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Chess Olympiad 2014 Tromso


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China won the title with 19 points. Russia won the Women's Olympiad by 20 points.

1st - 14th August,2014
Tromso, Norway
11 rounds, Swiss system
Open: 4 players, 1 reserve
Women: 4 players, 1 reserve
Open: 177 - Women: 136 teams
No draw offer before thirty (30) moves have been completed by both players.
The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes until the end of the game, with
30 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1, per player.
Open section Top 10 Teams - average ratings

Russia - 2777
Ukraine - 2722
France - 2718
Armenia - 2704
USA - 2704
Hungary - 2701
China - 2796
Azerbaijan - 2693
England - 2681
Netherlands - 2678


Men - final standings - top 10
Rank Country MatchpointsTie-break 2Game-points
1 China19422.5 31.5
2 Hungary17372 29
3 India17371.5 30.5
4 Russia17352 28.5
5 Azerbaijan17345 28
6 Ukraine16377.5 29
7 Cuba16361 29.5
8 Armenia16350.5 28.5
9 Israel16348 28
10 Spain16334.5 28
Women - final standings - top 10
Rank Country MatchpointsTie-break 2Game-points
1 Russia20420.5 32
2 China18406 32.5
3 Ukraine18383 28.5
4 Georgia17390 32
5 Armenia17350.5 29
6 Kazakhstan17320 27
7 Poland16362 26.5
8 USA16339.5 29.5
9 Germany16304 26.5
10 India15380 30.5


OLYMPIAD STATS

Gaprindashvilicup (Best federation : open + women)
Teams Points Tie break
1 China 37 828.5
2 Russia 37 772.5
3 Ukraine 34 760.5

Tie break: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result


Board prizes - Men
Board 1 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1Topalov, Veselin BUL 287296.5
2 Adams, MichaelENG 2839 96.5
3 Giri, Anish NED 2836118
Board 2 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE2843 10 8.5
2 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2839 97
3Ding, Liren CHN 2831 107.5
Board 3 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Yu, Yangyi CHN2912 11 9.5
2Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2753 107.5
3 Eljanov, PavelUKR 2745 97
Board 4 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Sedlak, NikolaSRB 2773 8 6.5
2 Ortiz Suarez, Isan ReynaldoCUB 2766 8 6
3Ni, Hua CHN 272396.5
Board 5 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1Shankland, Samuel L USA2831 109
2 Moiseenko, AlexanderUKR27149 7
3 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 26509 6.5


Board prizes - Women
Board 1 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Dzagnidze, NanaGeorgia 2719 98
2 Hou, Yifan China2671 97
3 Cramling, Pia Sweden2659 11 10
Board 2 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Gunina, ValentinaGeorgia2651 10 8
2Khotenashvili, Bela Ukraine 2589 10 8
3Ju, Wenjun China2564 11 8
Board 3 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra Russia 2639 9 7.5
2 Matnadze, Ana Spain 2445 10 7.5
3Frisk, Ellinor Sweden 243211 9.5
Board 4 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Zhukova, NataliaUkraine 2512 10 7.5
2 Bartel, Marta Poland 2439 96.5
3 Bulmaga, Irina Romania 2433 10 8
Board 5 :
PlayerCountryRp Games Point
1 Padmini, Rout India 25848 7.5
2 Guo, Qi China 2520 8 6.5
3 Dauletova, Gulmira Kazakhstan 24868 7





Best players according to the points - Men
PlayerCountryPoints
1-Amonatov FarrukhTajikistan9.5
2-Seeman TarvoEstonia9.5
3-Yu YangyiChina9.5

Best players Rating performance - Men
PlayerCountryRating Points
1-Yu YangyiChina2912
2-Topalov VeselinBulgaria2872
3-Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonVietnam2843

Best players % - Men
PlayerCountry%
1-Shankland Samuel LUSA90
2-Svetushkin DmitryMoldova88.9
3-Michel Yunis Christian D.Palestine87.5


Best players according to the points - Women
PlayerCountryPoints
1-Cramling PiaSweden10
2-Cori T. DeysiPeru9.5
3-Frisk EllinorSweden9.5

Best players Rating performance - Women
PlayerCountryRating Points
3-Dzagnidze NanaGeorgia2719
2-Hou YifanChina2671
1-Cramling PiaSweden2659

