th in the capital of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia. The event was won by the Russian first team after a nip and tuck battle with the American team. Only with a 3.5-05 victory against the Netherlands in the final round did the Russian's take gold, the Americans, who had a half point lead could only draw against China.
As reported last week the games were initially available only from the FIDE ChessPlanet site. This policy changed for the seventh round as Shahcom http://www.ruschess.com/ carried out live coverage and also published the games at the end of each round. The money was returned to those who bought the games from ChessPlanet. They were generated using TASC.
Carol Jarecki
produced an excellent series of reports for
the
USCF
on the FIDE Congress which is the only proper account I have seen of
the decisions.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected President for four years along withthe rest of his team Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos (Greece), Vice President Ummer Koya (India), General Secretary N. Tabbane (Tunisia) and Treasurer David Jarrett (England). Not a great surprise as he was not opposed.
There were a number of surprises for organisers of FIDE events. England, who were awarded the European Team Championships one or two years ago found on their arrival that there was an eastern European lobby to have it removed from them due to the collapse of the value of their currencies and it was decided to move the event to an, as yet unspecified new venue.
Anatoly Karpov was there making a big effort to have his point of view heard on the FIDE World Championships. Karpov actually wants the old system restored and doesn't like knockouts but he was not lobbying for that this time. He was upset at the championships being held just one year on from the Groningen/Lausanne event and that he would have to start in the second round. In the end a very strange decision was taken whereby the Las Vegas event was postponed until next year (the first suggestion was January, but it may be March/April due to various clashes with other tournaments). It seems bizarre to cause so much chaos to the organisers plans, not to mention those of other competitors just on the whim of one player. Karpov hasn't even committed himself to playing when the event does take place.
Dr. Pedro Barreros of El Salvador and Boris Kutin of Slovenia became continental presidents of the American and European divisions respectively.
The defaulting of Alisa Galliamova for her non-appearance at her match against Xie Jun was confirmed. There are stories from the States that Zsuzsa Polgar does not plan to defend her title. An application was made to have Galliamova as her replacementwas in the event of a no show was made by Russia. This will be the last traditional match for the title as next championships will be a knock-out event, possibly to be held in Moldova in Sept 1999, with 60 players and $500, 000 prize fund.
Some other interesting decisions were taken. Performance norms, until now only available toward GM titles, will be available for others norms as well. Ratings will be changed from 5-point variations to 1-point, as in the USCF list (a decision I find inconvenient from a journalistic point of view as it will now be impossible to tell the ratings apart, it just seems a very unnecessary change). In February, 1999, FIDE will start a Rapid Chess rating list for games between 15 and 59 minutes. Players on the monthly "top" lists will be considered inactive after 12 months and dropped from those specialized lists. The alphabetical section of the regular rating list will include all living players who have a rating, flagging those who are inactive. The separate inactive list will be discontinued. Players belonging to Federations which have not paid dues will also be "flagged" on the alphabetical list and will not receive FIDE rating services. A new title, FIDE Category Player, is planned for introduction. A certificate and, perhaps a pin or something, will be offered to any and all who have earned a FIDE rating.
On the subject of copyright, Ian Rogers understands the following to have taken place during the General Assembly:
"There was a long report by Tabbane on copyright which was endorsed by the General Assembly. He published the opinions of some French lawyers who, apparently unaware of the precedents established by Fischer's attempts in the 60s, decided that games, even against computers, were copyrightable. They plan to demand payments from any company making money from publishing chess games and so "Press and Media companies and also free of charge Internet companies are allowed free publication and broadcast." At first FIDE plans to "recover fees and if necesary to file lawsuits" but later they want to hand over to fee recovery companies in each country. The fees would be split 35% for the recovery company, 35% for players, 10% for FIDE, 15% for the organiser and 10% for the hosting Federation."
Gold No 1 seeds Russia 1
Peter Svidler, Sergei Rublevsky, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander
Morozevich, Vadim Zvjaginsev and Konstantin Sakaev.
Silver No 4 seeds USA
Alex Yermolinsky, Yasser Seirawan, Alex Shabalov, Nick DeFirmian,
Boris Gulko and Gregory Kaidanov.
Bronze No 3 seeds Ukraine
Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Onischuk, Vladimir Malaniuk, Oleg
Romanishin, Stanislav Savchenko and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Gold No 1 seeds China
Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Wang Pin, Wang Lei
Silver No 3 seeds Russia I
Svetlana Matveeva, Tatiana Shumiakina, Tatiana Stepovaia-Dianchenko
Bronze No 2 seeds Georgia
Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Ioseliani, Nino Khurtsidze, Ketevan
Arakhamia-Grant
Bulgaria's win against Russia I was the surprise of the day. The US lead by half a point from them as the rest of the field closes up. There is a rest day on Tuesday.
