30th Chess Olympiad
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The 30th Chess Olympiad (Tagalog: Ika-30 Olimpiyadang pang-ahedres), organized 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 between June 7 and June 25, 1992, at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines.
Following the fall of the Iron Curtain, the field of competitors was quite different from previous Olympiads. Twelve of the 15 former Soviet republics now competed as independent nations, and they all finished in the top half. Meanwhile, an all-German team was present for the first time since World War II. Of the former Yugoslav republics, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia appeared independently; Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia did not. This Olympiad also marked the final appearance of Czechoslovakia and the re-appearance of South Africa.
With the Soviet team a thing of the past, all three medal ranks were now occupied by different ex-Soviet teams. Russia, captained by world champion Kasparov, took up the illustrious legacy of their predecessor and won by four points. Uzbekistan's silver was a small surprise; the Armenian bronze less so.
Open event
[edit]One-hundred-two teams from 100 different nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. One-hundred-four teams were signed up, but Yemen and Kenya never showed up, both forfeited their first two matches and were subsequently eliminated. Once again, the host nation had the right to field two additional teams.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; 2. Match points; and 3. The Sonneborn-Berger system.
Open event # Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 Russia
Kasparov, Khalifman, Dolmatov, Dreev, Kramnik, Vyzmanavin 2648 39 2 Uzbekistan
Loginov, Serper, Nenashev, Zagrebelny, Saltaev, Iuldachev 2514 35 3 Armenia
Vaganian, Akopian, Lputian, Minasian, Petrosian, Anastasian 2575 34½
# Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 4 United States
2611 34 5 Latvia
2566 33½ 450.0 6 Iceland
2544 33½ 443.0 7 Croatia
2523 33½ 440.0 8 Georgia
2560 33 450.0 9 Ukraine
2629 33 449.5 10 England
2638 33 444.5 11 Israel
2544 32½ 450.0 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2599 32½ 443.5 13 Germany
2580 32½ 433.5 14 Czechoslovakia
2536 32½ 432.0 15 Switzerland
2488 32½ 425.5 16 China
2523 32½ 408.5 17 Hungary
2588 32 447.0 18 Sweden
2551 32 440.0 19 Bulgaria
2541 32 430.5 20 Colombia
2448 32 420.5 21 Slovenia
2439 32 409.5 22 India
2531 31½ 23 Netherlands
2584 31 457.5 24 Lithuania
2530 31 439.0 25 Estonia
2525 31 426.5 26 Peru
2584 31 422.5 27 France
2521 31 419.0 28 Brazil
2476 31 414.0 29 Italy
2430 30½ 423.5 30 Turkmenistan
2284 30½ 405.5 31 Philippines
2478 30½ 404.5 32 Poland
2480 30 425.5 16 33 Norway
2429 30 425.5 14 34 Argentina
2483 30 423.0 35 Moldova
2490 30 421.5 36 Romania
2485 30 414.5 37 Turkey
2363 30 396.5 38 Kyrgyzstan
2429 29½ 428.0 39 Greece
2490 29½ 420.5 40 Indonesia
2424 29½ 414.5 41 Spain
2483 29½ 411.0 42 Philippines "C"
2355 29½ 407.5 43 Portugal
2440 29½ 404.5 44 Philippines "B"
2399 29½ 401.0 45 Kazakhstan
2376 29 416.5 46 Australia
2473 29 416.0 47 Austria
2355 29 407.0 48 Denmark
2436 28½ 411.0 49 Finland
2440 28½ 410.5 50 Belgium
2454 28½ 401.0 51 Mexico
2465 28½ 395.5 52 Singapore
2391 28½ 395.0 53 Vietnam
2243 28½ 390.5 54 Canada
2435 28½ 385.0 55 Scotland
2424 28 404.0 56 Tunisia
2331 28 387.0 57 Chile
2399 27½ 402.5 58 Mongolia
2316 27½ 398.0 59 Andorra
2260 27½ 363.0 60 Bangladesh
2183 27½ 350.0 61 New Zealand
2341 27 390.5 62 Puerto Rico
2249 27 369.0 63 South Africa
2064 27 349.0 64 Egypt
2388 26½ 397.5 65 Faroe Islands
2266 26½ 384.5 66 Algeria
2304 26½ 374.0 67 United Arab Emirates
2060 26½ 373.0 68 Sri Lanka
2136 26½ 359.0 69 Lebanon
2111 26½ 355.5 70 Pakistan
2106 26 388.0 71 Luxembourg
2263 26 379.5 72 Japan
2121 26 366.0 15 73 Thailand
2136 26 366.0 12 74 Angola
2263 26 361.0 75 Wales
2298 25½ 384.5 76 Nigeria
2051 25½ 372.0 77 Morocco
2285 25½ 366.5 13 78 Malaysia
2171 25½ 366.5 11 79 Qatar
2073 25½ 358.0 80 Nicaragua
2065 25½ 349.0 81 San Marino
2103 25½ 334.5 82 Ireland
2311 25 381.5 83 Uganda
2280 25 346.0 84 Mauritania
2051 25 318.5 85 Hong Kong
2274 24½ 365.0 86 Botswana
2161 24½ 349.5 87 Netherlands Antilles
2000 24½ 310.0 88 Cyprus
2104 24 89 Zimbabwe
2051 23½ 371.0 90 Liechtenstein
2053 23½ 311.5 91 Papua New Guinea
2103 23 335.0 92 Malta
2000 23 327.0 93 Jamaica
2110 22½ 367.0 94 Guernsey and
Jersey
2000 22½ 317.5 95 Mali
2051 22 317.0 96 Brunei
2000 22 306.5 97 United States Virgin Islands
2054 21½ 98 Palestine
2000 21 99 Fiji
2051 20½ 100 Bermuda
2138 18 101 El Salvador
2123 16 102 Seychelles
2000 14
Individual medals
[edit]- Performance rating:
Vladimir Kramnik 2958
- Board 1:
Garry Kasparov 8½ / 10 = 85.0%
- Board 2:
Jaime Sunye Neto 8 / 10 = 80.0%
- Board 3:
Alexander Nenashev 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
- Board 4:
Gustavo Zelaya 9 / 10 = 90.0%
- 1st reserve:
Vladimir Kramnik 8½ / 9 = 94.4%
- 2nd reserve:
Ognjen Cvitan 8 / 10 = 80.0%
Best game
[edit]The Brilliancy prize (along with around $4,000) went to Garry Kasparov (Russia) - Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from round 12.
