2012 World Chess Olympiad: USA Team
2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey will take place from August 27th – Sept. 10 2012.
The World Chess Olympiad is a biennial event organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, that pits countries from all over the world against one another in a team competition. Teams of four compete against one another, all vying to earn a gold, silver or bronze medal for their respective countries. The 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul marks the 40th installment of this event, and 166 different countries will be competing.
Team USA will be well represented with four USA players currently ranked on the World Chess Federation’s Top 100 July 2012 list.
USA Top 100 in the World
- GM Hikaru Nakamura # 7 (Top 100)
- GM Gata Kamsky # 14 (Top 100)
- GM Onishuk, Alexander # 86 (Top 100)
- IM Anna Zatonskih # 14 (Top 100 Women)
- IM Irina Krush # 29 (Top 100 Women)
The 2012 World Chess Olympiad USA Team
Open
- Board 1 Nakamura, Hikaru; FIDE ID 2016192; Rating 2778; Title GM
- Board 2 Kamsky, Gata; FIDE ID 2000024; Rating 2744; Title GM
- Board 3 Onishuk, Alexander; FIDE ID 14101025; Rating 2666; Title GM
- Board 4 Akobian, Varuzhan; FIDE ID 13300580; Rating 2617; Title GM
- Board 5 Robson, Ray; FIDE ID 2023970; Rating 2601; Title GM
“Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, currently ranked No. 7 in the world, is the reigning U.S. Champion and a Saint Louis resident. He will lead one of the strongest teams the U.S. has ever assembled alongside Grandmaster Gata Kamsky, a three-time U.S. Champion who is currently ranked No. 14 in the world. Grandmasters Alexander Onischuk and Varuzhan Akobian will hold down boards three and four, respectively.” – Saint Louis Chess Club
Women
- Board 1 Zatonskih, Anna; FIDE ID 14101572; Rating 2510; Title IM
- Board 2 Krush, Irina; FIDE ID 2012782; Rating 2464; Title IM
- Board 3 Foisor, Sabina; FIDE ID 1212915; Rating 2364; Title WGM
- Board 4 Goletani, Rusudan; FIDE ID 13601105; Rating 2341; Title IM
- Board 5 Ambrahamyan, Tatev; FIDE ID 13301918; Rating 2329; Title WGM
The United States Women’s Olympic Team includes, reigning U.S. Women’s Champion Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, Rusudan Goletiani, Sabina Foisor and Tatev Abrahamyan.
We would like to wish the USA Team good luck and safe traveling!
2012 Chess Olympiad Schedule
- 27 August 2012: Arbiters Meeting (12.00); Arrival, Captains Meeting (20.00); Opening Ceremony (21.30)
- 28 August 2012: Round 1 (15.00)
- 29 August 2012: Round 2 (15.00)
- 30 August 2012: Round 3 (15.00)
- 31 August 2012: Round 4 (15.00)
- 1 September 2012: Round 5 (15.00)
- 2 September 2012: Free Day
- 3 September 2012: Round 6 (15.00)
- 4 September 2012: Round 7 (15.00)
- 5 September 2012: Round 8 (15.00)
- 6 September 2012: Round 9 (15.00)
- 7 September 2012: Round 10 (15.00)
- 8 September 2012: Free Day
- 9 September 2012: Round 11 (11.00); Closing Ceremony (20.00)
- 10 September 2012: Departure
World Chess Federation (FIDE) Top 100 Players July 2012
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2837 9 1990 2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2816 15 1982 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 15 1975 4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2788 9 1987 5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2780 12 1969 6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2779 0 1990 7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2778 23 1987 8 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2775 22 1992 9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2770 9 1977 10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2769 15 1969 11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2763 9 1983 12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2752 0 1975 13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2749 4 1976 14 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2744 11 1974 15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2739 10 1989 16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2738 12 1968 17 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2737 0 1986 18 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2736 0 1983 19 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2733 9 1987 20 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2732 9 1971 21 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2730 10 1983 22 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 7 1979 23 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2726 0 1985 24 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2726 0 1983 25 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2725 10 1983 26 Adams, Michael g ENG 2723 14 1971 27 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2720 13 1985 28 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2718 10 1990 29 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2717 0 1987 30 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2714 9 1981 31 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2713 14 1983 32 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2713 10 1984 33 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2713 0 1976 34 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2712 0 1980 35 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2711 0 1982 36 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2709 0 1976 37 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2707 8 1981 38 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2707 0 1985 39 