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CHESS OLYMPIAD STATISTICS

Written by MonRoi Support on Tue, Nov 11 2008 (20:36)

The Chess Olympiad is held every two years. Teams representing their countries from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organized by the host nation, which is selected by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

At the first Chess Olympiad held in London (1927) 16 teams participated, while this year in Dresden 154 teams were to compete. Eight teams withdrew their participation. 1270 chess players take part at the Olympiad in Dresden, 722 of them are men who play in 146 teams, and 548 of them are women who play in 111 teams. 257 team captains and 120 arbiters are on-site. Several hundred organizers, journalists and FIDE-officials accompany the teams. The players of the 38th Chess Olympiad come from 141 countries. Among the chess players there are 253 grandmasters, 65 women grandmasters, 176 international masters, 90 women international masters, 91 FIDE-masters and 86 women FIDE-masters.

Open Chess Olympiad Stats

#	Host City	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	# teams	# players
1.	London	1927	HUN	DEN	ENG	16	70
2.	The Hague	1928	HUN	USA	POL	17	86
3.	Hamburg	1930	POL	HUN	GER	18	88
4.	Prague	1931	USA	POL	CSR	19	93
5.	Folkestone	1933	USA	CSR	SWE	15	71
6.	Warsaw	1935	USA	SWE	POL	20	99
7.	Stockholm	1937	USA	HUN	POL	19	94
8.	Buenos Aires	1939	GER	POL	EST	27	133
9.	Dubrovnik	1950	YUG	ARG	GER	16	84
10.	Helsinki	1952	URS	ARG	YUG	25	140
11.	Amsterdam	1954	URS	ARG	YUG	26	149
12.	Moscow	1956	URS	YUG	HUN	34	197
13.	Munich	1958	URS	YUG	ARG	36	207
14.	Leipzig	1960	URS	USA	YUG	40	232
15.	Varna	1962	URS	YUG	ARG	38	220
16.	Tel Aviv	1964	URS	YUG	GER	50	294
17.	Havana	1966	URS	USA	HUN	52	301
18.	Lugano	1968	URS	YUG	BUL	53	314
19.	Siegen	1970	URS	HUN	YUG	60	360
20.	Skopje	1972	URS	HUN	YUG	63	373
21.	Nice	1974	URS	YUG	USA	75	445
22.	Haifa	1976	USA	NED	ENG	48	286
23.	Buenos Aires	1978	HUN	URS	USA	66	388
24.	La Valletta	1980	URS	HUN	YUG	82	483
25.	Lucerne	1982	URS	CSR	USA	92	545
26.	Thessaloniki	1984	URS	ENG	USA	88	521
27.	Dubai	1986	URS	ENG	USA	108	641
28.	Thessaloniki	1988	URS	ENG	NED	107	620
29.	Novi Sad	1990	URS	USA	ENG	108	636
30.	Manila	1992	RUS	UZB	ARM	102	617
31.	Moscow	1994	RUS	BIH	RUS2	124	716
32.	Yerevan	1996	RUS	UKR	USA	114	665
33.	Elista	1998	RUS	USA	UKR	110	634
34.	Istanbul	2000	RUS	GER	UKR	126	768
35.	Bled	2002	RUS	HUN	ARM	135	802
36.	Calvia	2004	UKR	RUS	ARM	129	763
37.	Turin	2006	ARM	CHN	USA	148	873
38.	Dresden	2008	ARM	ISR	USA	146	722

Women's Chess Olympiad Stats

#	Host city	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	# women teams	# women players
1.	Emmen	1957	URS	ROM	GDR	21	43
2.	Split	1963	URS	YUG	GDR	15	41
3.	Oberhausen	1966	URS	ROM	GDR	14	41
4.	Lublin	1969	URS	HUN	CSR	15	43
5.	Skopje	1972	URS	ROM	HUN	23	69
6.	Medellin	1974	URS	ROM	BUL	26	75
7.	Haifa	1976	ISR	ENG	ESP	23	90
8.	Buenos Aires	1978	URS	HUN	GER	32	125
9.	La Valletta	1980	URS	HUN	POL	42	161
10.	Lucerne	1982	URS	ROM	HUN	45	176
26.	Thessaloniki	1984	URS	BUL	ROM	51	202
27.	Dubai	1986	URS	HUN	ROM	49	193
28.	Thessaloniki	1988	HUN	URS	YUG	56	221
29.	Novi Sad	1990	HUN	URS	CHN	64	258
30.	Manila	1992	GEO	UKR	CHN	62	251
31.	Moscow	1994	GEO	HUN	CHN	81	317
32.	Yerevan	1996	GEO	CHN	RUS	74	294
33.	Elista	1998	CHN	RUS	GEO	72	282
34.	Istanbul	2000	CHN	GEO	RUS	86	338
35.	Bled	2002	CHN	RUS	POL	91	364
36.	Calvia	2004	CHN	USA	RUS	87	345
37.	Turin	2006	UKR	RUS	CHN	103	425
38.	Dresden	2008	GEO	UKR	USA	111	548

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