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34th Chess Olympiad
FIDE chess tournament for national teams

The 34th Chess Olympiad , organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey. There were 126 teams in the open event and 86 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 first by the Buchholz system and secondly by match points.

The time control for each game permitted each player 100 minutes to make the first 40 of their moves, then an additional 50 minutes to make the next 20 moves, and then 10 minutes to finish the game, with an additional 30 seconds devolving on 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.

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Open event

The open division was contested by 126 teams representing 124 nations. Turkey, as hosts, fielded two teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association provided one squad. Nicaragua, Mauritania, and Djibouti were signed up but never arrived.

Once again, Russia had to do without their strongest players, the "Three Ks". Classical World Champion Garry Kasparov and challenger Vladimir Kramnik were in the midst of their championship match, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov was still at odds with the national federation. Captained by the new FIDE champion Khalifman, however, Russia were still favourites, and the team did win their fifth consecutive title, although only by a single point. Germany took the silver medals, while Ukraine clinched the bronze, beating Hungary on tie-break. Pre-tournament medal favourites England, whose average rating was a mere 13 points below Russia's, finished a disappointing seventh.

Open event
#CountryPlayersAverageratingPointsBuchholz
1 RussiaKhalifman, Morozevich, Svidler, Rublevsky, Sakaev, Grischuk268538
2 GermanyYusupov, Hübner, Dautov, Lutz, Bischoff, Luther260437
3 UkraineIvanchuk, Ponomariov, Baklan, Eingorn, Romanishin, Malakhatko263835½457.5
4 HungaryLeko, Almási, Polgár, Portisch, Sax, Ruck266135½455.5
5 IsraelGelfand, Smirin, Avrukh, Psakhis, Sutovsky, Huzman265234½
6 GeorgiaAzmaiparashvili, Giorgadze, Sturua, Kacheishvili, Gelashvili, Jobava260234
7 EnglandAdams, Short, Hodgson, Speelman, Miles, Emms267233441.5
8 IndiaKrishnan Sasikiran, Abhijit Kunte, Pentala Harikrishna, Dibyendu Barua, Devaki Prasad, Surya Ganguly253833440.5
9 ChinaYe Jiangchuan, Xu Jun, Peng Xiaomin, Wu Wenjin, Liang Chong, Ni Hua265133439.5
10 SwitzerlandKorchnoi, Milov, Gallagher, Pelletier, Jenni, Hug256233432.5
#CountryAverageratingPointsBuchholzMP
11 Uzbekistan256433429.5
12 Slovenia255033421.0
13 North Macedonia248333417.0
14 Bulgaria262832½459.0
15 Poland259032½437.5
16 France254432½427.0
17 Armenia260632456.5
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina258232441.5
19 Philippines251032439.019
20 Greece254132439.016
21 Denmark258032436.0
22 Cuba254632432.5
23 Spain258232432.0
24 Yugoslavia254232427.5
25 Estonia253032421.0
26 United States262731½449.0
27 Romania252431½445.0
28 Slovakia255231½442.5
29 Canada248231½430.0
30 Scotland245531½418.5
31 Lithuania249031½414.0
32 Belarus257731½398.5
33 Netherlands261531459.5
34 Latvia249331429.0
35 Moldova248931422.5
36 Australia248331410.0
37 Vietnam250531406.0
38 Brazil257330½440.0
39 Czech Republic260730½432.5
40 Singapore246730½403.0
41 Kazakhstan256430434.5
42 Sweden254830432.5
43 Croatia257930427.5
44 Indonesia250330416.5
45 Finland245130411.5
46 Azerbaijan245630410.5
47 Portugal235430410.0
48 Mongolia241530407.5
49 Kyrgyzstan248929½426.5
50 Egypt242629½405.5
51 Ireland242629½397.5
52 Norway237429½396.5
53 Argentina250329½386.5
54 Belgium239429½377.5
55 Iceland246929430.0
56 Italy247629425.0
57 Chile241129404.0
58 Bangladesh240729373.5
59 Turkmenistan244928½410.5
60 Austria240428½395.514
61 Iran240828½395.513
62 Turkey233728½393.5
63 Morocco238628½393.0
64 Malaysia230728½387.0
65 Peru237628½366.5
66 Turkey "B"226528393.0
67 Faroe Islands232128385.5
68 Ecuador238628379.5
69 Andorra235328379.0
70 South Africa222128373.5
71 Tunisia221928372.5
72 Venezuela236827½407.5
73 United Arab Emirates237627½389.5
74 Luxembourg227927½377.5
75 Paraguay232027½374.5
76 Myanmar252827397.5
77 Mexico241127397.0
78IBCA232527391.0
79 Pakistan230127381.512
80 Wales227627381.59
81 Costa Rica231327379.0
82 Qatar222827374.0
83 Colombia234326½393.0
84 Angola206026½375.5
85 Iraq236526396.5
86 Syria232126388.5
87 New Zealand235226386.0
88 Japan221526379.0
89 Puerto Rico220226367.5
90 Zambia223225½387.0
91 Uruguay225025½378.5
92 El Salvador218525½370.5
93 Zimbabwe221025½360.5
94 Sri Lanka208125½356.5
95 Uganda221825½351.5
96 Albania236425388.5
97 Cyprus225325374.5
98 Bolivia225725370.0
99 Yemen229925369.0
100 Liechtenstein212125336.5
101 Barbados205725331.5
102 Jamaica223424½367.0
103 Kenya212624½353.5
104 Suriname205124½342.0
105 Honduras212324363.0
106 Botswana209324349.0
107 Netherlands Antilles215924346.0
108 Palestine208724333.0
109 Namibia215224305.5
110 Malta221223½354.5
111 Monaco221023½342.5
112 Macau219023½330.0
113 Hong Kong210823½326.5
114 Ethiopia207923½319.513
115 Mauritius200023½319.511
116 Panama205823½310.5
117 Jersey214523½301.5
118 Trinidad and Tobago221423
119 San Marino205122½
120 Bermuda200620½
121 Brunei200020298.5
122 Seychelles205620297.5
123 Papua New Guinea205119½
124 Guernsey209218½
125 United States Virgin Islands202013½
126 Rwanda20007½

