Batumi Olympiad

[Mick Norris]

Board 3
Rk. Name Rtg Team Rp Games Pts. % RtgAvg
1 GM Cori, Jorge 2664 Peru 2925 8 7,5 93,8 2459
2 GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2779 Russia 2770 9 6,5 72,2 2604
3 GM Piorun, Kacper 2612 Poland 2765 9 6,5 72,2 2599
4 GM Howell, David W L 2689 England 2760 10 7,5 75,0 2567

Mickey was 15th, Luke 17th and Gawain 7th on their respective boards

[Jonathan Rogers]

I'm expecting a just above par performance from England. John Nunn as captain is a big boost. I think Nick Pert & Mickey will be solid, Gawain and especially David will perform well. Luke unpredictable.

2 strong dark horses are Poland and Iran.

My prediction to win - China.

I thank you

Ok, someone ought to acknowledge how well you did, Iran apart.

Nick was solid, all right. Only player not to win, only player not to lose. But mostly, only player not to play

[Mick Norris]

Gaprindashvilicup (Best federation = sum (open + women))
Rk. flag Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 China 36 779,5 59,0 302
2 Russia 34 734,0 59,5 290
3 Ukraine 34 732,5 56,0 306
4 United States of America 34 720,0 56,5 299
5 India 32 740,5 58,5 298
6 Armenia 32 737,0 54,5 307
7 Poland 32 714,5 57,0 292
8 France 32 681,5 57,5 283
9 Azerbaijan 31 750,0 58,0 304
10 Vietnam 31 718,0 61,0 274
11 Georgia 1 31 695,0 54,5 294
12 Hungary 31 693,0 56,0 280
13 Kazakhstan 31 635,5 54,5 281
14 England 31 619,0 54,0 270

[Mick Norris]

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds - Women

Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 China CHN 11 7 4 0 18 407,0 30,5 153
2 2 Ukraine UKR 11 7 4 0 18 395,5 30,0 154
3 4 Georgia 1 GEO1 11 7 3 1 17 375,0 28,0 153
4 1 Russia RUS 11 7 2 2 16 379,5 30,5 146
5 13 Hungary HUN 11 7 2 2 16 372,0 29,5 141
6 12 Armenia ARM 11 7 2 2 16 366,0 27,0 155
7 10 United States of America USA 11 7 2 2 16 359,5 27,5 152
8 5 India IND 11 6 4 1 16 352,5 29,5 142
9 14 Georgia 2 GEO2 11 7 2 2 16 351,5 28,5 142
10 11 Azerbaijan AZE 11 6 4 1 16 347,5 28,5 145
11 8 Kazakhstan KAZ 11 6 4 1 16 346,5 28,5 144
12 6 France FRA 11 7 2 2 16 315,5 29,0 130

29 25 England ENG 11 6 2 3 14 279,0 26,5 128

[Jonathan Rogers]

Sorry to be slow here, but do we know who has won?

China and China

And that was with leaving Wang Hao and last time board one Wang Yue at home, and omitting goodness knows how many world number ones and former world champions from the womens team

[Mick Norris]

Board 1
Rk. Name Rtg Team Rp Games Pts. % RtgAvg

1 GM Ju, Wenjun 2561 China 2661 9 7,0 77,8 2441
2 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2423 Hungary 2636 10 8,5 85,0 2340
3 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2509 Georgia 1 2600 10 7,5 75,0 2401
4 GM Muzychuk, Anna 2555 Ukraine 2568 10 7,0 70,0 2417
5 IM Houska, Jovanka 2402 England 2556 9 7,5 83,3 2218

Impressive performance from Jovanka

Sue was 20th on board 5

[Roger de Coverly]

Although it seemed for some of the tournament that England were trying to win matches with 3 draws and a win, the actual board points total was only marginally less than the other top teams. A drawn match with Russia would have taken them to third on paper, but presumably a more difficult pairing in the last round.

