35th Chess Olympiad
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The 35th Chess Olympiad (Slovene: 35. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open[1] and women's tournament, took place between October 25 and November 11, 2002, in Bled, Slovenia. There were 135 teams in the open event and 90 in the women's event.
Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Geurt Gijssen (Netherlands). Teams were paired across the 14 rounds of competition according to the Swiss system. The open division was played over four boards per round, whilst the women's was played over three. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; and 2. Match points.
The time control for each game permitted each player 90 minutes for all their moves, with an additional 30 seconds increment for each player after each move, beginning with the first.
In addition to the overall medal winners, the teams were divided into seeding groups, with the top finishers in each group receiving special prizes.
Open event
[edit]The open division was contested by 135 teams representing 130 nations. Slovenia, 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. Sudan were signed up but never arrived.
Both reigning world champions, Vladimir Kramnik (classical) and Viswanathan Anand (FIDE), were absent from the tournament. Meanwhile, the Russian team with two ex-champions, Kasparov and Khalifman, won their sixth consecutive title. Hungary and Armenia took silver and bronze, respectively.
Open event # Country Players Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 1 Russia
Kasparov, Grischuk, Khalifman, Morozevich, Svidler, Rublevsky 2734 38½ 2 Hungary
Lékó, Polgár, Almási, Gyimesi, Ruck, Ács 2674 37½ 3 Armenia
Akopian, Lputian, Asrian, Sargissian, Minasian, Anastasian 2620 35 4 Georgia
Azmaiparashvili, Sturua, Mchedlishvili, Jobava, Izoria, Gagunashvili 2590 34 5 China
Ye Jiangchuan, Xu Jun, Zhang Zhong, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Zhang Pengxiang 2633 33½ 456.5 6 Netherlands
Van Wely, Sokolov, Tiviakov, Van den Doel, Nijboer, Ernst 2648 33½ 454.5 7 England
Adams, Short, Speelman, McShane, Conquest, Emms 2640 33½ 450.5 8 Slovakia
Movsesian, Ftáčnik, Timoščenko, Markoš, Maník, Plachetka 2561 33 445.0 9 Israel
Gelfand, Smirin, Sutovsky, Psakhis, Avrukh, Huzman 2660 33 439.5 10 Yugoslavia
Ljubojević, Damljanović, Ivanišević, Kovačević, Ilinčić, Pikula 2548 33 436.0
# Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 11 North Macedonia
2543 33 430.5 12 Switzerland
2561 33 427.5 13 Poland
2600 32½ 451.0 14 Ukraine
2665 32½ 459.5 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2576 32½ 447.5 16 Germany
2626 32½ 446.5 17 Belarus
2570 32½ 442.0 18 Czech Republic
2578 32½ 438.5 19 Spain
2567 32½ 433.5 20 Uzbekistan
2566 32½ 431.0 21 Lithuania
2548 32 435.0 22 Iceland
2498 32 422.0 23 Croatia
2558 31½ 445.0 24 France
2610 31½ 441.5 25 Greece
2540 31½ 433.5 26 Denmark
2554 31½ 425.5 27 Bulgaria
2545 31½ 421.5 28 Romania
2590 31 448.5 29 India
2561 31 441.0 30 Azerbaijan
2575 31 436.0 31 Moldova
2543 31 431.0 32 Sweden
2583 31 430.0 33 Canada
2492 31 423.5 34 Bangladesh
2453 31 414.5 35 Brazil
2561 31 411.0 36 Ireland
2458 31 408.0 37 Cuba
2576 30½ 433.0 38 Italy
2470 30½ 426.0 17 39 Philippines
2502 30½ 426.0 14 40 Slovenia
2591 30½ 425.0 41 United States
