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The 39th Chess Olympiad (Russian: 39-я Шахматная олимпиада, 39-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada), organised by FIDE and comprising an open[1] and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place from September 19 to October 4, 2010, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. There were 148 teams in the open event and 115 in the women's event. In total, 1306 players were registered.[2]
This was the fourth time Russia organized the Chess Olympiad after 1956 (Soviet Union), 1994, and 1998. Six cities had submitted bids to organize the Olympiad: Khanty-Mansiysk, Budva, Buenos Aires, Poznań, Riga, and Tallinn. The selection was part of the FIDE Congress held during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin in 2006.
The main events in both competitions were held in indoor tennis courts, which opened in September 2008. With an area of 15,558 m2, it hosted 3,500 chess fans.
Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Sava Stoisavljević (Serbia). For the second time, the number of rounds of the Swiss system was 11 with accelerated pairings. Both divisions were played over four boards per round, with each team allowed one alternate for a total of five players. The final rankings were determined by match points. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. Deducted Sonneborn-Berger; 2. Game points; 3. Deducted sum of match points.[3]
The time control for each game permitted each player 90 minutes their first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an additional 30 seconds increment for each player after each move, beginning with the first. The rule introduced at the previous Olympiad, according to which no draws by agreement were permitted before 30 moves, was once again abolished.
Open event
[edit]The open division was contested by 148 teams representing 141 nations. Russia, as hosts, fielded no less than five teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), the International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA), and the International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) each provided one squad. Senegal were signed up, but did not turn up for their first round match and were disqualified.
Ukraine, led by Vasyl Ivanchuk and former FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov, took their second title after 2004. Once again, the Russian hosts were the pre-tournament favourites but, for the fourth Olympiad in a row, failed to live up to expectations, although they came close this time. Captained by former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, the Russians trailed the Ukrainians by one point before the last round. When Ukraine and eventual bronze medallists Israel, led by Boris Gelfand, drew their final match, Russia had the opportunity to snatch the gold. They only drew as well, however, so in the end had to settle for silver.
Although the Russian "A" team disappointed its fans on its home turf, the "B" squad, with five Olympic debutants, exceeded expectations by finishing sixth. Captain Ian Nepomniachtchi won an individual bronze medal on the top board.
Defending champions Armenia had to settle for seventh place and Team United States for ninth. India was once again without reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand and finished 18th, while his opponent in the recent championship match, Veselin Topalov, led Bulgaria to 31st place. Another former great power of chess, England, also disappointed in 24th place. The number one player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, only scored 4½ points in 8 games, and his Norwegian team ended up in 51st place.
Due to financial disagreements with the national federation, the top German players did not show up. Seriously weakened, Team Germany came recorded an all-time low in 64th place, just below the team of physically impaired players. Incidentally, the IPCA team were led by Thomas Luther, a former four-time Olympian for the German team.
Open event # Country Players Average
ratingMP dSB 1 Ukraine
Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Eljanov, Efimenko, Moiseenko 2737 19 2 Russia
Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov 2755 18 3 Israel
Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski 2676 17 367.5 4 Hungary
Leko, Almási, Polgár, Berkes, Balogh 2698 17 355.5 5 China
Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Li Chao 2703 16 362.0 6 Russia "B"
Nepomniachtchi, Alekseev, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky, Timofeev 2702 16 355.0 7 Armenia
Aronian, Akopian, Sargissian, Pashikian, Grigoryan 2698 16 345.0 8 Spain
Shirov, Vallejo Pons, Salgado Lopez,
Magem Badals, Alsina Leal2658 16 332.0 9 United States
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Shulman, Hess 2691 16 315.5 10 France
Vachier-Lagrave, Fressinet, Tkachiev, Édouard, Feller 2681 16 311.5
Rank Country Average rating MP dSB GP Final Ranking - Open 11 Poland
2662 15 346.5 12 Azerbaijan
2694 15 333.0 13 Russia "C"
2665 15 320.5 14 Belarus
2659 15 307.5 15 Netherlands
2665 15 305.0 16 Slovakia
2596 15 302.5 17 Brazil
2590 15 290.5 18 India
2645 15 287.0 19 Denmark
2519 15 257.5 20 Czech Republic
2656 14 338.5 21 Italy
2583 14 316.5 22 Greece
2590 14 302.5 23 Cuba
2652 14 299.0 24 England
2673 14 292.0 25 Argentina
2587 14 281.0 26 Estonia
2511 14 277.0 27 Kazakhstan
2535 14 274.0 28 Moldova
2580 14 265.0 29 Iran
2550 14 259.5 30 Georgia
2637 13 316.0 31 Bulgaria
2693 13 287.5 32 Croatia
2585 13 284.5 33 Serbia
2609 13 278.0 34 Sweden
2572 13 277.0 35 Lithuania
2545 13 268.0 36 Slovenia
2485 13 264.5 37 Canada
2492 13 264.0 38 Austria
2516 13 263.0 39 Russia "D"
2492 13 258.0 40 Iceland
2489 13 257.5 41 Egypt
2537 13 252.0 42 Montenegro
2481 13 251.5 43 Qatar
2483 13 236.0 44 Peru
2516 13 231.0 45 Turkey
2501 13 230.0 46 Uruguay
2384 13 227.0 47 Zambia
2002 13 202.5 48 ICSC 2394 13 197.0 49 Uzbekistan
2572 12 285.0 50 Philippines
2552 12 276.0 51 Norway
2594 12 274.5 52 Vietnam
2587 12 272.0 53 Chile
2500 12 261.0 54 Colombia
2475 12 255.0 55 Australia
2502 12 253.0 56 North Macedonia
2524 12 246.5 57 Albania
2419 12 231.5 58 Singapore
2393 12 231.0 59 Finland
2456 12 218.0 60 Belgium
2394 12 215.0 61 United Arab Emirates
2286 12 211.5 62 Pakistan
1970 12 194.5 63 IPCA 2403 12 192.5 64 Germany
2534 11 268.0 65 Switzerland
2513 11 258.5 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2574 11 254.5 67 Indonesia
2423 11 248.5 68 Kyrgyzstan
2350 11 231.5 69 Latvia
2472 11 224.0 70 Russia "E"
2449 11 220.0 71 Mongolia
2422 11 216.5 72 Mexico
2557 11 214.0 73 Bangladesh
2335 11 200.0 74 South Africa
2338 11 194.5 75 Portugal
2459 11 194.0 76 Turkmenistan
2418 11 193.0 77 Jordan
2343 11 188.0 78 Libya
2195 11 187.5 79 Paraguay
2330 11 186.0 80 Faroe Islands
2332 11 185.5 81 Venezuela
2429 11 184.5 82 Costa Rica
2342 11 179.0 83 Scotland
2429 11 175.5 84 Yemen
2327 11 165.0 85 Ecuador
2424 10 219.0 86 Tajikistan
2436 10 218.0 87 Andorra
2285 10 206.5 88 Ireland
2365 10 202.0 89 Algeria
2273 10 195.5 90 Dominican Republic
2314 10 191.5 91 New Zealand
2272 10 176.0 92 Malaysia
2325 10 172.0 93 Thailand
2256 10 168.5 21 94 Panama
2165 10 168.5 20½ 95 Barbados
2251 10 168.0 96 Japan
2221 10 166.5 97 Luxembourg
2279 10 162.5 20½ 98 Cyprus
2152 10 162.5 19 99 Guatemala
2214 10 160.5 100 Malta
2180 10 157.0 101 Nigeria
1464 10 153.0 102 IBCA 2346 10 145.5 103 Iraq
2363 9 183.0 104 Sri Lanka
2088 9 169.0 105 Jamaica
2243 9 160.0 106 Uganda
1938 9 158.5 107 Nepal
2096 9 152.5 108 Puerto Rico
2224 9 151.0 109 Lebanon
2227 9 149.0 110 Monaco
2252 9 143.0 111 Honduras
1950 9 141.5 112 Palestine
1894 9 133.0 113 South Korea
2069 9 132.0 114 Bolivia
2206 9 116.5 115 Trinidad and Tobago
2164 9 107.0 116 Botswana
2217 8 141.0 117 Brunei
2115 8 139.0 118 Mauritius
2128 8 138.0 119 Chinese Taipei
1849 8 137.5 120 Kenya
1669 8 135.0 121 Aruba
2007 8 130.5 122 Wales
2260 8 127.5 123 Jersey
2111 8 127.0 124 Angola
2230 8 125.0 125 Mali
1200 8 121.5 126 Namibia
1891 8 112.0 127 Malawi
1435 8 104.0 128 Ethiopia
1691 8 100.0 129 Hong Kong
1967 8 83.0 130 Guernsey
1927 8 69.5 131 Mauritania
1200 7 112.5 132 Suriname
2120 7 110.0 133 Macau
1992 7 108.5 134 Mozambique
1853 7 103.0 135 Madagascar
1438 7 102.0 136 Netherlands Antilles
2049 7 80.5 137 Cameroon
1200 7 78.5 138 São Tomé and Príncipe
1496 7 70.5 139 Haiti
1619 6 98.0 140 Ghana
1530 6 81.0 15½ 141 Bermuda
1940 6 81.0 14½ 142 Sierra Leone
1200 6 74.0 143 Papua New Guinea
2058 6 70.0 144 San Marino
2038 6 50.5 145 Burundi
1200 4 45.5 146 Rwanda
1321 3 57.0 147 United States Virgin Islands
1200 3 32.5 148 Seychelles
1604 2
Group prizes
[edit]In addition to the overall medals, prizes were given out to the best teams in five different seeding groups—in other words, the teams who exceeded their seeding the most. Overall medal winners were not eligible for group prizes.
