Alexandra Kosteniuk’s Russian Team wins the Istanbul Chess Olympiads!
Hello everyone!
I am pleased to report that we managed to repeat our success of last Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk and won again in Istanbul. In the final round we crushed the team of Kazakhstan 4-0 who had drawn with China 2-2 the round before. Our winning team was made of the sisters Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva, Valentina Gunina, Natalija Pogonina and me, Alexandra Kosteniuk. See the full results, an interview, and our Russian team results. Besides getting Gold medals for our team, Nadezhda Kosintseva on 3rd, Natalija Pogonina on 5th and I on 4th managed to get medals on our boards.
It’s very difficult to actually win an event when everybody says you’re favorite to win, so I’m glad it worked out. There were many very strong teams out there, especially of course China and Ukraine, who ended up on the podium with us.
In the next few days I will publish here some of my games of the Olympiads, so come back soon to visit!
Here is a photo I posted on Instagram (my nick is "chessqueen") of my the 2 medals I won at the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiads
Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk at the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiads
Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk at the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiads
Alexandra Kosteniuk got a team Gold Medal and an individual Bronze medal
Team Russia vs. Team Kazakhstan, last round: 4-0
Click here to see a Video of the Prize Ceremony
Before the last round
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Women
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Russia | RUS | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 450.0 | 33.0 | 155.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | China | CHN | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 416.0 | 31.5 | 154.00 | |
| 3 | 4 | Ukraine | UKR | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 408.5 | 30.5 | 154.00 | |
| 4 | 6 | India | IND | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 336.0 | 28.0 | 148.00 | |
| 5 | 10 | Romania | ROU | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 313.5 | 28.5 | 129.00 | |
| 6 | 8 | Armenia | ARM | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 313.0 | 26.5 | 140.00 | |
| 7 | 14 | France | FRA | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 347.5 | 29.0 | 147.00 | |
| 8 | 3 | Georgia | GEO | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 344.0 | 28.5 | 144.00 | |
| 9 | 26 | Iran | IRI | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 339.0 | 31.0 | 132.00 | |
| 10 | 5 | United States of America | USA | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 326.0 | 29.5 | 133.00 | |
| 11 | 9 | Germany | GER | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 316.0 | 27.0 | 144.00 | |
| 12 | 22 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 309.0 | 27.0 | 138.00 | |
| 13 | 21 | Mongolia | MGL | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 308.0 | 28.0 | 134.00 | |
| 14 | 36 | Belarus | BLR | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 292.0 | 28.5 | 121.00 | |
| 15 | 7 | Poland | POL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 336.5 | 27.5 | 151.00 | |
| 16 | 13 | Bulgaria | BUL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 316.5 | 27.5 | 136.00 | |
| 17 | 12 | Hungary | HUN | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 303.0 | 27.5 | 129.00 | |
| 18 | 24 | Latvia | LAT | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 296.5 | 28.0 | 126.00 | |
| 19 | 15 | Cuba | CUB | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 286.0 | 25.5 | 129.00 | |
| 20 | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 285.5 | 27.0 | 133.00 | |
| 21 | 35 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 278.5 | 24.5 | 138.00 | |
| 22 | 20 | Slovakia | SVK | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 278.0 | 23.5 | 133.00 | |
| 23 | 37 | Peru | PER | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 273.5 | 26.0 | 127.00 | |
| 24 | 54 | Indonesia | INA | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 262.5 | 26.0 | 122.00 | |
| 25 | 60 | Mexico | MEX | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 230.0 | 25.0 | 112.00 | |
| 26 | 28 | Vietnam | VIE | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 307.5 | 27.0 | 135.00 | |
| 27 | 23 | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 306.5 | 26.0 | 139.00 | |
| 28 | 27 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 306.0 | 26.0 | 145.00 | |
| 29 | 25 | Israel | ISR | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 302.0 | 26.5 | 138.00 | |