Round 7 results (Men)
1 Ukraine - USA 2.0-2.0
2 Russia 1 - Bulgaria 1.0-3.0
3 Germany - Armenia 1.5-2.5
4 China - Estonia 2.5-1.5
5 Georgia - Belarus 1.0-3.0
6 Sweden - Moldova 2.5-1.5
7 Lithuania - England 0.5-3.5
8 Israel - Spain 2.5-1.5
9 Switzerland - Russia 2 0.5-3.5
10 Greece - Romania 1.5-2.5
11 Brazil - France 0.0-4.0
12 Czech Republic - Latvia 2.5-1.5
13 Uzbekistan - Slovenia 3.0-1.0
14 Kazakhstan - Cuba 2.0-2.0
15 Hungary - Italy 2.5-1.5
16 Yugoslavia - Netherlands 2.5-1.5
17 Canada - Croatia 1.5-2.5
18 Argentina - Philippines 2.0-2.0
19 Kyrgyzstan - Poland 2.5-1.5
20 Colombia - Iceland 1.5-2.5
21 Austria - Russia 3 1.5-2.5
22 Turkmenistan - Albania 1.5-2.5
23 Mongolia - Bosnia Herzegovina 1.0-3.0
24 Macedonia - Portugal 3.0-1.0
25 Azerbaijan - Finland 1.0-3.0
26 Tajikistan - India 2.5-1.5
27 Vietnam - Bangladesh 1.5-2.5
28 Peru - Australia 1.5-2.5
29 Egypt - Belgium 3.0-1.0
30 Faroe Islands - Chile 0.5-3.5
31 Lebanon - Ireland 1.0-3.0
32 IBCA - Malaysia 4.0-0.0
33 South Africa - Mexico 0.0-4.0
34 Turkey - Malta 4.0-0.0
35 Venezuela - Yemen 2.0-2.0
36 Wales - Singapore 3.5.0.5
37 Scotland - United Arab Emirates 3.0-1.0
38 Iraq - Andorra 3.0-1.0
39 Qatar - Trinidad & Tobago 2.5-1.5
40 El Salvador - Luxembourg 1.0-3.0
41 Iran - Ecuador 2.5-1.5
42 Jamaica - Zimbabwe 2.0-2.0
43 Russia 4 - Angola 3.5.0.5
44 New Zealand - Libya 3.0-1.0
45 Uganda - Bolivia 1.0-3.0
46 Cyprus - Neth. Antilles 2.5-1.5
47 Nicaragua - Puerto Rico 1.5-2.5
48 Nigeria - Jersey 4.0-0.0
49 Japan - San Marino 2.0-2.0
50 Kenya - Macau 3.0-1.0
51 Botswana - Barbados 2.5-1.5
52 Namibia - Palestine 0.0-4.0
53 Afghanistan - Seychelles 2.0-2.0
54 US Virgin Islands - Mali 0.0-4.0
55 Honduras - Guernsey 2.5-1.5
Women's Round 7 results
1 Ukraine - China 0.0-3.0
2 Romania - Estonia 3.0-0.0
3 Georgia - Russia 1 1.0-2.0
4 England - Poland 0.0-3.0
5 Netherlands - Armenia 2.5-0.5
6 Latvia - Lithuania 1.0-2.0
7 Hungary - Cuba 1.0-2.0
8 Belarus - Vietnam 1.0-2.0
9 Russia 3 - Uzbekistan 1.5-1.5
10 Yugoslavia - Croatia 3.0-0.0
11 Greece - Russia 2 3.0-0.0
12 Czech Republic - Bosnia Herzegovina 2.5-0.5
13 USA - Israel 0.5-2.5
14 Germany - Mongolia 3.0-0.0
15 India - Spain 2.5-0.5
16 Kazakhstan - Moldova 1.5-1.5
17 Turkey - Slovakia 0.0-3.0
18 Austria - Finland 1.5-1.5
19 Azerbaijan - Turkmenistan 1.5-1.5
20 Venezuela - Bulgaria 0.0-3.0
21 Philippines - Bangladesh 1.5-1.5
22 Portugal - Italy 1.5-1.5
23 Brazil - France 0.5-2.5
24 Australia - Sweden 2.0-1.0
25 Switzerland - Scotland 1.5-1.5
26 IBCA - Argentina 0.5-2.5
27 Mexico - Colombia 2.0-1.0
28 Slovenia - South Africa 3.0-0.0
29 Nigeria - Macedonia 0.0-3.0
30 New Zealand - Wales 0.0-3.0
31 Puerto Rico - El Salvador 1.5-1.5
32 Iraq - Botswana 3.0-0.0
33 Iran - Lebanon 3.0-0.0
34 Un. Arab Emirates - Ireland 3.0-0.0
35 Angola - US Virgin Islands 2.0-1.0
36 Macau - Japan 1.0-2.0
The USA led by half a point from Russia's first team. Bulgaria. France, England and Russia II were a further half point behind. China were 3.5 points clear in the women's Olympiad and looked almost certain to take gold.
Round 8 results (Men)
1 Bulgaria - USA 2.0-2.0
2 Belarus - Russia 1 1.0-3.0
3 England - Ukraine 2.5-1.5
4 Armenia - Russia 2 1.5-2.5
5 France - China 2.5-1.5
6 Germany - Sweden 2.5-1.5
7 Romania - Israel 2.0-2.0
8 Estonia - Uzbekistan 2.0-2.0
9 Moldova - Czech Republic 0.5-3.5
10 Cuba - Hungary 2.5-1.5
11 Croatia - Georgia 2.0-2.0
12 Spain - Yugoslavia 2.5-1.5
13 Kazakhstan - Greece 2.0-2.0
14 Iceland - Argentina 2.5-1.5
15 Latvia - Russia 3 1.5-2.5
16 Philippines - Macedonia 3.5-0.5
17 Finland - Kyrgyzstan 1.5-2.5
18 Bosnia Herzegovina - Canada 2.5-1.5
19 Chile - Lithuania 0.5-3.5
20 Slovenia - Mexico 3.0-1.0
21 Egypt - Switzerland 0.5-3.5
22 Albania - Italy 2.0-2.0
23 Netherlands - Tajikistan 3.0-1.0
24 Ireland - Poland 2.5-1.5
25 Colombia - Turkey 3.5-0.5
26 Austria - Turkmenistan 2.0-2.0
27 Australia - Bangladesh 2.0-2.0
28 Wales - Brazil 1.0-3.0
29 Iran - Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5
30 Peru - Vietnam 1.5-2.5
31 Portugal - Mongolia 2.0-2.0
32 India - IBCA 2.5-1.5
33 Belgium - Iraq 3.0-1.0
34 Ecuador - Russia 4 3.5-0.5
35 Yemen - Scotland 2.0-2.0
36 Luxembourg - Lebanon 3.0-1.0
37 Qatar - Venezuela 2.5-1.5
38 Bolivia - New Zealand 0.0-4.0
39 Faroe Islands - Nigeria 4.0-0.0
40 Zimbabwe - Trinidad & Tobago 2.5-1.5
41 Jamaica - Cyprus 1.0-3.0
42 Palestine - South Africa 0.5-3.5
43 United Arab Emirates - Andorra 1.0-3.0
44 Singapore - Puerto Rico 1.0-3.0
45 El Salvador - Malta 2.5-1.5
46 Japan - Kenya 1.5-2.5
47 Uganda - Neth. Antilles 2.5-1.5
48 Mali - Angola 0.0-4.0
49 Libya - Botswana 2.0-2.0
50 San Marino - Nicaragua 2.0-2.0
51 Malaysia - Afghanistan 4.0-0.0