Group Prizes Group Seeding
rangeTeam MP dSB A 1–29 Hungary
17 355.5 B 30–59 Belarus
15 307.5 C 60–89 Uruguay
13 227.0 D 90–119 Libya
11 187.5 E 120–148 Zambia
13 202.5
Individual medals
[edit]All board prizes were given out according to performance ratings. Sutovsky on the second board had the best performance of all players at the tournament:
- Board 1:
Vasyl Ivanchuk 2890
- Board 2:
Emil Sutovsky 2895
- Board 3:
Vitaly Teterev 2853
- Board 4:
Sergey Karjakin 2859
- Reserve:
Mateusz Bartel 2706
Women's event
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The women's division was contested by 115 teams representing 110 nations. Russia, as hosts, fielded three teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), the International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA), and the International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) each provided one squad.
The Russians won by an impressive four points to take their first independent title in the post-Soviet era. The team was led by the two Kosintseva sisters, who both won their respective boards, while reigning World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk "only" played third board and finished sixth.
China was captained by soon-to-be World Champion, 16-year-old Hou Yifan. They clinched the silver medals, another two points ahead of a field of six teams, of which defending champions Georgia had the best tie-break score and took the bronze.
The number one female player in the world, Judit Polgár, was absent from the women's competition. Instead she represented Hungary on third board in the open event, where she finished fourth both individually and with the team.
Women's event # Country Players Average
ratingMP dSB 1 Russia
T. Kosintseva, N. Kosintseva, Kosteniuk, Galliamova, Gunina 2536 22 2 China
Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Huang Qian, Wang Yu 2500 18 3 Georgia
Dzagnidze, Javakhishvili, Melia, Khukhashvili, Khotenashvili 2472 16 384.0 4 Cuba
Ordaz Valdés, Linares Nápoles,
Marrero Lopez, Pina Vega, Arribas Robaina2333 16 348.5 5 United States
Krush, Zatonskih, Abrahamyan, Baginskaite, Foisor 2413 16 336.5 6 Poland
Soćko, Zawadzka, Majdan-Gajewska, Dworakowska, Kądziołka 2386 16 336.0 7 Azerbaijan
Z. Mamedyarova, T. Mamedyarova, Mammadova, Umudova, Isgandarova 2270 16 320.0 8 Bulgaria
Stefanova, Voiska, Nikolova, Videnova, Velcheva 2361 16 296.5 9 Ukraine
Lahno, Zhukova, Ushenina, Gaponenko, Muzychuk 2493 15 366.5 10 Russia "B"
Pogonina, Girya, Savina, Bodnaruk, Kashlinskaya 2427 15 335.5
Rank Country Average
ratingMP dSB GP dSMP Final Ranking - Women 11 Armenia
2401 15 327.5 12 Greece
2306 15 316.0 13 Romania
2352 15 312.5 14 Russia "C"
2209 15 287.0 15 Hungary
2398 14 320.5 16 France
2375 14 314.0 17 India
2400 14 313.5 18 Vietnam
2282 14 278.0 19 Iran
2252 14 276.0 20 Lithuania
2191 14 261.5 21 England
2195 14 257.5 27½ 22 Croatia
2262 14 257.5 23½ 23 Peru
2210 14 246.5 24 Slovakia
2349 13 317.5 25 Germany
2344 13 313.5 26 Serbia
2337 13 304.0 27 Israel
2290 13 290.0 28 Netherlands
2330 13 279.5 28½ 29 Kazakhstan
2196 13 279.5 27½ 30 Uzbekistan
2222 13 277.5 31 Latvia
2293 13 263.5 32 Slovenia
2358 13 257.5 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2168 13 255.0 34 Belarus
2218 13 252.5 35 Argentina
2259 13 249.5 36 Italy
2240 13 238.5 37 Colombia
2191 12 266.5 38 Turkey
2145 12 264.0 39 Spain
2272 12 258.0 40 Moldova
2168 12 251.0 41 Sweden
2100 12 244.5 42 Ecuador
2195 12 239.0 43 Indonesia
2144 12 236.0 44 Philippines
2107 12 234.5 45 Denmark
2057 12 200.5 46 Australia
2105 12 198.5 47 Venezuela
2105 12 191.0 48 Bangladesh
2035 12 178.0 49 Turkmenistan
2167 11 251.5 50 Czech Republic
2313 11 248.0 51 Mongolia
2229 11 247.0 52 Switzerland
2163 11 220.5 53 Norway
2166 11 204.0 54 Estonia
2144 11 203.5 55 Austria
2228 11 203.0 56 Guatemala
1892 11 202.5 57 Iceland
1968 11 201.0 58 Montenegro
2157 11 196.5 59 ICSC 2113 11 193.0 60 North Macedonia
1993 11 192.5 61 Algeria
1713 11 184.5 62 Singapore
1991 11 179.0 63 Chile
1921 11 160.0 64 Malaysia
1941 11 159.5 65 Scotland
1970 11 155.0 66 Portugal
2050 10 227.0 67 Canada
2054 10 217.0 68 IPCA 1975 10 178.0 69 South Africa
