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36th Chess Olympiad

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The 36th Chess Olympiad took place from October 14th to 31st, 2004, in Calvia (Majorca, Spain). In the men's tournament there were 129 teams, and in the women's, 87 teams, from 125 countries. The arbiter was IA Enrique Zaragoza.

35th Chess Olympiad (2002) was on Bled, Slovenia. Winners were Russia (men) and China (women).

The 2006 Chess Olympiad is due to be held in Turin, Italy and the 2008 Olympiad is due to be held in Dresden, Germany.

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Rules

The tournament was paired by the Swiss system over 14 rounds; men's matches were played over four boards and women's over three. The time control was all the moves in 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first move.

Participating countries

Bellow are listed chess federations that participate in tournament. Spain as host has three man team's; Spain A, Spain B and Spain C. There are also two international organizations:

  • International Braille Chess Association IBCA
  • International Physically Disabled Chess Association IPCA
  • Afghanistan AFGAlbania ALB
    Andorra AND
    Angola ANG
    Argentina ARG
    Armenia ARM
    Aruba ARU
    Australia AUS
    Austria AUT
    Azerbaijan AZE
    Bangladesh BAN
    Barbados BAR
    Belarus BLR
    Belgium BEL
    Bermuda BER
    Bolivia BOL
    Bosnia Herzegovina BIH
    Botswana BOT
    Brazil BRA
    British Virgin Islands IVB
    Bulgaria BUL
    Canada CAN
    Chile CHI
    China CHN
    Colombia COL
    Costa Rica CRC
    Croatia CRO
    Cuba CUB
    Cyprus CYP
    Czech Republic CZE
    Denmark DEN
    Dominican Republic DOM
    Ecuador ECU
    England ENG
    Estonia EST
    Faroe Islands FAI
    Fiji FIJ
    Finland FIN
    France FRA
    Georgia GEO
    Germany GER
    Greece GRE
    Guatemala GUA
    Guernsey GCI
    Honduras HON
    Hong Kong HKG
    Hungary HUN
    Iceland ISL
    India IND
    Indonesia INA
    Iran IRI
    Iraq IRQ
    Ireland IRL
    Israel ISR
    Italy ITA
    Jamaica JAM
    Japan JPN
    Jersey JCI
    Kazakhstan KAZ
    Kenya KEN
    Kyrgyzstan KGZ
    Latvia LAT
    Lebanon LIB
    Libya LBA
    Liechtenstein LIE
    Lithuania LTU
    Luxembourg LUX
    Macao MAC
    Malaysia MAS
    Malta MLT
    Mauritius MRI
    Mexico MEX
    Moldova MDA
    Monaco MNC
    Mongolia MGL
    Morocco MAR
    Namibia NAM
    Nepal NEP
    Netherlands Antilles AHO
    Netherlands NED
    New Zealand NZL
    Nicaragua NCA
    Nigeria NGR
    Norway NOR
    Pakistan PAK
    Palestine PLE
    Panama PAN
    Papua New Guinea PNG
    Paraguay PAR
    Peru PER
    Philippines PHI
    Poland POL
    Portugal POR
    Puerto Rico PUR
    Republic of Macedonia MKD
    Romania ROM
    Russia RUS
    Rwanda RWA
    San Marino SMR
    Scotland SCO
    Serbia Montenegro SCG
    Seychelles SEY
    Singapore SIN
    Slovakia SVK
    Slovenia SLO
    South Africa RSA
    Spain ESP
    Sri Lanka SRI
    Surinam SUR
    Sweden SWE
    Switzerland SUI
    Tajikistan TJK
    Thailand THA
    Trinidad and Tobago TRI
    Tunisia TUN
    Turkey TUR
    Uganda UGA
    Ukraine UKR
    United States USA
    Uruguay URU
    US Virgin Islands ISV
    Uzbekistan UZB
    Venezuela VEN
    Vietnam VIE
    Wales WLS

Final standings (after round 14)

