30th Chess Olympiad
The 30th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open[1] and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 7 and June 25, 1992, at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines.

Following the fall of the Iron Curtain, the field of competitors was quite different from previous Olympiads. Twelve of the 15 former Soviet republics now competed as independent nations, and they all finished in the top half. Meanwhile, an all-German team was present for the first time since World War II. Of the former Yugoslav republics, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia appeared independently; Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia did not. This Olympiad also marked the final appearance of Czechoslovakia and the re-appearance of South Africa.
With the Soviet team a thing of the past, all three medal ranks were now occupied by different ex-Soviet teams. Russia, captained by world champion Kasparov, took up the illustrious legacy of their predecessor and won by four points. Uzbekistan's silver was a small surprise; the Armenian bronze less so.
Open event
One-hundred-two teams from 100 different nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. One-hundred-four teams were signed up, but Yemen and Kenya never showed up, both forfeited their first two matches and were subsequently eliminated. Once again, the host nation had the right to field two additional teams.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; 2. Match points; and 3. The Sonneborn-Berger system.
Open event # Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 RussiaKasparov, Khalifman, Dolmatov, Dreev, Kramnik, Vyzmanavin 2648 39 2 UzbekistanLoginov, Serper, Nenashev, Zagrebelny, Saltaev, Iuldachev 2514 35 3 ArmeniaVaganian, Akopian, Lputian, Minasian, Petrosian, Anastasian 2575 34½ # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 4 United States2611 34 5 Latvia2566 33½ 450.0 6 Iceland2544 33½ 443.0 7 Croatia2523 33½ 440.0 8 Georgia2560 33 450.0 9 Ukraine2629 33 449.5 10 England2638 33 444.5 11 Israel2544 32½ 450.0 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina2599 32½ 443.5 13 Germany2580 32½ 433.5 14 Czechoslovakia2536 32½ 432.0 15 Switzerland2488 32½ 425.5 16 China2523 32½ 408.5 17 Hungary2588 32 447.0 18 Sweden2551 32 440.0 19 Bulgaria2541 32 430.5 20 Colombia2448 32 420.5 21 Slovenia2439 32 409.5 22 India2531 31½ 23 Netherlands2584 31 457.5 24 Lithuania2530 31 439.0 25 Estonia2525 31 426.5 26 Peru2584 31 422.5 27 France2521 31 419.0 28 Brazil2476 31 414.0 29 Italy2430 30½ 423.5 30 Turkmenistan2284 30½ 405.5 31 Philippines2478 30½ 404.5 32 Poland2480 30 425.5 16 33 Norway2429 30 425.5 14 34 Argentina2483 30 423.0 35 Moldova2490 30 421.5 36 Romania2485 30 414.5 37 Turkey2363 30 396.5 38 Kyrgyzstan2429 29½ 428.0 39 Greece2490 29½ 420.5 40 Indonesia2424 29½ 414.5 41 Spain2483 29½ 411.0 42 Philippines "C"2355 29½ 407.5 43 Portugal2440 29½ 404.5 44 Philippines "B"2399 29½ 401.0 45 Kazakhstan2376 29 416.5 46 Australia2473 29 416.0 47 Austria2355 29 407.0 48 Denmark2436 28½ 411.0 49 Finland2440 28½ 410.5 50 Belgium2454 28½ 401.0 51 Mexico2465 28½ 395.5 52 Singapore2391 28½ 395.0 53 Vietnam2243 28½ 390.5 54 Canada2435 28½ 385.0 55 Scotland2424 28 404.0 56 Tunisia2331 28 387.0 57 Chile2399 27½ 402.5 58 Mongolia2316 27½ 398.0 59 Andorra2260 27½ 363.0 60 Bangladesh2183 27½ 350.0 61 New Zealand2341 27 390.5 62 Puerto Rico2249 27 369.0 63 South Africa2064 27 349.0 64 Egypt2388 26½ 397.5 65 Faroe Islands2266 26½ 384.5 66 Algeria2304 26½ 374.0 67 United Arab Emirates2060 26½ 373.0 68 Sri Lanka2136 26½ 359.0 69 Lebanon2111 26½ 355.5 70 Pakistan2106 26 388.0 71 Luxembourg2263 26 379.5 72 Japan2121 26 366.0 15 73 Thailand2136 26 366.0 12 74 Angola2263 26 361.0 75 Wales2298 25½ 384.5 76 Nigeria2051 25½ 372.0 77 Morocco2285 25½ 366.5 13 78 Malaysia2171 25½ 366.5 11 79 Qatar2073 25½ 358.0 80 Nicaragua2065 25½ 349.0 81 San Marino2103 25½ 334.5 82 Ireland2311 25 381.5 83 Uganda2280 25 346.0 84 Mauritania2051 25 318.5 85 Hong Kong2274 24½ 365.0 86 Botswana2161 24½ 349.5 87 Netherlands Antilles2000 24½ 310.0 88 Cyprus2104 24 89 Zimbabwe2051 23½ 371.0 90 Liechtenstein2053 23½ 311.5 91 Papua New Guinea2103 23 335.0 92 Malta2000 23 327.0 93 Jamaica2110 22½ 367.0 94 Guernsey and Jersey2000 22½ 317.5 95 Mali2051 22 317.0 96 Brunei2000 22 306.5 97 United States Virgin Islands2054 21½ 98 Palestine2000 21 99 Fiji2051 20½ 100 Bermuda2138 18 101 El Salvador2123 16 102 Seychelles2000 14
Individual medals
- Performance rating:
Vladimir Kramnik 2958 - Board 1:
Garry Kasparov 8½ / 10 = 85.0% - Board 2:
Jaime Sunye Neto 8 / 10 = 80.0% - Board 3:
Alexander Nenashev 9½ / 12 = 79.2% - Board 4:
Gustavo Zelaya 9 / 10 = 90.0% - 1st reserve:
Vladimir Kramnik 8½ / 9 = 94.4% - 2nd reserve:
Ognjen Cvitan 8 / 10 = 80.0%
Best game
The 'Best game' prize (along with 4,000 DM) went to Garry Kasparov (Russia) - Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from round 13.
