37th Chess Olympiad: Turin 2006

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Basic data

37th Chess Olympiad
Date: 20th May - 4th June 2006
City: Turin, Italy
Venue: The Oval hall
Chairman of Organizing Committee: Mr. Paolo Fresco (ITA)
General Manager: Mr. Michele Cordara (ITA)
Head Referree: IA Geurt Gijssen (NED)
Teams participating: 148 (including Italy "B" and "C")
Somalia and Sierra Leone did not arrive
Players participating: 873 (including 246 GMs, 163 IMs, 1 WGM, 104 FMs, 2 WIMs and 5 CMs)
Game system: Four board thirteen round Swiss.
Tie-breaks: 1. Game points; 2. Buchholz; 3. Match points;
4. Berger; 5. Median Buchholz
Clock routine: all moves in 90 minutes + 30 sec. increment per move
Official logo: Peonin
WWW home page: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/
Downloadable game file: 06olm.zip


Tournament review

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Individual medals

Best Rating Performance
no. name code ELOp
1. GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2847
2. GM Wang Yue CHN 2837
3. GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2833

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Gillani, Tunveer PAK 7 8 87.5
2. GM Ermenkov, Evgeny PLE 10 85.0
3. GM Hamdouchi, Hichem MAR 10 75.0

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. IM Oms Pallise, Josep AND 9 11 81.8
2. Dew, Brian HKG 7 9 77.8
3. IM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN 11 77.3

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Larrea Llorca, Gustavo Manuel URU 7 8 87.5
2. GM Leitão, Rafael BRA 8 10 80.0
3. GM Illescas Córdoba, Miguel ESP 7 9 77.8

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Wang Yue CHN 10 12 83.3
2. GM Zelčić, Robert CRO 9 12 75.0
3. GM Avrukh, Boris ISR 10 75.0

1st Reserve Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. FM Al-Qudaimi, Bashir YEM 7 7 100.0
2. Amir, Karim PAK 8 93.8
3. Ali, Laith IRQ 7 92.9

2nd Reserve Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Phiri, Richmond ZAM 7 92.9
2. Pg Mohd Omar, Ak Hirawan BRU 7 92.9
3. Haideri, Hamidullah AFG 9 83.3


Best game prizes

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Interesting games


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Trivia

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