1952 10 175.0 70 Brazil
2016 10 172.5 71 Mexico
2071 10 166.0 72 Paraguay
1753 10 162.5 73 Albania
1970 10 159.5 74 Bolivia
2013 10 155.0 75 Sri Lanka
1820 10 147.5 76 Puerto Rico
1880 10 141.5 77 Jordan
1882 10 136.5 78 Syria
1742 10 122.0 79 Tajikistan
1779 9 169.0 20½ 107 80 IBCA 1803 9 169.0 20½ 102 81 Dominican Republic
1982 9 168.0 82 New Zealand
1952 9 162.0 83 Jamaica
1401 9 160.5 84 Kyrgyzstan
1855 9 160.0 85 Egypt
1947 9 158.0 86 Botswana
1889 9 145.5 87 Qatar
1568 9 118.0 17 88 Nigeria
1375 9 118.0 16½ 89 Chinese Taipei
1391 9 117.5 90 Barbados
1958 9 115.5 91 Wales
1862 8 158.0 92 United Arab Emirates
1714 8 135.0 93 Tunisia
1529 8 128.5 94 South Korea
1555 8 122.0 95 Zambia
1200 8 119.0 96 Suriname
1636 8 111.0 97 Yemen
1732 8 109.0 98 Angola
1694 8 90.5 99 Netherlands Antilles
1361 8 79.0 100 Iraq
1893 7 139.0 101 Uganda
1200 7 125.0 102 Thailand
1376 7 110.0 103 Ireland
1252 7 100.5 104 Japan
1425 7 86.5 105 Aruba
1200 7 84.5 106 Panama
1377 7 80.5 107 Ethiopia
1200 7 45.0 108 Malawi
1200 6 79.5 109 Pakistan
1349 6 79.0 110 Kenya
1200 6 70.5 111 Honduras
1200 6 70.0 112 Mozambique
1331 6 66.0 113 Trinidad and Tobago
1506 6 64.0 114 Libya
1441 6 61.5 115 Seychelles
1200 1
Individual medals
[edit]All board prizes were given out according to performance ratings. Gaponenko on the fourth board had the best performance of all players at the tournament:
- Board 1:
Tatiana Kosintseva 2628
- Board 2:
Nadezhda Kosintseva 2662
- Board 3:
Yaniet Marrero Lopez 2511
- Board 4:
Inna Gaponenko 2691
- Reserve:
Mariya Muzychuk 2431
Overall title
[edit]The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is awarded to the nation that has the highest toal number of match points in the open and women's divisions combined. Where two or more teams are tied, they are ordered by the same tie breakers as in the two separate events.
The trophy, named after the former women's World Champion (1961–78), was created by FIDE in 1997.
# | Team | MP | dSB |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
40 | |
2 | ![]() |
34 | 748.5 |
3 | ![]() |
34 | 747.0 |
FIDE presidential election
[edit]During the Olympiad, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as President of FIDE, defeating his rival, former World Champion Anatoly Karpov, decisively by 95 votes to 55.[4]
Controversies
[edit]In the first round, the team from Yemen refused to play against Israel. Each of the four Israeli players was thus awarded a technical victory.[5]
Three French players were caught in a scheme to use a computer program to decide moves. Their plan involved one player, Cyril Marzolo (IM), following the tournament at home and using the computer program to decide the best moves. He would send the moves by text message to the captain of the French team, Arnaud Hauchard (GM), who would then stand or sit at various tables as a signal to the player Sébastien Feller (GM) to make a certain move. Feller and Marzolo were given five year suspensions for this, while Hauchard was given a lifetime suspension. None of the other players on the French team knew of this or were involved.[6][7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to all male and female players.
- ^ Chess Olympiad 2010 Archived 2020-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, Chessdom.com
- ^ FIDE Handbook Retrieved on 2012-09-05.
- ^ "Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wins 2010 FIDE elections". Chessdom.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ^ Round 2 Olympiad Games now up Archived 2012-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, The Week in chess, 23 September 2010
- ^ "French chess hit by Russia olympiad 'cheating' scandal". BBC. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Cheating chess champion is banned for five years". connexionfrance.com. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
External links
[edit]- 39th Chess Olympiad: Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 OlimpBase
- Official site
- Chess Olympiad 2010 details Archived 2020-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Venue Archived 2020-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Open section
- Women's section