Chess Olympiad
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Chess tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among serious players.Today, the most recognized chess...
in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.
Birth of the Olympiad
The first Olympiad was unofficial. For the 1924 Olympics1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
an attempt was made to include chess in the Olympic Games but this failed because of problems with distinguishing between amateur and professional players. While the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
was taking place in Paris, the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20 July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. The core of the organizing committee were the Frenchmen Pierre Vincent and Alexander Alekhine. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries arrived to Paris...
also took place in Paris. FIDE was formed on Sunday, July 20, 1924, the closing day of the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad.
FIDE organised the first Official Olympiad in 1927 which took place in London. The Olympiads were occasionally held annually and at irregular intervals until World War II; since 1950 they have been held regularly every two years.
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Recognised sport
Chess is a recognized sport by the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
with FIDE being the recognized International Sports Federation for chess since June 1999.
As a member of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
, FIDE adheres to its rules, including controversially having doping tests. The prospects of chess becoming an Olympic sporting event at some future date remain unclear. The naming of FIDE's team championship as the "Chess Olympiad" is of historical origin and implies no connection between this event and the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
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Competition
Each FIDE recognized chess association can enter a team into the Olympiad (for the UK one team for each of the four countries plus Guernsey and Jersey can enter a team separately). Each team is made of up to five players, four regular players and one reserve (prior to the tournament in Dresden 2008 there were two reserves).Initially each team played all other teams but as the event grew over the years this became impossible. At first team seeding took place before the competition. Later certain drawbacks were recognized with seeding and in 1976 a Swiss tournament system
Swiss system tournament
A Swiss-system tournament is a commonly used type of tournament where players or teams need to be paired to face each other for several rounds of competition. This type of tournament was first used in a Zurich chess tournament in 1895, hence the name "Swiss system". The Swiss system is used when...
was adopted.
The trophy for the winning team in the open section is the Hamilton-Russell Cup, which was offered by the English magnate Frederick Hamilton-Russell as a prize for the 1st Olympiad
1st Chess Olympiad
The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom...
(London 1927). The cup is kept by the winning team until the next event, when it will be consigned to the next winner. The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, defeating many of them, including future World Champion Max Euwe.The daughter of a Czech father...
Cup the first Women's World Chess Champion
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
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The 2010 Olympiad
39th Chess Olympiad
The 39th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on to...
was held in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
, Russia. The 2012 Olympiad
40th Chess Olympiad
The 40th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, will take place in Istanbul, Turkey in autumn 2012....
is going to be held in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey and the 2014 Olympiad
41st Chess Olympiad
The 41st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, will take place in Tromsø, Norway in autumn 2014. There were two cities bidding to host the event – Albena in Bulgaria and Tromsø in Norway...
in Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
, Norway.
Olympiads and top results in the open section
| Year | Event | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1924 | 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20 July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. The core of the organizing committee were the Frenchmen Pierre Vincent and Alexander Alekhine. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries arrived to Paris... The Chess Olympiad (individual) |
 Paris, France |
Czechoslovakia 31 | Hungary 30 | Switzerland 29 |
| 1926 | 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held in Budapest, June 26 - July 15, 1926, during the FIDE Congress.Team tournament was won by Hungary. The individual tournaments, among them a masters', an open, and a women's tournament, had also been played... The Team Tournament (part of FIDE summit) |
 BudapestBudapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary |
Hungary 9 | Yugoslavia 8 | Romania 5 |
| 1927 | 1st Chess Olympiad 1st Chess Olympiad The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom... |
 London, United Kingdom |
Hungary 40 | Denmark 38½ | England 36½ |
| 1928 | 2nd Chess Olympiad 2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 1928 in The Hague, Netherlands.The final results were as... |
 The HagueThe Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam... , Netherlands |
Hungary 44 | USA 39½ | Poland 37 |
| 1930 | 3rd Chess Olympiad 3rd Chess Olympiad The 3rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany... |
 HamburgHamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany |
Poland 48½ | Hungary 47 | Germany 44½ |
| 1931 | 4th Chess Olympiad 4th Chess Olympiad The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia... |
 PraguePrague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czechoslovakia |
USA 48 | Poland 47 | Czechoslovakia 46½ |
| 1933 | 5th Chess Olympiad 5th Chess Olympiad The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom... |
