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40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (Games and Results)

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012

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The 40th Chess Olympiad takes place in Istanbul, Turkey 27th August (Opening 28th R1) to 9th September 2012. Play starts 15:00 local time, 13:00 BST. Elo favourites Russia haven't won the title since 2002, defending champions Ukraine and Armenia are all close to full strength. World number 1 Magnus Carlsen will not be playing and rather shockingly the 2014 hosts Norway can't find the money to field an any way representative team. England with Adams, Jones and Short are about as strong as could be expected given that McShane is only a part time player. http://fantasychessteam.com/ is a prediction competition and Yorkshire Chess have a handy Olympiad Preview

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 11 2012 (11)

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Final Round 11 took place on Sunday 9th September 2012.

Armenia captured their third title in their last four attempts after defeating Hungary 2.5-1.5 in the final round thanks to a win from Sergei Movsesian. Their leader Levon Aronian also captured gold on board 1. The round 10 leaders China were defeated 3-1 by Ukraine where Vassily Ivanchuk destroyed Wang Hao on top board. Russia were level with Armenia on 19 points but had a worse tie-break even after beating Germany 3-1. Ukraine took bronze.

Gold Medal Board Prizes Bd1: Levon Aronian Bd2 David Navara Bd3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Bd4 Vlad Tkachiev Bd5 Dmitry Jakovenko.

In the women's Olympiad Russia destroyed Kazakhstan 4-0 in the final round and took the title on tie-break from China who only just struggled past Bulgaria 2.5-1.5. Russia did what China failed to do in Round 10, beat a Kazakhstan who did really well but were vastly outrated on every board.

Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official.

Leading Open Pairings

UKR 3-1 CHN (Ivanchuk 1-0 Wang Hao was a real brilliancy win. Wang Yue 1/2 Ponomariov, Volokitin 1/2 Ding, Bu 0-1 Eljanov), HUN 1.5-2.5 ARM (Leko 1/2 Aronian, Movsesian 1-0 Almasi (this was the game that settled who won gold), Akopian 1/2 Polgar, Sargissian 1/2 Berkes), RUS 3-1 GER (Kramnik 1-0 Naiditsch, Khenkin 1/2 Grischuk, Karjakin 1-0 Fridman, Gustafsson 1/2 Jakovenko), POL 1.5-2.5 USA (Wojtaszek 1-0 Nakamura, Kamsky 1-0 Bartel), ARG 1-3 NED (Peralta 0-1 Giri, Van Wely 1-0 Flores), VIE 3-1 UZB (Le 1/2 Kasimdzhanov), ROU 3-1 PHI (Lupulescu 1/2 So), CUB 2.5-1.5 SLO (Dominguez 1-0 Lenic), AZE 2.5-1.5 IND (Safarki 1/2 Sasikiran), ENG 2.5-1.5 CZE (Adams 1/2 Laznicka, Navara 1-0 Jones, Short 1-0 Babula. A final quick win for Short who played really well in the event with only one bad game and a lot of wins. Stocek 0-1 Howell), ISR 2-2 BLR (Sutovsky 1-0 Sergei Zhigalko), GEO 1-3 DEN (Mchedlishvili 1/2 Sune Berh Hansen), ITA 3.5-0.5 GRE (Caruana 1-0 Papaioannou), BUL 4-0 VEN (Topalov 1-0 Iturrizaga) PER 1.5-2.5 LAT (Cori 1/2 Shirov)

Leading Women's Pairings

RUS 4-0 KAZ (Tatiana Kosintseva 1-0 Nakhbayeva), BUL 1.5-2.5 CHN (Stefanova 1/2 Hou Yifan), UKR 3.5-0.5 GER (Lahno 1-0 Paehtz), FRA 1.5-2.5 IND (Skripchenko 0-1 Dronavalli), POL 1.5-2.5 ARM (Socko 0-1 Danielian),

Games from the top 21 men's boards are now available for viewing and download.

