34th Chess Olympiad - Women's Results

Women's Results

The women's division was contested by 86 teams representing 84 nations. Turkey, as hosts, fielded two teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association entered one squad.

Defending champions China were huge favourites on rating and retained their title, led by reigning world champion Xie Jun and with two future champions in the team: Zhu Chen and Xu Yuhua. Georgia and Russia took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	China	Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Wang Lei	2537	32
2	Georgia	Chiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Khurtsidze, Gurieli	2480	31
3	Russia	Galliamova, Kovalevskaya, Matveeva, Stepovaya-Dianchenko	2480	28½
4	Ukraine	Zhukova, Zatonskih, Vasilevich, Sedina	2442	27
5	Yugoslavia	Marić, Bojković, Prudnikova, Chelushkina	2430	26
6	Netherlands	Zhaoqin Peng, Sziva, Bosboom-Lanchava, Jap Tjoen San	2329	25½
7	Hungary	Mádl, Lakos, Grábics, Gara	2369	25	342.0
8	Germany	Kachiani-Gersinska, Paehtz, Koglin, Trabert	2364	25	333.5
9	England	Hunt, Lalic, Houska, Richards	2349	25	325.5
10	Armenia	Danielian, Mkrtchian, Hlgatian, Aginian	2303	24½	342.5

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
11	Romania	2350	24½	333.0
12	Moldova	2385	24	328.5
13	India	2272	24	328.0
14	Poland	2386	24	323.5
15	United States	2261	24	316.0
16	Bulgaria	2328	23½	324.5
17	Cuba	2302	23½	317.0
18	Latvia	2249	23½	303.0
19	Kazakhstan	2299	23	325.0
20	Israel	2325	23	300.5
21	Azerbaijan	2251	22½	334.5
22	Czech Republic	2271	22½	334.0
23	Vietnam	2367	22½	329.0
24	Belarus	2325	22½	326.5
25	Spain	2251	22½	320.0
26	Greece	2295	22½	312.5
27	Australia	2188	22½	306.0
28	Slovakia	2305	22½	305.0
29	Estonia	2239	22½	302.5
30	Lithuania	2237	22	321.0
31	Uzbekistan	2171	22	307.0
32	Croatia	2254	22	304.5
33	Mongolia	2162	22	301.5
34	Finland	2148	22	300.0
35	Portugal	2065	22	296.0
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2237	21½	313.5
37	Bangladesh	2050	21½	305.0
38	Sweden	2188	21½	303.0
39	France	2269	21½	296.5
40	Philippines	2070	21½	294.5
41	Austria	2170	21	309.5
42	Denmark	2108	21	305.5
43	Turkmenistan	2233	21	304.0
44	Switzerland	2162	21	300.0
45	Slovenia	2207	21	297.0	14
46	Ecuador	2309	21	297.0	12
47	Macedonia	2122	21	295.0
48	Italy	2039	21	281.0
49	Venezuela	2101	20½	301.5
50	Kyrgyzstan	2123	20½	295.5
51	Argentina	2146	20½	287.5
52	IBCA	2122	20½	285.5
53	Iran	2008	20½	285.0
54	Wales	2053	20½	280.5
55	Indonesia	2080	20½	272.0
56	Norway	2062	20	297.5
57	Brazil	2151	20	294.0
58	Scotland	2084	20	291.0
59	Canada	2070	20	274.0
60	Malaysia	2061	20	268.0
61	Ireland	2035	20	239.0
62	Mexico	2069	19½	296.0
63	Turkey	2032	19½	286.5
64	United Arab Emirates	2000	19½	274.5
65	Costa Rica	2000	19½	262.5
66	Japan	2000	19½	259.0
67	Turkey "B"	2000	19½	256.5
68	Colombia	2159	19	279.5
69	Albania	2077	19	266.0
70	Guatemala	2070	19	257.0
71	South Africa	2050	18½	270.0
72	Iraq	2061	18½	268.5
73	El Salvador	2015	18½	262.0
74	New Zealand	2000	18½	243.5
75	Morocco	2000	18½	242.0
76	Puerto Rico	2000	18½	233.5
77	Syria	2000	18	257.0
78	Iceland	2042	18	246.5
79	Singapore	2000	18	238.5
80	Sri Lanka	2000	18	232.5
81	Botswana	2000	18	224.5
82	Angola	2000	14½	225.0
83	Zambia	2000	14½	224.5
84	Macau	2000	10½
85	Yemen	2000	7½
86	United States Virgin Islands	2021	2½