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🏆 Bled Olympiad (2002)

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Garry Kasparov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Morozevich, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, Ruslan Ponomariov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Pentala Harikrishna, Peter Leko, Vugar Gashimov, Michael Adams, David Navara, Sergei Movsesian, Etienne Bacrot, Judit Polgar, Baadur Jobava, Victor Bologan, Xiangzhi Bu, Zoltan Almasi, Alexander Moiseenko, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Hua Ni, Krishnan Sasikiran, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Loek van Wely, Luke McShane, Vladimir Akopian, Ivan Cheparinov, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Sergei Rublevsky, Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Alexander Khalifman, Gabriel Sargissian, Peter Heine Nielsen, Julio Granda Zuniga, Sergei Tiviakov, Gregory Kaidanov, Kiril Georgiev, Viktor Korchnoi, Igors Rausis, Jiangchuan Ye, Christian Bauer, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Andrei Istratescu, Predrag Nikolic, Michal Krasenkow, Zoltan Gyimesi, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Aleksander Delchev, Jun Xu, Boris Avrukh, Gadir Guseinov, Sergei Azarov, Ivan Ivanisevic, Bartosz Socko, Giovanni Vescovi, Zviad Izoria, Luka Lenic, Alexei Fedorov, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Yasser Seirawan, Zhong Zhang, Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Graf, Tomi Nyback, Kamil Miton, Bartlomiej Macieja, Ioannis Papaioannou, Rafael Leitao, Viorel Iordachescu, Zbynek Hracek, Mircea-Emilian Parligras, Eduardas Rozentalis, Farrukh Amonatov, Pengxiang Zhang, Robert Kempinski, Karen Asrian, Hristos Banikas, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Andrei Sokolov, Jonathan Speelman, Boris Gulko, Darmen Sadvakasov, Friso Nijboer, Miguel Illescas, Ulf Andersson, Smbat Lputian, Jaan Ehlvest, Zdenko Kozul, Hrvoje Stevic, Suat Atalik, Henrique Mecking, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Kevin Spraggett, Levente Vajda, Fernando Peralta, Tomasz Markowski, Rustem Dautov, Alberto David, Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Igor Miladinovic, Vasilios Kotronias, Emanuel Berg, Branko Damljanovic, Lev Psakhis, Merab Gagunashvili, Larry Christiansen, Yannick Pelletier, Ruben Felgaer, Dmitry Svetushkin, Joel Benjamin, Artashes Minasian, Lubomir Ftacnik, Ian Rogers, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Mark Paragua, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Erik van den Doel, Mihail Marin, Evgenij Agrest, Christopher Lutz, Dusko Pavasovic, Alexandre Lesiege, Ivan Morovic Fernandez, Mark Bluvshtein, Iossif Dorfman, Kaido Kulaots, Vlastimil Babula Sr, Alexander Huzman, Peter Acs, Julian Radulski, Vasil Spasov, Ashot Anastasian, Alexander Ivanov, Sipke Ernst, Vladislav Nevednichy, Thomas Luther, Sune Berg Hansen, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Stelios Halkias, Jan Markos, Vereslav Eingorn, Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez, Joerg Hickl, Stuart Conquest, Hannes Stefansson, Pavel Kotsur, Zurab Sturua, Jonathan Rowson, Alexander Baburin, Vladimir Georgiev, Sarunas Sulskis, Normunds Miezis, Helgi Olafsson, Drazen Sermek, Robert Zelcic, Jordi Magem Badals, Jure Borisek, Edvins Kengis, Rogelio Antonio Jr, Jonny Hector, Viacheslav Dydyshko, Bojan Kurajica, Mohamad Al-Modiahki, Ognjen Cvitan, Reynaldo Vera, Robert Ruck, Erald Dervishi, Anatoly Vaisser, Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez, Alonso Zapata, Andrei Kovalev, Walter Arencibia Rodriguez, Nikola Mitkov, Dejan Pikula, Viktor Kupreichik, Pablo Ricardi, Luc Winants, Matej Sebenik, Thien Hai Dao, Valeriy Neverov, Petr Haba, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo, Vidmantas Malisauskas, Pablo Zarnicki, Jesus Nogueiras, Ziaur Rahman, Marat Dzhumaev, Susanto Megaranto, Klaus Bischoff, Abhijit Kunte, Rasul Ibrahimov, Anh Dung Nguyen, Torstein Bae, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Aloyzas Kveinys, Mikhail Rychagov, Nenad Sulava, Leif Erlend Johannessen, Kjetil A Lie, Helgi Ass Gretarsson, Davor Palo, Michele Godena, Zlatko Ilincic, Eugenio Torre, Buenaventura Bong Villamayor, Tomas Oral, Gennadij Timoscenko, Carlos S Matamoros Franco, Emir Dizdarevic, Lars Schandorff, Florian Jenni, Joseph G Gallagher, Jose Fernando Cubas, Darcy Lima, Oscar de la Riva Aguado, Jaime Alexander Cuartas Medina, Morteza Mahjoob, Luis Galego, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Zenon Franco 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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Bled Olympiad (2002)