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2706 10 1972 40 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2706 5 1980 41 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2704 5 1965 42 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2704 0 1986 43 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2703 0 1987 44 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2700 15 1985 45 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2700 0 1990 46 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2698 0 1978 47 Wang, Yue g CHN 2697 8 1987 48 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2697 0 1982 49 Giri, Anish g NED 2696 14 1994 50 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2694 15 1985 51 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2693 31 1991 52 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2693 0 1983 53 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2693 0 1974 54 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2691 12 1972 55 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2691 0 1986 56 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2690 0 1979 57 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2688 18 1971 58 Li, Chao b g CHN 2687 17 1989 59 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2687 4 1977 60 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2686 11 1990 61 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2685 20 1985 62 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2685 9 1983 63 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2684 8 1986 64 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2683 14 1985 65 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2683 10 1988 66 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2683 0 1976 67 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2681 29 1977 68 Ding, Liren g CHN 2680 22 1992 69 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2680 13 1965 70 Navara, David g CZE 2679 26 1985 71 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2677 29 1986 72 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2677 10 1969 73 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2677 0 1985 74 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2677 0 1978 75 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2676 7 1968 76 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2675 23 1973 77 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2674 14 1977 78 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2674 9 1986 79 Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2674 8 1985 80 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2672 8 1986 81 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2671 8 1988 82 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2669 9 1968 83 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2668 7 1987 84 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2668 0 1991 85 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2667 4 1979 86 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2666 11 1975 87 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2666 10 1989 88 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2665 0 1973 89 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2664 0 1984 90 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2664 0 1977 91 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2663 10 1984 92 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2663 0 1985 93 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2661 18 1984 94 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2661 17 1993 95 Ni, Hua g CHN 2660 13 1983 96 Gareev, Timur g UZB 2658 6 1988 97 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2658 4 1985 98 Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2658 0 1983 99 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2657 0 1967 100 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2656 18 1994 101 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2656 0 1979
Top 100 Women July 2012
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2709 | 0 | 1976 |
2 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2617 | 15 | 1994 |
3 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | SLO | 2606 | 14 | 1990 |
4 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2598 | 11 | 1987 |
5 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2556 | 19 | 1985 |
6 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2547 | 0 | 1987 |
7 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2537 | 15 | 1989 |
8 | Gunina, Valentina | m | RUS | 2533 | 3 | 1989 |
9 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2530 | 11 | 1986 |
10 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2525 | 11 | 1983 |
11 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2521 | 0 | 1986 |
12 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2518 | 21 | 1991 |
13 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | RUS | 2516 | 11 | 1985 |
14 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2512 | 9 | 1978 |
15 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2505 | 16 | 1979 |
16 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2505 | 11 | 1988 |
17 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2499 | 8 | 1991 |
18 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2493 | 5 | 1985 |
19 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2491 | 0 | 1976 |
20 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2486 | 3 | 1963 |
21 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2483 | 0 | 1987 |