52 Macau - Honduras 2.0-2.0
53 Seychelles - Barbados 2.0-2.0
54 Guernsey - Jersey 2.0-2.0
55 US Virgin Islands - Namibia 0.0-4.0
Round 8 results (women)
1 China - Poland 2.5-0.5
2 Romania - Netherlands 1.0-2.0
3 Russia 1 - Lithuania 2.0-1.0
4 Yugoslavia - Greece 1.5-1.5
5 Georgia - Czech Republic 2.5-0.5
6 Ukraine - Germany 2.0-1.0
7 Vietnam - Cuba 0.5-2.5
8 Estonia - India 3.0-0.0
9 Slovakia - Russia 3 1.5-1.5
10 Uzbekistan - Latvia 2.5-0.5
11 Hungary - Israel 2.0-1.0
12 Bulgaria - Armenia 1.5-1.5
13 Belarus - England 2.0-1.0
14 Finland - Moldova 1.0-2.0
15 Bosnia Herzegovina - Kazakhstan 1.0-2.0
16 Argentina - Russia 2 0.5-2.5
17 Spain - Macedonia 0.5-2.5
18 France - USA 0.0-3.0
19 Turkmenistan - Austria 1.5-1.5
20 Azerbaijan - Slovenia 3.0-0.0
21 Croatia - Bangladesh 2.5-0.5
22 Wales - Mongolia 0.5-2.5
23 Portugal - Mexico 1.5-1.5
24 Italy - Australia 0.5-2.5
25 Iraq - Philippines 1.0-2.0
26 Sweden - IBCA 2.5-0.5
27 Switzerland - Iran 1.0-2.0
28 Scotland - Turkey 2.0-1.0
29 El Salvador - Venezuela 0.0-3.0
30 Puerto Rico - Brazil 0.0-3.0
31 Colombia - Un. Arab Emirates 3.0-0.0
32 South Africa - Nigeria 1.0-2.0
33 New Zealand - Angola 2.5-0.5
34 Japan - US Virgin Islands 2.0-1.0
35 Botswana - Lebanon 2.5-0.5
36 Ireland - Macau 3.0-0.0
The USA on 24.5 points led by half a point from Russia's first and second teams the Ukraine were on 23.5 and Bulgaria, France, England, Hungary, Romania, Armenia and Germany were a further half point behind. China was 3.0 points clear from Georgia in the women's Olympiad (who they play in round 9).
Round 9 results (men)
1 USA - France 2.5-1.5
2 Russia 1 - England 2.5-1.5
3 Russia 2 - Bulgaria 3.0-1.0
4 Czech Republic - Ukraine 1.0-3.0
5 China - Germany 1.5-2.5
6 Armenia - Belarus 2.5-1.5
7 Uzbekistan - Israel 2.0-2.0
8 Romania - Philippines 3.0-1.0
9 Switzerland - Estonia 2.0-2.0
10 Sweden - Spain 2.5-1.5
11 Lithuania - Cuba 1.0-3.0
12 Netherlands - Croatia 3.5-0.5
13 Georgia - Iceland 2.5-1.5
14 Greece - Bosnia Herzegovina 1.0-3.0
15 Russia 3 - Hungary 0.0-4.0
16 Kyrgyzstan - Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5
17 Slovenia - Colombia 2.0-2.0
18 Yugoslavia - Ireland 3.0-1.0
19 Argentina - Albania 2.5-1.5
20 Brazil - Latvia 2.0-2.0
21 Finland - Moldova 0.5-3.5
22 Italy - Australia 3.0-1.0
23 Canada - Ecuador 4.0-0.0
24 Bangladesh - Turkmenistan 2.5-1.5
25 Vietnam - Austria 2.5-1.5
26 Poland - New Zealand 4.0-0.0
27 Macedonia - Faroe Islands 3.0-1.0
28 India - Iran 2.5-1.5
29 Mexico - Belgium 3.0-1.0
30 Portugal - Egypt 1.5-2.5
31 Tajikistan - Chile 1.5-2.5
32 Turkey - IBCA 2.0-2.0
33 Azerbaijan - Qatar 2.5-1.5
34 Mongolia - Luxembourg 1.5-2.5
35 Scotland - Wales 1.0-3.0
36 South Africa - Peru 1.0-3.0
37 Angola - Yemen 2.0-2.0
38 Andorra - Venezuela 0.0-4.0
39 Puerto Rico - Iraq 0.5-3.5
40 Cyprus - Zimbabwe 1.5-2.5
41 Russia 4 - Malaysia 3.0-1.0
42 Lebanon - El Salvador 0.5-3.5
43 Trinidad & Tobago - Kenya 2.5-1.5
44 Jamaica - Uganda 2.5-1.5
45 Nigeria - Botswana 4.0-0.0
46 Singapore - Bolivia 2.5-1.5
47 Malta - Libya 0.5-3.5
48 Nicaragua - United Arab Emirates 0.5-3.5
49 Neth. Antilles - Japan 0.5-3.5
50 San Marino - Palestine 2.0-2.0
51 Honduras - Namibia 1.0-3.0
52 Barbados - Macau 2.5-1.5
53 Jersey - Seychelles 2.5-1.5
54 Mali - Guernsey 2.0-2.0
55 Afghanistan - US Virgin Islands 4.0-0.0
Round 9 results (women)
1 Netherlands - China 1.0-2.0
2 Russia 1 - Romania 2.0-1.0
3 Estonia - Georgia 0.0-3.0
4 Cuba - Ukraine 0.5-2.5
5 Poland - Yugoslavia 1.0-2.0
6 Greece - Uzbekistan 2.5-0.5
7 Lithuania - Slovakia 1.0-2.0
8 Russia 3 - Hungary 0.5-2.5
9 Germany - Belarus 2.5-0.5
10 Israel - Bulgaria 0.5-2.5
11 USA - Vietnam 2.0-1.0
12 Moldova - Czech Republic 3.0-0.0
13 Armenia - Azerbaijan 2.0-1.0
14 Kazakhstan - Croatia 0.5-2.5
15 Macedonia - Latvia 0.5-2.5
16 Russia 2 - Australia 2.5-0.5
17 Mongolia - England 0.0-3.0
18 India - Austria 1.0-2.0
19 Bosnia Herzegovina - Finland 2.0-1.0
20 Philippines - Turkmenistan 1.5-1.5
21 Venezuela - Scotland 0.0-3.0
22 Sweden - Colombia 2.0-1.0
23 Mexico - Brazil 2.0-1.0
24 Argentina - Portugal 2.0-1.0
25 Iran - Spain 0.0-3.0
26 IBCA - Puerto Rico 3.0-0.0
27 Slovenia - Iraq 2.5-0.5
28 Italy - Switzerland 0.5-2.5
29 Bangladesh - Turkey 2.5-0.5
30 Nigeria - New Zealand 1.5-1.5
31 France - Wales 2.5-0.5
32 Un. Arab Emirates - Botswana 3.0-0.0
33 US Virgin Islands - El Salvador 1.0-2.0
34 Macau - South Africa 0.0-3.0
35 Japan - Ireland 0.5-2.5
36 Lebanon - Angola 1.0-2.0
Russia took the lead after a 3-1 beating of the Ukraine. The US were held by Russia II. Russia II were 3rd and England, 4th. In the women's event China's lead was cut to two points but this still was a substantial lead. They lost to Georgia 2-1 in round 10.
