Dresden Olympiad Coverage

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