Vietnam gains good result in World Chess Olympiad
(VOV) – After defeating Uzbekistan 3-1 in the final round, the Vietnamese men’s chess team has been placed 7th in the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.
This is the highest achievement ever recorded by Vietnam in the history of Olympiads.
In the individual event, GM Le Quang Liem ranked 5th, behind Levon Aronian, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Teimour Radjabov and Nakamura, with 17.4 added to his Elo.
In the following events, such as the Spice Cup (from October 12-21, 2012) and the Gibraltar Chess Festival (from January 22 to 31, 2013), he will have more opportunities to improve his Elo.
The Vietnamese women’s chess team also moved up to 26th place after its 4-0 win over the host Turkey.
Except for Thao Nguyen whose Elo was minus 8.9, other teammates also made impressive progress (Mai Hung: +31 Elo, Thien Kim: +18.9 Elo, Nhu Y: +17 Elo and Bich Ngoc: +9.4 Elo).
The 2012 World Chess Olympiad was wrapped up with the gold, silver and bronze medals going to Armenia, Russia and Ukraine, respectively in the men’s group. Russia won the gold medal in the women’s group while China and Ukraine bagged the silver and bronze.
Since 1990, Vietnam’s highest gain has been the gold medal won by GM Hoang Thanh Trang in the individual event.
Source: http://english.vovnews.vn
does anyone know if countries ranked in top 10 in olympiad will go to world team championship? this would be fair.
Well done!
World Team championship format is not a good one. Very strong teams are not invited and weak continental teams are given quota.
There can be 16 teams made into two groups of 8 each. After the round robin quarterfinal KO can be played with pairings like A1xB4 and followed by semi and finals with proper tiebreaks. Continental Quota system can be continued and this wil not have any effect on the KO rnds. There are many ideas for the tie breaks.
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The commenter “Indian” doesn’t know what he’s talking about. This is the Olympiad, not “World Team Championship”. The format here is 11-round Swiss system, not KO. There are more than 130 teams in the Olympiad, including ALL the strongest teams in the world. Get your facts straight before commenting.
The commenter “Indian” doesn’t know what he’s talking about. This is the Olympiad, not “World Team Championship”. The format here is 11-round Swiss system, not KO. There are more than 130 teams in the Olympiad, including ALL the strongest teams in the world. Get your facts straight before commenting.