Round 10 results (men)
1 Russia 2 - USA 2.0-2.0
2 Ukraine - Russia 1 1.0-3.0
3 England - France 3.0-1.0
4 Hungary - Bulgaria 1.5-2.5
5 Germany - Romania 2.0-2.0
6 Cuba - Armenia 1.5-2.5
7 Israel - Netherlands 1.0-3.0
8 Estonia - Bosnia Herzegovina 1.5-2.5
9 China - Czech Republic 2.5-1.5
10 Uzbekistan - Sweden 1.5-2.5
11 Canada - Georgia 1.0-3.0
12 Moldova - Yugoslavia 1.5-2.5
13 Belarus - Kyrgyzstan 2.0-2.0
14 Italy - Switzerland 2.5-1.5
15 Spain - Colombia 2.5-1.5
16 Poland - Slovenia 4.0-0.0
17 Philippines - Lithuania 3.0-1.0
18 Iceland - Kazakhstan 2.0-2.0
19 Macedonia - Argentina 1.0-3.0
20 Latvia - Bangladesh 4.0-0.0
21 Mexico - Greece 1.0-3.0
22 Brazil - India 2.0-2.0
23 Croatia - Vietnam 3.0-1.0
24 Chile - Albania 2.0-2.0
25 Luxembourg - Russia 3 1.5-2.5
26 Turkmenistan - Egypt 2.5-1.5
27 Ireland - Peru 2.0-2.0
28 Austria - Wales 4.0-0.0
29 Venezuela - Azerbaijan 0.0-4.0
30 Iraq - Finland 0.5-3.5
31 Australia - Iran 2.0-2.0
32 IBCA - Tajikistan 2.0-2.0
33 Faroe Islands - Portugal 3.5-0.5
34 Mongolia - Turkey 2.0-2.0
35 Belgium - Zimbabwe 4.0-0.0
36 Ecuador - Qatar 2.5-1.5
37 Yemen - El Salvador 2.5-1.5
38 Nigeria - Russia 4 2.5-1.5
39 New Zealand - Angola 2.5-1.5
40 Scotland - Cyprus 4.0-0.0
41 Libya - South Africa 0.5-3.5
42 United Arab Emirates - Trinidad & Tobago 3.0-1.0
43 Japan - Jamaica 2.0-2.0
44 Kenya - Puerto Rico 0.5-3.5
45 Malaysia - Singapore 2.0-2.0
46 Namibia - Andorra 1.5-2.5
47 Uganda - Lebanon 0.5-3.5
48 Bolivia - San Marino 4.0-0.0
49 Palestine - Barbados 2.0-2.0
50 Malta - Afghanistan 3.5-0.5
51 Macau - Jersey 2.0-2.0
52 Botswana - Seychelles 3.0-1.0
53 Neth. Antilles - Mali 2.0-2.0
54 Guernsey - Nicaragua 1.0-3.0
55 US Virgin Islands - Honduras 0.0-4.0
Round 10 results (women)
1 China - Georgia 1.0-2.0
2 Greece - Russia 1 0.0-3.0
3 Ukraine - Romania 1.5-1.5
4 Yugoslavia - Netherlands 2.0-1.0
5 Moldova - Germany 2.0-1.0
6 Slovakia - Hungary 1.0-2.0
7 Bulgaria - Poland 1.0-2.0
8 England - Cuba 1.0-2.0
9 Lithuania - Russia 2 1.5-1.5
10 Armenia - USA 1.5-1.5
11 Uzbekistan - Estonia 2.5-0.5
12 Latvia - Croatia 2.5-0.5
13 Scotland - Vietnam 0.0-3.0
14 Azerbaijan - Russia 3 1.0-2.0
15 Spain - Belarus 2.5-0.5
16 Austria - Israel 0.0-3.0
17 India - Bosnia Herzegovina 2.5-0.5
18 Czech Republic - Philippines 3.0-0.0
19 Mexico - Kazakhstan 0.5-2.5
20 Turkmenistan - Sweden 1.0-2.0
21 Australia - Macedonia 1.0-2.0
22 Slovenia - France 2.0-1.0
23 Bangladesh - Argentina 1.5-1.5
24 Finland - Switzerland 2.0-1.0
25 Colombia - Mongolia 0.5-2.5
26 IBCA - Venezuela 3.0-0.0
27 Brazil - Portugal 2.5- .5
28 South Africa - Un. Arab Emirates 1.5-1.5
29 Iraq - Iran 0.0-3.0
30 New Zealand - Italy 0.5-2.5
31 Wales - Nigeria 2.0-1.0
32 Turkey - El Salvador 2.0-1.0
33 Ireland - Lebanon 3.0-0.0
34 Angola - Japan 2.0-1.0
35 Botswana - Macau 3.0-0.0
36 US Virgin Islands - Puerto Rico 1.0-2.0
The US after beating England 3-1 took a half point lead again from Russia I, Russia II were a further half point behind.