Individual medals

Women's event

The women's division was contested by 86 teams representing 84 nations. Turkey, as hosts, fielded two teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association entered one squad.

Defending champions China were huge favourites on rating and retained their title, led by reigning world champion Xie Jun and with two future champions in the team: Zhu Chen and Xu Yuhua. Georgia and Russia took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

#CountryPlayersAverageratingPointsBuchholz
1 ChinaXie Jun, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Wang Lei253732
2 GeorgiaChiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Khurtsidze, Gurieli248031
3 RussiaGalliamova, Kovalevskaya, Matveeva, Stepovaya-Dianchenko248028½
4 UkraineZhukova, Zatonskih, Vasilevich, Sedina244227
5 YugoslaviaMarić, Bojković, Prudnikova, Chelushkina243026
6 NetherlandsZhaoqin Peng, Sziva, Bosboom-Lanchava, Jap Tjoen San232925½
7 HungaryMádl, Lakos, Grábics, Gara236925342.0
8 GermanyKachiani-Gersinska, Paehtz, Koglin, Trabert236425333.5
9 EnglandHunt, Lalic, Houska, Richards234925325.5
10 ArmeniaDanielian, Mkrtchian, Hlgatian, Aginian230324½342.5
#CountryAverageratingPointsBuchholzMP
11 Romania235024½333.0
12 Moldova238524328.5
13 India227224328.0
14 Poland238624323.5
15 United States226124316.0
16 Bulgaria232823½324.5
17 Cuba230223½317.0
18 Latvia224923½303.0
19 Kazakhstan229923325.0
20 Israel232523300.5
21 Azerbaijan225122½334.5
22 Czech Republic227122½334.0
23 Vietnam236722½329.0
24 Belarus232522½326.5
25 Spain225122½320.0
26 Greece229522½312.5
27 Australia218822½306.0
28 Slovakia230522½305.0
29 Estonia223922½302.5
30 Lithuania223722321.0
31 Uzbekistan217122307.0
32 Croatia225422304.5
33 Mongolia216222301.5
34 Finland214822300.0
35 Portugal206522296.0
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina223721½313.5
37 Bangladesh205021½305.0
38 Sweden218821½303.0
39 France226921½296.5
40 Philippines207021½294.5
41 Austria217021309.5
42 Denmark210821305.5
43 Turkmenistan223321304.0
44 Switzerland216221300.0
45 Slovenia220721297.014
46 Ecuador230921297.012
47 North Macedonia212221295.0
48 Italy203921281.0
49 Venezuela210120½301.5
50 Kyrgyzstan212320½295.5
51 Argentina214620½287.5
52IBCA212220½285.5
53 Iran200820½285.0
54 Wales205320½280.5
55 Indonesia208020½272.0
56 Norway206220297.5
57 Brazil215120294.0
58 Scotland208420291.0
59 Canada207020274.0
60 Malaysia206120268.0
61 Ireland203520239.0
62 Mexico206919½296.0
63 Turkey203219½286.5
64 United Arab Emirates200019½274.5
65 Costa Rica200019½262.5
66 Japan200019½259.0
67 Turkey "B"200019½256.5
68 Colombia215919279.5
69 Albania207719266.0
70 Guatemala207019257.0
71 South Africa205018½270.0
72 Iraq206118½268.5
73 El Salvador201518½262.0
74 New Zealand200018½243.5
75 Morocco200018½242.0
76 Puerto Rico200018½233.5
77 Syria200018257.0
78 Iceland204218246.5
79 Singapore200018238.5
80 Sri Lanka200018232.5
81 Botswana200018224.5
82 Angola200014½225.0
83 Zambia200014½224.5
84 Macau200010½
85 Yemen20007½
86 United States Virgin Islands20212½

Individual medals

Overall title

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.

#TeamOpendivisionWomen'sdivisionAverage
1 Russia132
2 Ukraine343½
3 Georgia624

Notes

References

  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to all players. ↩