2620 30½ 422.0 42 Latvia
2540 30½ 416.5 43 Estonia
2530 30½ 414.5 44 Belgium
2425 30½ 414.0 45 Finland
2442 30½ 411.0 46 Kazakhstan
2516 30 428.5 47 Vietnam
2513 30 415.0 48 Norway
2511 30 412.5 49 Scotland
2491 30 412.0 50 Indonesia
2425 30 409.5 51 Mexico
2420 30 399.5 52 Colombia
2452 29½ 408.5 53 Australia
2482 29½ 407.0 54 Egypt
2403 29½ 402.0 55 Qatar
2367 29½ 399.0 56 Iraq
2310 29½ 394.5 57 Portugal
2459 29½ 389.5 58 Tajikistan
2421 29½ 337.0 59 Peru
2430 29 406.5 60 Chile
2419 29 394.0 14 61 Iran
2429 29 394.0 11 62 Slovenia "B"
2351 29 390.0 63 Argentina
2534 28½ 421.5 64 Austria
2391 28½ 411.5 65 Venezuela
2373 28½ 401.0 66 Paraguay
2405 28½ 397.0 67 Ecuador
2386 28½ 396.0 68 Luxembourg
2273 28½ 394.5 69 Turkmenistan
2402 28 418.5 70 Costa Rica
2380 28 394.0 71 Andorra
2339 28 390.5 72 Kyrgyzstan
2404 28 387.5 73 Albania
2411 28 384.0 74 Lebanon
2282 28 383.0 75 Malaysia
2224 27½ 390.0 15 76 Turkey
2348 27½ 390.0 13 77 Bolivia
2325 27½ 389.5 78 Cyprus
2304 27½ 383.0 79 Singapore
2399 27½ 373.5 80 Slovenia "C"
2416 27 399.5 81 Wales
2280 27 393.0 82 Zambia
2303 27 390.5 83 Dominican Republic
2336 27 385.0 84 Mongolia
2372 27 381.0 85 Uruguay
2309 27 380.5 86 ICSC 2371 27 376.5 87 IBCA 2296 27 368.0 88 New Zealand
2335 27 366.5 89 Angola
2247 26½ 387.0 90 Thailand
2227 26½ 372.0 91 Ethiopia
2067 26½ 350.0 92 United Arab Emirates
2289 26 386.0 93 Faroe Islands
2304 26 383.0 94 Algeria
2290 26 382.0 95 IPCA 2336 26 381.5 96 Yemen
2148 26 357.0 97 Nigeria
2125 26 326.5 98 Trinidad and Tobago
2210 25½ 361.0 99 Liechtenstein
2065 25½ 350.0 100 Tunisia
2323 25 382.0 101 Sri Lanka
2213 25 368.5 102 Zimbabwe
2049 25 367.5 103 South Africa
2303 25 366.0 104 Barbados
2227 25 357.0 105 Libya
2054 25 347.5 106 Malta
2184 25 345.0 107 Bahrain
2122 25 344.0 108 Monaco
2220 24½ 364.0 109 Japan
2037 24½ 351.5 110 Netherlands Antilles
2089 24½ 326.5 111 Botswana
2146 24 368.0 112 Mauritania
2034 24 346.5 113 Suriname
2203 24 345.5 114 Jamaica
2230 23½ 361.5 115 Uganda
2069 23½ 360.5 116 Palestine
2136 23½ 351.5 117 Jersey
2086 23½ 332.5 118 Nicaragua
2225 23 354.5 119 Honduras
2014 23 347.5 120 Namibia
2059 23 340.5 13 121 Hong Kong
2043 23 340.5 11 122 Panama
2017 23 317.0 123 Kenya
2054 23 300.0 124 Afghanistan
2000 23 278.0 125 Brunei
2000 22½ 327.5 126 Aruba
2000 22½ 323.5 127 San Marino
2024 22½ 275.5 128 British Virgin Islands
2005 22 129 Somalia
2000 21½ 302.0 130 Papua New Guinea
2044 21½ 287.5 131 Macau
2179 21½ 282.5 133 Bermuda
2007 17½ 133 Guernsey
2048 17 134 Rwanda
2000 15½ 135 United States Virgin Islands
2000 11½
Individual medals
[edit]- Performance rating:
Garry Kasparov 2933
- Board 1:
Robert Gwaze 9 / 9 = 100.0%
- Board 2:
Jean-Philippe Gentilleau 7 / 9 = 77.8%
- Board 3:
Cerdas Barus 8½ / 10 = 85.0%
- Board 4:
Maher Ayyad 8 / 10 = 80.0%
- 1st reserve:
Jassim Saleh 6½ / 7 = 92.9%
- 2nd reserve:
Sam Collins 7½ / 8 = 93.8%
Gwaze is one of two players to have recorded the "highest" perfect score at an Olympiad with 9 points in 9 games (the other was Alexander Alekhine in 1930).
Women's event
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The women's division was contested by 90 teams representing 85 nations. Slovenia, 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. Afghanistan and Tunisia were signed up but never arrived.