Round 11 results (men)
1 Russia 1 - Armenia 2.0-2.0
2 USA - England 3.0-1.0
3 Netherlands - Russia 2 1.5-2.5
4 Bulgaria - Germany 1.5-2.5
5 Romania - Poland 3.0-1.0
6 Bosnia Herzegovina - Ukraine 0.5-3.5
7 Georgia - Sweden 2.0-2.0
8 Hungary - China 1.5-2.5
9 France - Philippines 2.0-2.0
10 Yugoslavia - Cuba 1.5-2.5
11 Estonia - Latvia 1.5-2.5
12 Kyrgyzstan - Spain 1.5-2.5
13 Czech Republic - Uzbekistan 2.0-2.0
14 Belarus - Italy 2.0-2.0
15 Switzerland - Argentina 3.0-1.0
16 Israel - Austria 3.0-1.0
17 Greece - Moldova 3.5- .5
18 Colombia - Croatia 1.0-3.0
19 Kazakhstan - Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5
20 Iceland - Canada 2.0-2.0
21 Finland - Belgium 2.0-2.0
22 Albania - Brazil 3.0-1.0
23 Lithuania - Faroe Islands 4.0-0.0
24 Russia 3 - Turkmenistan 2.5-1.5
25 Peru - India 1.0-3.0
26 Slovenia - Scotland 3.0-1.0
27 Chile - Macedonia 0.5-3.5
28 Ireland - Mexico 1.5-2.5
29 Egypt - Vietnam 2.5-1.5
30 Iran - Luxembourg 1.5-2.5
31 Bangladesh - Ecuador 3.0-1.0
32 IBCA - Australia 1.5-2.5
33 Tajikistan - Yemen 2.5-1.5
34 South Africa - Mongolia 1.5-2.5
35 Turkey - Nigeria 3.0-1.0
36 New Zealand - United Arab Emirates 1.5-2.5
37 Puerto Rico - Venezuela 1.5-2.5
38 El Salvador - Iraq 1.5-2.5
39 Wales - Russia 4 3.0-1.0
40 Qatar - Angola 1.5-2.5
41 Lebanon - Bolivia 1.5-2.5
42 Portugal - Japan 2.5-1.5
43 Andorra - Jamaica 2.5-1.5
44 Trinidad & Tobago - Singapore 2.5-1.5
45 Zimbabwe - Malta 2.5-1.5
46 Libya - Malaysia 0.5-3.5
47 Cyprus - Namibia 1.5-2.5
48 Honduras - Palestine 3.0-1.0
49 Nicaragua - Botswana 3.0-1.0
50 Barbados - Kenya 1.0-3.0
51 Jersey - Uganda 1.5-2.5
52 Macau - Neth. Antilles 2.5-1.5
53 Afghanistan - Mali 2.0-2.0
54 San Marino - US Virgin Islands 4.0-0.0
55 Seychelles - Guernsey 1.5-2.5
Round 11 results (women)
1 Russia 1 - China 1.5-1.5
2 Georgia - Romania 2.0-1.0
3 Yugoslavia - Ukraine 1.5-1.5
4 Hungary - Moldova 2.5- .5
5 Poland - Uzbekistan 2.0-1.0
6 Cuba - Netherlands 0.5-2.5
7 Latvia - Greece 2.0-1.0
8 Vietnam - Germany 1.0-2.0
9 Bulgaria - Lithuania 3.0-0.0
10 Israel - Russia 2 2.0-1.0
11 Slovakia - Armenia 1.5-1.5
12 USA - Czech Republic 1.5-1.5
13 Russia 3 - Spain 2.5-0.5
14 Estonia - England 2.0-1.0
15 Croatia - India 1.0-2.0
16 Macedonia - Kazakhstan 1.0-2.0
17 Sweden - Finland 1.0-2.0
18 Philippines - Italy 2.0-1.0
19 Belarus - Brazil 2.0-1.0
20 Mongolia - Slovenia 0.5-2.5
21 Bosnia Herzegovina - Scotland 2.0-1.0
22 Argentina - Turkmenistan 1.5-1.5
23 France - Bangladesh 2.0-1.0
24 Austria - Mexico 3.0-0.0
25 Iran - Australia 2.0-1.0
26 Azerbaijan - IBCA 2.5-0.5
27 Switzerland - Colombia 1.5-1.5
28 Portugal - Ireland 3.0-0.0
29 South Africa - Wales 2.5-0.5
30 Un. Arab Emirates - Turkey 0.5-2.5
31 Nigeria - Botswana 2.0-1.0
32 Venezuela - Angola 3.0-0.0
33 El Salvador - Japan 2.5-0.5
34 Lebanon - New Zealand 1.0-2.0
35 Iraq - US Virgin Islands 2.5-0.5
36 Puerto Rico - Macau 3.0-0.0
Round 12 Top pairings
The USA led Russia by half a point going into the final round. Both
teams won 3-1 in round 12 and set up a grand finale.
