35th Chess Olympiad

The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, (Slovenia). In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams. The arbiter was IA Geurt Gijssen (NED).

Chess Olympiad Bled 2002

[edit] Rules

The tournament was paired by the Swiss system over 14 rounds.

[edit] Final standings (after round 14)

[edit] Men

Rank	Team	Matches won	Matches drawn	Matches lost	Points
First	Russia	10	3	1	38.5
Second	Hungary	11	2	1	37.5
Third	Armenia	7	4	3	35.0
Fourth	Georgia	10	0	4	34.0
Fifth	China	8	3	3	33.5
Sixth	Netherlands	9	3	2	33.5
Seventh	England	7	4	3	33.5
Eighth	Slovakia	6	5	3	33.0
Ninth	Israel	7	3	4	33.0
Tenth	Yugoslavia	8	3	3	33.0

[edit] Women

Women match China : Russia

Rank	Team	Matches won	Matches drawn	Matches lost	Points
First	China	10	2	2	29.5
Second	Russia	10	3	1	29.0
Third	Poland	8	4	2	28.0
Fourth	Georgia	8	1	5	27.5
Fifth	Hungary	8	3	3	25.5
Sixth	Ukraine	7	4	3	25.5
Seventh	Yugoslavia	8	4	2	25.5
Eighth	Azerbaijan	9	2	3	25.5
Ninth	United States	9	1	4	25.0
Tenth	Czech Republic	7	3	4	25.0

[edit] Overall title

The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is awarded to the entity the average place of finish of which in the open and women's division is the best (where two or more teams are tied, they are ordered by single-best finish in either division and then by total points scored); with an average finish of one-and-one-half, Russia won the 2002 trophy.

Top six finishers

Team	Open division placing	Women's division placing	Average placing
Russia	1	2	1.5
People's Republic of China	5	1	3
Hungary	2	5	3.5
Georgia	4	4	4
Poland	13	3	8
Yugoslavia	10	7	8.5

[edit] Individual Results

[edit] Best rating performance

Player	Team represented	Principal board played	Games played	Points scored	Rating performance
Garry Kasparov	Russia	1	9	7.5	2933
Vladimir Akopian	Armenia	1	12	10.0	2827
Alexander Khalifman	Russia	3	9	7.0	2797

[edit] External links

• 35th Chess Olympiad Bled 2002 at Chess Federation of Slovenia
• http://www.thechessdrum.net/Olympiad2002/
• http://www.35chessolympiad.com/ (dead link)