China were only narrow favourites on rating this time but still won their third consecutive title, led by reigning world champion Zhu Chen and future champion Xu Yuhua. Russia and Poland took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
# Country Players Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 1 China
Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Wang Pin, Zhao Xue 2485 29½ 2 Russia
Kovalevskaya, Matveeva, Kosteniuk, T. Kosintseva 2462 29 3 Poland
Radziewicz, Dworakowska, Soćko, Kądziołka 2388 28 4 Georgia
Chiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Khurtsidze, Arakhamia-Grant 2481 27½ 5 Hungary
Vajda, Dembo, Lakos, Gara 2363 25½ 343.0 6 Ukraine
Zhukova, Vasilevich, Zatonskih, Gaponenko 2424 25½ 334.5 7 Yugoslavia
Bojković, Prudnikova, Chelushkina, Benderać 2403 25½ 334.0 8 Azerbaijan
Velikhanli, Shukurova, Z. Mamedyarova, T. Mamedyarova 2269 25½ 317.0 9 United States
Krush, Baginskaite, Shahade, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya 2381 25 349.0 10 Czech Republic
Jacková, Krupková, Sikorová, Ptáčníková 2316 25 341.0
# Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 11 Bulgaria
2412 24½ 348.5 12 Vietnam
2357 24½ 346.5 13 Israel
2283 24½ 309.5 14 Romania
2404 24 347.5 15 Armenia
2345 24 335.0 16 Germany
2382 24 334.0 17 Slovakia
2310 24 332.5 18 England
2364 24 318.5 19 India
2325 23½ 338.5 20 Netherlands
2353 23½ 317.5 21 Iran
2176 23½ 307.0 22 Turkmenistan
2214 23½ 297.5 23 Greece
2302 23 335.0 24 France
2396 23 328.5 25 Croatia
2233 23 322.0 26 Argentina
2218 23 309.0 27 Spain
2273 23 302.0 28 Sweden
2172 23 301.0 29 Kazakhstan
2239 22½ 328.0 30 Cuba
2304 22½ 313.5 31 Belarus
2264 22½ 312.0 32 Moldova
2344 22½ 311.0 15 33 Mongolia
2248 22½ 311.0 14 34 Lithuania
2202 22½ 309.5 35 Australia
2191 22½ 301.5 36 Uzbekistan
2213 22 310.5 37 Switzerland
2195 22 301.0 38 Slovenia
2245 22 296.5 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2147 21½ 310.5 40 Ecuador
2270 21½ 298.5 41 Bangladesh
2100 21½ 291.5 42 Finland
2171 21 304.0 43 Estonia
2207 21 303.5 44 Norway
2098 21 296.0 45 Slovenia "C"
2122 21 297.0 46 Colombia
2032 21 293.5 47 Mexico
2091 21 290.0 48 Singapore
2052 21 286.5 49 Kyrgyzstan
2108 21 285.5 16 50 Austria
2112 21 285.5 14 51 Turkey
2080 21 283.0 52 Denmark
2155 20½ 305.0 53 Venezuela
2185 20½ 289.5 14 54 Slovenia "B"
2169 20½ 289.5 13 55 Scotland
2079 20½ 287.5 56 Brazil
2092 20½ 282.5 57 Peru
1986 20 301.5 58 Canada
2132 20 300.5 59 North Macedonia
2127 20 293.0 60 IBCA 2046 20 291.0 61 Wales
2023 20 280.5 62 Malaysia
1995 20 276.5 63 Albania
1800 20 272.0 64 Philippines
2174 19½ 293.5 65 Sri Lanka
1800 19½ 271.5 66 Iceland
2016 19 282.5 67 Algeria
1981 19 277.0 68 Barbados
1873 19 234.0 69 South Africa
1800 18½ 285.0 70 Iraq
1903 18½ 263.0 71 Italy
2055 18 271.5 72 Dominican Republic
1932 18 270.0 73 IPCA 2165 18 267.0 74 Costa Rica
1800 18 260.5 75 Lebanon
1901 18 253.5 76 Ireland
2047 18 246.5 77 Puerto Rico
1800 18 242.5 78 Jamaica
1800 18 240.0 79 Luxembourg
1899 17½ 269.0 80 ICSC 1800 17½ 258.5 81 Brunei
1800 17½ 242.0 82 Chile
2019 17 249.5 83 Zimbabwe
1800 17 225.5 84 Nigeria
1881 16½ 85 Botswana
1963 15½ 86 New Zealand
1873 15 87 Japan
1956 14 233.0 88 Angola
1800 14 231.5 89 Zambia
1800 13 90 Yemen
1800 8
Individual medals
[edit]- Performance rating:
Zhao Xue 2707
- Board 1:
Hoàng Thanh Trang 8½ / 11 = 77.3%
- Board 2:
Svetlana Prudnikova and
Leili Pärnpuu 9½ / 13 = 73.1%
- Board 3:
Monika Soćko 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
- Reserve:
Zhao Xue and
Tatiana Kosintseva 11 / 12 = 91.7%
Overall title
[edit]The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is awarded to the nation that has the best average rank in the open and women's divisions. Where two or more teams are tied, they are ordered by best single finish in either division and then by total number of points scored.
The trophy, named after the former women's world champion (1961–78), was created by FIDE in 1997.
# | Team | Open division |
Women's division |
Average |
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1 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 1½ |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 5 | 3½ |
Further reading
[edit]- Wilkinson, Ian (2004). Magnificence In Bled - The 35th. Chess Olympiad. Lmh Publishers. ISBN 976-8184-92-2.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
External links
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- 35th Chess Olympiad: Bled 2002 OlimpBase
- 35th Chess Olympiad Bled 2002 Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine at Chess Federation of Slovenia
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100416085711/http://www.thechessdrum.net/Olympiad2002/