Best players % - Women
PlayerCountry%
1-Anwar Al-BzoorPalestine94.4
2-Padmini RoutIndia93.8
3-Cramling PiaSweden90.9


Standings


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Final Standings - Men - Top 7

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Rank Country MatchpointsTie-break 2Game-points
1 China19422.5 31.5
2 Hungary17372 29
3 India17371.5 30.5
4 Russia17352 28.5
5 Azerbaijan17345 28
6 Ukraine16377.5 29
7 Cuba16361 29.5
8 Armenia16350.5 28.5
9 Israel16348 28
10 Spain16334.5 28
Tie-Break2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Khanty-Mansiysk)



Final Standings - Women - Top 10



Rank Country MatchpointsTie-break 2Game-points
1 Russia20420.5 32
2 China18406 32.5
3 Ukraine18383 28.5
4 Georgia17390 32
5 Armenia17350.5 29
6 Kazakhstan17320 27
7 Poland16362 26.5
8 USA16339.5 29.5
9 Germany16304 26.5
10 India15380 30.5




Open, final round ( 11 ) - Top 15 boards

Poland - China : 1 - 3
Hungary - Ukraine : 2 - 2
Norway - Malaysia : 4 - 0
Russia - France : 2.5 - 1.5
Azerbaijan - USA : 2.5 - 1.5

India - Uzbekistan: 3.5 - 0.5
Cuba - England : 2.5 - 1.5
Spain - Vietnam: 2.5 - 1.5
Israel - Croatia : 2.5 - 1.5
Armenia - Czech Republic : 3 - 1

Belarus - Bulgaria : 2.5 - 1.5
Romania - Brazil : 2 - 2
Paraguay - Netherlands : 0 - 4
Australia - Germany : 2 - 2
Serbia - Mexico : 3.5 - 0.5
Women, final round ( 11 ) - Top 15 boards

Russia - Bulgaria : 2.5 - 1.5
Montenegro - Norway : 1 - 3
Ukraine - China : 2 - 2
Georgia - Germany : 4 - 0
Armenia - Spain : 2.5 - 1.5

Kazakhstan - Czech Republic : 3 - 1
Romania - India: 2 - 2
Azerbaijan - Poland : 0.5 - 3.5
USA - Argentina : 4 - 0
France - Serbia : 3 - 1

Lithuania - Belarus : 3 - 1
Netherlands - Croatia : 3 - 1
Canada - Slovakia : 1.5 - 2.5
Mongolia - Slovenia: 3 - 1
Iran - Latvia : 2.5 - 1.5
Open, round 10 - Top 15 boards

France - China : 1.5 - 2.5
Ukraine - Azerbaijan: 2 - 2
Croatia - Norway : 3.5 - 0.5
Hungary - Romania : 3 - 1
Bulgaria - Poland: 1.5 - 2.5

USA - Argentina : 2.5 - 1.5
Serbia - Russia: 1.5 - 2.5
Germany - India: 1.5 - 2.5
Netherlands - Uzbekistan: 1.5 - 2.5
Czech Republic - Belarus : 2 - 2

Vietnam - Armenia: 2 - 2
Cuba - Georgia : 3.5 - 0.5
Kazakhstan - Spain : 1 - 3
Latvia - Israel: 1.5 - 2.5
England - Sweden : 3 - 1
Women, round 10 - Top 15 boards

Ukraine - Russia : 2.5 - 1.5
Norway - Azerbaijan : 1 - 3
China - Spain : 2 - 2
Germany - Romania : 2.5 - 1.5
Georgia - Poland : 3 - 1

Kazakhstan - France : 3 - 1
Slovakia - Bulgaria : 1.5 - 2.5
Croatia - Armenia : 1.5 - 2.5
Switzerland - India : 0.5 - 3.5
Czech Republic - Uzbekistan 2.5 - 1.5

Vietnam - USA : 1.5 - 2.5
Argentina - Montenegro: 2.5 - 1.5
Hungary - Mongolia : 1.5 - 2.5
Belarus - Indonesia : 2.5 - 1.5
Serbia - Greece: 2.5 - 1.5
Open, round 9 - Top 15 boards

China - Ukraine: 2 - 2
Czech Republic - France : 1.5 - 2.5
Norway - Turkey : 2 - 2
Azerbaijan - Romania: 2 - 2
Israel - Hungary : 1 - 3