Folkestone Folkestone Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its... , United Kingdom |
USA 39 | Czechoslovakia 37½ | Sweden 34 |
| 1935 | 6th Chess Olympiad 6th Chess Olympiad The 6th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 16 and August 31, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland... |
 WarsawWarsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland |
USA 54 | Sweden 52½ | Poland 52 |
| 1936 | 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events.... non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad |
 MunichMunich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Germany |
Hungary 110½ | Poland 108 | Germany 106½ |
| 1937 | 7th Chess Olympiad 7th Chess Olympiad The 7th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden].... |
 StockholmStockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden |
USA 54½ | Hungary 48½ | Poland 47 |
| 1939 | 8th Chess Olympiad 8th Chess Olympiad The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , comprised an 'open' tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest... |
 Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina |
Germany 36 | Poland 35½ | Estonia 33½ |
| 1950 | 9th Chess Olympiad 9th Chess Olympiad The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia .The final results were as follows:-Final :The... |
 DubrovnikDubrovnik Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641... , Yugoslavia |
Yugoslavia 45½ | Argentina 43½ | W. Germany 40½ |
| 1952 | 10th Chess Olympiad 10th Chess Olympiad The 10th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 9 and August 31, 1952, in Helsinki, Finland.-References:* OlimpBase... |
 HelsinkiHelsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland |
USSR 21 | Argentina 19½ | Yugoslavia 19 |
| 1954 | 11th Chess Olympiad 11th Chess Olympiad The 11th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 4 and September 25, 1954, in Amsterdam, Netherlands... |
Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Netherlands |
USSR 34 | Argentina 27 | Yugoslavia 26½ |
| 1956 | 12th Chess Olympiad 12th Chess Olympiad The 12th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 31 and September 25, 1956, in Moscow, Soviet Union.-References:... |
 Moscow, Soviet Union |
USSR 31 | Yugoslavia 26½ | Hungary 26½ |
| 1958 | 13th Chess Olympiad 13th Chess Olympiad The 13th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 30 and October 23, 1958, in Munich, West Germany.-References:... |
 MunichMunich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
USSR 34½ | Yugoslavia 29 | Argentina 25½ |
| 1960 | 14th Chess Olympiad 14th Chess Olympiad The 14th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 26 and November 9, 1960, in Leipzig, East Germany.-References:... |
 LeipzigLeipzig Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing... , East Germany |
USSR 34 | USA 29 | Yugoslavia 27 |
| 1962 | 15th Chess Olympiad 15th Chess Olympiad The 15th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 15 and October 10, 1962, in Varna, Bulgaria.-References:* OlimpBase... |
 VarnaVarna Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... |
USSR 31½ | Yugoslavia 28 | Argentina 26 |
| 1964 | 16th Chess Olympiad 16th Chess Olympiad The 16th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel.-References:* OlimpBase... |
 Tel AvivTel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... , Israel |
USSR 36½ | Yugoslavia 32 | W. Germany 30½ |
| 1966 | 17th Chess Olympiad 17th Chess Olympiad The 17th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.-References:* OlimpBase... |
 La Habana, Cuba |
USSR 39½ | USA 34½ | Hungary 33½ |
| 1968 | 18th Chess Olympiad 18th Chess Olympiad The 18th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 17 and November 7, 1968, in Lugano, Switzerland.-References:* OlimpBase... |
 LuganoLugano Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy... , Switzerland |
USSR 39½ | Yugoslavia 31 | Bulgaria 30 |
| 1970 | 19th Chess Olympiad 19th Chess Olympiad The 19th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open team tournament and the Annual Congress of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, took place between September 5 and September 27, 1970, in the small town of Siegen, West Germany.-Tournament report:... |
Siegen Siegen Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
USSR 27½ | Hungary 26½ | Yugoslavia 26 |
| 1972 | 20th Chess Olympiad 20th Chess Olympiad The 20th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 18 and October 13, 1972, in Skopje, Yugoslavia .... |
Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... , Yugoslavia |
USSR 42 | Hungary 40½ | Yugoslavia 38 |
| 1974 | 21st Chess Olympiad 21st Chess Olympiad The 21st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 6 and June 30, 1974, in Nice, France.-References:* OlimpBase... |
Nice Nice Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of... , France |
USSR 46 | Yugoslavia 37½ | USA 36½ |
| 1976 | 22nd Chess Olympiad 22nd Chess Olympiad The 22nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 26 and November 10, 1976, in Haifa, Israel.-References:* OlimpBase... * |
Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... , Israel |
USA 37 | Netherlands 36½ | England 35½ |
| 1978 | 23rd Chess Olympiad 23rd Chess Olympiad The 23rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 25 and November 12, 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-References:... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina |
Hungary 37 | USSR 36 | USA 35 |
| 1980 | 24th Chess Olympiad 24th Chess Olympiad The 24th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 20 and December 6, 1980, in La Valletta, Malta.-References:* OlimpBase... |
 VallettaValletta Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's... , Malta |
USSR 39 | Hungary 39 | USA 35 |
| 1982 | 25th Chess Olympiad 25th Chess Olympiad The 25th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 29 and November 16, 1982, in Lucerne, Switzerland.-References:... |
Lucerne Lucerne Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and... , Switzerland |
USSR 42½ | Czechoslovakia 36 | USA 35 |
| 1984 | 26th Chess Olympiad 26th Chess Olympiad The 26th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 18 and December 5, 1984, in Thessaloniki, Greece.-References:... |
