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]
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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
editThe 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 # Land Players Average
ratingMP dSB 1 Ukraine Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Eljanov, Efimenko, Moiseenko 2737 19 2 Russland Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov 2755 18 3 Israel Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski 2676 17 367.5 4 Ungarn 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 Russland "B" Nepomniachtchi, Alekseev, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky, Timofeev 2702 16 355.0 7 Armenien Aronian, Akopian, Sargissian, Pashikian, Grigoryan 2698 16 345.0 8 Spanien Shirov, Vallejo Pons, Salgado Lopez,
Magem Badals, Alsina Leal2658 16 332.0 9 Vereinigte Staaten Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Shulman, Hess 2691 16 315.5 10 Frankreich Vachier-Lagrave, Fressinet, Tkachiev, Édouard, Feller 2681 16 311.5
Rank Land Average rating MP dSB GP Final Ranking - Open 11 Polen 2662 15 346.5 12 Aserbaidschan 2694 15 333.0 13 Russland "C" 2665 15 320.5 14 Weißrussland 2659 15 307.5 15 Niederlande 2665 15 305.0 16 Slowakei 2596 15 302.5 17 Brasilien 2590 15 290.5 18 Indien 2645 15 287.0 19 Dänemark 2519 15 257.5 20 Tschechische Republik 2656 14 338.5 21 Italien 2583 14 316.5 22 Griechenland 2590 14 302.5 23 Cuba 2652 14 299.0 24 England 2673 14 292.0 25 Argentinien 2587 14 281.0 26 Estland 2511 14 277.0 27 Kasachstan 2535 14 274.0 28 Moldawien 2580 14 265.0 29 Iran 2550 14 259.5 30 Georgien 2637 13 316.0 31 Bulgarien 2693 13 287.5 32 Kroatien 2585 13 284.5 33 Serbien 2609 13 278.0 34 Schweden 2572 13 277.0 35 Litauen 2545 13 268.0 36 Slowenien 2485 13 264.5 37 Kanada 2492 13 264.0 38 Österreich 2516 13 263.0 39 Russland "D" 2492 13 258.0 40 Island 2489 13 257.5 41 Ägypten 2537 13 252.0 42 Montenegro 2481 13 251.5 43 Katar 2483 13 236.0 44 Peru 2516 13 231.0 45 Türkei 2501 13 230.0 46 Uruguay 2384 13 227.0 47 Sambia 2002 13 202.5 48 ICSC 2394 13 197.0 49 Usbekistan 2572 12 285.0 50 Philippinen 2552 12 276.0 51 Norwegen 2594 12 274.5 52 Vietnam 2587 12 272.0 53 Chile 2500 12 261.0 54 Kolumbien 2475 12 255.0 55 Australien 2502 12 253.0 56 North Macedonia 2524 12 246.5 57 Albanien 2419 12 231.5 58 Singapur 2393 12 231.0 59 Finnland 2456 12 218.0 60 Belgien 2394 12 215.0 61 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2286 12 211.5 62 Pakistan 1970 12 194.5 63 IPCA 2403 12 192.5 64 Deutschland 2534 11 268.0 65 Schweiz 2513 11 258.5 66 Bosnien und Herzegowina 2574 11 254.5 67 Indonesien 2423 11 248.5 68 Kirgisistan 2350 11 231.5 69 Lettland 2472 11 224.0 70 Russland "E" 2449 11 220.0 71 Mongolei 2422 11 216.5 72 Mexiko 2557 11 214.0 73 Bangladesch 2335 11 200.0 74 Südafrika 2338 11 194.5 75 Portugal 2459 11 194.0 76 Turkmenistan 2418 11 193.0 77 Jordanien 2343 11 188.0 78 Libyen 2195 11 187.5 79 Paraguay 2330 11 186.0 80 Färöer Inseln 2332 11 185.5 81 Venezuela 2429 11 184.5 82 Costa Rica 2342 11 179.0 83 Scotland 2429 11 175.5 84 Jemen 2327 11 165.0 85 Ecuador 2424 10 219.0 86 Tadschikistan 2436 10 218.0 87 Andorra 2285 10 206.5 88 Irland 2365 10 202.0 89 Algerien 2273 10 195.5 90 Dominikanische Republik 2314 10 191.5 91 Neuseeland 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 Luxemburg 2279 10 162.5 20½ 98 Zypern 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 Jamaika 2243 9 160.0 106 Uganda 1938 9 158.5 107 Nepal 2096 9 152.5 108 Puerto Rico 2224 9 151.0 109 Libanon 2227 9 149.0 110 Monaco 2252 9 143.0 111 Honduras 1950 9 141.5 112 Palestine 1894 9 133.0 113 Südkorea 2069 9 132.0 114 Bolivien 2206 9 116.5 115 Trinidad und 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 Kenia 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 Äthiopien 1691 8 100.0 129 Hongkong 1967 8 83.0 130 Guernsey 1927 8 69.5 131 Mauretanien 1200 7 112.5 132 Surinam 2120 7 110.0 133 Macau 1992 7 108.5 134 Mosambik 1853 7 103.0 135 Madagaskar 1438 7 102.0 136 Netherlands Antilles 2049 7 80.5 137 Kamerun 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-Neuguinea 2058 6 70.0 144 San Marino 2038 6 50.5 145 Burundi 1200 4 45.5 146 Ruanda 1321 3 57.0 147 United States Virgin Islands 1200 3 32.5 148 Seychellen 1604 2
