Dresden Olympiad Medals Decided

Submitted by SonofPearl on Tue, 11/25/2008 at 12:06pm.

After 11 hard-fought rounds the biggest chess Olympics in history has finished and the medals have been awarded.

Armenia won Gold again to succesfully defend the title that they won at the last Olympiad, 2 years ago in Turin. Israel finished second to take the Silver medal and the USA demolished mighty Ukraine 3.5-0.5 in the last round to take a highly creditable Bronze - a repeat of their fine performance 2 years ago.

In the women's event, Poland led going into the last round, but agonisingly lost by the narrowest of margins to Ukraine to miss out on a medal. Ukraine were rewarded with a Silver medal, but it was the traditionally strong nation of Georgia, led by the vastly experienced Maia Chiburdanidze who inched ahead at the end to take Gold. In third place were the USA, who narrowly beat France in the final round to secure Bronze.

Congratulations to all those who earned medals, but much appreciation also to everyone who took part. It's the sheer scale of the Olympiad that makes it special - from the top seeds to the lowest ranked, there were over 150 countries taking part in the open event. It's a celebration of chess on a gigantic scale!

Top 20 Final Standings - Open Event

Rank	Seed	Team	W	D	L	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	9	Armenia	9	1	1	19	401	152	31
2	8	Israel	8	2	1	18	378	149	28
3	10	USA	8	1	2	17	362	146	29
4	2	Ukraine	7	3	1	17	349	163	25.5
5	1	Russia	7	2	2	16	375	156	27
6	4	Azerbaijan	7	2	2	16	360	147	29
7	3	China	7	2	2	16	358	150	27
8	5	Hungary	7	2	2	16	342	140	27.5
9	37	Vietnam	7	2	2	16	340	137	29
10	12	Spain	7	2	2	16	338	142	27.5
11	17	Georgia	8	0	3	16	321	138	28
12	20	Netherlands	7	1	3	15	343	146	27.5
13	11	Germany	6	3	2	15	339	151	26.5
14	6	Bulgaria	7	1	3	15	328	132	29.5
15	15	England	6	3	2	15	320	147	26
16	13	India	7	1	3	15	310	142	26
17	28	Slovenia	7	1	3	15	288	134	26
18	23	Belarus	5	4	2	14	307	137	26.5
19	14	Romania	7	0	4	14	307	138	25.5
20	22	Serbia	7	0	4	14	302	144	25

Top 10 Final Standings - Women's Event

Rank	Seed	Team	W	D	L	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	4	Georgia	8	2	1	18	412	148	31
2	2	Ukraine	7	4	0	18	407	146	30
3	7	USA	8	1	2	17	391	145	30.5
4	1	Russia	7	3	1	17	367	144	29.5
5	9	Poland	8	1	2	17	365	157	27.5
6	6	Armenia	8	0	3	16	353	145	28
7	10	Serbia	7	2	2	16	319	146	26.5
8	3	China	6	3	2	15	393	159	27.5
9	21	Israel	6	3	2	15	325	137	27.5
10	26	Belarus	6	3	2	15	318	119	29.5

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by madief2003 - 16 months ago
Iran

Member Since: May 2010
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thanks

by aramxxr - 3 years ago
Yerevan City Armenia

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 5

I am the most happy person today.

ARMENIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

by tanmay_chakrabarti - 3 years ago
Uttarpara India

Member Since: Jul 2007
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I like to congratulate first three teams(both men's and wemen's event.

by goeks - 3 years ago
Indonesia

Member Since: Jun 2008
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Actually I am Fan of Vladimir Kramnik. He could'nt show his class in this tournament. And I think The Reputation of Russia as a chess country have decreased. Russia lost both of World Champion and Olympiad.

by junbalbin - 3 years ago
candon city Philippines

Member Since: Aug 2008
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what happen to both russian team both heavy favorite and seeded no 1 tough luck? . nice final round for the Philippine Team especially the women team as they end their olympiad with a sweep!!!!!!

by junbalbin - 3 years ago
candon city Philippines

Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 62

nice victory by armenia led by GM aronian!!!!! it was a very tough field and still they were able to defend their crown