Bulgaria - Cuba : 2.5 - 1.5
Belarus - Netherlands: 2 - 2
Argentina - India: 2 - 2
USA - Germany: 2 - 2
Armenia - Serbia: 2 - 2

Russia - Norway : 2.5 - 1.5
Spain - Latvia : 2 - 2
Poland - Switzerland : 3.5 - 0.5
Qatar - Iceland : 2 - 2
Peru - Vietnam : 0.5 - 3.5
Women, round 9 - Top 15 boards

Armenia - Russia : 1.5 - 2.5
Estonia - Norway : 1.5 - 2.5
France - China : 0.5 - 3.5
India - Ukraine : 1.5 - 2.5
Spain - Argentina: 3.5 - 0.5

Romania - Vietnam : 2.5 - 1.5
Germany - Hungary : 2.5 - 1.5
Poland - Mongolia : 2.5 - 1.5
Indonesia - Georgia : 0.5 - 3.5
USA - Montenegro : 2 - 2

Serbia - Slovakia : 1.5 - 2.5
Croatia - Belarus : 2.5 - 1.5
Bulgaria - Colombia : 3 - 1
Iran - Kazakhstan : 1.5 - 2.5
Uzbekistan - Cuba : 2.5 - 1.5
Open, round 8 - Top 15 boards

China - Azerbaijan : 3 - 1
Romania - Czech Republic: 2 - 2
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Norway : 1 - 3
Ukraine - Bulgaria : 2.5 - 1.5
France - Poland : 2.5 - 1.5

Germany - Cuba : 2 - 2
India - Armenia : 2 - 2
Hungary - USA : 2 - 2
Netherlands - Brazil: 3.5 - 0.5
Russia - Spain : 2 - 2

Indonesia - Israel: 0.5 - 3.5
Belarus - Croatia : 2.5 - 1.5
England - Serbia : 1 - 3
Argentina - Slovenia : 2.5 - 1.5
Iceland - Scotland : 3 - 1
Women, round 8 - Top 15 boards

RUS - Hungary : 3.5 - 0.5
Turkey - Norway : 1.5 - 2.5
China - Poland: 3 - 1
France - USA : 2.5 - 1.5
Ukraine - Georgia : 2.5 - 1.5

Colombia - Armenia : 0.5 - 3.5
India - Indonesia: 3 - 1
Cuba - Germany : 1.5 - 2.5
Vietnam - Iran: 2.5 - 1.5
Romania - Azerbaijan : 2.5 - 1.5

Spain - Uzbekistan: 3 - 1
Argentina - Slovenia : 2.5 - 1.5
Australia - Serbia : 1 - 3
Bulgaria - Kyrgyzstan : 4 - 0
Belarus - Greece : 2.5 - 1.5
Open, round 7 - Top 15 boards

Cuba - Azerbaijan : 1.5 - 2.5
Czech Republic - Russia : 3 - 1
Norway - Germany : 1.5 - 2.5
Serbia - China : 0.5 - 3.5
Bulgaria - Netherlands : 3 - 1

Croatia - Romania : 1.5 - 2.5
Armenia - Hungary: 2 - 2
France - Georgia: 3 - 1
Qatar - India : 3 - 1
USA - Uzbekistan: 3.5 - 0.5

Poland - Bosnia & Herzegovina: 3 - 1
Kazakhstan - Ukraine: 0.5 - 3.5
Brazil - Latvia : 2.5 - 1.5
Canada - England : 1 - 3
Mongolia - Israel : 3 - 1
Women, round 7 - Top 15 boards

Russia - China : 3 - 1
Norway - Vietnam : 0.5 - 3.5
Poland - France: 2 - 2
Hungary - Romania : 2.5 - 1.5
Armenia - USA : 2 - 2

Indonesia - Iran: 2 - 2
Georgia - Serbia : 3 - 1
Greece - Colombia : 1 - 3
Kazakhstan - Ukraine: 1 - 3
Netherlands - India: 0.5 - 3.5

Slovakia - Belarus : 2 - 2
Cuba - Israel : 2.5 - 1.5
Switzerland - Spain : 1.5 - 2.5
Sweden - Lithuania : 2 - 2
Turkey - Germany: 0.5 - 3.5
Open, round 6 - Top 15 boards

Azerbaijan - Georgia : 3.5 - 0.5
Serbia - Bulgaria : 2 - 2
Italy - Norway : 1 - 3
Cuba - Kazakhstan : 3.5 - 0.5
Uzbekistan - Russia: 1.5 - 2.5

