The 1996 Chess Olympiad held in Yerevan, Armenia, featured teams from over 100 countries. This page has the round 2 standings and results.
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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.
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Team Standings at the end of Round 2
Although the official site and the Armenian News Agency are still reporting different results for a few of the matches, it looks like everything’s come in at this point.
Hungary and Armenia 3 had perfect scores for this round, as did Ecuador, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Qatar, Syria, and the International Blind Chess Association (IBCA). Hungary, with a 4-0 win over Moldova, moved into a tie for first position with China at the end of Round 2. There are 12 more rounds to play.
(Armenia 3 was added in round 2 in order to keep the number of teams even. Several more countries, including Syria and Egypt, entered at the second round.)
Among the top teams, Armenia 1 lost their team match against Slovenia, with a score of 1.0-3.0 [Originally reported by the official match site as 1.5-2.5]. The Netherlands recovered some ground with a 3.5-0.5 score against Kyrgystan. Australia held the strong Georgian team to 2-2. Armenia-2 also held the Bosnian team to 2-2. Bangladesh managed to get one draw against medal favorites Russia. Yugoslavia and the USA drew 2-2, as did Estonia and Israel. (It's a typical match strategy for strong teams to seek a draw with other strong teams, and then play hard for wins against weaker teams.)
In other results, Viet Nam scored 2-2 against the Czech Republic, leaving them with a plus score after two rounds at 4.5. Paraguay also had a strong match against Iran, winning 3-1 to move back to a 50% score.
Teams shown in bold were considered good medal possibilities at the beginning of the event.
Teams scoring 4.0 in Round 2 ------------------------------------------ ARMENIA 3 4.0 Bahrain 0.0 ECUADOR 4.0 Seychelles 0.0 HUNGARY 4.0 Moldova 0.0 IBCA 4.0 Guernsey 0.0 LUXEMBOURG 4.0 Thailand 0.0 NEW ZEALAND 4.0 Bermuda 0.0 QATAR 4.0 US Virgin Isl.0.0 SYRIA 4.0 Macau 0.0
Teams scoring 3.5 in Round 2
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AUSTRIA 3.5 Andorra 0.5
CHINA 3.5 Brasil 0.5
FRANCE 3.5 Liechtenstein 0.5
ICELAND 3.5 El Salvador 0.5
INDONESIA 3.5 Zimbabwe 0.5
NETHERLANDS 3.5 Kyrgystan 0.5
RUSSIA 3.5 Bangladesh 0.5
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
3.5 Jersey 0.5
Teams scoring 3.0 in Round 2 ------------------------------------------ ARGENTINA 3.0 India 1.0 BELGIUM 3.0 Barbados 1.0 ENGLAND 3.0 Denmark 1.0 GERMANY 3.0 Philippines 1.0 GREECE 3.0 Norway 1.0 HONG KONG 3.0 Haiti 1.0 IRELAND 3.0 Nicaragua 1.0 LEBANON 3.0 Honduras 1.0 PARAGUAY 3.0 Iran 1.0 SLOVENIA 3.0 Armenia 1 1.0 TUNISIA 3.0 Botswana 1.0 TURKEY 3.0 Neth. Antilles1.0
Teams scoring 2.5 in Round 2 ------------------------------------------ CHILE 2.5 Peru 1.5 CUBA 2.5 Colombia 1.5 CYPRESS 2.5 Mauritius 1.5 EGYPT 2.5 Malta 1.5 FAROE Isl. 2.5 San Marino 1.5 JAPAN 2.5 Sri Lanka 1.5 LATVIA 2.5 Turkmenistan 1.5 MACEDONIA 2.5 Belarus 1.5 MOZAMBIQUE 2.5 Monaco 1.5 POLAND 2.5 Portugal 1.5 SCOTLAND 2.5 Slovakia 1.5 SPAIN 2.5 Uzebekistan 1.5 SOUTH AFRICA2.5 Uruguay 1.5 UKRAINE 2.5 Croatia 1.5 WALES 2.5 Angola 1.5
Teams scoring 2.0 in Round 2 ------------------------------------------ Armenia-2 2.0 Bosnia-Her. 2.0 Australia 2.0 Georgia 2.0 Bulgaria 2.0 Kazakhstan 2.0 Canada 2.0 Lithuania 2.0 Finland 2.0 Puerto Rico 2.0 Israel 2.0 Estonia 2.0 Italy 2.0 Sweden 2.0 Malaysia 2.0 Venezuela 2.0 Morocco 2.0 Tajikistan 2.0 Romania 2.0 Switzerland 2.0 Singapore 2.0 Uganda 2.0 USA 2.0 Yugoslavia 2.0 Vietnam 2.0 Czech Repub. 2.0
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