Women's event
[edit]Sixty-two teams from 61 different nations (including Philippines "B") played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. Morocco and Zimbabwe were signed up, but didn't show up for their first round matches and were disqualified. Their first three matches were listed as forfeit, after which they were officially withdrawn.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; 2. Match points; and 3. The Sonneborn-Berger system.
Like the open event, the first women's tournament after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was dominated by the former Soviet republics. The Georgian team with two former world champions, Chiburdanidze and Gaprindashvili, took the gold, ahead of Ukraine and China, the latter led by reigning world champion Xie Jun. Defending champions Hungary, once again without any of the famous Polgar sisters, had to settle for fourth place.
# Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 Georgia
Chiburdanidze, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani, Gurieli 2460 30½ 2 Ukraine
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Litinskaya, Chelushkina, Semenova 2373 29 3 China
Xie Jun, Peng Zhaoqin, Wang Pin, Qin Kanying 2398 28½
# Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 4 Hungary
2343 26½ 5 Russia
2347 26 6 Romania
2317 25 350.0 7 Azerbaijan
2293 25 342.0 8 Kazakhstan
2277 24½ 347.0 9 United States
2353 24½ 346.5 10 Czechoslovakia
2247 24 338.0 11 Estonia
2232 24 324.5 12 Latvia
2220 24 304.0 13 Poland
2308 23½ 322.5 14 Bulgaria
2280 23½ 313.5 15 Kyrgyzstan
2215 23 328.5 16 Lithuania
2187 23 312.0 17 Moldova
2158 23 310.5 18 Indonesia
2047 22½ 310.0 19 Switzerland
2245 22½ 309.0 20 Greece
2285 22½ 303.5 21 Turkmenistan
2000 22½ 295.5 22 England
2263 22 312.5 23 Mongolia
2078 22 305.5 24 India
2148 22 302.5 25 Israel
2175 22 302.0 26 Slovenia
2065 22 299.5 27 Bangladesh
2002 22 264.0 28 Netherlands
2208 21½ 320.0 29 Argentina
2240 21½ 306.0 30 Croatia
2223 21½ 301.0 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2135 21½ 294.5 32 Sweden
2102 21½ 292.5 33 Armenia
2175 21½ 292.0 34 Vietnam
2082 21½ 288.5 35 Brazil
2088 21½ 277.0 36 Germany
2252 21 326.5 37 Norway
2083 21 298.0 38 Australia
2050 21 289.5 39 Philippines
2012 21 262.5 40 Austria
2062 20 302.5 41 Spain
2225 20 294.5 42 Scotland
2013 20 289.0 43 Venezuela
2018 20 274.0 44 Finland
2095 19½ 302.0 45 Canada
2072 19½ 286.0 46 France
2112 19½ 284.5 47 Malaysia
2008 19½ 279.0 48 Turkey
2048 19½ 267.5 49 Portugal
2012 19½ 250.0 50 Italy
2000 19½ 241.0 51 Philippines "B"
2000 19½ 238.5 52 Mexico
2033 19 275.0 53 Wales
2060 19 246.5 54 Algeria
2002 18½ 250.5 55 Singapore
2000 18½ 237.5 56 Sri Lanka
2000 17½ 249.0 57 Ireland
2033 17½ 233.5 58 Nigeria
2000 14½ 59 Angola
2002 11½ 237.0 60 United Arab Emirates
2000 11½ 235.5 61 New Zealand
2012 11 62 Seychelles
2000 5
Individual medals
[edit]- Performance rating:
Maia Chiburdanidze 2692
- Board 1:
Maia Chiburdanidze 11½ / 13 = 88.5%
- Board 2:
Svetlana Prudnikova 8½ / 11 = 77.3%
- Board 3:
Nana Ioseliani 10 / 12 = 83.3%
- Reserve:
Suneetha Wijesuriya 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
References
[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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