40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 (11)

Ivanchuk delivering the final blow in his brilliancy against Wang Hao. Photo ©

Ivanchuk delivering the final blow in his brilliancy against Wang Hao. Photo © | http://chesstv.com

40th Olympiad 2012 (Istanbul TUR)
Mon 27th Aug 2012 - Mon 10th Sep 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

Olympiad 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open Games

Olympiad Women 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women's Games

Olympiad 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open Games

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Olympiad 2012 Istanbul TUR Mon 27th Aug 2012 - Mon 10th Sep 2012
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoTeamFEDGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
13ArmeniaARM1191119397.029.0
21RussiaRUS1191119388.528.5
32UkraineUKR1192018363.029.5
46ChinaCHN1182117390.529.5
55United States Of AmericaUSA1171317361.030.0
69NetherlandsNED1183016329.029.0
727VietnamVIE1161416313.529.0
825RomaniaROU1183016310.029.0
94HungaryHUN1173115368.028.0
107AzerbaijanAZE1162315344.029.0
1115CubaCUB1173115338.530.5
1214GermanyGER1162315334.526.0
1316PolandPOL1173115313.527.5
1420SerbiaSRB1162315307.028.5
1522ItalyITA1173115306.028.0
1634SwedenSWE1173115303.528.0
1711EnglandENG1162315300.526.0
1839DenmarkDEN1173115270.527.0
1923MoldovaMDA1163214348.529.5
2010BulgariaBUL1174014321.528.0
2135PhilippinesPHI1163214321.026.0
2229ArgentinaARG1163214316.025.0
238FranceFRA1163214305.026.5
2433UzbekistanUZB1163214303.027.0
2528SloveniaSLO1163214297.024.0
2612IsraelISR1152414296.025.0
2719CroatiaCRO1163214295.525.0
2830LatviaLAT1174014295.026.0
2932BelarusBLR1163214289.527.0
3042SlovakiaSVK1163214264.527.0
3157TurkmenistanTKM1163214255.024.5
3261AustraliaAUS1152414252.524.5
3348BangladeshBAN1163214227.526.0
3417Czech RepublicCZE1153313315.026.5
3513IndiaIND1131713309.525.5
3626GeorgiaGEO1153313306.026.5
3718SpainESP1164113286.525.0
3849FYROMMKD1164113275.525.0
3924BrazilBRA1164113274.024.0
4021GreeceGRE1153313269.028.0
4136AustriaAUT1153313258.525.5
4231TurkeyTUR1164113252.024.5
4338MexicoMEX1164113251.025.5
4487IBCAIBCA1153313249.026.0
4554NorwayNOR1164113247.525.5
4656MongoliaMGL1164113244.026.0
4751IcelandISL1164113241.026.0
4872Turkey 2016TUR161153313236.524.0
4963ParaguayPAR1164113234.025.0
5040KazakhstanKAZ1153313234.024.0
5158VenezuelaVEN1164113211.521.0
5253CanadaCAN1154212261.025.0
5337EgyptEGY1154212255.526.0
5450Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH1143412254.023.0
5571PeruPER1154212253.523.5
5646ChileCHI1143412252.524.5
5780BoliviaBOL1154212235.525.5
5860TajikistanTJK1143412234.025.0
5955SingaporeSIN1165012233.525.5
6064PortugalPOR1165012232.524.5
6145IranIRI1154212229.022.5
6273South AfricaRSA1154212223.522.0
6383ZambiaZAM1154212223.026.0
6486MalaysiaMAS1154212222.524.0
6581KyrgyzstanKGZ1154212220.522.5
6662AlbaniaALB1143412210.023.5
6796Puerto RicoPUR1154212200.024.5
