Dresden Olympiad Coverage

Submitted by SonofPearl on Wed, 11/12/2008 at 11:51am.

Wherever you are from, it's very likely that among the 150+ chess teams descending on Dresden now, there is one representing YOUR country at the 2008 Olympiad.

The official site promises a dedicated TV channel and full details of the results during the event should be available at the chess-results server, from which the lists of the top 30 teams in the Open and Women's events given below are gathered.

The TV channel requires users to download software and give a valid email address to register. At present it's showing a video montage of the city of Dresden, but hopefully it will have some chess content soon!

Of course, you can also get the results and up-to-date reports right here at Chess.com!

The first round is at 3pm local time on Thursday 13th November and woe betide anyone who is even a minute late; a new rule in operation states that players must arrive promptly for their games or be defaulted. Previously players could be up to 1 hour late. I hope no-one parties too late after today's opening ceremony and sleeps late tomorrow! Draw offers are also not permitted until move 30, so there should be fewer short draws.

The Top 30 Teams

	Open Event			Women's Event
No.	Team	RtgAvg	No.	Team	RtgAvg
1	Russia	2756	1	Russia	2491
2	Ukraine	2729	2	Ukraine	2486
3	China	2714	3	China	2486
4	Azerbaijan	2709	4	Georgia	2476
5	Hungary	2692	5	France	2427
6	Bulgaria	2691	6	Armenia	2397
7	France	2690	7	USA	2396
8	Israel	2682	8	Hungary	2389
9	Armenia	2677	9	Poland	2386
10	USA	2673	10	Serbia	2386
11	Germany	2647	11	India	2379
12	Spain	2644	12	Germany	2379
13	India	2634	13	Bulgaria	2375
14	Romania	2631	14	Slovenia	2359
15	England	2629	15	Slovakia	2348
16	Cuba	2625	16	Romania	2348
17	Georgia	2618	17	Netherlands	2323
18	Czech Republic	2611	18	Czech Republic	2321
19	Norway	2611	19	Israel	2319
20	Netherlands	2609	20	Greece	2317
21	Poland	2609	21	Sweden	2317
22	Serbia	2604	22	Spain	2296
23	Belarus	2602	23	Lithuania	2294
24	Croatia	2588	24	Vietnam	2292
25	Slovakia	2587	25	Cuba	2289
26	Moldova	2585	26	Belarus	2278
27	Greece	2585	27	Latvia	2264
28	Slovenia	2583	28	Azerbaijan	2261
29	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2577	29	Argentina	2260
30	Sweden	2576	30	Croatia	2259

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by jaronkovich - 3 years ago
QLD Australia

Member Since: Aug 2008
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thanks sono for the link

by SonofPearl - 3 years ago
Wales

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UPDATE - live games available at this link.

by ErrantDeeds - 3 years ago
London England

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Good god. How long in this opening ceremony?

by ErrantDeeds - 3 years ago
London England

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Crikey. Black and white dressed ballerinas with chess pieces on thier backs. Extraordinary...

by s1080 - 3 years ago
Charleston, SC United States

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the enthusiasm of the crowd while that guys sings queen is hilarious:)

by sixhobbits - 3 years ago
South Africa

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Where do we get the "up-to-date reports right here at Chess.com! " ???

I can't find them anywhere.

by ErrantDeeds - 3 years ago
London England

Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 579

Is anybody watching the TV channel now? I've never seen anything so bizarre - A Freddy Mercury Lookalike is singing the songs of queen whilst dancing on ice. Is this some kind of opening ceremony? Very, very strange, and not a little disturbing. Get on with the chess.

by nibir - 3 years ago
Dhaka Bangladesh

Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 11375

Go Go Goooo....!..!! GM Razib, Zia, Rakib, Rifaat.. hoping for their best..

by Redstrike - 3 years ago
China

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 44

SonofPearl and Maxdose: The game is gonna be live! Check this out: http://www.dresden2008.de/site/en/media/press_work_informations/main.htm

It says "550 Games per Day, all live in the Internet available at www.dresden2008.org", Seems they just updated at midnight, how exciting!

I also wrote to the contact person of their website, he replied that the English version would be updated soon, including images, live games...just as Russians did in Nalchik. Let's enjoy all of them!

by Gokukid - 3 years ago
Dasmarinas Philippines

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 746

Igquibido, the Philippines is located somewhere southeast of China, just above Malaysia, and on the west of the Pacific ocean (joke)

by garobin17 - 3 years ago
Quiapo, Manila Philippines

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 7

GO GO GO PHILIPPINES!!!!! Goodluck to GM Bong Villamayor, GM Wesley So, GM Darwin Laylo, GM Jayson Gonzales, IM John Paul Gomez & others....

by maxdose - 3 years ago
Denmark

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 1

The games aren't going to be live, but delayed a couple of hours - focus will be on the import games

@chumbawamba: There will be a support/help/FAQ site online tomorrow

@SonofPearl: when you go to www.chessolympics.com you get to a page that seems to be updated live

by lgquibido - 3 years ago
cebu Philippines

Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 14

where is the philippines?

by SonofPearl - 3 years ago
Wales

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fzweb - Australia has teams competing in the Open and Women's events - the lists above are only the top 30 rated teams!

Redstrike - It doesn't look like there will be live games at the official site, but where would you start with so many games going on at once?! Some sites will have coverage of the bigger games, but all the important news will be available here at Chess.com. The 'chess-results' website in the article is also a good source for the results of your favourite team - especially if they aren't among the leaders!

by Redstrike - 3 years ago
China

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 44

Do they also have live games?