| 42nd Chess Olympiad (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | 2nd - 13th September 2016 |
| City: | Baku (Azerbaijan) |
| Venue: | Crystal Hall |
| Head of Organizing Committee: | Mr. Yagub Eyyubov (AZE) |
| Tournament Director: | IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Faik Gasanov (AZE) |
| Teams participating: | 180 (from 178 countries) |
| Players participating: | 891 (incl. 253 GMs, 139 IMs, 126 FMs and 98 CMs) |
| Games played: | 3720 (90 games were forfeited) |
| Competition format: | Eleven round Swiss |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger; 3. Game points; 4. Match points of opponents |
| Time control: | 40 moves in 90minutes + 30 minutes for the rest of the game; 30s incr. from move 1 |
| Official logo: |  |
| Website: | http://www.bakuchessolympiad.com (cached) |
| Other websites: | chess-results.com |
| PGN game file: | 16olm.pgn |