Adams played 10 won 3 drawn 6 lost 1
McShane played 10 won 2 drawn 7 lost 1
Howell played 10 won 6 drawn 3 lost 1
Jones played 10 won 4 drawn 5 lost 1
Pert played 4 drawn 4

[Mick Norris]

I'm expecting a just above par performance from England. John Nunn as captain is a big boost. I think Nick Pert & Mickey will be solid, Gawain and especially David will perform well. Luke unpredictable.

2 strong dark horses are Poland and Iran.

My prediction to win - China.

I thank you

Ok, someone ought to acknowledge how well you did, Iran apart.

Nick was solid, all right. Only player not to win, only player not to lose. But mostly, only player not to play

Iran did well, finishing 17th while seeded 23rd

Nick missed Vietnam (7th, seeded 27), Sweden (11,32), Austria (14,35) and Uzbekistan (16, 36) though

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I'm expecting a just above par performance from England. John Nunn as captain is a big boost. I think Nick Pert & Mickey will be solid, Gawain and especially David will perform well. Luke unpredictable.

2 strong dark horses are Poland and Iran.

My prediction to win - China.

I thank you

Ok, someone ought to acknowledge how well you did, Iran apart.

The prediction I made after round 5 (when four teams were on 100%: Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Poland) was easier to make but still came true:

You'd still bet on USA, China and Russia to power through at the end, wouldn't you?

I wasn't brave enough to predict the order in which they would finish, nor that Azerbaijan would fade so badly (finishing 15th after being seeded 4th). Other teams that fared badly: Israel (seeded 10th, finished 39th); Georgia (seeded 14th, finished 28th). Poland did well (seeded 11th, finished 4th) as did Vietnam (seeded 27th, finished 7th). Ditto Sweden, Austria, Uzbekistan.

[JustinHorton]

I think the team that did worst relative to their seeding were Jordan (136, 74).

Best: Afghanistan (80, 143).

Women: Belgium (98, 57) were worst, Kyrgyzstan (48, 86) and Thailand (80, 118) best.

[Jonathan Rogers]

Is the full list of finishers available, and if so, where? I like to see how many of the top 20, top 30, etc, England played. (In Turin 2006, we only played one team which finished in the top 20. Ouch!)

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Is the full list of finishers available, and if so, where? I like to see how many of the top 20, top 30, etc, England played. (In Turin 2006, we only played one team which finished in the top 20. Ouch!)

[England finished 19th in Turin 2006 - why is that the comparator here?]

See here. Our opponents finished: 124, 71, 63, 15, 33, 9, 41, 39, 29, 3, 21.

[Roger de Coverly]

Is the full list of finishers available, and if so, where?

The chess-results site has full results and statistics.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

FWIW, the finishing positions for England in the Olympiads from 1976 (after the grouping system ended) to the present day are:

1976 3
1978 12
1980 6
1982 10
1984 2
1986 2
1988 2
1990 3
1992 10
1994 4
1996 4
1998 11
2000 7
2002 7
2004 30
2006 19
2008 15
2010 24
2012 17
2014 28
2016 9
2018 5

To put that in context, you also need to look at the European Team results as well:

1973 6
1977 8
1980 3
1983 4
1989 8
1992 3
1997 1
1999 10
2001 4
2003 17
2005 13
2007 16
2009 12
2011 22
2013 10
2015 10
2017 16

[Jonathan Rogers]

Is the full list of finishers available, and if so, where? I like to see how many of the top 20, top 30, etc, England played. (In Turin 2006, we only played one team which finished in the top 20. Ouch!)

[England finished 19th in Turin 2006 - why is that the comparator here?]

See here. Our opponents finished: 124, 71, 63, 15, 33, 9, 41, 39, 29, 3, 21.

Obviously no performance comparison with Turin, I was just saying that it can be revealing to know. 19th doesn't have to be a bad result in itself, but really Turin was borderline terrible when one considers the opposition.