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36th Chess Olympiad

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. 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.

Table of contents

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
  1. Afghanistan AFG
  2. Albania ALB
  3. Andorra AND
  4. Angola ANG
  5. Argentina ARG
  6. Armenia ARM
  7. Aruba ARU
  8. Australia AUS
  9. Austria AUT
  10. Azerbaijan AZE
  11. Bangladesh BAN
  12. Barbados BAR
  13. Belarus BLR
  14. Belgium BEL
  15. Bermuda BER
  16. Bolivia BOL
  17. Bosnia Herzegovina BIH
  18. Botswana BOT
  19. Brazil BRA
  20. British Virgin Islands IVB
  21. Bulgaria BUL
  22. Canada CAN
  23. Chile CHI
  24. China CHN
  25. Colombia COL
  26. Costa Rica CRC
  27. Croatia CRO
  28. Cuba CUB
  29. Cyprus CYP
  30. Czech Republic CZE
  31. Denmark DEN
  32. Dominican Republic DOM
  33. Ecuador ECU
  34. England ENG
  35. Estonia EST
  36. Faroe Islands FAI
  37. Fiji FIJ
  38. Finland FIN
  39. France FRA
  40. Georgia GEO
  41. Germany GER
  42. Greece GRE
  43. Guatemala GUA
  44. Guernsey GCI
  45. Honduras HON
  46. Hong Kong HKG
  47. Hungary HUN
  48. Iceland ISL
  49. India IND
  50. Indonesia INA
  51. Iran IRI
  52. Iraq IRQ
  53. Ireland IRL
  54. Israel ISR
  55. Italy ITA
  56. Jamaica JAM
  57. Japan JPN
  58. Jersey JCI
  59. Kazakhstan KAZ
  60. Kenya KEN
  61. Kyrgyzstan KGZ
  62. Latvia LAT
  63. Lebanon LIB
  64. Libya LBA
  65. Liechtenstein LIE
  66. Lithuania LTU
  67. Luxembourg LUX
  68. Macao MAC
  69. Macedonia MKD
  70. Malaysia MAS
  71. Malta MLT
  72. Mauritius MRI
  73. Mexico MEX
  74. Moldova MDA
  75. Monaco MNC
  76. Mongolia MGL
  77. Morocco MAR
  78. Namibia NAM
  79. Nepal NEP
  80. Netherlands Antilles AHO
  81. Netherlands NED
  82. New Zealand NZL
  83. Nicaragua NCA
  84. Nigeria NGR
  85. Norway NOR
  86. Pakistan PAK
  87. Palestine PLE
  88. Panama PAN
  89. Papua New Guinea PNG
  90. Paraguay PAR
  91. Peru PER
  92. Philippines PHI
  93. Poland POL
  94. Portugal POR
  95. Puerto Rico PUR
  96. Romania ROM
  97. Russia RUS
  98. Rwanda RWA
  99. San Marino SMR
  100. Scotland SCO
  101. Serbia Montenegro SCG
  102. Seychelles SEY
  103. Singapore SIN
  104. Slovakia SVK
  105. Slovenia SLO
  106. South Africa RSA
  107. Spain ESP
  108. Sri Lanka SRI
  109. Surinam SUR
  110. Sweden SWE
  111. Switzerland SUI
  112. Tajikistan TJK
  113. Thailand THA
  114. Trinidad and Tobago TRI
  115. Tunisia TUN
  116. Turkey TUR
  117. Uganda UGA
  118. Ukraine UKR
  119. United States USA
  120. Uruguay URU
  121. US Virgin Islands ISV
  122. Uzbekistan UZB
  123. Venezuela VEN
  124. Vietnam VIE
  125. 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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