Crosstable: https://olimpbase.org/2002/2002fa.h...

 page 2 of 89; games 26-50 of 2,219  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Speelman vs B Bratovic  1-0252002Bled OlympiadA45 Queen's Pawn Game
27. L Lenic vs McShane  0-1282002Bled OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
28. Y Bayram vs J Xu  0-1542002Bled OlympiadD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
29. Z Zhang vs U Atakisi  1-0542002Bled OlympiadB30 Sicilian
30. C Arduman vs X Bu  ½-½622002Bled OlympiadD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
31. H Ni vs S Soylu  0-1672002Bled OlympiadB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
32. A Graf vs O de la Riva Aguado  ½-½1062002Bled OlympiadB06 Robatsch
33. M Simonet vs Dautov  ½-½602002Bled OlympiadD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
34. J Hickl vs R Garcia Paolicchi  1-0472002Bled OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
35. V Santamaria Mas vs K Bischoff  0-1472002Bled OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
36. R Mateo vs K Asrian  ½-½572002Bled OlympiadB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
37. G Sargissian vs J M Dominguez  1-0262002Bled OlympiadA53 Old Indian
38. N D Alvarado Sepulveda vs Minasian  0-1592002Bled OlympiadB06 Robatsch
39. A Anastasian vs A Montes de Oca  1-0492002Bled OlympiadD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
40. Kaidanov vs A Obodchuk  1-0302002Bled OlympiadD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
41. L Christiansen vs I Yarmonov  1-0202002Bled OlympiadA30 English, Symmetrical
42. E Vodyasov vs A Ivanov  0-1402002Bled OlympiadA40 Queen's Pawn Game
43. A Kulashko vs Bacrot  0-1392002Bled OlympiadB20 Sicilian
44. A Sokolov vs R J Dive  1-0422002Bled OlympiadB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
45. I Bjelobrk vs J Degraeve 0-1522002Bled OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
46. C Bauer vs R W Smith  1-0392002Bled OlympiadB10 Caro-Kann
47. Krasenkow vs O Zambrana  1-0602002Bled OlympiadE12 Queen's Indian
48. J Cueto vs B Socko  0-1472002Bled OlympiadA48 King's Indian
49. K Miton vs M Sustach  1-0612002Bled OlympiadA90 Dutch
50. B Ferrufino vs T Markowski  0-1512002Bled OlympiadA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
 page 2 of 89; games 26-50 of 2,219  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-04-08  notyetagm: Kasparov's last Olympiad, and a great one it was for the Boss, <+6 =3 -0>, which I think is a 2900(!)-performance.

Bled Olympiad (2002)/Garry Kasparov

Jan-04-08  whiteshark: ... but that's it. :D
Sep-21-15  Abdooss: Individual medals
Performance rating: Russia Garry Kasparov 2933
Board 1: Zimbabwe Robert Gwaze 9 / 9 = 100.0%
Board 2: Monaco Jean-Philippe Gentilleau 7 / 9 = 77.8% Board 3: Indonesia Cerdas Barus 8½ / 10 = 85.0%
Board 4: Brunei Maher Ayyad 8 / 10 = 80.0%
1st reserve: United Arab Emirates Jassim Saleh 6½ / 7 = 92.9% 2nd reserve: Republic of Ireland Sam Collins 7½ / 8 = 93.8% Gwaze is one of two players to have recorded the "highest" perfect score at an Olympiad with 9 points in 9 games (the other was Alexander Alekhine in 1930). <source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_... >
Feb-08-23
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  GrahamClayton: The Australian team had negotiated a sponsorship deal with the pharmaceutical company Ansell. Part of the deal involved team members taking part in marketing of a brand of condoms called 'Checkmate'.

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