31st Chess Olympiad - Open Event

Open Event

The open division was contested by 124 teams representing 122 nations plus Russia "B" and the IBCA. The time control for each game permitted each player 2 hours to make the first 40 of his or her moves, then an additional 1 hour to make the next 20 moves. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; and 2. Match points.

Open event

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	Russia	Kasparov, Kramnik, Bareev, Dreev, Tiviakov, Svidler	2714	37½
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	P. Nikolić, Sokolov, Kurajica, Dizdarević, N. Nikolić, Milovanović	2585	35
3	Russia "B"	Morozevich, Zviagintsev, Ulibin, Rublevsky, Sakaev, Yemelin	2570	34½	457.5

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
4	England	2630	34½
5	Bulgaria	2570	34	453.0
6	Netherlands	2610	34	450.5
7	United States	2598	34	432.5
8	Hungary	2619	33½	449.5
9	Ukraine	2624	33½	448.5
10	Georgia	2564	33½	446.5
11	China	2530	33½	443.5
12	Belarus	2565	33½	434.0
13	Armenia	2601	33	442.5
14	Israel	2611	33	438.0
15	Yugoslavia	2546	32½	453.0
16	Germany	2611	32½	452.0
17	Estonia	2536	32½	449.5
18	Spain	2525	32½	440.0
19	Latvia	2595	32	437.0
20	Cuba	2508	32	433.0	18
21	Philippines	2465	32	433.0	16
22	Iceland	2553	32	432.0
23	Uzbekistan	2569	32	427.5
24	Lithuania	2528	31½	448.5
25	Romania	2495	31½	438.5
26	Croatia	2555	31½	435.0
27	Poland	2496	31½	427.5
28	Denmark	2501	31	440.0
29	Czech Republic	2521	31	431.5
30	Slovakia	2504	31	422.0
31	Switzerland	2509	31	421.5
32	Indonesia	2464	31	420.5
33	Argentina	2519	30½	436.5
34	France	2529	30½	432.5
35	Kyrgyzstan	2428	30½	421.0
36	Azerbaijan	2188	30½	420.0
37	Slovenia	2455	30½	416.0
38	Peru	2495	30½	410.5
39	Mexico	2415	30½	403.5
40	Turkmenistan	2418	30	425.0
41	Moldova	2499	30	424.0
42	Australia	2476	30	423.5
43	Greece	2501	30	421.5
44	Kazakhstan	2486	30	420.5
45	Macedonia	2440	30	418.0
46	Belgium	2345	30	405.0
47	Norway	2464	29½	430.5
48	Vietnam	2394	29½	418.5
49	Turkey	2395	29½	408.5	15
50	Portugal	2449	29½	408.5	14
51	Finland	2375	29½	407.0
52	Faroe Islands	2260	29½	367.5
53	Italy	2448	29	411.5
54	Scotland	2428	29	409.5
55	India	2475	29	398.0
56	Ireland	2303	29	394.5
57	Tunisia	2381	29	393.0
58	South Africa	2265	29	392.0
59	Austria	2431	29	388.0
60	Albania	2343	29	384.0
61	Chile	2400	28½	405.5
62	Brazil	2510	28½	402.0
63	Luxembourg	2333	28½	396.5
64	United Arab Emirates	2148	28½	367.5
65	Canada	2440	28	413.0
66	Bangladesh	2420	28	410.0
67	Morocco	2270	28	399.0	14
68	Tajikistan	2320	28	399.0	12
69	Egypt	2385	28	395.5
70	Algeria	2268	28	377.5
71	Mongolia	2341	27½	397.5
72	Ecuador	2180	27½	386.5
73	Dominican Republic	2193	27½	372.5
74	New Zealand	2314	27½	371.0
75	Nigeria	2184	27½	370.5
76	Wales	2178	27½	367.5
77	Singapore	2359	27	392.5
78	Uruguay	2391	27	388.5
79	Colombia	2349	27	368.5
80	IBCA	2255	26½
81	Costa Rica	2289	26	377.5
82	Iran	2210	26	375.5
83	Zimbabwe	2135	26	359.5
84	Hong Kong	2171	26	354.0
85	Andorra	2134	26	348.5
86	Iraq	2300	25½	390.0
87	Japan	2261	25½	382.5
88	Thailand	2128	25½	380.0
89	Yemen	2000	25½	373.5
90	Paraguay	2286	25½	372.0
91	Liechtenstein	2204	25½	360.5
92	Nicaragua	2183	25½	355.0
93	Angola	2206	25½	356.5
94	Guatemala	2053	25½	316.5
95	Lebanon	2190	25	375.0
96	Malaysia	2051	25	368.5
97	El Salvador	2058	25	357.5
98	Venezuela	2041	24½	378.0
99	Bermuda	2040	24½	364.5
100	Jordan	2213	24½	363.0
101	Barbados	2123	24½	343.5
102	Honduras	2000	24½	329.5
103	Netherlands Antilles	2026	24½	322.5
104	Puerto Rico	2250	24	373.0
105	Qatar	2190	24	364.5
106	Sudan	2146	24	349.0
107	Malta	2094	24	345.0
108	Haiti	2054	24	324.5
109	Zambia	2051	23½	368.0
110	Cyprus	2105	23½	355.0
111	Botswana	2199	23½	347.5
112	Fiji	2043	23½	327.5
113	Mauritius	2051	23½	322.0
114	Macau	2000	23½	315.0
115	British Virgin Islands	2118	23	321.5
116	San Marino	2053	23	319.5
117	Palestine	2000	23	314.5
118	Monaco	2000	22½
119	Bahrain	2000	22
120	Panama	2000	21½
121	Namibia	2000	19
122	Guernsey and Jersey	2000	15½
123	Seychelles	2000	14
124	United States Virgin Islands	2000	11