6874Faroe IslandsFAI1154212199.024.5
6978Dominican RepublicDOM1154212198.020.5
7043SwitzerlandSUI1155111241.024.5
7170UruguayURU1155111223.523.5
7247ColombiaCOL1144311222.524.0
7368IndonesiaINA1155111222.022.0
7452FinlandFIN1144311220.022.5
7594TunisiaTUN1144311219.022.5
7665ScotlandSCO1155111211.022.5
7775ICSCICSC1133511211.022.0
78101AlgeriaALG1155111211.020.5
7966QatarQAT1155111209.522.5
80112EstoniaEST1155111209.021.5
8177Costa RicaCRC1155111205.521.5
8267LithuaniaLTU1155111203.523.5
8376United Arab EmiratesUAE1155111199.521.0
8499GuatemalaGUA1155111178.522.0
85107BotswanaBOT1155111169.522.0
8688AndorraAND1155111160.020.5
8769IrelandIRL1156010237.022.5
8844MontenegroMNE1145210228.522.0
8941BelgiumBEL1145210206.521.0
90108UgandaUGA1145210204.022.5
9195LebanonLIB1145210200.522.5
9285ZimbabweZIM1145210198.022.0
9389IPCAIPCA1145210197.523.0
9497MyanmarMYA1156010181.521.0
95105JamaicaJAM1145210180.521.5
96146NigeriaNGR1134410175.521.0
9791New ZealandNZL1145210174.520.0
9882JordanJOR1145210170.021.0
9993MonacoMNC1156010161.021.0
100103YemenYEM1145210159.518.0
101109ThailandTHA1156010158.019.0
102110PanamaPAN1145210155.020.0
103100PakistanPAK1145210151.518.0
104117Sri LankaSRI1145210149.018.5
105114Trinidad & TobagoTRI1145210143.020.0
10690WalesWLS1156010140.020.0
107113LibyaLBA1156010137.519.5
108147EthiopiaETH1145210134.020.0
10959EcuadorECU114619180.521.5
11098BarbadosBAR114619171.522.0
111152SudanSUD113539166.522.0
11284LuxembourgLUX114619153.519.0
113124NepalNEP114619149.021.5
114106AngolaANG94419147.520.5
115102SyriaSYR114619141.517.0
116155AfghanistanAFG103439133.017.0
11779IraqIRQ114619131.518.5
118119CyprusCYP113539130.018.5
119111El SalvadorESA114619128.019.5
120104NicaraguaNCA114619122.015.5
121139HondurasHON114619119.017.0
122123LiechtensteinLIE114619117.017.5
12392JapanJPN113628156.518.0
124133South KoreaKOR112548141.018.0
125120SurinameSUR113628132.017.5
126129Hong KongHKG114708131.020.0
127136MaldivesMDV113628124.517.5
128116Netherlands AntillesAHO113628120.516.0
129122JerseyJCI112548119.518.0
130149MozambiqueMOZ113628116.517.5
131127MacauMAC113628114.517.0
132125MalawiMAW114708104.015.5
133118PalestinePLE11470894.514.5
134126Papua New GuineaPNG11362885.016.5
135128GuernseyGCI11362883.514.5
136131HaitiHAI112637147.519.0
137135MauritiusMRI113717139.519.0
138138NamibiaNAM113717132.021.0
139121KenyaKEN113717129.016.5
140140Chinese TaipeiTPE113717116.017.5
141115MaltaMLT112637113.017.0
142130MauritaniaMTN112637108.016.0
143154KuwaitKUW113717104.016.0
144142ArubaARU112637104.015.5
145144US Virgin IslandsISV113717102.018.5
146143GhanaGHA113717101.517.5
147134FijiFIJ11371792.516.5
148141San MarinoSMR11371785.516.0
149148Sierra LeoneSLE11371757.513.0
150137Sao Tome And PrincipeSTP11380678.514.5
151150Turkey 2023TUR2311272664.511.0
152157TogoTOG11272649.011.0
153132BermudaBER11281581.515.5
154145PalauPLW11281558.012.5
155151RwandaRWA11191348.011.0
156153BurundiBDI110110019.03.5
157156CongoCGO101000.00.0
157 teams

