Del 2 al 13 de septiembre, se ha celebrado en Bakú la 42ª Olimpiada de Ajedrez. El equipo de USA se ha impuesto en la sección Open, cosa que no sucedía desde la Olimpiada de Haifa en 1976 (aunque en Israel no participó la entonces Unión Soviética). En la sección femenina, China se ha impuesto de forma rotunda. Entre los resultados de jugadores de élite, cabe destacar también que Vladimir Kramnik y Wesley So han conseguido la medalla de oro en el segundo y tercer tablero, respectivamente.
En cuanto a la actuación latina en la sección Open, Perú (sin la participación de Granda), ha obtenido un exceletente 10º puesto. Mientras, el combinado español solo ha podido quedar en el puesto 31. En la sección femenina, España quedó en la 45ª posición.
El Internet Chess Club retransmitió diariamente las partidas de los principales equipos y jugadores.
N | PAÍS | SIGLAS | PART | PART | PART | PART | DES-1 | DES-2 |
1 | United States of America | USA | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 413,5 |
2 | Ukraine | UKR | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 404,5 |
3 | Russia | RUS | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 419,0 |
4 | India | IND | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 350,5 |
5 | Norway | NOR | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 344,5 |
6 | Turkey | TUR | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 341,5 |
7 | Poland | POL | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 331,0 |
8 | France | FRA | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 326,5 |
9 | England | ENG | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 323,0 |
10 | Peru | PER | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 306,0 |
11 | Canada | CAN | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 368,5 |
12 | Azerbaijan 1 | AZE | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 352,0 |
13 | China | CHN | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 348,0 |
14 | Belarus | BLR | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 332,0 |
15 | Hungary | HUN | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 329,0 |
16 | Iran | IRI | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 318,0 |
17 | Latvia | LAT | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 316,0 |
18 | Greece | GRE | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 309,5 |
19 | Paraguay | PAR | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 298,5 |
20 | Slovenia | SLO | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 294,0 |
21 | Croatia | CRO | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 292,0 |
22 | Italy | ITA | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 284,5 |
23 | Brazil | BRA | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 266,5 |
24 | Georgia | GEO | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 332,5 |
25 | Cuba | CUB | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 314,0 |
26 | Azerbaijan 2 | AZE2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 313,0 |
27 | Israel | ISR | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 312,5 |
28 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 308,0 |
29 | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 305,5 |
30 | Australia | AUS | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 291,0 |
31 | Spain | ESP | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 288,5 |
32 | Argentina | ARG | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 287,0 |
33 | Romania | ROU | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 279,5 |
34 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | BIH | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 273,0 |
35 | Moldova | MDA | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 326,0 |
36 | Netherlands | NED | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 313,5 |
37 | Germany | GER | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 292,5 |
38 | Serbia | SRB | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 289,0 |
39 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 286,0 |
40 | Switzerland | SUI | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 282,0 |
41 | Portugal | POR | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 277,0 |
42 | Vietnam | VIE | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 271,0 |
43 | Austria | AUT | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 266,5 |
44 | Chile | CHI | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 266,0 |
45 | Denmark | DEN | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 262,0 |
46 | Venezuela | VEN | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 261,0 |
47 | Montenegro | MNE | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 247,5 |
48 | Qatar | QAT | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 245,5 |
49 | Azerbaijan 3 | AZE3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 241,5 |
50 | Turkmenistan | TKM | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 237,5 |
N | PAÍS | SIGLAS | PART | PART | PART | PART | DES-1 | DES-2 |
1 | China | CHN | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 416,0 |
2 | Poland | POL | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 427,5 |
3 | Ukraine | UKR | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 404,5 |
4 | Russia | RUS | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 380,5 |
5 | India | IND | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 342,5 |
6 | United States of America | USA | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 332,5 |
7 | Vietnam | VIE | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 328,0 |
8 | Azerbaijan 1 | AZE | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 309,0 |
9 | Israel | ISR | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 307,5 |
10 | Georgia | GEO | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 356,5 |
11 | Iran | IRI | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 337,5 |
12 | Lithuania | LTU | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 324,0 |
13 | Serbia | SRB | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 321,5 |
14 | France | FRA | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 320,0 |
15 | Bulgaria | BUL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 309,5 |
16 | Hungary | HUN | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 304,0 |
17 | Belarus | BLR | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 296,0 |
18 | Cuba | CUB | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 272,0 |
19 | Romania | ROU | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 325,0 |
20 | Mongolia | MGL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 301,5 |
21 | Netherlands | NED | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 300,5 |
22 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 300,0 |
23 | Sweden | SWE | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 286,0 |
24 | Slovenia | SLO | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 278,5 |
25 | Malaysia | MAS | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 277,0 |
26 | Estonia | EST | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 267,0 |
27 | Ecuador | ECU | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 265,0 |
28 | Peru | PER | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 262,5 |
29 | Austria | AUT | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 254,0 |
30 | Azerbaijan 3 | AZE3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 291,5 |
31 | Germany | GER | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 290,5 |
32 | Azerbaijan 2 | AZE2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 288,0 |
33 | Colombia | COL | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 285,0 |
34 | Philippines | PHI | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 279,0 |
35 | Italy | ITA | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 276,5 |
36 | Argentina | ARG | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 273,5 |
37 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 263,5 |
38 | Singapore | SIN | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 258,0 |
39 | Canada | CAN | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 257,0 |
40 | Croatia | CRO | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 256,0 |
41 | Switzerland | SUI | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 247,0 |
42 | Norway | NOR | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 237,0 |
43 | Belgium | BEL | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 234,5 |
44 | Latvia | LAT | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 313,5 |
45 | Spain | ESP | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 284,0 |
46 | Turkey | TUR | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 268,5 |
47 | Slovakia | SVK | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 260,0 |
48 | Brazil | BRA | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 250,0 |
49 | Greece | GRE | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 249,0 |
50 | Moldova | MDA | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 240,5 |
- Fechas: Del 2 al 13 de septiembre de 2016.
- Lugar: Bakú (Azerbaiyán).
- Sistema de competición: Suizo a 11 rondas.
- Horario de juego: Todas las rondas comienzan a las 13:00 hora España (15:00 bakú – 07:00 ICC).
- Ritmo de juego: 90 minutos para las primeras 40 jugadas y 30 minutos para finalizar la partida, con 30 segundos añadidos por jugada a partir de la 41.
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