Chess Olympiad 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia,

The 39th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open^[1] 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 September 19 to October 4.^[2] Russia has organized the Chess Olympiad three times previously: 1956 (Soviet Union),1994 and 1998.

Ukraine won the team gold in the open section,^[3] while Russia won in the women's event. In individual competition, Emil Sutovsky of Israel, and Inna Gaponenko of Ukraine won the gold medals for best rating performance in both sections, respectively.

Contents  [hide] 1 Bids 2 Organization 3 Results 3.1 Team results 3.1.1 Open section 3.1.2 Women's section 3.2 Individual results 3.2.1 Open section 3.2.2 Women's section 4 FIDE presidential elections 5 Political events 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit]Bids

Six cities made the list with their bids to organize the Chess Olympiad 2010: Khanty-Mansiysk, Budva, Buenos Aires, Poznań, Riga, andTallinn. The selection was part of the FIDE Congress held during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

[edit]Organization

Commemorative coin

The main events in both competitions were held in indoor tennis courts, which opened in September 2008. With an area of 15,558 m², it hosted 3,500 chess fans.

Teams from 141 chess federations participated in the main event, with Russia entering five teams in the open, and three in the women's section, which is provided with the FIDE regulatives for the event. A total of 1,306 chess players participated, including 242 Grandmasters and 118 International Masters.^[4]The event also featured top ranked world player, Magnus Carlsen, playing on top board for his nativeNorway. The main referee of the Olympiad was Sava Stoisavljevic.

The tournament play was a Swiss-system tournament. The time control for every single game was 90 minutes per 40 moves, with addition of 30 seconds per move, and 30 minutes after the 40th move. For the first time after 2006, a player could offer a draw during the whole game, which was limited for the Chess Olympiad 2008, where a player was not able to offer a draw before the 30th move played.^[5]

[edit]Results

[edit]Team results

[edit]Open section

In the Open section, a total of 149 teams participated. The Russian national team was favored before the competition with the highest averageElo rating of 2749 points, but settled for silver finishing behind the second seeded Ukraine, but ahead of the bronze-medal winning Israel. The first 10 teams are listed in the table below:

Place of finish	Team	Players	Seed
First	Ukraine	Vassily Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov, Pavel Eljanov, Zahar Efimenko, Alexander Moiseenko	2
Second	Russia 1	Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Malakhov	1
Third	Israel	Boris Gelfand, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Maxim Rodshtein, Victor Mikhalevski	11
Fourth	Hungary	Peter Leko, Zoltan Almasi, Judit Polgar, Ferenc Berkes, Csaba Balogh	5
Fifth	People's Republic of China	Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Li Chao	3
Sixth	Russia 2	Ian Nepomniachtchi, Evgeny Alekseev, Nikita Vitiugov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Artyom Timofeev	4
Seventh	Armenia	Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, Avetik Grigoryan	6
Eighth	Spain	Alexei Shirov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ivan Lopez Salgado, Jordi Magem Badals, Daniel Alsina Leal	16
Ninth	United States of America	Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk, Yuri Shulman, Robert Hess	9
Tenth	France	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Laurent Fressinet, Vladislav Tkachiev, Edouard Romain, Sebastien Feller	10

[edit]Women's section

In Women's competition, the medals were distributed to Russia (gold), China (silver), and Georgia (bronze), who also were favored before the Olympiad. Russia won its first gold in women's section at the Chess Olympiads, having won all the matches, with a margin of four points ahead of the second placed China. Top ten ranked teams are listed as follows:

Place of finish	Team	Players	Seed
First	Russia 1	Tatiana Kosintseva, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alisa Galliamova, Valentina Gunina	1
Second	People's Republic of China	Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Huang Qian, Wang Yu	2
Third	Georgia	Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Meila Salome, Sopiko Khukhashvili, Bela Khotenashvili	4
Fourth	Cuba	Teresa Oldaz Valdes Lisandra, Oleiny Linares Napoles, Yaniet Marrero Lopez, Sulennis Pina Vega,Maritza Arribas Robaina	18
Fifth	United States of America	Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, Tatev Abrahamyan, Kamile Baginskaite, Sabina-Francesca Foisor	6
Sixth	Poland	Monika Socko, Jolanta Zawadzka, Joanna Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna Dworakowska, Beata Kadziolka	10
Seventh	Azerbaijan	Zeinab Mamedyarova, Turkan Mamedyarova, Gulnar Mammadova, Nargiz Umudova, Khayala Isgaldarova	26
Eighth	Bulgaria	Antoaneta Stefanova, Margarita Voiska, Adriana Nikolova, Iva Videnova, Maria Velcheva	12
Ninth	Ukraine	Kateryna Lahno, Natalia Zhukova, Anna Ushenina, Inna Gaponenko, Mariya Muzychuk	3
Tenth	Russia 2	Natalija Pogonina, Olga Girya, Anastasia Savina, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Alina Kashinskaya	5

[edit]Individual results

The players, who attained best rating performance during the tournament, won the individual gold medals.

[edit]Open section

The winners of medals in the open section are:

Board	Place of finish	Team	Player	FIDE rating	Rating performance
First	First	Ukraine	Vassily Ivanchuk	2754	2890
	Second	Armenia	Levon Aronian	2783	2888
	Third	Russia 2	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2706	2821
Second	First	Israel	Emil Sutovsky	2665	2895
	Second	Hungary	Zoltan Almasi	2707	2801
	Third	China	Wang Hao	2724	2783
Third	First	Belarus	Vitaly Teterev	2511	2853
	Second	Ukraine	Pavel Eljanov	2761	2737
	Third	Russia 3	Sergei Rublevsky	2683	2727
Fourth	First	Russia 1	Sergey Karjakin	2747	2859
	Second	Ukraine	Zahar Efimenko	2683	2783
	Third	Netherlands	Anish Giri	2677	2730
Fifth (Reserve)	First	France	Sebastien Feller	2649	2708
	Second	Poland	Mateusz Bartel	2599	2706
	Third	Czech Republic	Vlastimil Babula	2515	2668

[edit]Women's section

The winners of medals in the women's section are:

Board	Place of finish	Team	Player	FIDE rating	Rating performance
First	First	Russia 1	Tatiana Kosintseva	2573	2628
	Second	Azerbaijan	Zeinab Mamedjarova	2234	2623
	Third	China	Hou Yifan	2578	2573
Second	First	Russia 1	Nadezhda Kosintseva	2565	2662
	Second	China	Ju Wenjun	2516	2636
	Third	Vietnam	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2304	2481
Third	First	Cuba	Yaniet Marrero Lopez	2324	2511
	Second	Georgia	Salome Melia	2439	2458
	Third	Latvia	Ilze Berzina	2283	2450
Fourth	First	Ukraine	Inna Gaponenko	2469	2691
	Second	Russia 2	Anastasia Bodnaruk	2399	2569
	Third	Israel	Olga Vasiliev	2293	2379
Fifth (Reserve)	First	Ukraine	Mariya Muzychuk	2464	2431
	Second	Russia 2	Alina Kashlinskaya	2358	2327
	Third	Georgia	Bela Khotenashvili	2464	2289

[edit]FIDE presidential elections

During the Olympiad Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as President of FIDE, defeating his rival Anatoly Karpov decisively 95 votes to 55.^[6]

[edit]Political events

In the first round, the Yemen team refused to play against Israel. Each of the four Israeli players was thus awarded a technical victory.^[7]

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