Bosnia & Herzegovina - France : 2 - 2
Croatia - Indonesia: 3 - 1
China - Egypt E: 3.5 - 0.5
Vietnam - Hungary: 1 - 3
Netherlands - Iran : 3 - 1

Norway 2 - Czech Republic : 1 - 3
England - Armenia : 1.5 - 2.5
Romania - Belarus : 3 - 1
Belgium - Germany : 1.5 - 2.5
India - Moldova: 3.5 - 0.5
Women, round 6 - Top 15 boards

China - Hungary : 3 - 1
Venezuela - Norway : 0 - 4
Serbia - Russia : 0.5 - 3.5
Netherlands - Poland : 1 - 3
Slovakia - France : 1 - 3

Iran - Greece : 2 - 2
Italy - Indonesia : 1.5 - 2.5
USA - Estonia: 3 - 1
Romania - Switzerland : 4 - 0
Armenia - Cuba : 2.5 - 1.5

Georgia - Latvia : 3 - 1
Colombia - Belgium: 3.5 - 0.5
India - Spain : 2 - 2
Ukraine - Bulgaria : 3 - 1
Vietnam - Sweden : 2 - 2
Open, round 5 - Top 15 boards

Azerbaijan - Serbia : 2 - 2
Russia - Bulgaria : 2 - 2
Armenia - Norway : 2.5 - 1.5
China - Netherlands : 2 - 2
Ukraine - Uzbekistan : 1.5 - 2.5

Israel - Cuba : 1.5 - 2.5
Kazakhstan - Turkey : 3 - 1
Georgia - Belgium : 3 - 1
Vietnam - England : 2 - 2
Germany - Qatar : 2 - 2

FYROM - Croatia : 1 - 3
France - Argentina : 3.5 - 0.5
Czech Republic - Sweden : 3 - 1
Norway - Slovenia: 2.5 - 1.5
Romania - Nicaragua : 3 - 1
Women, round 5 - Top 15 boards

Indonesia - China : 0.5 - 3.5
Barbados - Norway : 0 - 4
Hungary - Iran : 2.5 - 1.5
Russia - Georgia : 2.5 - 1.5
Spain - Netherlands : 1.5 - 2.5

Serbia - Ukraine : 3 - 1
Poland - Kazakhstan : 3 - 1
France - Germany : 3 - 1
Belarus - Romania : 1.5 - 2.5
Azerbaijan - USA : 1.5 - 2.5

Croatia - Switzerland : 1.5 - 2.5
Cuba - Czech Republic : 2.5 - 1.5
Israel - Slovakia : 1 - 3
Argentina - Greece : 1 - 3
Lithuania - Armenia : 1 - 3
Open, round 4 - Top 15 boards

France - Azerbaijan : 1.5 - 2.5
Serbia - Czech Republic : 2.5 - 1.5
Norway - Poland : 2.5 - 1.5
Russia - China: 2 - 2
Netherlands - Israel: 2 - 2

Bulgaria - Romania : 2.5 - 1.5
Uzbekistan - Germany : 2 - 2
Turkey - Italy: 3.5 - 0.5
Georgia - Mexico : 2.5 - 1.5
Belgium - Switzerland : 2.5 - 1.5

Kazakhstan - Moldova : 2.5 - 1.5
Cuba - India : 2.5 - 1.5
Paraguay - Vietnam : 0.5 - 3.5
England - Latvia : 3 - 1
Bangladesh - Ukraine : 1 - 3
Women, round 4 - Top 15 boards

Iran - Slovakia: 3.5 - 0.5
Norway - Czech Republic : 1 - 3
China - Azerbaijan : 3.5 - 0.5
Indonesia - Armenia : 3.5 - 0.5
Germany - Russia : 1.5 - 2.5

Netherlands - Georgia : 2 - 2
Hungary - Cuba : 3 - 1
Philippines - Spain : 0 - 4
Bulgaria - Poland : 1.5 - 2.5
Colombia - Kazakhstan: 1 - 3

India - Serbia : 1.5 - 2.5
Ukraine - Turkey : 3 - 1
England - Belarus : 0.5 - 3.5
France - ICCD: 4 - 0
Vietnam - Malaysia : 3 - 1
Open, round 3 - Top 15 boards

