35th Chess Olympiad

The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, (Slovenia). In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams. The arbiter was IA Geurt Gijssen (NED).

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Rules

The tournament was paired by the Swiss system over 14 rounds.

Final standings (after round 14)

Men

Rank Team Matches won Matches drawn Matches lost Points
First Russia 10 3 1 38½
Second Hungary 11 2 1 37½
Third Armenia 7 4 3 35
Fourth Georgia 10 0 4 34
Fifth China 8 3 3 33½
Sixth Netherlands 9 3 2 33½
Seventh England 7 4 3 33½
Eighth Slovakia 6 5 3 33
Ninth Israel 7 3 4 33
Tenth Yugoslavia 8 3 3 33

Women

Rank Team Matches won Matches drawn Matches lost Points
First China 10 2 2 29½
Second Russia 10 3 1 29
Third Poland 8 4 2 28
Fourth Georgia 8 1 5 27½
Fifth Hungary 8 3 3 25½
Sixth Ukraine 7 4 3 25½
Seventh Yugoslavia 8 4 2 25½
Eighth Azerbaijan 9 2 3 25½
Ninth United States 9 1 4 25
Tenth Czech Republic 7 3 4 25

Overall title

The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is awarded to the entity the average place of finish of which in the open and women's division is the best (where two or more teams are tied, they are ordered by single-best finish in either division and then by total points scored); with an average finish of one-and-one-half, Russia won the 2002 trophy.

Top six finishers

Team Open division placing Women's division placing Average placing
Russia 1 2 1½
People's Republic of China 5 1 3
Hungary 2 5 3½
Georgia 4 4 4
Poland 13 3 8
Yugoslavia 10 7 8½

Individual Results

Best rating performance

Player Team represented Principal board played Games played Points scored Rating performance
Garry Kasparov Russia 1 9 7½ 2933
Vladimir Akopian Armenia 1 12 10 2827
Alexander Khalifman Russia 3 9 7 2797

Further reading

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