Friday, October 29, 2004

36th Chess Olympiad Individual Medal Winners

MEN

Board 1
1 GM Ermenkov Evgenij (2454) - Palestine - 87.5% (10.5/12)
2 GM Rodriguez Andres (2533) - Uruguay - 80.0% (8/10)
3 GM Adams Michael (2740) - England - 76.9% (10/13)

Board 2
1 IM Tissir Mohamed (2394) - Morocco - 83.3% (7.5/9)
2 GM Nguyen Anh Dung (2567) - Vietnam - 77.3% (8.5/11)
3 GM Hatanbaatar Bazar (2427) - Mongolia - 75.0% (9/12)

Board 3
1 GM Vaganian Rafael A (2640) - Armenia - 77.3% (8.5/11)
2 GM Georgiev Vladimir (2512) - Macedonia - 75.0% (9/12)
3 IM Gonzalez Garcia Jose (2447) - Mexico - 75.0% (7.5/10)

Board 4
1 GM Jobava Baadur (2614) - Georgia - 85.0% (8.5/10)
2 GM Kaidanov Gregory S (2611) - United States - 80.0% (8/10)
3 GM Guseinov Gadir (2552) - Azerbaijan - 80.0% (8/10)

Special kudos to IMs Tissir and Gonzalez-Garcia!

WOMEN

Board 1
1 IM Cmilyte Viktorija (2442) - Lithuania - 77.3% (8.5/11)
2 GM Polgar Zsuzsa (2567) - United States - 75.0% (10.5/14)
3 WGM Berend Elvira (2307) - Luxembourg - 75.0% (9/12)

Board 2
1 IM Vajda Szidonia (2369) - Hungary - 75.0% (9/12)
2 IM Peptan Corina-Isabela (2429) - Romania - 75.0% (9/12)
3 WGM Hund Barbara (2240) - Switzerland - 72.7% (8/11)

Board 3
1 WGM Zhao Xue (2487) - China - 83.3% (10/12)
2 Kharisma S Irene (unr) - Indonesia - 83.3% (10/12)
3 WIM Batceceg Tuvshintogs (2209) - Mongolia - 75.0% (9/12)

Special kudos to Zsuzsa Polgar (the only individual medalist who played in all 14 rounds) and Irene Kharisma (the only untitled - actually unrated - player among the medalists)!

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