Chess Olympiad Bled 2002

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess event in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The event is organised by FIDE who selects the host nation. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the

Birth of the Olympiad

The first Olympiad was unofficial. For the 1924 Olympics an attempt was made to include chess in the Olympics Games but this failed because of problems with distinguishing between amateur and professional players. ^[1] While the 1924 Summer Olympics was taking place in Paris, the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad also took place in Paris. 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 The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the Games of the 8th Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20th July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. FIDE was formed on Sunday, July 20, 1924, the closing day of the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad. The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the Games of the 8th Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20th July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. ^[2] FIDE organised the first Official Olympiad in 1927 which took place in London. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the ^[1] The Olympiads where occasionally held annually and irregular intervals until World War II; since 1950 they have been held regularly every two years. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including ^[1]

Recognised sport

Chess is a recognized sport by the International Olympic Committee^[3] with FIDE being the recognized International Sports Federation for chess since June 1999. ^[3][4][5][6] As a member of the International Olympic Committee, FIDE adheres to its rules, including controversially having doping tests. ^{[7][8][9][10]} The prospects of chess becoming an Olympic sporting event at some future date remain unclear.

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 can enter a team separately). ^[1] Each team is made of up to six players, four regular players and two reserves. ^[1] Initially each teams played all the teams but as the event grow over the years this became impossible. ^[1] At first team seeding took place before the competition. ^[1] Later certain drawbacks where recognized with seeding and in 1976 a Swiss tournament system was adopted. A Swiss system tournament is a commonly used type of Tournament in Chess, bridge, Scrabble, squash, Magic The Gathering ^[1]

The trophy for winning the men's team is the Hamilton-Russell Cup,^[1] which was offered by the English magnate Frederick Hamilton-Russell as a prize for the 1st Olympiad (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 Cup the first Women's World Chess Champion. Vera Menchik (Věra Menčíková Вера Францевна Менчик ( 16 February[[ 906]]&mdash 27 June[[ 944]] was a British - Czech chess

The 2008 Olympiad is scheduled to be held in Dresden, Germany. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ^[11] The 2010 Olympiad is expected to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Khanty-Mansiysk (Ха́нты-Манси́йск is an oil boom town in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

Bobby Fischer's score card from his round 3 game against Miguel Najdorf in the 1970 Chess Olympiad. Robert James "Bobby" Fischer ( March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American -born Chess Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf (born Mendel (Mieczysław Najdorf in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 1910 &ndash Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Symbol of 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw 1935 by J.Steifer