 ThessalonikiThessaloniki Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace... , Greece |
USSR 41 | England 37 | USA 35 |
| 1986 | 27th Chess Olympiad 27th Chess Olympiad The 27th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 14 and December 2, 1986, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.-References:... |
 DubaiDubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , UAE |
USSR 40 | England 39 | USA 38 |
| 1988 | 28th Chess Olympiad 28th Chess Olympiad The 28th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 12 and November 30, 1988, in Thessaloniki, Greece.-References:... |
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace... , Greece |
USSR 40½ | England 34½ | Netherlands 34½ |
| 1990 | 29th Chess Olympiad 29th Chess Olympiad The 29th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 16 and December 4, 1990, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.-References:... |
Novi Sad Novi Sad Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.... , Yugoslavia |
USSR 39 | USA 35½ | England 35½ |
| 1992 | 30th Chess Olympiad 30th Chess Olympiad The 30th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 7 and June 25, 1992, at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines.-Individual... |
 ManilaManila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... , Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
Russia 39 | Uzbekistan 35 | Armenia 34½ |
| 1994 | 31st Chess Olympiad 31st Chess Olympiad The 31st Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between November 30 and December 17, 1994, in Moscow, Russia.- Chess competition :... |
 Moscow, Russia |
Russia 37½ | Bosnia/Herzegovina 35 | Russia II 34½ |
| 1996 | 32nd Chess Olympiad 32nd Chess Olympiad The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :... |
 YerevanYerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country... , Armenia |
Russia 38½ | Ukraine 35 | USA 34 |
| 1998 | 33rd Chess Olympiad 33rd Chess Olympiad The 33rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 26 and October 13, 1998, in Elista, Kalmykia, . In the open tournament there were 110 teams, and in the women's, 72 teams.-Chess City:The... |
Elista Elista -Twin towns/sister cities:Elista is twinned with the following sister cities. Howell, New Jersey, United States Lhasa, Tibet, China. Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia-See also:*Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery*Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume-External links:... , Russia |
Russia 35½ | USA 34½ | Ukraine 32½ |
| 2000 | 34th Chess Olympiad 34th Chess Olympiad The 34th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey.- Chess competition :... |
 IstanbulIstanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey |
Russia 38 | Germany 37 | Ukraine 35½ |
| 2002 | 35th Chess Olympiad 35th Chess Olympiad The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, . In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams... |
 BledBled Bled is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. The area, within the Julian Alps, is a popular tourist destination.-History:... , Slovenia |
Russia 38½ | Hungary 37½ | Armenia 35 |
| 2004 | 36th Chess Olympiad 36th Chess Olympiad The 36th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Majorca.-Chess... |
 CalviáCalvià Calvià is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burguesa. The municipal seat is the town of Vila Calvia.Calvià... , Spain |
Ukraine 39½ | Russia 36½ | Armenia 36½ |
| 2006 | 37th Chess Olympiad 37th Chess Olympiad The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:... |
 TurinTurin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... , Italy |
Armenia 36 | China 34 | USA 33 |
| 2008 | 38th Chess Olympiad 38th Chess Olympiad The 38th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 12–25 November 2008, in Dresden, Germany and was won by Armenia.The 2010 Olympiad is... |
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Armenia 19 | Israel 18 | USA 17 |
| 2010 | 39th Chess Olympiad 39th Chess Olympiad The 39th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on to... |
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| 2012 | 40th Chess Olympiad 40th Chess Olympiad The 40th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, will take place in Istanbul, Turkey in autumn 2012.... |
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| 2014 | 41st Chess Olympiad 41st Chess Olympiad The 41st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, will take place in Tromsø, Norway in autumn 2014. There were two cities bidding to host the event – Albena in Bulgaria and Tromsø in Norway... |
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Total team ranking
The table contains the men's teams ranked by the medals won at the Chess Olympiad, including the unofficial events, ranked by the number of first place medals, ties broken by second-place medals, etc.| Rank | Country | 1st place | |3rd place |  Soviet Union
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Russia |
6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 3 |  Hungary |
5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 4 |  United States |
5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 5 |  Ukraine |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Armenia |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Poland |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Germany* |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 11 |  Kingdom of England |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Argentina |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Sweden |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Israel |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 16 |  Mainland China |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 16 |  Denmark |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 16 |  Uzbekistan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 20 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20 |  Estonia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20 |  Kingdom of Romania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20 | Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
- Includes the results of Germany and West Germany.
