The 1996 Chess Olympiad held in Yerevan, Armenia, featured teams from over 100 countries. This page has the round 5 standings and results.
The round by round Olympiad results will remain up until November 15th. At that time we will archive a single Olympiad article including just the final standings. So if you want to save the round by round results, please do so before November 15th. Thank you..
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.
For team profiles of the teams favored to medal at the start of the event, see Team Profiles.
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Team Standings at the end of Round 5
We're now one-third of the way through this 14 round event. As the tournament progresses, the match-ups for each round are made based on how well the teams are doing, so that teams at the top of the standings play others at the top of the standings, while those lower down play other teams doing about as well. This keeps the match-ups in each round exciting and competitive.
The big event for round 5 was the match between 1st place China (ranked 30th at the start of the event) and 2nd place Russia (ranked 1st at the start of the event). Russia decided not to use Captain Garry Kasparov this round, but led with a line-up of Kramnik, Svidler, Bareev, and Rublevsky. The Russians outscored China 2.5-1.5, to edge into first place. The only decisive game came on the 4th board, where Rublevsky defeated Peng.
England defeated the Netherlands 2.5-1.5, while Armenia 1 scored 3 points against Kazakhstan, and Spain defeated Sweden 2.5-1.5,
The USA defeated Greece 3-1, and Yugoslavia defeated Finland 3-1. The Seychelles team received a 2 point bye for the round.
Italy scored a perfect 4-0 for this round against Barbados, Angola defeated Haiti 4-0, and Thailand went 4-0 against Liechtenstein. Malaysia jumped up into the top half with its 4-0 defeat of Mozambique. In an island match-up, Bermuda defeated the US Virgin Islands 4-0.
Teams shown in bold were considered good medal possibilities at the beginning of the event.
Teams scoring 4.0 in Round 5 ------------------------------------------ ANGOLA 4.0 Haiti 0.0 ARMENIA 1 4.0 Indonesia 0.0 BERMUDA 4.0 US Virgin Isl 0.0 ITALY 4.0 Barbados 0.0 MALAYSIA 4.0 Mozambique 0.0 THAILAND 4.0 Liechtenstein 0.0
Teams scoring 3.5 in Round 5 ------------------------------------------ AUSTRALIA 3.5 Wales 0.5 EGYPT 3.5 Turkmenistan 0.5 INDONESIA 3.5 Belgium 0.5 KYRGYSTAN 3.5 Puerto Rico 0.5 Uzebekistan 3.5 Chile 0.5 ZIMBABWE 3.5 San Marino 0.5
Teams scoring 3.0 in Round 5 ------------------------------------------ ARMENIA 1 3.0 Kazakhstan 1.0 BOSNIA-HER. 3.0 Slovenia 1.0 CROATIA 3.0 Denmark 1.0 CYPRUS 3.0 Neth. Antilles1.0 FRANCE 3.0 Moldova 1.0 IBCA 3.0 Yemen 1.0 MAURITIUS 3.0 Jersey 1.0 NORWAY 3.0 Viet Nam 1.0 USA 3.0 Greece 1.0 YUGOSLAVIA 3.0 Finland 1.0
Teams scoring 2.5 in Round 5
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ARMENIA 2 2.5 Ireland 1.5
BOTSWANA 2.5 Macao 1.5
BRASIL 2.5 Turkey 1.5
BULGARIA 2.5 Philippines 1.5
CANADA 2.5 Paraguay 1.5
ENGLAND 2.5 Netherlands 1.5
EL SALVADOR 2.5 Singapore 1.5
ESTONIA 2.5 Iceland 1.5
GERMANY 2.5 Slovakia 1.5
HONDURAS 2.5 Guernsey 1.5
HONG KONG 2.5 Faroe Islands 1.5
HUNGARY 2.5 Czech Republic1.5
NEW ZEALAND 2.5 Japan 1.5
NICARAGUA 2.5 Uganda 1.5
PERU 2.5 Latvia 1.5
POLAND 2.5 Lithuania 1.5
RUSSIA 2.5 China 1.5
SPAIN 2.5 Sweden 1.5
SWITZERLAND 2.5 Morocco 1.5
TAJIKISTAN 2.5 Tunisia 1.5
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2.5 Qatar 1.5
Teams scoring 2.0 in Round 5 ------------------------------------------ Andorra 2.0 Malta 2.0 Argentina 2.0 Israel 2.0 Armenia 2 2.0 Macedonia 2.0 Austria 2.0 Colombia 2.0 Bangladesh 2.0 India 2.0 Belarus 2.0 Romania 2.0 Cuba 2.0 Georgia 2.0 Iran 2.0 Luxembourg 2.0 Lebanon 2.0 Venezuela 2.0 Portugal 2.0 Ukraine 2.0 Scotland 2.0 South Africa 2.0 Syria 2.0 Uruguay 2.0
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