Women's results
Sixty-two teams from 61 different nations (including Philippines "B") played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. Morocco and Zimbabwe were signed up, but didn't show up for their first round matches and were disqualified. Their first three matches were listed as forfeit, after which they were officially withdrawn.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; 2. Match points; and 3. The Sonneborn-Berger system.
Like the open event, the first women's tournament after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was dominated by the former Soviet republics. The Georgian team with two former world champions, Chiburdanidze and Gaprindashvili, took the gold, ahead of Ukraine and China, the latter led by reigning world champion Xie Jun. Defending champions Hungary, once again without any of the famous Polgar sisters, had to settle for fourth place.
# Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 GeorgiaChiburdanidze, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani, Gurieli 2460 30½ 2 UkraineGalliamova-Ivanchuk, Litinskaya, Chelushkina, Semenova 2373 29 3 ChinaXie Jun, Peng Zhaoqin, Wang Pin, Qin Kanying 2398 28½ # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 4 Hungary2343 26½ 5 Russia2347 26 6 Romania2317 25 350.0 7 Azerbaijan2293 25 342.0 8 Kazakhstan2277 24½ 347.0 9 United States2353 24½ 346.5 10 Czechoslovakia2247 24 338.0 11 Estonia2232 24 324.5 12 Latvia2220 24 304.0 13 Poland2308 23½ 322.5 14 Bulgaria2280 23½ 313.5 15 Kyrgyzstan2215 23 328.5 16 Lithuania2187 23 312.0 17 Moldova2158 23 310.5 18 Indonesia2047 22½ 310.0 19 Switzerland2245 22½ 309.0 20 Greece2285 22½ 303.5 21 Turkmenistan2000 22½ 295.5 22 England2263 22 312.5 23 Mongolia2078 22 305.5 24 India2148 22 302.5 25 Israel2175 22 302.0 26 Slovenia2065 22 299.5 27 Bangladesh2002 22 264.0 28 Netherlands2208 21½ 320.0 29 Argentina2240 21½ 306.0 30 Croatia2223 21½ 301.0 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina2135 21½ 294.5 32 Sweden2102 21½ 292.5 33 Armenia2175 21½ 292.0 34 Vietnam2082 21½ 288.5 35 Brazil2088 21½ 277.0 36 Germany2252 21 326.5 37 Norway2083 21 298.0 38 Australia2050 21 289.5 39 Philippines2012 21 262.5 40 Austria2062 20 302.5 41 Spain2225 20 294.5 42 Scotland2013 20 289.0 43 Venezuela2018 20 274.0 44 Finland2095 19½ 302.0 45 Canada2072 19½ 286.0 46 France2112 19½ 284.5 47 Malaysia2008 19½ 279.0 48 Turkey2048 19½ 267.5 49 Portugal2012 19½ 250.0 50 Italy2000 19½ 241.0 51 Philippines "B"2000 19½ 238.5 52 Mexico2033 19 275.0 53 Wales2060 19 246.5 54 Algeria2002 18½ 250.5 55 Singapore2000 18½ 237.5 56 Sri Lanka2000 17½ 249.0 57 Ireland2033 17½ 233.5 58 Nigeria2000 14½ 59 Angola2002 11½ 237.0 60 United Arab Emirates2000 11½ 235.5 61 New Zealand2012 11 62 Seychelles2000 5
Individual medals
- Performance rating:
Maia Chiburdanidze 2692 - Board 1:
Maia Chiburdanidze 11½ / 13 = 88.5% - Board 2:
Svetlana Prudnikova 8½ / 11 = 77.3% - Board 3:
Nana Ioseliani 10 / 12 = 83.3% - Reserve:
Suneetha Wijesuriya 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
References
- Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
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