Best individual results in the open section
The best individual results in order of overall percentage are:| # | Player | Country | Olymp. | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | % | Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
101 | 65 | 34 | 2 | 81.2 | 5 - 2 - 0 | ||
| 2 | Soviet Union |
68 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 80.1 | 3 - 2 - 0 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union |
129 | 78 | 50 | 1 | 79.8 | 6 - 0 - 0 | ||
| 4 | United States |
79 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 79.7 | 2 - 1 - 2 | ||
| 5 | Soviet Union |
113 | 69 | 42 | 2 | 79.6 | 4 - 2 - 2 | ||
| 6 | Soviet Union |
49 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 79.6 | 3 - 1 - 0 | ||
| 7 | Soviet Union (1) |
82 | 50 | 29 | 3 | 78.7 | 7 - 2 - 2 | ||
| 8 | France |
72 | 43 | 27 | 2 | 78.5 | 2 - 2 - 0 | ||
| 9 | Yugoslavia |
78 | 46 | 28 | 4 | 76.9 | 1 - 2 - 0 | ||
| 10 | Soviet Union (2) |
|
141 | 85 | 44 | 12 | 75.9 | 5 - 1 - 1 | |
| 11 | Soviet Union |
76 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 75.6 | 3 - 3 - 0 | ||
| 12 | United States |
51 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 75.5 | 2 - 1 - 0 | ||
| 13 | United States |
65 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 75.4 | 0 - 2 - 1 | ||
| 14 | Soviet Union |
|
73 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 74.7 | 2 - 1 - 2 | |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia |
82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 73.2 | 2 - 1 - 1 |
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- Only players participating to at least four Olympiads are considered in this table.
- Medals indicated are only individual ones (not team), in the order gold - silver - bronze.
- (1) Kasparov played his first four olympiads for the USSR, the rest for Russia. Four gold medals are for best-rating performance
(first introduced at Thessaloniki 1984) and three for best score on first board. - (2) Keres played his first three Olympiads for EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, the rest for the USSR.
See also
- European Team ChampionshipEuropean Team ChampionshipThe European Team Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9...
- Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the WorldRussia (USSR) vs Rest of the WorldThere have been two chess matches featuring USSR vs. Rest of the World and 1 match Russia vs. Rest of the World. The first two matches were between a team from the USSR and a team of players from the "rest of the world"...
- Women's Chess OlympiadWomen's Chess OlympiadThe Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE since 1957 , where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals....
- World Chess ChampionshipWorld Chess ChampionshipThe World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
- World Mind Sports GamesWorld Mind Sports GamesThe first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after the Olympic Games. They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of...
- Mind Sports OrganisationMind Sports OrganisationThe Mind Sports Organisation is an association for promoting mental-skill games including Contract Bridge, Chess, Go, Mastermind, and Scrabble. Since 1997 it has annually organised in England a multi-sport competition, the Mind Sports Olympiad main event.The MSO was founded in conjunction with...
External links
- FIDE Official website:
- Complete data and results on OlimpBaseOlimpBaseOlimpBase, is a website dedicated to the Chess Olympiads and other team chess events, created and run in Poland by Wojciech Bartelski.It is sub-titled The encyclopaedia of team chess, since it provides extensive and detailed data on all team chess events...
: - Olympiads Data and Trivia from Bill Wall
- Chess Olympiad 2010 details