USA-Rumania 3-1
Marin-Seirawan 1/2
Shabalov-Istratescu 1-0
Ionescu-DeFirmian 1/2
Gulko-Nisipeanu 1-0
Russia II - Ukraine 2-2
Ivanchuk-Dreev 1/2
Filippov-Onischuk 1/2
Savchenko-Volkov 1/2
Kobalija-Ponomariov 1/2
Russia I-Germany 3-1
Jussupow-Svidler 1/2
Bareev-Dautov 1/2
Lutz-Morozevich 0-1
Zvjaginsew-Huebner 1-0
Armenia - England 2-2
Vaganian-Short 1/2
Sadler-Lputian 0-1
Akopian-Speelman 1/2
Miles-Anastasian 1-0
Netherlands-Bulgaria 3.5-0.5
Topalov-Timman 0-1
Van Wely-Georgiev 1-0
Chatalbashev-Piket 0-1
Van den Doel-Popchev 1/2
Results round 12 (men) 1 USA - Romania 3.0-1.0 2 Germany - Russia 1 1.0-3.0 3 Ukraine - Russia 2 2.0-2.0 4 Armenia - England 2.0-2.0 5 Bulgaria - Netherlands 0.5-3.5 6 China - Greece 3.0-1.0 7 Latvia - Georgia 2.5-1.5 8 Sweden - Cuba 1.5-2.5 9 Switzerland - Israel 0.5-3.5 10 Philippines - Hungary 1.5-2.5 11 Poland - France 3.0-1.0 12 Spain - Lithuania 2.0-2.0 13 Italy - Czech Republic 1.5-2.5 14 Uzbekistan - Yugoslavia 2.0-2.0 15 Croatia - Belarus 2.0-2.0 16 Kyrgyzstan - Bosnia Herzegovina 2.0-2.0 17 Azerbaijan - Estonia 3.0-1.0 18 Argentina - Canada 3.5-0.5 19 Macedonia - Albania 2.0-2.0 20 India - Iceland 2.5-1.5 21 Belgium - Kazakhstan 0.5-3.5 22 Austria - Slovenia 1.0-3.0 23 Russia 3 - Finland 3.0-1.0 24 Moldova - Mexico 2.5-1.5 25 Egypt - Colombia 2.5-1.5 26 Brazil - Turkey 2.5-1.5 27 Turkmenistan - Australia 2.0-2.0 28 Luxembourg - Bangladesh 1.5-2.5 29 Mongolia - Ireland 3.0-1.0 30 Tajikistan - Iran 3.5-0.5 31 Vietnam - United Arab Emirates 3.5-0.5 32 Iraq - IBCA 0.5-3.5 33 Venezuela - Scotland 2.5-1.5 34 Yemen - Chile 0.5-3.5 35 Faroe Islands - South Africa 2.0-2.0 36 Peru - Wales 3.0-1.0 37 Bolivia - Portugal 2.0-2.0 38 Malaysia - New Zealand 1.5-2.5 39 Angola - Ecuador 2.0-2.0 40 El Salvador - Nigeria 0.0-4.0 41 Puerto Rico - Qatar 3.0-1.0 42 Zimbabwe - Andorra 2.0-2.0 43 Russia 4 - Trinidad & Tobago 2.0-2.0 44 Japan - Lebanon 1.5-2.5 45 Jamaica - Honduras 2.5-1.5 46 Singapore - Nicaragua 2.5-1.5 47 Kenya - Namibia 4.0-0.0 48 Malta - San Marino 1.5-2.5 49 Uganda - Cyprus 1.0-3.0 50 Palestine - Macau 2.5-1.5 51 Jersey - Libya 0.5-3.5 52 Mali - Botswana 2.0-2.0 53 US Virgin Islands - Barbados 0.5-3.5 54 Seychelles - Neth. Antilles 3.0-1.0 55 Guernsey - Afghanistan 1.0-3.0 Results round 12 (women) 1 China - Hungary 3.0-0.0 2 Ukraine - Georgia 1.0-2.0 3 Netherlands - Russia 1 1.0-2.0 4 Latvia - Yugoslavia 1.5-1.5 5 Romania - Bulgaria 1.0-2.0 6 Germany - Poland 1.0-2.0 7 Israel - Russia 3 2.0-1.0 8 Uzbekistan - Moldova 1.5-1.5 9 Cuba - USA 1.0-2.0 10 Armenia - Vietnam 1.0-2.0 11 Greece - Slovakia 2.5-0.5 12 Russia 2 - Estonia 1.0-2.0 13 Czech Republic - Azerbaijan 1.0-2.0 14 Kazakhstan - India 1.0-2.0 15 England - Finland 3.0-0.0 16 Lithuania - Slovenia 0.5-2.5 17 Croatia - Belarus 1.0-2.0 18 Spain - Austria 1.5-1.5 19 Macedonia - Sweden 2.5-0.5 20 Brazil - Bosnia Herzegovina 1.5-1.5 21 Portugal - France 1.0-2.0 22 Iran - Turkmenistan 2.0-1.0 23 Scotland - Argentina 0.5-2.5 24 Turkey - Mongolia 1.0-2.0 25 Bangladesh - South Africa 2.5-0.5 26 IBCA - Philippines 2.0-1.0 27 Australia - Switzerland 2.0-1.0 28 Colombia - Venezuela 2.5-0.5 29 Italy - El Salvador 2.5-0.5 30 Mexico - Nigeria 2.0-1.0 31 Puerto Rico - Un. Arab Emirates 1.0-2.0 32 Japan - New Zealand 1.0-2.0 33 Lebanon - Iraq 0.5-2.5 34 Macau - Wales 0.0-3.0 35 Angola - Ireland 0.5-2.5 36 Botswana - US Virgin Islands 2.5-0.5
The final round saw the Russians destroy the Dutch 3.5-05 and take gold above the USA who had led much of the way. The American's, not helped by an inferior tie-break drew 2-2 with China. It was an exciting round where early on it was clear that Russia were favourites to take gold by looking at the positions on the board. In a mighty struggle Peter Svidler beat Jan Timman. Timman was obviously doing his best to help the Americans but brilliant middlegame play in an inferior position by Svidler took the position towards a draw. Timman eventually cracked leaving his bishop en-prise and he had to resign. The Ukraine took bronze just above the Israeli's on tie-break. Israel had a fantastic result in the final round. The women's Olympiad was won by China above Russia 1 and Georgia. The source of the final round results is http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html and the final standings from the bulletin come from Europe Echecs http://www.europechecs.com (typed in by Eric Prie)
Top pairings
