32nd Chess Olympiad
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The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open [1] and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.
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[edit] Chess competition
Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Alesha Khachatrian (ARM). Teams were paired across the 14 rounds of competition according to the Swiss system; the open division was played over four boards per round, and the women's was played over three. The time control for each game permitted each player 2 hours to make the first 40 of his or her moves, then an additional 1 hour to make the next 20 moves.
[edit] Open tournament
The open division was contested by 114 teams representing 111 nations and territories; Armenia, as hosts, fielded three teams, and the International Braille Chess Association provided one squad.
[edit] Team results
The teams finishing first through third overall receive medals, as do those finishing in the top three amongst teams organized by seed; overall medal winners are not eligible to receive group prizes.
[edit] Top ten overall finishers
| Place of finish [2] | Team | Players [3] [4] | Seed [5] | Average July 1996 FIDE rating [6] | Matches won | Matches drawn | Matches lost | Total score [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First |  Russia |
Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexey Dreev, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Sergei Rublevsky | 1 | 2714 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Second |  Ukraine |
Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Malaniuk, Oleg Romanishin, Igor Novikov, Alexander Onischuk, Stanislav Savchenko | 4 | 2633 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35.0 |
| Third |  United States of America |
Boris Gulko, Alex Yermolinsky, Nick De Firmian, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen | 9 | 2595 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 34.0 |
| Fourth |  England |
Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Jonathan Speelman, Matthew Sadler, Julian Hodgson, Stuart Conquest | 2 | 2655 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34.0 |
| Fifth |  Armenia A |
Vladimir Akopian, Rafael Vaganian, Smbat Lputian, Artashes Minasian, Ashot Anastasian, Arshak Petrosian | 10 | 2593 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33.5 |
| Sixth |  Spain |
Alexei Shirov, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Jordi Magem Badals, David Garcia Ilundain, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo, Felix Izeta Txabarri | 7 | 2605 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33.5 |
| Seventh |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Ivan Sokolov, Predrag Nikolic, Bojan Kurajica, Emir Dizdarevic, IM [8] Nedeljko Kelecevic, IM Muhamed Sinanovic | 12 | 2584 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 33.5 |
| Eighth |  Georgia |
Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Giorgi Giorgadze, Zurab Sturua, Gennadi Zaichik, Lasha Janjgava, IM Khvicha Supatashvili | 11 | 2590 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 33.0 |
| Ninth |  Bulgaria |
Veselin Topalov, Kiril Georgiev, Vasil Spasov, Vladimir Dimitrov, IM Vladimir Georgiev, IM Boris Chatalbashev | 5 | 2619 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33.0 |
| Tenth |  Germany |
Artur Yusupov, Robert Hübner, Rustem Dautov, Eric Lobron, Jorg Hickl, Christopher Lutz | 6 | 2619 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 33.0 |
[edit] Women's tournament
The women's division was contested by 74 teams representing 72 nations and territories; Armenia, as hosts, fielded two teams, and the International Braille Chess Association entered one squad.
[edit] Team results
The teams finishing first through third overall receive medals, as do those finishing in the top three amongst teams organized by seed; overall medal winners are not eligible to receive group prizes.
[edit] Top ten overall finishers
| Place of finish [9] | Team | Players [10] [11] | Seed [12] | Average July 1996 FIDE rating [13] | Matches won | Matches drawn | Matches lost | Total score [14] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Georgia |
GM [15] Maia Chiburdanidze, IM [8] Nana Ioseliani, IM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, WGM [16] Nino Gurieli | 1 | 2498 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Second |  People's Republic of China |
GM Xie Jun, WGM Zhu Chen, WGM Wang Lei, WGM Wang Pin | 3 | 2425 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28.5 |
| Third | Russia |
IM Alisa Galliamova, WGM Svetlana Matveeva, WGM Svetlana Prudnikova, WGM Ludmila Zaitseva | 2 | 2443 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28.5 |
| Fourth | Ukraine |
WGM Inna Gaponenko, WGM Marta Litinskaya, WIM [17] Elena Sedina, WIM Natalia Zhukova | 8 | 2343 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26.5 |
| Fifth |  Hungary |
IM Zsofia Polgar, IM Ildiko Madl, Nora Medvegy, WIM Nikoletta Lakos | 5 | 2387 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26.0 |
| Sixth |  Romania |
WGM Cristina Foisor, WGM Corina Peptan, WGM Elena Luminita Radu-Cosma, WIM Gabriela Olarasu | 6 | 2355 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25.5 |
| Seventh |  Israel |
WIM Masha Madl, WGM Anna Segal, Ludmila Tsifanskaya, WFM [18] Ela Pitam | 13 | 2310 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Eighth |  Kazakhstan |
WGM Elvira Sakhatova, WIM Fliura Uskova, WIM Tamara Girkiyan-Klink, Tatyana Sergeeva | 14 | 2305 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24.5 |
| Ninth |  Poland |
WGM Agnieszka Brustman, WGM Monika Bobrowska, WIM Joanna Dworakowska, WFM Marta Zielinska | 10 | 2330 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24.5 |
| Tenth | England |
WGM Susan Lalic, WIM Harriet Hunt, WFM Ruth Sheldon, WGM Jana Bellin | 15 | 2303 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24.0 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- ^ Where teams share the same total score, they are ordered by Buchholz tiebreak scores, calculated by summing the final scores of each opponent played by a given team. It was on the basis of a superior sum of opponents' scores, 448.0 to 447.5, that United States of America claimed third place over England.
- ^ Players are ordered by board, from first to last, in the same fashion in which they principally played; the fifth and sixth players of each team may have played on higher boards during the Olympiad but played fewer games than the players who primarily occupied the positions.
- ^ All players are Grandmasters except where a note to the contrary is present.
- ^ Teams were initially seeded into the Olympiad on the basis of the average Elo rating of the top four players expected to compose each team; for example, the highest-seeded team, Russia, entered the tournament with an average FIDE rating of 2714, while the lowest-seeded team, United States Virgin Islands, fielded no players with international ratings (and was therefore assessed an average rating of 2000).
- ^ The ratings averaged are those of the top four players expected to compose each team.
- ^ In as much as the tournament consisted of 14 rounds, with four games played by each team per round, the maximum number of points one team could accumulate was 56.0.
- ^ a b IM denotes International Master.
- ^ Where teams share the same total score, they are ordered by Buchholz tiebreak scores, calculated by summing the final scores of each opponent played by a given team. China, for example, was placed ahead of the Russia because China's opponents finished the tournament having scored 347.0 points, while those of the Russia scored 345.5.
- ^ Players are ordered by board, from first to last, in the same fashion in which they principally played; the fourth player on each team will have played on a higher board during the Olympiad but will have played fewer games than the players who primarily occupied the positions.
- ^ Titles for all FIDE-titled players are provided.
- ^ Teams were initially seeded into the Olympiad on the basis of the average Elo rating of their expected players; for example, the highest-seeded team, Georgia, entered the tournament with an average FIDE rating of 2498, and the lowest-seeded team, U.S. Virgin Islands, fielded no players with international ratings (and was therefore assessed an average rating of 2000).
- ^ The ratings averaged are those of the top three players expected to compose each team.
- ^ In as much as the tournament consisted of 14 rounds, with three games played by each team per round, the maximum number of points one team could accumulate was 42.
- ^ GM denotes Grandmaster.
- ^ WGM denotes Woman Grandmaster.
- ^ WIM denotes Woman International Master.
- ^ WFM denotes Woman FIDE Master.
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