38th Chess Olympiad - Women's Results

Women's Results

The women's division was contested by 111 teams representing 106 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.

Georgia won their fourth title, 12 years after the third one, narrowly defeating Ukraine on tie breaks. The two teams didn't meet during the tournament, but when the Ukrainians only drew their penultimate match against Serbia while the Georgians defeated former champions China (2½-1½), the gold was Georgia's to lose. In the last round they record a win (3-1) against the Serbian, who thus came to play a crucial role in the fight for the title, despite finishing in seventh place themselves. The Georgian team were led by former World Champion, 47-year old Maia Chiburdanidze, who delivered a stellar performance, winning the top board with the best performance of the tournament.

The United States clinched the bronze medals on tie breaks, just ahead of Russia (with newly crowned World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk) and Poland. The German hosts finished in 21st place.

#	Country	Players	Average rating	MP	dSB
1	Georgia	Chiburdanidze, Dzagnidze, Javakhishvili, Lomineishvili, Khukhashvili	2476	18	411.5
2	Ukraine	Lahno, Zhukova, Ushenina, Gaponenko, Zdebskaya	2486	18	406.5
3	United States	Krush, Zatonskih, Goletiani, Rohonyan, Abrahamyan	2396	17	390.5
4	Russia	Kosteniuk, T. Kosintseva, N. Kosintseva, Korbut, Pogonina	2495	17	367.0
5	Poland	Soćko, Rajlich, Zawadzka, Majdan, Przezdziecka	2386	17	364.5
6	Armenia	Danielian, Mkrtchian, Aginian, Galojan, Andriasian	2397	16	353.0
7	Serbia	Marić, Bojković, Stojanović, Chelushkina, Benderać	2386	16	318.5
8	China	Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue, Shen Yang, Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi	2486	15	392.5
9	Israel	Klinova, Borsuk, Igla, Vasiliev, Efroimski	2304	15	325.0
10	Belarus	Sharevich, Popova, Azarova, Berlin, Klimets	2278	15	317.5

#	Country	Average rating	MP	dSB	dSMP
11	Romania	2348	15	306.5
12	Italy	2245	15	280.0
13	France	2427	14	336.5
14	Hungary	2389	14	321.0
15	India	2388	14	320.5
16	Slovakia	2348	14	299.5
17	Mongolia	2161	14	289.0
18	Netherlands	2323	14	286.0
19	Bulgaria	2375	14	282.0
20	Croatia	2259	14	281.5
21	Germany	2379	14	279.0
22	Uzbekistan	2181	14	267.0
23	Spain	2296	14	266.5
24	Greece	2317	13	307.5
25	Cuba	2289	13	288.0
26	Vietnam	2292	13	272.5
27	Austria	2231	13	269.5
28	Latvia	2264	13	266.5
29	Argentina	2260	13	262.0
30	Turkey	2184	13	249.5
31	Azerbaijan	2261	13	246.5
32	Estonia	2174	13	245.5
33	Moldova	2246	13	238.0
34	Germany "B"	2159	13	236.0
35	Montenegro	2242	13	227.5
36	Czech Republic	2321	12	270.0
37	Slovenia	2359	12	260.0
38	Sweden	2317	12	258.5
39	Iran	2194	12	258.0
40	Switzerland	2210	12	257.5
41	Colombia	2179	12	255.5
42	Indonesia	2021	12	237.5
43	Philippines	2134	12	232.0
44	Luxembourg	2185	12	227.5
45	Kazakhstan	2240	12	226.5
46	Portugal	2145	12	218.0
47	Germany "C"	2142	12	208.5
48	Brazil	2077	12	196.0
49	Kyrgyzstan	2093	12	182.0
50	England	2248	11	250.0
51	Lithuania	2294	11	239.0
52	Ecuador	2223	11	230.0
53	Norway	2193	11	224.0
54	Finland	2014	11	205.0
55	Dominican Republic	2022	11	200.5
56	Scotland	1986	11	199.5
57	South Africa	1938	11	198.0
58	Turkmenistan	2063	11	194.5
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2110	11	193.0
60	Iceland	2029	11	191.0
61	IPCA	2018	11	180.0
62	New Zealand	1912	11	174.5
63	Australia	2122	10	209.0
64	El Salvador	2098	10	199.5
65	Canada	2124	10	190.0
66	Mexico	2106	10	184.0
67	Venezuela	2108	10	178.0
68	Guatemala	1920	10	176.0
69	IBCA	2035	10	168.0
70	Denmark	2098	10	163.5
71	Bolivia	1978	10	162.0
72	ICSC	2130	10	161.0
73	Algeria	1936	10	158.0
74	Bangladesh	2093	10	156.0
75	Tajikistan	1767	10	155.0	104
76	Syria	1808	10	155.0	96
77	Albania	2004	10	151.0
78	Sri Lanka	1850	9	169.5
79	Wales	1891	9	145.0
80	Uruguay	1882	9	140.0	107
81	Puerto Rico	1870	9	140.0	103
82	Lebanon	1802	9	139.0
83	Costa Rica	1861	9	129.0
84	Paraguay	1725	9	127.0
85	Qatar	1656	9	121.0
86	Chinese Taipei	1556	9	118.5
87	Iraq	1706	9	117.5
88	Egypt	1842	8	142.0
89	United Arab Emirates	1805	8	129.0
90	Angola	1506	8	124.0
91	Tunisia	1490	8	119.0
92	Yemen	1400	8	114.5
93	Botswana	1529	8	113.5
94	Ireland	1534	8	90.5
95	Barbados	1400	8	81.0
96	Japan	1621	7	119.5
97	Nigeria	1400	7	111.0
98	Honduras	1400	7	106.0
99	Suriname	1498	7	105.0
100	Malta	1731	7	101.5
101	Libya	1400	7	92.5
102	Pakistan	1400	7	90.0
103	Panama	1641	7	82.5
104	Macau	1554	7	79.5
105	Fiji	1551	7	74.5
106	South Korea	1469	7	66.5
107	Trinidad and Tobago	1667	7	58.0
108	Aruba	1400	6
109	Kenya	1400	5
110	Seychelles	1400	3
111	Afghanistan	1400	1