35th Chess Olympiad - Women's Results

Women's Results

The women's division was contested by 90 teams representing 85 nations. Slovenia, as hosts, fielded three teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), the International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA), and the International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) each provided one squad. Afghanistan and Tunisia were signed up but never arrived.

China were only narrow favourites on rating this time but still won their third consecutive title, led by reigning world champion Zhu Chen and future champion Xu Yuhua. Russia and Poland took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	China	Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Wang Pin, Zhao Xue	2485	29½
2	Russia	Kovalevskaya, Matveeva, Kosteniuk, Kosintseva	2462	29
3	Poland	Radziewicz, Dworakowska, Soćko, Kądziołka	2388	28
4	Georgia	Chiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Khurtsidze, Arakhamia-Grant	2481	27½
5	Hungary	Vajda, Dembo, Lakos, Gara	2363	25½	343.0
6	Ukraine	Zhukova, Vasylevich, Zatonskih, Gaponenko	2424	25½	334.5
7	Yugoslavia	Bojković, Prudnikova, Chelushkina, Benderać	2403	25½	334.0
8	Azerbaijan	Velikhanli, Shukurova, Z. Mamedyarova, T. Mamedyarova	2269	25½	317.0
9	United States	Krush, Baginskaite, Shahade, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya	2381	25	349.0
10	Czech Republic	Jacková, Krupková, Sikorová, Ptáčníková	2316	25	341.0

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
11	Bulgaria	2412	24½	348.5
12	Vietnam	2357	24½	346.5
13	Israel	2283	24½	309.5
14	Romania	2404	24	347.5
15	Armenia	2345	24	335.0
16	Germany	2382	24	334.0
17	Slovakia	2310	24	332.5
18	England	2364	24	318.5
19	India	2325	23½	338.5
20	Netherlands	2353	23½	317.5
21	Iran	2176	23½	307.0
22	Turkmenistan	2214	23½	297.5
23	Greece	2302	23	335.0
24	France	2396	23	328.5
25	Croatia	2233	23	322.0
26	Argentina	2218	23	309.0
27	Spain	2273	23	302.0
28	Sweden	2172	23	301.0
29	Kazakhstan	2239	22½	328.0
30	Cuba	2304	22½	313.5
31	Belarus	2264	22½	312.0
32	Moldova	2344	22½	311.0	15
33	Mongolia	2248	22½	311.0	14
34	Lithuania	2202	22½	309.5
35	Australia	2191	22½	301.5
36	Uzbekistan	2213	22	310.5
37	Switzerland	2195	22	301.0
38	Slovenia	2245	22	296.5
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2147	21½	310.5
40	Ecuador	2270	21½	298.5
41	Bangladesh	2100	21½	291.5
42	Finland	2171	21	304.0
43	Estonia	2207	21	303.5
44	Norway	2098	21	296.0
45	Slovenia "C"	2122	21	297.0
46	Colombia	2032	21	293.5
47	Mexico	2091	21	290.0
48	Singapore	2052	21	286.5
49	Kyrgyzstan	2108	21	285.5	16
50	Austria	2112	21	285.5	14
51	Turkey	2080	21	283.0
52	Denmark	2155	20½	305.0
53	Venezuela	2185	20½	289.5	14
54	Slovenia "B"	2169	20½	289.5	13
55	Scotland	2079	20½	287.5
56	Brazil	2092	20½	282.5
57	Peru	1986	20	301.5
58	Canada	2132	20	300.5
59	Macedonia	2127	20	293.0
60	IBCA	2046	20	291.0
61	Wales	2023	20	280.5
62	Malaysia	1995	20	276.5
63	Albania	1800	20	272.0
64	Philippines	2174	19½	293.5
65	Sri Lanka	1800	19½	271.5
66	Iceland	2016	19	282.5
67	Algeria	1981	19	277.0
68	Barbados	1873	19	234.0
69	South Africa	1800	18½	285.0
70	Iraq	1903	18½	263.0
71	Italy	2055	18	271.5
72	Dominican Republic	1932	18	270.0
73	IPCA	2165	18	267.0
74	Costa Rica	1800	18	260.5
75	Lebanon	1901	18	253.5
76	Ireland	2047	18	246.5
77	Puerto Rico	1800	18	242.5
78	Jamaica	1800	18	240.0
79	Luxembourg	1899	17½	269.0
80	ICSC	1800	17½	258.5
81	Brunei	1800	17½	242.0
82	Chile	2019	17	249.5
83	Zimbabwe	1800	17	225.5
84	Nigeria	1881	16½
85	Botswana	1963	15½
86	New Zealand	1873	15
87	Japan	1956	14	233.0
88	Angola	1800	14	231.5
89	Zambia	1800	13
90	Yemen	1800	8

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