Group prizes
editIn 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 Ungarn 17 355.5 B 30–59 Weißrussland 15 307.5 C 60–89 Uruguay 13 227.0 D 90–119 Libyen 11 187.5 E 120–148 Sambia 13 202.5
Individual medals
editAll 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
editThe 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 # Land Players Average
ratingMP dSB 1 Russland T. Kosintseva, N. Kosintseva, Kosteniuk, Galliamova, Gunina 2536 22 2 China Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Huang Qian, Wang Yu 2500 18 3 Georgien 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 Vereinigte Staaten Krush, Zatonskih, Abrahamyan, Baginskaite, Foisor 2413 16 336.5 6 Polen Soćko, Zawadzka, Majdan-Gajewska, Dworakowska, Kądziołka 2386 16 336.0 7 Aserbaidschan Z. Mamedyarova, T. Mamedyarova, Mammadova, Umudova, Isgandarova 2270 16 320.0 8 Bulgarien Stefanova, Voiska, Nikolova, Videnova, Velcheva 2361 16 296.5 9 Ukraine Lahno, Zhukova, Ushenina, Gaponenko, Muzychuk 2493 15 366.5 10 Russland "B" Pogonina, Girya, Savina, Bodnaruk, Kashlinskaya 2427 15 335.5
Rank Land Average
ratingMP dSB GP dSMP Final Ranking - Women 11 Armenien 2401 15 327.5 12 Griechenland 2306 15 316.0 13 Rumänien 2352 15 312.5 14 Russland "C" 2209 15 287.0 15 Ungarn 2398 14 320.5 16 Frankreich 2375 14 314.0 17 Indien 2400 14 313.5 18 Vietnam 2282 14 278.0 19 Iran 2252 14 276.0 20 Litauen 2191 14 261.5 21 England 2195 14 257.5 27½ 22 Kroatien 2262 14 257.5 23½ 23 Peru 2210 14 246.5 24 Slowakei 2349 13 317.5 25 Deutschland 2344 13 313.5 26 Serbien 2337 13 304.0 27 Israel 2290 13 290.0 28 Niederlande 2330 13 279.5 28½ 29 Kasachstan 2196 13 279.5 27½ 30 Usbekistan 2222 13 277.5 31 Lettland 2293 13 263.5 32 Slowenien 2358 13 257.5 33 Bosnien und Herzegowina 2168 13 255.0 34 Weißrussland 2218 13 252.5 35 Argentinien 2259 13 249.5 36 Italien 2240 13 238.5 37 Kolumbien 2191 12 266.5 38 Türkei 2145 12 264.0 39 Spanien 2272 12 258.0 40 Moldawien 2168 12 251.0 41 Schweden 2100 12 244.5 42 Ecuador 2195 12 239.0 43 Indonesien 2144 12 236.0 44 Philippinen 2107 12 234.5 45 Dänemark 2057 12 200.5 46 Australien 2105 12 198.5 47 Venezuela 2105 12 191.0 48 Bangladesch 2035 12 178.0 49 Turkmenistan 2167 11 251.5 50 Tschechische Republik 2313 11 248.0 51 Mongolei 2229 11 247.0 52 Schweiz 2163 11 220.5 53 Norwegen 2166 11 204.0 54 Estland 2144 11 203.5 55 Österreich 2228 11 203.0 56 Guatemala 1892 11 202.5 57 Island 1968 11 201.0 58 Montenegro 2157 11 196.5 59 ICSC 2113 11 193.0 60 North Macedonia 1993 11 192.5 61 Algerien 1713 11 184.5 62 Singapur 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 Kanada 2054 10 217.0 68 IPCA 1975 10 178.0 69 Südafrika 1952 10 175.0 70 Brasilien 2016 10 172.5 71 Mexiko 2071 10 166.0 72 Paraguay 1753 10 162.5 73 Albanien 1970 10 159.5 74 Bolivien 2013 10 155.0 75 Sri Lanka 1820 10 147.5 76 Puerto Rico 1880 10 141.5 77 Jordanien 1882 10 136.5 78 Syria 1742 10 122.0 79 Tadschikistan 1779 9 169.0 20½ 107 80 IBCA 1803 9 169.0 20½ 102 81 Dominikanische Republik 1982 9 168.0 82 Neuseeland 1952 9 162.0 83 Jamaika 1401 9 160.5 84 Kirgisistan 1855 9 160.0 85 Ägypten 1947 9 158.0 86 Botswana 1889 9 145.5 87 Katar 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 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 1714 8 135.0 93 Tunesien 1529 8 128.5 94 Südkorea 1555 8 122.0 95 Sambia 1200 8 119.0 96 Surinam 1636 8 111.0 97 Jemen 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 Irland 1252 7 100.5 104 Japan 1425 7 86.5 105 Aruba 1200 7 84.5 106 Panama 1377 7 80.5 107 Äthiopien 1200 7 45.0 108 Malawi 1200 6 79.5 109 Pakistan 1349 6 79.0 110 Kenia 1200 6 70.5 111 Honduras 1200 6 70.0 112 Mosambik 1331 6 66.0 113 Trinidad und Tobago 1506 6 64.0 114 Libyen 1441 6 61.5 115 Seychellen 1200 1
Individual medals
editAll 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
editThe 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 | Russland | 40 | |
2 | China | 34 | 748.5 |
3 | Ukraine | 34 | 747.0 |
FIDE presidential election
editDuring 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
editIn 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