The 1996 Chess Olympiad held in Yerevan, Armenia, featured teams from over 100 countries. This page has the round 4 standings and results.
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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.
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Team Standings at the end of Round 4
The Chinese team, ranked 30th coming into this event, keeps a firm hold on first place with a 2.5-1.5 victory over Cuba. Russia slips into 2nd place with a 3- 1 victory over Germany (both Kasparov and Kramnik drew their games). Armenia 1 had its first really good day with a 4-0 victory over Indonesia. On the other hand, Armenia 2 lost to Belarus 1-3. Armenia 3 caught up with their countrymen (in spite of not entering until the second round of the competition) with a 3-1 victory over Japan. Sweden scored a perfect 4-0 against Australia, and Kazakhstan did the same against Switzerland.
The USA beat Norway, but only by 2.5-1.5, Yugoslavia had the same margin vs. Canada, and Hungary managed only the same score against Portugal, so none of these teams gained any ground against the other medal favorites. Bosnia & Herzegovina even managed to slip back half a point, with a 2-2 tie against France
Bangladesh, Mauritius, The Philippines and Finland also had perfect scores today.
Teams shown in bold were considered good medal possibilities at the beginning of the event.
Teams scoring 4.0 in Round 4 ------------------------------------------ ARMENIA 1 4.0 Indonesia 0.0 BANGLADESH 4.0 Angola 0.0 FINLAND 4.0 Zimbabwe 0.0 KAZHAKSTAN 4.0 Switzerland 0.0 MAURITIUS 4.0 Kyrgystan 0.0 SWEDEN 4.0 Australia 0.0
Teams scoring 3.5 in Round 4
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BRASIL 3.5 IBCA 0.5
NED. ANTILLES
3.5 Guernsey 0.5
SLOVAKIA 3.5 Paraguay 0.5
SRI LANKA 4.0 US Virgin Isl 0.0
TURKEY 3.5 Qatar 0.5
Teams scoring 3.0 in Round 4 ------------------------------------------ AUSTRIA 3.0 Venezuela 1.0 BELARUS 3.0 Armenia 2 1.0 EGYPT 3.0 Syria 1.0 GEORGIA 3.0 Poland 1.0 GREECE 3.0 Wales 1.0 HONDURAS 3.0 Seychelles 1.0 INDIA 3.0 Malaysia 1.0 IRELAND 3.0 Puerto Rico 1.0 LEBANON 3.0 Monaco 1.0 LICHTENSTEIN3.0 San Marino 1.0 MOLDOVA 3.0 Turkmenistan 1.0 MOZAMBIQUE 3.0 Macao 1.0 PERU 3.0 Scotland 1.0 RUSSIA 3.0 Germany 1.0 SPAIN 3.0 Lithuania 1.0 TUNISIA 3.0 Uruguay 1.0
Teams scoring 2.5 in Round 4
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BARBADOS 2.5 Singapore 1.5
BOTSWANA 2.5 Jersey 1.5
CHINA 2.5 Cuba 1.5
CROATIA 2.5 Macedonia 1.5
DENMARK 2.5 Colombia 1.5
ENGLAND 2.5 Romania 1.5
FAROE ISL 2.5 El Salvador 1.5
HUNGARY 2.5 Portugal 1.5
ICELAND 2.5 Chile 1.5
IRAN 2.5 Belgium 1.5
LUXEMBOURG 2.5 Yemen 1.5
NETHERLANDS 2.5 Estonia 1.5
NICARAGUA 2.5 Andorra 1.5
TAJIKISTAN 2.5 Italy 1.5
THAILAND 2.5 United Arab Emirates
1.5
UGANDA 2.5 Bahrain 1.5
UKRAINE 2.5 Slovenia 1.5
USA 2.5 Norway 1.5
YUGOSLAVIA 2.5 Canada 1.5
Teams scoring 2.0 in Round 4 ------------------------------------------ Argentina 2.0 Czech. Repub. 2.0 Bosnia-Her. 2.0 France 2.0 Haiti 2.0 Malta 2.0 Hong Kong 2.0 New Zealand 2.0 Israel 2.0 Uzebekistan 2.0 Latvia 2.0 Bulgaria 2.0
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