37th Chess Olympiad - Women's Results

Women's Results

The women's division was contested by 103 teams representing 99 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. Somalia and Sudan had registered but never showed up. Afghanistan, Uganda, and Rwanda all withdrew after forfeiting their first round matches.

Ukraine had finished in 18th place at the previous Olympiad but entered the tournament seeded second. They trailed top-seeds Russia half a point through the seventh round, despite having taken defeated the Russians in the fifth round (2-1), but took the lead in round eight, defeating Hungary while Russia managed only to draw their match with the United States. Ukraine never gave up their lead for the remainder of the tournament and all but secured the gold medals and the Vera Menchik Trophy with a twelfth round win over India (2½-½), eventually finishing 1½ points ahead of silver medallists Russia. The Ukrainian team was led by Natalia Zhukova, who scored 7½ points in her nine games, defeating the top- and second-rated players, Humpy Koneru of India and Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia. Third board Inna Gaponenko won six games, drew two, and lost only one.

Defending champions China were missing newly crowned World Champion Xu Yuhua, but still claimed the bronze medals by three points over the United States with whom they drew in the penultimate round Their third place finish was in no small part due to top board Zhao Xue, who entered the tournament seeded 22nd yet, having played in every round, went through the Olympiad undefeated, conceding only six draws in her 13 games.

The American team took fourth place on tiebreaks, just ahead of Hungary, Georgia, and the Netherlands - the Dutch team being seeded only 18th.

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	Ukraine	Zhukova, Lahno, Yanovska-Gaponenko, Ushenina	2441	29½
2	Russia	Kosteniuk, T. Kosintseva, N. Kosintseva, Kovalevskaya	2499	28
3	China	Zhao Xue, Wang Yu, Shen Yang, Hou Yifan	2408	27½
4	United States	Zatonskih, Krush, Goletiani, Baginskaite	2414	24½	307.0
5	Hungary	Hoang Thanh Trang, Mádl, Vajda, Gara	2426	24½	306.0
6	Georgia	Khurtsidze, Dzagnidze, Javakhishvili, Lomineishvili	2430	24½	305.5
7	Netherlands	Peng Zhaoqin, Bosboom-Lanchava, Schuurman, Muhren	2344	24½	276.5
8	Armenia	Mkrtchian, Danielian, Aginian, Andriasian	2402	24	299.0
9	Slovenia	Muzychuk, Srebrnič, Krivec, Novak	2348	24	286.0
10	Czech Republic	Jacková, Čedíková, Sikorová, Blažková	2302	24	270.5

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP	S-B
11	Germany	2399	23½
12	India	2389	23	305.0
13	Bulgaria	2378	23	302.0
14	Romania	2375	23	294.0
15	Vietnam	2302	23	283.5
16	Cuba	2289	23	279.0
17	Latvia	2292	23	263.0
18	France	2366	22½	299.5
19	Greece	2370	22½	297.0
20	Poland	2375	22½	293.0
21	Belarus	2262	22½	293.0
22	Slovakia	2354	22½	292.0
23	Lithuania	2374	22	286.5
24	Turkey	2189	22	273.0
25	Yugoslavia	2343	22	272.5
26	Philippines	2083	22	271.5
27	Iran	2222	22	271.0
28	Spain	2296	21½	286.0
29	Israel	2329	21½	281.5
30	Croatia	2227	21½	281.0
31	Sweden	2191	21½	260.0
32	Uzbekistan	2200	21½	257.0
33	Estonia	2246	21	285.5
34	Mongolia	2264	21	282.5
35	Argentina	2265	21	273.5
36	Turkmenistan	2182	21	266.5
37	Italy	2304	21	266.0
38	Switzerland	2262	21	265.5
39	Moldova	2262	21	262.5
40	Indonesia	1919	21	257.5
41	Canada	2132	21	252.5
42	England	2231	20½	271.5
43	Venezuela	1874	20½	264.5
44	Malaysia	2089	20½	259.5
45	Kazakhstan	2262	20	283.5
46	Ecuador	2269	20	280.0
47	Portugal	2117	20	258.0
48	Colombia	2137	20	256.0
49	El Salvador	2058	20	254.0
50	Iceland	2111	20	249.0
51	Azerbaijan	2123	20	244.0
52	Brazil	2081	20	238.0
53	Mexico	2137	19½	250.0
54	Australia	2210	19½	256.0
55	Denmark	2085	19½	254.5
56	Finland	2134	19½	247.5
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2165	19	260.0
58	Austria	2092	19	259.0
59	Norway	2182	19	258.5
60	Peru	2136	19	255.0
61	Kyrgyzstan	2137	19	254.0
62	Luxembourg	1812	19	241.5
63	Bolivia	1802	19	223.0
64	Macedonia	2137	18½	252.5
65	Italy "B"	1945	18½	242.0
66	South Africa	1900	18½	236.5
67	IPCA	2056	18½	229.5
68	Bangladesh	2090	18	260.5
69	Albania	2054	18	248.5
70	Dominican Republic	2079	18	239.5
71	Guatemala	2030	18	236.0
72	IBCA	2113	17½	248.0
73	Scotland	1834	17½	240.0
74	Tajikistan	1629	17½	236.0
75	Wales	1947	17½	234.5
76	Jamaica	1791	17½	232.0	10	82.75
77	Sri Lanka	1863	17½	232.0	10	80.50
78	Ireland	1747	17½	231.5
79	Algeria	1588	17½	227.5
80	New Zealand	1692	17½	226.0
81	Iraq	1805	17	247.0
82	Nigeria	1590	17	233.0
83	Costa Rica	1617	17	209.0
84	Botswana	1584	16½	231.5
85	Japan	1581	16½	211.5
86	Malta	1400	16½	198.0
87	ICSC	2008	16	234.0
88	Puerto Rico	1826	16	233.5
89	United Arab Emirates	1853	16	211.0
90	Panama	1400	15½
91	Chinese Taipei	1400	15	193.5
92	Qatar	1400	15	182.5
93	Suriname	1400	14½	184.5
94	Kenya	1469	14½	182.0
95	Fiji	1400	14	205.5
96	Angola	1400	14	192.0
97	Yemen	1400	14	179.5
98	Trinidad and Tobago	1400	13½	176.0
99	Libya	1467	13½	174.5
100	Namibia	1400	13
101	Netherlands Antilles	1400	12½
102	United States Virgin Islands	1400	12
103	Honduras	1400	9