Olympiad Women 2012 (11 Rds Olym Team TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women's Games

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Olympiad Women 2012 Istanbul TUR Mon 27th Aug 2012 - Mon 10th Sep 2012
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoTeamFEDGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
12RussiaRUS1180319450.033.0
21ChinaCHN1180319416.031.5
34UkraineUKR1170418408.530.5
46IndiaIND1182117336.028.0
510RomaniaROU1183016313.528.5
68ArmeniaARM1183016313.026.5
714FranceFRA1173115347.529.0
83GeorgiaGEO1162315344.028.5
926IranIRI1173115339.031.0
105United States of AmericaUSA1162315326.029.5
119GermanyGER1173115316.027.0
1222KazakhstanKAZ1162315309.027.0
1321MongoliaMGL1173115308.028.0
1436BelarusBLR1162315292.028.5
157PolandPOL1163214336.527.5
1613BulgariaBUL1163214316.527.5
1712HungaryHUN1163214303.027.5
1824LatviaLAT1163214296.528.0
1915CubaCUB1152414286.025.5
2017NetherlandsNED1163214285.527.0
2135UzbekistanUZB1163214278.524.5
2220SlovakiaSVK1152414278.023.5
2337PeruPER1163214273.526.0
2454IndonesiaINA1163214262.526.0
2560MexicoMEX1174014230.025.0
2628VietnamVIE1164113307.527.0
2723Czech RepublicCZE1164113306.526.0
2827AzerbaijanAZE1164113306.026.0
2925IsraelISR1164113302.026.5
3019SerbiaSRB1142513290.525.5
3134ColombiaCOL1153313289.527.0
3211SpainESP1164113285.025.5
3331ItalyITA1164113277.027.0
3453VenezuelaVEN1164113262.526.5
3542MontenegroMNE1164113259.026.0
3649EstoniaEST1164113243.525.5
3743AustriaAUT1164113230.023.0
3855ChileCHI1164113200.526.0
3964BoliviaBOL1164113182.021.0
4018GreeceGRE1154212276.025.0
4116SloveniaSLO1132612265.023.5
4245TurkeyTUR1154212260.525.5
4357PhilippinesPHI1154212257.524.5
4433LithuaniaLTU1154212255.024.0
4530CroatiaCRO1154212242.025.5
4644EnglandENG1143412240.024.5
4748BelgiumBEL1165012234.525.5
4832EcuadorECU1154212227.022.5
4958TurkmenistanTKM1154212226.026.0
5050AustraliaAUS1165012217.024.0
5141MoldovaMDA1143412214.523.0
5263BangladeshBAN1154212202.524.5
5362IcelandISL1165012197.523.5
5439Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH1154212197.020.5
5552PortugalPOR1165012192.519.5
5687TajikistanTJK1165012169.021.5
5740NorwayNOR1144311227.023.5
5847BrazilBRA1155111225.523.0
5984Turkey 2016TUR161133511225.522.0
6038SwitzerlandSUI1155111224.522.0
6183MalaysiaMAS1155111211.522.0
6266El SalvadorESA1155111206.021.5
6351DenmarkDEN1155111201.022.5
6459CanadaCAN1155111189.022.5
6561South AfricaRSA1155111182.521.5
6668FYROMMKD1155111182.021.0
6775IPCAIPCA1144311180.022.0
6872LuxembourgLUX1144311177.522.0
6985KyrgyzstanKGZ1144311167.520.5
7094ParaguayPAR1155111158.521.0
7177FinlandFIN1144311148.019.0
7229ArgentinaARG1156010222.520.0
7379AlgeriaALG1156010190.023.0
7480Costa RicaCRC1145210188.520.5
7592Sri LankaSRI1145210184.022.0
7674SyriaSYR1134410181.019.5
7769Dominican RepublicDOM1145210178.022.5
7889AlbaniaALB1156010175.520.5
7965GuatemalaGUA1145210172.020.0
8091IrelandIRL1145210170.021.0
8173EgyptEGY1156010163.520.0
8286WalesWLS1145210156.521.0
8376ScotlandSCO1145210149.019.5
84104Chinese TaipeiTPE1156010115.018.0
8556ICSCICSC114619223.524.5
8670JordanJOR113539187.020.0
8767New ZealandNZL114619183.021.5
8846SwedenSWE114619182.020.5
89115NigeriaNGR112459179.519.5
9071IBCAIBCA113539175.519.5
9188United Arab EmiratesUAE113539154.019.5
9278UruguayURU114619145.520.0
93116ThailandTHA114619142.519.5
9490Puerto RicoPUR114619139.017.5
95102Turkey 2023TUR23114619137.017.0
96101QatarQAT114619125.517.0
9781JamaicaJAM114619122.520.5
9882ZambiaZAM94419112.517.5
99103JapanJPN114619104.516.5
100111NicaraguaNCA11461999.514.5
10196PanamaPAN114708138.518.5
102100South KoreaKOR113628137.018.0
10399LebanonLIB113628132.516.0
104106SurinameSUR114708128.018.0
105120ZimbabweZIM113628119.517.0
10697TunisiaTUN113628119.018.0
107105MonacoMNC113628118.516.0
108126KenyaKEN113628101.018.0
109113Netherlands AntillesAHO11362871.015.5
11093IraqIRQ113717136.517.0
111119MozambiqueMOZ113717108.516.0
112121PakistanPAK11263797.517.5
11395BotswanaBOT11371797.015.0
114109UgandaUGA11371794.514.5
115114MaltaMLT11263789.515.0
11698YemenYEM11371783.514.0
117108BarbadosBAR112726107.518.0
118122PalestinePLE11380690.516.5
119107Trinidad & TobagoTRI11272672.513.0
120118FijiFIJ11272668.514.0
121112AngolaANG8242653.514.0
122125EthiopiaETH111735114.015.5
123124ArubaARU11281584.514.5
124127NamibiaNAM11182457.013.0
125123AfghanistanAFG9081120.03.0
126110LibyaLBA101000.00.0
127117HondurasHON101000.00.0
127 teams

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