1 USA (32.5) - China (29.5) 2-2
Yermolinsky, Alex - Peng, Xiaomin 1/2
Ye, Jiangchuan - Seirawan, Yasser 0-1
DeFirmian, Nick E - Zhang, Zhong 1/2
Wu, Wenjin - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1-0
2 Russia 1 (32.0) - Netherlands (30.0) 3.5-0.5
Svidler, Peter - Timman, Jan H 1-0
Van Wely, Loek - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Piket, Jeroen 1-0
Nijboer, Friso - Sakaev, Konstantin 1/2
3 Russia 2 (30.5) - Israel (29.0) 0.5-3.5
Dreev, Alexey - Alterman, Boris 0-1
Smirin, Ilia - Filippov, Valerij 1-0
Volkov, Sergey - Psakhis, Lev 1/2
Avrukh, Boris - Shariyazdanov, Andrey 1-0
4 Armenia (29.0) - Ukraine (29.5) 1.0-3.0
Lputian, Smbat G - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1
Onischuk, Alexander - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0
Minasian, Artashes - Savchenko, Stanislav 1-0
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anastasian, Ashot 1-0
5 England (28.5) - Poland (28.5) 2-2
Short, Nigel D. - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Sadler, Matthew 1/2
Speelman, Jonathan S. - Markowski, Tomasz 1/2
Urban, Klaudiusz - Hebden, Mark 1/2
Men's results final round
1 Russia 1 RUS - Netherlands NED - 3½ - ½
2 U.S.A. USA - China CHN - 2 - 2
3 Ukraine UKR - Armenia ARM - 3 - 1
4 Israel ISR - Russia 2 RUS - 3½ - ½
5 Germany GER - Cuba CUB - 3½ - ½
6 Georgia GEO - Azerbaijan AZE - 4 - 0
7 Hungary HUN - Argentina ARG - 3 - 1
8 Romania ROM - Latvia LAT - 2 - 2
9 England ENG - Poland POL - 2 - 2
10 Belarus BLR - Spain ESP - 3 - 1
11 Bulgaria BUL - Greece GRE - 3 - 1
12 Yugoslavia YUG - Philippines PHI - 3 - 1
13 Kazakhstan KAZ - Italy ITA - 3 - 1
14 Czech Republic CZE - Sweden SWE - 2 - 2
15 Lithuania LTU - Uzbekistan UZE - 2½ - 1½
16 Slovenia SLO - Kyrgyzstan KGZ - 3 - 1
17 Croatia CRO - FYROM FRM - 2½ - 1½
18 France FRA - India IND - 2 - 2
19 Bosnia Herzegovina BIH - Russia 3 RUS - 2 - 2
20 Switzerland SUI - Albania ALB - 2½ - 1½
21 Mexico MEX - Turkmenistan TKM - 4 - 0
22 Moldova MDA - Iceland ISL - 2½ - 1½
23 Egypt EGY - Australia AUS - 3 - 1
24 Estonia EST - Tajikistan TJK - 2 - 2
25 Canada CAN - Peru PER - 3 - 1
26 Finland FIN - Turkey TUR - 3 - 1
27 Brazil BRA - Vietnam VIE - 2½ - 1½
28 Mongolia MGL - Bangladesh BAN - 2½ - 1½
29 Austria AUT - Chile CHI - 2½ - 1½
30 IBCA IBS - Colombia COL - 2½ - 1½
31 Belgium BEL - Nigeria NGR - 2½ - 1½
32 New Zealand NZL - South Africa RSA - 3½ - ½
33 Ireland IRL - Puerto Rico PUR - 3 - 1
34 Iran IRI - Lebanon LIB - 4 - 0
35 Angola ANG - Bolivia BOL - 3½ - ½
36 Venezuela VEN - Luxembourg LUX - 2 - 2
37 Scotland SCO - Faroe Islands FAI - 2½ - 1½
38 Portugal POR - Kenya KEN - 3 - 1
39 Wales WLS - Ecuador ECU - 3 - 1
40 Iraq IRQ - Trinidad & Tobago TRI - 3 - 1
41 Malaysia MAS - United Arab Emirates UAE - 2 - 2
42 Andorra AND - Yemen YEM - 2½ - 1½
43 Jamaica JAM - Qatar QAT - 2½ - 1½
44 Zimbabwe ZIM - Russia 4 RUS - 2 - 2
45 Libya LBA - San Marino SMR - 2½ - 1½
46 Cyprus CYP - Honduras HON - 2½ - 1½
47 Singapore SIN - Japan JPN - 2 - 2
48 El Salvador ESA - Barbados BAR - 2½ - 1½
49 Uganda UGA - Seychelles SEY - 4 - 0
50 Palestine PLE - Nicaragua NCA - 2½ - 1½
51 Macau MAC - Malta MLT - 3 - 1
52 Botswana BOT - Afghanistan AFG - 2½ - 1½
53 Namibia NAM - Mali MLI - 2 - 2
54 Jersey JCI - US Virgin Islands ISV - 3 - 1
55 Neth. Antilles AHO - Guernsey GCI - 2 - 2
Women's results (final round)
1 China CHN - Bulgaria BUL - 1½ - 1½
2 Russia 1 RUS - Poland POL - 2½ - ½
3 Georgia GEO - Yugoslavia YUG - 2 - 1
4 Netherlands NED - Ukraine UKR - 2 - 1
5 Romania ROM - Israel ISR - 2 - 1
6 Hungary HUN - Latvia LAT - 2 - 1
7 U.S.A. USA - Uzbekistan UZB - 2½ - ½
8 Slovenia SLO - Russia 3 RUS - 3 - 0
9 Vietnam VIE - Greece GRE - 2 - 1
10 India IND - Azerbaijan AZE - 2½ - 1½
11 Germany GER - England ENG - 1½ - 1½
12 Estonia EST - Moldova MDA - 2 - 1
13 Armenia ARM - Cuba CUB - 2 - 1
14 Kazakhstan KAZ - Slovakia SVK - 2½ - ½
15 Czech Republic CZE - FYROM FRM - 2 - 1
16 Russia 2 RUS - Belarus BLR - 2 - 1
17 France FRA - Iran IRI - 3 - 0
18 Croatia CRO - Austria AUT - 2½ - ½
19 Argentina ARG - Spain ESP - 2 - 1
20 Finland FIN - Brazil BRA - 2½ - ½
21 Sweden SWE - Italy ITA - 3 - 0
22 Lithuania LTU - IBCA IBS - 2 - 1
23 Bosnia Herzegovina BIH -Bangladesh BAN - 1½ - 1½
24 Turkmenistan TKM - Colombia COL - 2½ - ½
25 Turkey TUR - Wales WLS - 3 - 0
26 Mongolia MGL - Australia AUS - 1½ - ½
27 Mexico MEX - New Zealand NZL - 3 - 0
28 Philippines PHI - Portugal POR - 2 - 1