Men's Olympiads

Year	Event	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924	1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad (individual)	Paris	Czechoslovakia 31	Hungary 30	Switzerland 29
1926	2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad The Team Tournament (part of FIDE summit)	Budapest	Hungary 9	Yugoslavia 8	Romania 5
1927	1st Chess Olympiad	London	Hungary 40	Denmark 38. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the Games of the 8th Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20th July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Summit was held in Budapest, June 26 - July 15, 1926, during the FIDE Congress Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. 5	England 36. 5
1928	2nd Chess Olympiad	The Hague	Hungary 44	USA 39. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 2nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament as well as several events designed 5	Poland 37
1930	3rd Chess Olympiad	Hamburg	Poland 48. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany 5	Hungary 47	Germany 44. 5
1931	4th Chess Olympiad	Prague	USA 48	Poland 47	Czechoslovakia 46. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament as well as several events designed Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. 5
1933	5th Chess Olympiad	Folkestone	USA 39	Czechoslovakia 37. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Folkestone (ˈfoʊkstən is a resort town on the south coast of Kent, England, traditionally known as "The Garden Coast" 5	Sweden 34
1935	6th Chess Olympiad	Warsaw	USA 54	Sweden 52. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. 5	Poland 52
1936	3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad	Munich	Hungary 110. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation ( Grossdeutscher Schachbund) as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. 5	Poland 108	Germany 106. 5
1937	7th Chess Olympiad	Stockholm	USA 54. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the 5	Hungary 48. 5	Poland 47
1939	8th Chess Olympiad	Buenos Aires	Germany 36	Poland 35. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE comprised an 'open' tournament as well as a Women's World Championship contest Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern 5	Estonia 33. 5
1950	9th Chess Olympiad	Dubrovnik	Yugoslavia 45. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||} Dubrovnik (ˈdǔbro̞ːʋniːk Dalmatian: Ragusa; Latin: Ragusium, also Rhausium, Rhaugia; 5	Argentina 43. 5	W. Germany 40. 5
1952	10th Chess Olympiad	Helsinki	USSR 21	Argentina 19. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. 5	Yugoslavia 19
1954	11th Chess Olympiad	Amsterdam	USSR 34	Argentina 27	Yugoslavia 26. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west 5
1956	12th Chess Olympiad	Moscow	USSR 31	Yugoslavia 26. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of 5	Hungary 26. 5
1958	13th Chess Olympiad	Munich	USSR 34. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. 5	Yugoslavia 29	Argentina 25. 5
1960	14th Chess Olympiad	Leipzig	USSR 34	USA 29	Yugoslavia 27
1962	15th Chess Olympiad	Varna	USSR 31. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Varna (Варна is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv 5	Yugoslavia 28	Argentina 26
1964	16th Chess Olympiad	Tel Aviv	USSR 36. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel 5	Yugoslavia 32	W. Germany 30. 5
1966	17th Chess Olympiad	Havana	USSR 39. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. 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 Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading 5	USA 34. 5	Hungary 33. 5
1968	18th Chess Olympiad	Lugano	USSR 39. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Lugano ( Latin language: Luganum) is a town (52993 inhabitants a total of 130000 people in the agglomeration in the south of Switzerland, in the 5	Yugoslavia 31	Bulgaria 30
1970	19th Chess Olympiad	Siegen	USSR 27. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 19th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open team tournament and the Annual Congress of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, took place between September Siegen is a city in Germany in the South Westphalian part of the North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate. 5	Hungary 26. 5	Yugoslavia 26
1972	20th Chess Olympiad	Skopje	USSR 42	Hungary 40. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Skopje (Скопје; Shkup or Shkupi is the Capital and largest city in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population 5	Yugoslavia 38
1974	21st Chess Olympiad	Nice	USSR 46	Yugoslavia 37. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. 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 Nice (nis Niçard Occitan: Niça norm or Nissa, Italian: Nizza or Nizza Marittima, Greek 5	USA 36. 5
1976	22nd Chess Olympiad *	Haifa	USA 37	Netherlands 36. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 22th 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 Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with 5	England 35. 5
1976	Against-Israeli Chess Olympiad	Tripoli	El Salvador	Tunisia	Pakistan
1978	23rd Chess Olympiad	Buenos Aires	Hungary 37	USSR 36	USA 35
1980	24th Chess Olympiad	Valletta	USSR 39	Hungary 39	USA 35
1982	25th Chess Olympiad	Lucerne	USSR 42. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tripolis ( Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus - also طرابلس الغرب Ṭarā-bu-lus al-Gharb Libyan vernacular: Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The 23th 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 Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) 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 Valletta ( Belt Valletta or Città Umilissima) is the capital city of Malta. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) 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 Lucerne ( Italian Lucerna) is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne 5	Czechoslovakia 36	USA 35
1984	26th Chess Olympiad	Thessaloniki	USSR 41	England 37	USA 35
1986	27th Chess Olympiad	Dubai	USSR 40	England 39	USA 38
1988	28th Chess Olympiad	Thessaloniki	USSR 40. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) 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 Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) 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 Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) 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 Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia 5	England 34. 5	Netherlands 34. 5
1990	29th Chess Olympiad	Novi Sad	USSR 39	USA 35. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 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 Novi Sad ( Cyrillic: Нови Сад 'nɔviː 'saːd; Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak 5	England 35. 5
1992	30th Chess Olympiad	Manila	Russia 39	Uzbekistan 35	Armenia 34. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) 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 The City of Manila 5
1994	31st Chess Olympiad	Moscow	Russia 37. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The 31st Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament took place between November Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of 5	Bosnia/Herzogovina 35	Russia II 34. 5
1996	32nd Chess Olympiad	Yerevan	Russia 38. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament took place between September Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan 5	Ukraine 35	USA 34
1998	33rd Chess Olympiad	Elista	Russia 35. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The 33rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament took place between September Elista (Элиста́ Kalmyk: Элст Elst) is the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. 5	USA 34. 5	Ukraine 32. 5
2000	34th Chess Olympiad	Istanbul	Russia 38	Germany 37	Ukraine 35. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The 34th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament took place between October 28 Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey 5
2002	35th Chess Olympiad	Bled	Russia 38. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, ( Slovenia) Bled (Veldes is a Municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. 5	Hungary 37. 5	Armenia 35
2004	36th Chess Olympiad	Calviá	Ukraine 39. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 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 Calvià is a Municipality on the island of Majorca, which adjoins the suburbs of Palma, the capital of the Spanish autonomous community 5	Russia 36. 5	Armenia 36. 5
2006	37th Chess Olympiad	Turin	Armenia 36	China 34	USA 33
2008	38th Chess Olympiad	Dresden
2010	39th Chess Olympiad	Khanty-Mansiysk

* In 1976 the USSR and other communist countries did not compete for political reasons. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the General assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, took place 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 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 Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German For the film see 2010 The Year We Make Contact. For the book see 2010 Odyssey Two. Khanty-Mansiysk (Ха́нты-Манси́йск is an oil boom town in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Best individual results in men's Olympiads

Fischer and Tal at the 1960 Olympiad

• Note: only players participating to at least four Olympiads are considered in this table.
• Country names are given with the IOC three-letter codes.
• Medals indicated are only individual ones (not team), in the order gold-silver-bronze.
• (1) Keres played for Estonia in his first three Olympiads.

See also

• European Team Championship
• Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World
• Women's chess Olympiad
• World Mind Sports Games
• Mind Sports Organisation

Notes

External links

• FIDE Handbook: Chess Olympiad. FIDE Official website
  • FIDE Handbook: Children`s Olympiad. FIDE Official website
• OlimpBase: the encyclopaedia of team chess - descriptions and results of each Olympiad
  • Men's results summary
  • Women's results summary
  • Children's Chess Olympiad and results
• 37e Olimpiadi degli Scacchi - Torino 2006 - official 37th Chess Olympiad site
• The Sport of Chess - Part II chess4ever. com