Women's Results
The women's division was contested by 87 teams representing 84 nations. Spain, as hosts, fielded two teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) and the International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA) each provided one squad.
China, led by first board Xie Jun (ex-World Champion) and second board Xu Yuhua (future champion), entered the competition as top seed and defending triple champions and quickly took the lead, conceding just two draws in their first five matches They then defeated the silver and bronze medallists from the previous Olympiad, Russia and Poland (each 2-1), in the sixth and eighth rounds, respectively. Eventually they carried a six-point lead into a tenth round match with second placed United States.
Susan Polgar (another ex-World Champion), who entered the tournament as the second highest-rated player and achieved the best performance rating of all, drew Xie Jun, while Irina Krush won her second board game against Xu Yuhua. A draw by Anna Zatonskih against Zhao Xue gave the Americans a 2-1 win over the Chinese team. In rounds eleven and twelve, China drew Hungary and lost to Georgia, whilst the US team defeated Slovakia and then scored a 2½-½ victory over Hungary, drawing within three points of China with two rounds remaining. China, though, defeated sixth-seed India and 12th-seed Slovakia in the final two rounds, scoring four points to preserve what was ultimately a three-point win and to clinch the Vera Menchik Trophy for a fourth consecutive time.
Second-seed Russia were led by Nadezhda Kosintseva, who won top honours on the first reserve board for scoring 10 points in 12 rounds. The Russians were only in eighth place after ten rounds but had advanced to fourth place entering the penultimate round, where they faced Georgia, who they trailed by half a point. Although first board Maya Chiburdanidze (ex-World Champion) and second board Nana Dzagnidze, who both scored 8½ points for their team over the event, drew their matches, third board Lela Javakhishvili lost to Kosintseva, giving the Russian team a half-point lead over Georgia; although Georgia defeated Ukraine 2½-½ in the final round, Russia managed to secure two points against France, equalling Georgia's total and winning the bronze medals on tie-breaks.
Newly crowned World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova disappointed as captain of the Bulgarian team, scoring only 5½ points in 11 games. Bulgaria eventually finished in 14th place.
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# Country Players Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 1 China Xie Jun, Xu Yuhua, Zhao Xue, Huang Qian 2514 31 2 United States Polgar, Krush, Zatonskih, Shahade 2490 28 3 Russia Kosteniuk, T. Kosintseva, Kovalevskaya, N. Kosintseva 2491 27½ 346.0 4 Georgia Chiburdanidze, Dzagnidze, Javakhishvili, Lomineishvili 2470 27½ 339.0 5 France Skripchenko, Marie Sebag, Silvia Collas, Sophie Milliet 2417 25½ 6 Hungary Mádl, Vajda, Gara, Lakos 2376 25 348.5 7 Slovakia Repkova, Pokorna, Hagarova, Borošová 2377 25 337.0 8 England Hunt, Houska, Richards, Buckley 2293 25 334.5 9 India Humpy Koneru, Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Dronavalli Harika, Nisha Mohota 2435 24½ 352.0 10 Poland Radziewicz, Soćko, Dworakowska, Zielinska 2428 24½ 340.0
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# Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 11 Armenia 2374 24½ 330.5 12 Netherlands 2372 24½ 317.5 13 Lithuania 2311 24 329.5 14 Bulgaria 2410 24 329.0 15 Sweden 2301 24 327.0 16 Yugoslavia 2406 24 324.5 17 Germany 2365 24 323.5 18 Ukraine 2456 23½ 342.0 19 Slovenia 2288 23½ 325.5 20 Romania 2408 23½ 318.5 21 Vietnam 2308 23½ 317.0 22 Azerbaijan 2317 23 325.0 23 Latvia 2294 23 323.0 24 Cuba 2303 23 321.0 25 Israel 2247 23 320.5 26 Moldova 2296 23 313.5 27 Belarus 2278 23 308.0 28 Czech Republic 2308 22½ 313.5 29 Greece 2343 22½ 311.5 30 Argentina 2274 22½ 302.0 31 Switzerland 2250 22½ 298.0 32 Uzbekistan 2235 22½ 293.0 33 Kazakhstan 2317 22 315.5 34 Iran 2208 22 313.5 35 Mongolia 2263 22 313.0 36 Estonia 2229 22 290.0 37 Colombia 2115 21½ 303.0 38 Norway 2149 21½ 302.5 39 Croatia 2243 21½ 299.5 40 Malaysia 2084 21½ 299.0 41 Canada 2123 21½ 277.0 42 Finland 2144 21 299.0 43 Spain 2242 21 297.0 44 Spain "B" 2187 21 296.5 45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2146 21 293.0 46 Italy 2213 21 292.0 47 Australia 2243 20½ 306.0 48 Philippines 1940 20½ 295.0 49 Portugal 2124 20½ 292.0 50 Venezuela 2147 20½ 288.5 51 Iceland 2148 20½ 288.0 52 Wales 1975 20½ 285.0 53 Turkey 2082 20½ 283.5 54 Brazil 2072 20½ 282.5 55 Austria 2122 20 292.0 56 Macedonia 2002 20 288.5 57 Mexico 2134 20 281.5 58 Kyrgyzstan 1760 20 279.0 59 Indonesia 1775 20 277.5 60 Guatemala 1748 20 276.0 61 Peru 2138 20 274.5 62 Albania 1749 20 265.0 63 Ecuador 2224 19½ 295.0 64 Denmark 2133 19½ 289.0 65 Lebanon 1942 19½ 282.0 66 IPCA 2080 19½ 270.0 67 Iraq 1704 19½ 229.5 68 South Africa 1875 19 291.0 69 Bangladesh 2120 19 276.5 70 Tajikistan 1600 19 261.5 71 Bolivia 1763 19 259.0 72 Costa Rica 1764 19 226.5 73 Botswana 1884 19 220.5 74 Luxembourg 1981 18½ 292.5 75 IBCA 1875 18½ 257.0 76 Puerto Rico 1878 18½ 231.5 77 Dominican Republic 2023 18 275.5 78 New Zealand 1899 18 242.0 79 Sri Lanka 1600 18 233.0 80 Ireland 1891 17½ 81 Fiji 1600 16½ 82 Libya 1695 13½ 83 Japan 1716 12½ 84 Trinidad and Tobago 1600 12 209.0 85 Honduras 1600 12 206.5 86 Kenya 1600 11 87 United States Virgin Islands 1600 8
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