29 Un. Arab Emirates UAE - Lebanon LIB - 3 - 0
30 Ireland IRL - Botswana BOT - 3 - 0
31 Venezuela VEN - US Virgin Islands ISV - 3 - 0
32 Switzerland SUI - South Africa RSA - 2 - 1
33 Iraq IRQ - Scotland SCO - 2 - 1
34 El Salvador ESA - Macau MAC - 3 - 0
35 Nigeria NGR - Angola ANG - 2 - 1
36 Puerto Rico PUR - Japan JPN - 2 - 1
Final Standings (men) 1. Russia 1 35,5 2. U.S.A. 34,5 3. Ukraine 32,5 4. Israel 32,5 5. China 31,5 6. Germany 31,5 7. Georgia 31,5 8. Russia 2 31 9. Hungary 31 10. Rumania 30,5 11. England 30,5 12. Netherlands 30,5 13. Belarus 30,5 14. Latvia 30,5 15. Poland 30,5 16. Armenia 30 17. Bulgaria 30 18. Yugoslavia 30 19. Kazakhstan 30 20. Sweden 29,5 21. Czech Republic 29,5 22. Lithuania 29,5 23. Slovenia 29,5 24. Cuba 29 25. Croatia 29 26. France 28,5 27. Uzbekistan 28,5 28. Argentina 28,5 29. Spain 28,5 30. Bosnia 28,5 31. Switzerland 28,5 32. Russia 3 28,5 33. India 28,5 34. Mexico 28,5 35. Philippines 28 36. Greece 28 37. Moldavia 28 38. Egypt 28 39. Kirghizistan 27,5 40. Estonia 27,5 41. Italia 27,5 42. Canada 27,5 43. Azerbaïdjan 27,5 44. Finland 27,5 45. Albania 27,5 46. Macedoina 27,5 47. Tadjikistan 27,5 48. Brazil 27,5 49. Mongolia 27,5 50. Austria 27 51. Island 27 52. IBCA 27 53. Bangladesh 26,5 54. Belgium 26,5 55. Vietnam 26,5 56. New-Zealand 26,5 57. Colombia 26 58. Ireland 26 59. Iran 26 60. Luxembourg 26 61. Chile 26 62. Angola 26 63. Australia 25,5 64. Peru 25,5 65. Venezuela 25,5 66. Scotland 25,5 67. Portugal 25,5 68. Wales 25,5 69. Nigeria 25,5 70. Turkey 25 71. Turkmenistan 24,5 72. Feroe Islands 24,5 73. Iraq 24,5 74. Malaisia 24 75. U. A. E. 24 76. Puerto Rico 24 77. Andorra 24 78. Jamaica 24 79. Ecuador 23,5 80. South Africa 23,5 81. Zimbabwe 23,5 82. Russia 4 23,5 83. Kenya 23,5 84. Yemen 23 85. Bolivia 23 86. Libya 23 87. Cyprus 23 88. Singapore 23 89. Qatar 22,5 90. Tobago 22,5 91. Salvador 22,5 92. Japan 22,5 93. Uganda 22,5 94. Lebanon 22 95. Palestine 22 96. San Marino 22 97. Honduras 22 98. Nicaragua 21,5 99. Barbade 21,5 100. Macau 21,5 101. Botswana 21 102. Malta 20,5 103. Namibia 20,5 104. Mali 20,5 105. Jersey 20 106. Afghanistan 20 107. Neth. Antilles 19 108. Guernsey 18,5 109. Seychelles 18 110. Virgin Islands 3 Final Standings (woman) 1. China 29 2. Russia 1 27 3. Georgia 27 4. Netherlands 23,5 5. Bulgaria 23,5 6. Rumania 23 7. Yugoslavia 23 8. Hungary 23 9. Russia 3 23 10. U.S.A. 23 11. Poland 22,5 12. Ukraine 22,5 13. Latvia 22,5 14. Vietnam 22,5 15. India 22,5 16. Germany 22 17. Estonia 22 18. Israel 22 19. Greece 22 20. England 22 21. Armenia 21,5 22. Moldavia 21,5 23. Kazakhstan 21,5 24. Czech Rep. 21 25. Uzbekistan 21 26. Russia 2 21 27. France 21 28. Cuba 20,5 29. Croatia 20,5 30. Azerbaidjan 20,5 31. Argentina 20,5 32. Belarus 20 33. Finland 20 34. Macédonia 20 35. Sweden 20 36. Slovenia 20 37. Lithuania 19,5 38. Spain 19,5 39. Slovaquia 19,5 40. Bosnia 19,5 41. Bangladesh 19,5 42. Turkmenistan 19,5 43. Turkey 19,5 44. Austria 19 45. Mongolia 19 46. Mexico 19 47. Australia 18,5 48. Philippines 18,5 49. IBCA 18,5 50. U.A.E. 18,5 51. Ireland 18,5 52. Brazil 18 53. Switzerland 18 54. Venezuela 18 55. Portugal 18 56. Iran 18 57. Iraq 18 58. Colombia 17,5 59. Salvador 17,5 60. Scotland 17 61. Italia 17 62. South Africa 17 63. Nigeria 17 64. Wales 16,5 65. Puerto Rico 16,5 66. New-Zealand 15,5 67. Botswana 15 68. Angola 13 69. Japan 12 70. Virgin Islands 9,5 71. Lebanon 8,5 72. Macau 2,5
Board Medals (Source Ian Rogers typed in from the bulletin) Medal winners Open Olympiad Board 1 Gold Al Modiakhi (QAT) 7.5/8 Silver Mueller (NAM) 7.5/9 Bronze Azmaiparashvili (GEO) 8/10 Board 2 Aikhoje (NGR) 6.5/8 Lputian(ARM) 8/11 Aleksandrov(BLR) 8.5/12 Dervishi(ALB) 8.5/12 Board 3 Vera(CUB) 7/9 Srurua (GEO) 7.5/10 Grivas (GRE) 7.5/10 Board 4 Gadhi(YEM) 8.5 [There was some thought that this was actually an IM playing under an assumed name] Morozevich(RUS) 8/10 Aderito(ANG) 7/9 Board 5 Muir(SCO) 6/7 Kostenko(KAZ) 7.5/10 DeFirmian(USA) 6/8 Kaminski(POL) 6/8 Giacco(ARG) 6/8 Board 6 Avrukh(ISR) 8/10 Ponomariov(UKR) 7/9 Hillarp Persson(SWE) 7.5/10 Women's Olympiad Board 1 Ovezova(TKM) 10.5/13 Chiburdanidze(GEO) 9.5/12 Peng(NED) 9/12 Maric(YUG) 9/12 Board 2 Al Rufei (IRQ) 8/9 Kosteniuk(RUS) 10/13 Hunt(ENG) 9/12 Kovalevskaya(RUS) 9/12 Koskela(FIN) 9/12 Board 3 Shumiakina(RUS) 6.5/8 Cosma(ROM) 7/9 Sergeeva(KAZ) 8.5/11 Board 4 1. Stepovaja(RUS) 8/9 2. Wang(CHN) 8/9 3. Hussain(UAE) 7/8