Men

Rank Team Points

  1. Ukraine 39.5
  2. Russia 36.5
  3. Armenia 36.5
  4. United States 35.0
  5. Israel 34.5
  6. India 34.0
  7. Cuba 33.5
  8. Netherlands 33.0
  9. Bulgaria 32.5
  10. Spain A 32.5
  11. Greece 32.5
  12. Poland 32.0
  13. Switzerland 32.0
  14. Uzbekistan 32.0
  15. Serbia Montenegro 32.0
  16. Germany 32.0
  17. Slovenia 32.0
  18. Belarus 32.0
  19. Philippines 32.0
  20. Romania 32.0
  21. Georgia 31.5
  22. Azerbaijan 31.5
  23. France 31.5
  24. China 31.5
  25. Bosnia Herzegovina 31.5
  26. Kazakhstan 31.5
  27. Lithuania 31.5
  28. Denmark 31.5
  29. Czech Republic 31.0
  30. England 31.0
  31. Hungary 31.0
  32. Estonia 31.0
  33. Latvia 31.0
  34. Argentina 31.0
  35. Australia 31.0
  36. Moldova 30.5
  37. Slovakia 30.5
  38. Canada 30.5
  39. Norway 30.5
  40. Chile 30.5
  41. Bangladesh 30.5
  42. Macedonia 30.0
  43. Ireland 30.0
  44. Spain B 29.5
  45. Sweden 29.5
  46. Croatia 29.5
  47. Iceland 29.5
  48. Indonesia 29.5
  49. Finland 29.5
  50. Turkey 29.5
  51. Vietnam 29.0
  52. Scotland 29.0
  53. Iran 29.0
  54. Mexico 29.0
  55. South Africa 29.0
  56. Colombia 29.0
  57. IPCA 29.0
  58. Belgium 28.5
  59. Brazil 28.5
  60. Italy 28.5
  61. Tajikistan 28.5
  62. Austria 28.5
  63. Dominican Rep. 28.5
  64. Ecuador 28.5
  65. Bolivia 28.5
  66. Peru 28.5
  67. Singapore 28.0
  68. Andorra 28.0
  69. Pakistan 28.0
  70. Malaysia 28.0
  71. Mongolia 27.5
  72. Portugal 27.5
  73. Kyrgyzstan 27.5
  74. Albania 27.5
  75. Faroe Islands 27.5
  76. Morocco 27.5
  77. Venezuela 27.0
  78. Paraguay 27.0
  79. Costa Rica 27.0
  80. Tunisia 27.0
  81. Luxembourg 27.0
  82. Iraq 27.0
  83. Uruguay 26.5
  84. New Zealand 26.5
  85. Nicaragua 26.5
  86. Guatemala 26.5
  87. Japan 26.5
  88. Wales 26.0
  89. Lebanon 26.0
  90. Sri Lanka 26.0
  91. Thailand 26.0
  92. Honduras 26.0
  93. Puerto Rico 26.0
  94. Botswana 25.5
  95. Kenya 25.5
  96. IBCA 25.0
  97. Barbados 25.0
  98. Libya 25.0
  99. Angola 24.5
  100. Hongkong 24.5
  101. Palestine 24.5
  102. Jamaica 24.5
  103. Uganda 24.5
  104. Monaco 24.5
  105. Nepal 24.5
  106. Panama 24.0
  107. Namibia 24.0
  108. Cyprus 23.5
  109. Liechtenstein 23.5
  110. Mauritius 23.5
  111. San Marino 23.5
  112. Malta 23.5
  113. Macao 23.5
  114. Afghanistan 23.5
  115. Trinidad and Tobago 23.0
  116. Surinam 23.0
  117. British Virgin Islands 23.0
  118. Neth. Antilles 22.0
  119. Nigeria 22.0
  120. Jersey 21.5
  121. Fiji 21.5
  122. Guernsey 21.0
  123. Aruba 20.5
  124. Bermuda 18.5*
  125. Rwanda 17.0
  126. Papua New Guinea 15.5*
  127. US Virgin Islands 13.5
  128. Seychelles 11.5
  129. Spain C 27.0

* Papua New Guinea's Shaun Press and Bermuda's Bobby Miller both their scores cancelled after the end of the Olympiad by the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel for refusing to submit to doping control [1]. Before these decisions, Bermuda had 22.0 points, and Papua New Guinea had 23.0.