Armenia - France : 1.5 - 2.5
USA - Netherlands : 1.5 - 2.5
Norway - Montenegro : 3 - 1
Germany - England : 2 - 2
Poland - Cuba : 2 - 2

Italy - India : 2 - 2
Turkey - Georgia : 2 - 2
Iceland - Serbia : 1.5 - 2.5
Switzerland - Vietnam : 2 - 2
FYROM - Russia : 0 - 4

Hungary - China : 1.5 - 2.5
Azerbaijan - Croatia : 2.5 - 1.5
Belarus - Israel : 1.5 - 2.5
Czech Republic - Iran : 2.5 - 1.5
Bulgaria - Spain : 2.5 - 1.5
Women, round 3 - Top 15 boards

United States of America 7 4 1 : 3 4 8 China : 1 - 3
Norway - Hungary : 1 - 3
Russia - France: 2.5 - 1.5
Armenia - Vietnam : 3 - 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Iran : 0 - 4

Azerbaijan - Switzerland : 2.5 - 1.5
Romania - Indonesia : 1.5 - 2.5
Germany - Argentina : 3 - 1
Belarus - Netherlands : 1.5 - 2.5
Kazakhstan - India : 2 - 2

Turkey - Bulgaria: 2 - 2
Croatia - Cuba: 1.5 - 2.5
Spain - Ukraine : 2 - 2
Slovakia - Austria : 3 - 1
Poland - Philippines : 2 - 2
Open, round 2 - Top 15 boards

Russia - Qatar : 3.5 - 0.5
Norway - Ukraine : 2 - 2
Finland - Norway : 2 - 2
France - Mongolia : 4 - 0
Australia - Armenia : 1 - 3

Hungary - Venezuela : 2.5 - 1.5
Colombia - USA : 1 - 3
China - Albania: 3.5 - 0.5
Scotland - Azerbaijan : 0.5 - 3.5
Israel - Tajikistan: 3.5 - 0.5

Singapore - England : 1 - 3
Netherlands - Ecuador : 4 - 0
Norway - Germany : 0 - 1
Cuba - Portugal : 4 - 0
Poland - New Zealand : 3 - 1
Women, round 2 - Top 15 boards

China 4 2 4 : 0 2 4 Venezuela : 4 - 0
Ecuador 4 2 0 : 4 2 3 Norway : 0 - 4
Brazil - Russia : 0 - 4
Ukraine- Australia : 3 - 1
Montenegro - Georgia : 1 - 3

India - Denmark : 3.5 - 0.5
USA - Belgium : 3 - 1
Bangladesh - Armenia : 0 - 4
Egypt - Germany : 1.5 - 2.5
Hungary - Lebanon : 4 - 0

Norway - Bulgaria: 0.5 - 3.5
Chile - Slovakia 0.5 - 3.5
Cuba - Iceland : 3.5 - 0.5
Iran - FYROM : 4 - 0
El Salvador - Azerbaijan : 0 - 4
Open, round 1 - Top 15 boards

Jordan - Russia: 0 - 4
Ukraine - Tunisia : 4 - 0
Norway - Yemen: 2.5 - 1.5
Zambia - France : 0 - 4
Armenia - Japan: 4 - 0

Algeria - Hungary : 0 - 4
USA - Uganda : 4 - 0
Guatemala - China : 0 - 4
Kyrgyzstan - Israel: 0 - 4
England - Wales : 4 - 0

Andorra - Netherlands : 0 - 4
Germany - Iraq : 4 - 0
Puerto Rico - Cuba : 0 - 4
Angola - Poland : 0 - 4
Czech Republic - Libya : 4 - 0
Women, round 1 - Top 15 boards

Russia - Jordan : 4 - 0
Norway - South Korea : 3 - 1
Luxembourg - Ukraine : 0 - 4
Georgia - Kyrgyzstan : 4 - 0
New Zealand - India: 0 - 4

Romania - Paraguay: 3.5 - 0.5
Finland - USA : 0 - 4
Poland - Algeria : 3.5 - 0.5
Malaysia - France : 0.5 - 3.5
Armenia - Guatemala: 4 - 0

Nicaragua - Spain: 1 - 3
Germany - Albania : 4 - 0
Bolivia - Hungary : 0 - 4
Monaco - Serbia : 0.5 - 3.5
Netherlands - Tajikistan : 3.5 - 0.5












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