The 1996 Chess Olympiad held in Yerevan, Armenia, featured teams from over 100 countries. This page has the round 1 standings and results.
The round by round Olympiad results will remain up
until November 15th. At that time we will archive a single
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For a description of the event format, location, and player biographies of the top teams, see our Hot Chess Feature Section.
The official event site at http://chess96.com/ offers live coverage with commentary from IM Jack Peters and IM Jeremy Silman, as well as photographs, standings, crosstables, and more.
If you're in a hurry, you'll find a round by round summary of the top team standings here.
Partial
Team Standings (not all games
reported yet)
Teams shown in bold were considered medal possibilities at the beginning of the event.
Teams scoring 4.0 in Round 1
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ARGENTINA 4.0 Hong Kong 0.0
ARMENIA 2 4.0 Macau 0.0
AUSTRALIA 4.0 Botswana 0.0
BANGLADESH 4.0 Mozambique 0.0
BOSNIA___ 4.0 Ecuador 0.0
BRASIL 4.0 Haiti 0.0
CANADA 4.0 Bermuda 0.0
CHILE 4.0 Mali 0.0
CHINA 4.0 Qatar 0.0
COLOMBIA 4.0 San Marino 0.0
CUBA 4.0 Int'l Blind
Chess Assoc. 0.0
GEORGIA__ 4.0 New Zealand 0.0
GERMANY 4.0 Tunisia 0.0
INDIA 4.0 Jersey 0.0
LATVIA 4.0 Mauritas 0.0
LITHUANIA 4.0 Faroe Islands 0.0
PERU 4.0 Cyprus 0.0
PHILIPPINES 4.0 Malta 0.0
POLAND___ 4.0 United Arab Emirates 0.0
PORTUGAL 4.0 Seychelles 0.0
ROMANIA__ 4.0 Lebanon 0.0
SCOTLAND 4.0 US Virgin Isl.0.0
SLOVAKIA 4.0 Monaco 0.0
SWITZERLAND 4.0 Guernsey 0.0
TURKMENISTAN4.0 Honduras 0.0
Teams scoring 3.5 in Round 1 ------------------------------------------- ARMENIA 1 3.5 Turkey_____ 0.5 BELARUS__ 3.5 Singapore__ 0.5 BULGARIA_ 3.5 Belgium____ 0.5 DENMARK__ 3.5 Zimbabwe___ 0.5 ENGLAND__ 3.5 Indonesia__ 0.5 FRANCE___ 3.5 Puerto Rico 0.5 FYROM 3.5 Uganda 0.5 HUNGARY__ 3.5 Austria____ 0.5 ITALY 3.5 SRI LANKA 0.5 KAZAKHSTAN 3.5 Barbados 0.5 LICHTENSTEIN3.5 Bahrain 0.5 MOLDOVA 3.5 Andora 0.5 RUSSIA___ 3.5 Finland____ 0.5 SLOVENIA 3.5 Ned. Antilles 0.5 SPAIN____ 3.5 Luxembourg_ 0.5 SWEDEN 3.5 Japan 0.5 UZEBEKISTAN 3.5 Thailand 0.5
Teams scoring 3.0 in Round 1 ------------------------------------------- CROATIA__ 3.0 Wales______ 1.0 ESTONIA__ 3.0 Uruguay____ 1.0 ISRAEL___ 3.0 S. Africa__ 1.0 NORWAY 3.0 Angola 1.0 UKRAINE__ 3.0 Ireland____ 1.0 USA______ 3.0 Paraguay___ 1.0 YUGOSLAVIA 3.0 Iran_______ 1.0
Teams scoring 2.5 in Round 1 ------------------------------------------- EL SALVADOR 2.5 Kyrgystan 1.5 VIET NAM 2.5 Nicaragua 1.5
Teams scoring 2.0 in Round 1 ------------------------------------------ Netherlands2.0 Tajikistan 2.0
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