38th Chess Olympiad - Open Event

Open Event

The open division was contested by 146 teams representing 141 nations. Germany, as hosts, fielded three teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), the International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA), and the International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) each provided one squad. Morocco were signed up, but never appeared for their first round match and were disqualified.

Defending champions Armenia, once again led by Levon Aronian, clinched their second consecutive title. Despite being seeded only eighth, they won nine out of eleven matches, drew against fourth-placed Ukraine and lost only (1½-2½) to runners-up Israel, captained by Boris Gelfand. The Israelis finished one point behind Armenia. The United States, led by Gata Kamsky, took the bronze medals on a better tie break score than Vasyl Ivanchuk and the rest of the Ukrainian team after defeating Ukraine (3½-½) in the last round.

Once again, the Russian team under captain Vladimir Kramnik were the pre-tournament favourites but finished disappointingly in fifth place. Kramnik, having recently lost a world championship match, performed well below his rating, as did the rest of the team, except alternate Dmitry Yakovenko who won the reserve board.

Arguably the biggest surprise of the tournament was Vietnam, who weren't even seeded in the top 30, but still managed to finish in ninth place, aided somewhat by the new tournament structure which allotted them some weaker opponents, although they did manage a 2-2 result against China. The German hosts finished 13th, while India, without World Champion Viswanathan Anand, had to settle for 16th place.

Open event

#	Country	Players	Average rating	MP	dSB
1	Armenia	Aronian, Akopian, Sargissian, Petrosian, Minasian	2677	19
2	Israel	Gelfand, Roiz, Avrukh, Postny, Rodshtein	2682	18
3	United States	Kamsky, Nakamura, Onischuk, Shulman, Akobian	2673	17	362.0
4	Ukraine	Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Eljanov, Efimenko, Volokitin	2729	17	348.5
5	Russia	Kramnik, Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich, Yakovenko	2756	16	375.0
6	Azerbaijan	Radjabov, Mamedyarov, Gashimov, Guseinov, Mamedov	2709	16	359.5
7	China	Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Wang Hao, Li Chao	2714	16	357.5
8	Hungary	Lékó, Polgár, Almási, Balogh, Berkes	2692	16	341.5
9	Vietnam	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Le Quang Liem, Dao Thien Hai, Nguyen Van Huy, Tu Hoang Thong	2539	16	340.0
10	Spain	Shirov, Vallejo Pons, Illescas Córdoba, Khamrakulov, San Segundo Carrillo	2644	16	337.5