22 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2481 | 3 | 1978 |
23 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2480 | 15 | 1978 |
24 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2472 | 11 | 1984 |
25 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2471 | 20 | 1982 |
26 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2465 | 11 | 1972 |
27 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2465 | 0 | 1976 |
28 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2464 | 30 | 1980 |
29 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2464 | 9 | 1983 |
30 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2457 | 0 | 1983 |
31 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2456 | 0 | 1975 |
32 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2456 | 0 | 1992 |
33 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2452 | 9 | 1985 |
34 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2450 | 9 | 1982 |
35 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2450 | 7 | 1978 |
36 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2449 | 4 | 1969 |
37 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2449 | 0 | 1984 |
38 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2448 | 17 | 1982 |
39 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2447 | 40 | 1991 |
40 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2447 | 21 | 1987 |
41 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2447 | 0 | 1985 |
42 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2443 | 29 | 1986 |
43 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2442 | 10 | 1976 |
44 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2442 | 0 | 1979 |
45 | Batsiashvili, Nino | wg | GEO | 2434 | 11 | 1987 |
46 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2425 | 29 | 1989 |
47 | Ding, Yixin | wg | CHN | 2422 | 38 | 1991 |
48 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2422 | 9 | 1983 |
49 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2420 | 0 | 1978 |
50 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2420 | 0 | 1986 |
51 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2419 | 13 | 1981 |
52 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2417 | 0 | 1978 |
53 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2417 | 0 | 1974 |
54 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2416 | 10 | 1968 |
55 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2414 | 0 | 1991 |
56 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2414 | 0 | 1968 |
57 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2412 | 9 | 1982 |
58 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2410 | 0 | 1979 |
59 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2407 | 8 | 1992 |
60 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2406 | 12 | 1980 |
61 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2404 | 0 | 1976 |
62 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2404 | 0 | 1977 |
63 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2403 | 11 | 1987 |
64 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2401 | 20 | 1983 |
65 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2401 | 9 | 1967 |
66 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2400 | 20 | 1991 |
67 | Wang, Pin | wg | CHN | 2397 | 0 | 1974 |
68 | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2396 | 16 | 1989 |
69 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2394 | 17 | 1986 |
70 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2392 | 7 | 1971 |
71 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2391 | 11 | 1985 |
72 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2391 | 0 | 1987 |
73 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2389 | 0 | 1986 |
74 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2387 | 0 | 1979 |
75 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2386 | 45 | 1989 |
76 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2386 | 0 | 1993 |
77 | Gara, Ticia | wg | HUN | 2385 | 36 | 1984 |
78 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2384 | 12 | 1977 |
79 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2383 | 1 | 1978 |
80 | Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna | wg | POL | 2383 | 0 | 1988 |
81 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2383 | 0 | 1985 |
82 | Paikidze, Nazi | m | GEO | 2381 | 11 | 1993 |
83 | Arabidze, Meri | wm | GEO | 2379 | 11 | 1994 |
84 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | wg | VIE | 2378 | 18 | 1987 |
85 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2378 | 7 | 1975 |
86 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2377 | 9 | 1993 |
87 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2377 | 0 | 1969 |
88 | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | wg | POL | 2376 | 8 | 1987 |
89 | Vasilevich, Irina | m | RUS | 2375 | 0 | 1985 |
90 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2375 | 0 | 1992 |
91 | Kononenko, Tatiana | m | UKR | 2374 | 0 | 1978 |
92 | L’Ami, Alina | wg | ROU | 2372 | 17 | 1985 |
93 | Bulmaga, Irina | wm | ROU | 2371 | 9 | 1993 |
94 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2368 | 0 | 1977 |
95 | Lujan, Carolina | m | ARG | 2367 | 0 | 1985 |
96 | Schleining, Zoya | wg | GER | 2365 | 21 | 1961 |
97 | Abdyjapar, Asyl | f | KGZ | 2365 | 18 | |
98 | Iljushina, Olga | wg | RUS | 2365 | 9 | 1981 |
99 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2362 | 7 | 1979 |
100 | Guo, Qi | wg | CHN | 2360 | 39 | 1995 |
101 | Nikolova, Adriana | wg | BUL | 2360 | 36 | 1988 |
102 | Lomineishvili, Maia |