Individual Prizes At The Dresden Olympiad
Although the chess Olympiad is a team event there are also medals awarded for the best individual performances on different boards. The individual prizes are highly coveted and give a well deserved reward for players that did outstandingly well for their countries during the event.
Peter Leko of Hungary won the prize for the top performance on board 1 in the open event, and he certainly worked hard for it, sweating out a win in 130 moves in the last round! See the full list of medals and Peter Leko's last round game below.
Board Prizes - Open Event
| Board 1 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Peter Leko | 2747 | Hungary | 10 | 7.5 |
| Silver | Boris Gelfand | 2719 | Israel | 10 | 7.5 |
| Bronze | Veselin Topalov | 2791 | Bulgaria | 8 | 6.5 |
| Board 2 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Vladimir Akopian | 2679 | Armenia | 11 | 8 |
| Silver | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2664 | Spain | 11 | 9 |
| Bronze | Vasilios Kotronias | 2587 | Greece | 11 | 8.5 |
| Board 3 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Gabriel Sargissian | 2642 | Armenia | 11 | 9 |
| Silver | Vugar Gashimov | 2703 | Azerbaijan | 9 | 6.5 |
| Bronze | Tiger Hillarp Persson | 2543 | Sweden | 10 | 8 |
| Board 4 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Dragisa Blagojevic | 2522 | Montenegro | 9 | 8 |
| Silver | Aleksander Delchev | 2632 | Bulgaria | 9 | 8 |
| Bronze | Daniel Fridman | 2630 | Germany 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Board 5 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2737 | Russia | 9 | 7 |
| Silver | Maxim Rodshtein | 2609 | Israel | 9 | 7 |
| Bronze | Ferenc Berkes | 2645 | Hungary | 9 | 6.5 |
Board Prizes - Women's Event
| Board 1 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Maia Chiburdanidze | 2489 | Georgia | 9 | 7.5 |
| Silver | Martha L Fierro Baquero |
2361 | Ecuador | 8 | 7.5 |
| Bronze | Yifan Hou | 2578 | China | 11 | 7.5 |
| Board 2 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Anna Zatonskih | 2440 | USA | 10 | 8 |
| Silver | Natalia Zhukova | 2488 | Ukraine | 10 | 7 |
| Bronze | Lilit Mkrtchian | 2443 | Armenia | 11 | 8 |
| Board 3 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Nadezhda Kosintseva | 2468 | Russia | 10 | 8.5 |
| Silver | Rusudan Goletiani | 2359 | USA | 11 | 9 |
| Bronze | Ildiko Madl | 2376 | Hungary | 11 | 8 |
| Board 4 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Joanna Majdan |
2284 | Poland | 11 | 9.5 |
| Silver | Oleiny Linares Napoles |
2261 | Cuba | 10 | 9 |
| Bronze | Maia Lomineishvili | 2437 | Georgia | 9 | 6 |
| Board 5 | Name | Rating | Team | Games | Pts. |
| Gold | Natalia Zdebskaja | 2419 | Ukraine | 8 | 7 |
| Silver | Mary Ann Gomes |
2298 | India | 8 | 6 |
| Bronze | Alina Motoc | 2313 | Romania | 11 | 8 |