Women

Rank Team Points

  1. China 31.0
  2. United States 28.0
  3. Russia 27.5
  4. Georgia 27.5
  5. France 25.5
  6. Hungary 25.0
  7. Slovakia 25.0
  8. England 25.0
  9. India 24.5
  10. Poland 24.5
  11. Armenia 24.5
  12. Netherlands 24.5
  13. Lithuania 24.0
  14. Bulgaria 24.0
  15. Sweden 24.0
  16. Serbia Montenegro 24.0
  17. Germany 24.0
  18. Ukraine 23.5
  19. Slovenia 23.5
  20. Romania 23.5
  21. Vietnam 23.5
  22. Azerbaijan 23.0
  23. Latvia 23.0
  24. Cuba 23.0
  25. Israel 23.0
  26. Moldova 23.0
  27. Belarus 23.0
  28. Czech Rep. 22.5
  29. Greece 22.5
  30. Argentina 22.5
  31. Switzerland 22.5
  32. Uzbekistan 22.5
  33. Kazakhstan 22.0
  34. Iran 22.0
  35. Mongolia 22.0
  36. Estonia 22.0
  37. Colombia 21.5
  38. Norway 21.5
  39. Croatia 21.5
  40. Malaysia 21.5
  41. Canada 21.5
  42. Finland 21.0
  43. Spain A 21.0
  44. Spain B 21.0
  45. Bosnia Herzegovina 21.0
  46. Italy 21.0
  47. Australia 20.5
  48. Philippines 20.5
  49. Portugal 20.5
  50. Venezuela 20.5
  51. Iceland 20.5
  52. Wales 20.5
  53. Turkey 20.5
  54. Brazil 20.5
  55. Austria 20.0
  56. Macedonia 20.0
  57. Mexico 20.0
  58. Kyrgyzstan 20.0
  59. Indonesia 20.0
  60. Guatemala 20.0
  61. Peru 20.0
  62. Albania 20.0
  63. Ecuador 19.5
  64. Denmark 19.5
  65. Lebanon 19.5
  66. IPCA 19.5
  67. Iraq 19.5
  68. South Africa 19.0
  69. Bangladesh 19.0
  70. Tajikistan 19.0
  71. Bolivia 19.0
  72. Costa Rica 19.0
  73. Botswana 19.0
  74. Luxembourg 18.5
  75. IBCA 18.5
  76. Puerto Rico 18.5
  77. Dominican Rep. 18.0
  78. New Zealand 18.0
  79. Sri Lanka 18.0
  80. Ireland 17.5
  81. Fiji 16.5
  82. Libya 13.5
  83. Japan 12.5
  84. Trinidad and Tobago 12.0
  85. Honduras 12.0
  86. Kenya 11.0
  87. US Virgin Islands 8.0

Top Ranked Players for this tournament

Men

  1. GM Viswanathan Anand 2781 India
  2. GM Alexander Morozevich 2758 Russia
  3. GM Michael Adams 2740 England
  4. GM Peter Svidler 2735 Russia
  5. GM Alexei Shirov 2726 Spain

Women

  1. GM Xie Jun 2569 China
  2. GM Zsuzsa Polgar 2567 USA
  3. GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2523 Bulgaria
  4. IM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2508 Russia
  5. GM Maia Chiburdanidze 2503 Georgia
  6. GM Koneru Humpy 2503 India

Azmaiparashvili controversy

There was some controversy at the closing ceremony when Georgian Grandmaster and FIDE Vice-President Zurab Azmaiparashvili was arrested. The attitude of the event's organisers towards Azmaiparashvili was apparently soured when, upon his arrival in Spain, he had attempted to secure himself two hotel rooms, claiming he was entitled to one in his capacity as a FIDE vice-president, and another as a player at the event. This sour mood seems to have brought him extra attention at the closing ceremony when he approached the stage apparently in an attempt to inform FIDE officials that the organisers had neglected to award a prize named in honour of Georgian former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. He came into conflict with security officials, and a scuffle broke out resulting in injuries both to Azmaiparashvili and a security agent. There are conflicting claims about the exact nature of said scuffle: a press release from the Olympiad organisers placed the blame squarely on Azmaiparashvili's shoulders, saying that after he had tried to gain admittance to the stage on several occasions he "without any previous provocation, assaulted the agent with a head butt to his mouth" [2]. FIDE, on the other hand, blamed over-zealous policing, saying in their press release that "Despite his clear VIP identification, he was severely beaten up by several security guards" [3].

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