40th Chess Olympiad
th chess olympiad turkish satranç olimpiyatı organised fédération internationale de échecs comprising open womens tournament well several event designed promote game chess international team chess event took place istanbul turkey august september city also hosted event player team captain participated including team open team womens section main competitive event held istanbul expo center chief arbiter event greece international arbiter panagiotis nikolopoulos istanbul hosting th chess olympiad sparked chess boom country turkey since hosted international chess tournament including european championship world youth championship youth chess olympiad membership turkish chess federation risen eight year ali nihat yazıcı president turkish chess federation credited triggering activity towards intensive chess development country later elected vicepresident fide istanbul right host th chess olympiad november th congress fide th chess olympiad dresden istanbul bid approved vote – budva tournament played swiss system format time control game minute first move additional minute granted increment second per move applied player permitted offer draw time total round played team playing every round round four player team faced four player another team team permitted one reserve player could substituted round four game played simultaneously four board scoring game point win ½ game point draw score game summed together determine team round winning round worth match point regardless game point margin drawing round worth match point team ranked table based match point tiebreaker table sonneborn–berger system ii total game point scored iii sum match point opponent excluding lowest one open section tournament contested team representing nation turkey host nation three team whilst international braille chess association ibca international physically disabled chess association ipca international committee silent chess icsc provided one team armenia led world number levon aronian third title previously winning event russian team clear favourite olympiad failed win gold fifth consecutive time occupied second place ukrainian team titleholder finished third place three team china armenia russia tied top standing last round event china winning tiebreaker final round chinese player play ukraine led vassily ivanchuk armenian played hungary russia played germany armenian russian final match ukraine edged leading chinese team – preventing winning medal armenian russian team match point final standing armenian tiebreaker taking third title ukraine thanks win final round china took bronze medal board prize given according performance rating shakhriyar mamedyarov third board best performance player tournament board levon aronian board david navara board shakhriyar mamedyarov board vladislav tkachiev reserve dmitry jakovenko womens event contested team representing nation open event turkey three team whilst international braille chess association ibca international physically disabled chess association ipca international committee silent chess icsc provided one team russia took gold medal womens section win second consecutive title china led current world chess champion hou yifan took second place ukraine finished third place overall medalwinning team also undefeated team tournament china russia entered final round bulgaria kazakhstan respectively tied first place china winning tiebreaker russian team scored easy win – kazakh team china faced problem edged bulgaria minimum winning score – team tied final standing time russia winning tiebreaker secure second consecutive title ukraine last match germany – thus bronze medal board prize given according performance rating nadezhda kosintseva third board best performance player tournament board hou yifan board zhao xue board nadezhda kosintseva board huang qian reserve natalia pogonina nona gaprindashvili trophy awarded nation highest total number match point open womens division combined two team tied ordered tie breaker two separate event trophy named former womens world champion – created fide november new york time published article concerning possibility turkish chess federation paid voter amount order win bid organize olympiad financial report published official website turkish chess federation footnote translated english point allocation cost stand souvenir lobbying activity well accommodation transportation food fide delegate vote city official answer turkish chess federation denied claim mentioned sum spent big bidding host olympiad also clarified response cost allocated pay turkish delegate fide congress dresden expense documented invoice testify money given fide delegate none expense reimbursed june ali nihat yazıcı president turkish chess federation announced arbiter germany england france georgia switzerland ukraine united state would accepted event involvement country launching supporting court case fide causing financial problem loss distributable income worldwide chess development day later english chess federation sent protest letter fide later cosigned federation announced support russian journalist evgeny surov denied accreditation even allowed enter venue spectator led protest russian chess federation top player th chess olympiad istanbul olimpbase