Olimpbase, now also for historical ratings

What was Fischer’s rating on July 1972? Was Judit Polgar ever a top 10 player? Was Ivanchuk already a top 5 player in 1989? Olimpbase is a website dedicated to the collection of results and other data of team chess. Recently a new tool was added that answers questions like these. Read more

2nd Grand Slam Final & Candidates Tournament

The dates for the 2nd Bilbao Grand Slam Final have been announced: 2-15 September 2009. Meanwhile there are more details available about the planned FIDE Candidates Tournament. A wrap-up of this and other news. Read more

Armenia and Georgia win gold at Olympiad

Armenia repeated their Olympic success of two years ago in Turin by winning gold at the 38th Olympiad in Dresden as well. Georgia, led by former world champion Chiburdanidze, won gold in the women's section. Final report with games, results, standings, prize giving and a video the full press conference given by the Armenian team. Read more

Ukraine beats Israel; Poland leads women’s

In the penultimate round of the Olympiad, leader Israel lost to Ukraine; they took over the lead and share it with Armenia who beat Serbia. Poland is in clear first in the women's section after they beat Armenia and Serbia-Ukraine shared match points. Full round 10 report with games, results, standings and a special press conference with Boris Spassky on video. Read more

Israel clear first after beating Armenia

Anything can happen in the decisive last two rounds of the Olympiad in Dresden after Israel surprisingly but convincingly beat Armenia. The Chinese women dropped to shared 4th after losing to Ukraine, who now share first with Poland and Serbia. Round 9 report with games, results, standings and a very interesting press conference on video.
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Armenia beats France; USA women defeat Russia

Armenia swept France 3?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? and Germany lost their first match against Israel. The Chinese ladies were held to 2-2 again, this time by Ukraine, and USA beat Russia 3-1! Round 8 report with games, results, standings and the press conference on video.
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Armenia beats Russia; Chinese women held by USA

In the 7th round of the Olympiad the Armenian team did very well in their efforts to win another gold medal by beating the Russian favorites 2?Ǭ?-1?Ǭ?. Still undefeated, Germany is now sharing second with Israel and France. The Chinese women dropped their first match point against the USA. Round 7 report with games, results, standings and the press conference on video. Read more

Introducing… the Olympiad

After sacrificing some good night sleep and the subsequent breakfast, I did manage to… finish the second video. Actually it should have been the first since it’s a big introduction to the Olympiad, featuring many famous players involved in their 6th round here in Dresden. Enjoy! Read more

Armenia and Russia win; Chinese women increase lead

Russia and Armenia are leading the open section in Dresden, after they beat England and Azerbaijan respectively. Ukraine-Germany ended in 2-2. The Chinese women increased their lead by beating Hungary. Round 6 report with games, results, standings and a first video.. Read more

In Dresden

As from today you can expect on-the-spot coverage of the Chess Olympiad – ChessVibes is in Dresden! The pairings of today include Russia-England, Ukraine-Germany and Azerbaijan-Armenia in the open section and Hungary-China, Serbia-Germany and Austria-Russia in the women’s. Read more

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