#	Country	Average rating	MP	dSB	dSMP
11	Georgia	2618	16	321.0
12	Netherlands	2609	15	343.0
13	Germany	2647	15	339.0
14	Bulgaria	2691	15	327.5
15	England	2629	15	320.0
16	India	2634	15	310.0
17	Slovenia	2583	15	288.0
18	Belarus	2602	14	307.0
19	Romania	2631	14	306.5
20	Serbia	2604	14	302.0
21	Norway	2611	14	300.0
22	France	2690	14	295.0
23	Cuba	2626	14	294.5
24	Greece	2585	14	292.5
25	Sweden	2576	14	286.0
26	Montenegro	2522	14	279.0
27	Croatia	2588	14	275.5
28	Canada	2500	14	272.5
29	Poland	2609	13	301.0
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2577	13	294.0
31	Slovakia	2587	13	290.0
32	Finland	2491	13	287.5
33	Estonia	2495	13	282.0
34	Lithuania	2548	13	278.0
35	Germany "C"	2506	13	276.5	122
36	Turkey	2496	13	276.5	121
37	Kazakhstan	2555	13	272.5
38	Czech Republic	2611	13	270.5
39	Denmark	2566	13	268.5
40	Iran	2524	13	265.0
41	Italy	2521	13	261.0
42	Germany "B"	2523	13	259.0
43	Moldova	2585	13	258.5
44	Latvia	2522	13	257.5
45	Austria	2486	13	252.5
46	Philippines	2526	13	250.0
47	Bangladesh	2486	13	249.0
48	Paraguay	2415	13	220.5
49	Colombia	2459	12	257.0
50	Uzbekistan	2557	12	256.5
51	Switzerland	2541	12	251.0
52	Indonesia	2387	12	249.5
53	Scotland	2512	12	249.0
54	Brazil	2460	12	240.0
55	Portugal	2441	12	237.5
56	Egypt	2497	12	232.0
57	Australia	2488	12	222.5
58	South Africa	2315	12	220.5
59	Macedonia	2525	12	220.0
60	Ireland	2452	12	218.5
61	Faroe Islands	2364	12	213.5
62	Singapore	2352	12	210.5
63	United Arab Emirates	2332	12	191.0
64	Iceland	2420	11	246.0
65	Pakistan	2031	11	234.5
66	Qatar	2400	11	225.5
67	Venezuela	2444	11	224.5
68	Costa Rica	2403	11	223.5
69	Argentina	2572	11	221.5
70	Belgium	2395	11	215.5
71	Tajikistan	2358	11	207.0
72	Ecuador	2408	11	206.0
73	Mongolia	2372	11	188.5
74	Mexico	2423	11	188.0
75	Luxembourg	2286	11	177.5
76	Jordan	2288	11	175.5
77	Japan	2206	11	174.5
78	El Salvador	2300	11	173.5
79	ICSC	2305	11	166.5
80	Jamaica	2217	11	165.0
81	Wales	2263	11	158.0
82	Kyrgyzstan	2337	10	222.5
83	Turkmenistan	2355	10	200.5
84	Syria	2312	10	192.5
85	Iraq	2290	10	188.5
86	Bolivia	2313	10	183.5
87	Guatemala	2263	10	182.5
88	IPCA	2358	10	178.5
89	Algeria	2340	10	174.0
90	Dominican Republic	2358	10	167.5
91	IBCA	2318	10	166.0
92	Albania	2102	10	162.5
93	Panama	2206	10	161.0
94	Sri Lanka	2169	10	160.0
95	Puerto Rico	2228	10	159.0
96	Malaysia	2362	10	157.5
97	New Zealand	2370	10	152.0
98	Angola	2231	10	151.5
99	Lebanon	2312	10	150.5
100	Thailand	2272	10	140.5
101	Palestine	2306	9	177.5
102	Nigeria	1988	9	174.0
103	Botswana	2185	9	173.0
104	Monaco	2275	9	171.0
105	Tunisia	2310	9	163.5
106	Yemen	2332	9	163.5
107	Afghanistan	2095	9	152.0
108	Nepal	2022	9	148.0
109	South Korea	2068	9	146.5
110	Andorra	2256	9	144.0
111	Libya	2145	9	141.0
112	Netherlands Antilles	2168	9	135.5
113	Malta	2177	9	134.0
114	Uruguay	2287	9	130.5
115	Jersey	1742	9	127.0
116	Nicaragua	2238	9	120.0
117	Zambia	2082	8	140.5
118	Barbados	2142	8	136.0
119	Mozambique	1775	8	132.0
120	Uganda	2175	8	126.0
121	San Marino	1907	8	124.5
122	Cyprus	2144	8	120.0
123	Namibia	1937	8	116.5
124	Ethiopia	1769	8	108.0
125	Trinidad and Tobago	2173	8	106.5
126	Guernsey	2055	8	97.0
127	British Virgin Islands	1952	8	95.5
128	Honduras	1968	7	129.0
129	Mauritania	2139	7	116.0
130	Suriname	2141	7	110.0
131	Kenya	2164	7	109.0
132	Hong Kong	2023	7	106.0
133	Papua New Guinea	1896	7	94.5
134	Macau	2020	7	94.0
135	Aruba	2034	7	92.0
136	Chinese Taipei	1846	7	85.0
137	Bermuda	1978	7	81.0
138	Malawi	1400	6	116.5
139	Liechtenstein	2086	6	88.0
140	Ghana	1400	6	77.0
141	United States Virgin Islands	1400	6	43.0
142	Gabon	1400	5	87.0
143	Fiji	1923	5	73.0
144	Seychelles	1710	5	68.5
145	Madagascar	1400	4
146	Rwanda	1608	3