| 30 | 19 | Serbia | SRB | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 290.5 | 25.5 | 137.00 | |
| 31 | 34 | Colombia | COL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 289.5 | 27.0 | 128.00 | |
| 32 | 11 | Spain | ESP | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 285.0 | 25.5 | 132.00 | |
| 33 | 31 | Italy | ITA | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 277.0 | 27.0 | 126.00 | |
| 34 | 53 | Venezuela | VEN | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 262.5 | 26.5 | 119.00 | |
| 35 | 42 | Montenegro | MNE | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 259.0 | 26.0 | 120.00 | |
| 36 | 49 | Estonia | EST | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 243.5 | 25.5 | 123.00 | |
| 37 | 43 | Austria | AUT | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 230.0 | 23.0 | 126.00 | |
| 38 | 55 | Chile | CHI | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 200.5 | 26.0 | 106.00 | |
| 39 | 64 | Bolivia | BOL | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 182.0 | 21.0 | 116.00 | |
| 40 | 18 | Greece | GRE | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 276.0 | 25.0 | 132.00 | |
| 41 | 16 | Slovenia | SLO | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 265.0 | 23.5 | 137.00 | |
| 42 | 45 | Turkey | TUR | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 260.5 | 25.5 | 121.00 | |
| 43 | 57 | Philippines | PHI | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 257.5 | 24.5 | 130.00 | |
| 44 | 33 | Lithuania | LTU | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 255.0 | 24.0 | 131.00 | |
| 45 | 30 | Croatia | CRO | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 242.0 | 25.5 | 119.00 | |
| 46 | 44 | England | ENG | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 240.0 | 24.5 | 124.00 | |
| 47 | 48 | Belgium | BEL | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 234.5 | 25.5 | 122.00 | |
| 48 | 32 | Ecuador | ECU | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 227.0 | 22.5 | 124.00 | |
| 49 | 58 | Turkmenistan | TKM | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 226.0 | 26.0 | 110.00 | |
| 50 | 50 | Australia | AUS | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 217.0 | 24.0 | 122.00 | |
| 51 | 41 | Moldova | MDA | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 214.5 | 23.0 | 122.00 | |
| 52 | 63 | Bangladesh | BAN | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 202.5 | 24.5 | 113.00 | |
| 53 | 62 | Iceland | ISL | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 197.5 | 23.5 | 111.00 | |
| 54 | 39 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | BIH | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 197.0 | 20.5 | 117.00 | |
| 55 | 52 | Portugal | POR | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 192.5 | 19.5 | 117.00 | |
| 56 | 87 | Tajikistan | TJK | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 169.0 | 21.5 | 110.00 | |
| 57 | 40 | Norway | NOR | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 227.0 | 23.5 | 114.00 | |
| 58 | 47 | Brazil | BRA | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 225.5 | 23.0 | 123.00 | |
| 59 | 84 | Turkey 2016 | TUR16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 225.5 | 22.0 | 117.00 | |
| 60 | 38 | Switzerland | SUI | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 224.5 | 22.0 | 132.00 | |
| 61 | 83 | Malaysia | MAS | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 211.5 | 22.0 | 121.00 | |
| 62 | 66 | El Salvador | ESA | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 206.0 | 21.5 | 124.00 | |
| 63 | 51 | Denmark | DEN | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 201.0 | 22.5 | 117.00 | |
| 64 | 59 | Canada | CAN | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 189.0 | 22.5 | 116.00 | |
| 65 | 61 | South Africa | RSA | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 182.5 | 21.5 | 111.00 | |
| 66 | 68 | FYROM | MKD | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 182.0 | 21.0 | 112.00 | |
| 67 | 75 | IPCA | IPCA | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 180.0 | 22.0 | 106.00 | |
| 68 | 72 | Luxembourg | LUX | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 177.5 | 22.0 | 103.00 | |
| 69 | 85 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 167.5 | 20.5 | 109.00 | |
| 70 | 94 | Paraguay | PAR | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 158.5 | 21.0 | 101.00 | |
| 71 | 77 | Finland | FIN | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 148.0 | 19.0 | 109.00 | |
| 72 | 29 | Argentina | ARG | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 222.5 | 20.0 | 135.00 | |
| 73 | 79 | Algeria | ALG | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 190.0 | 23.0 | 109.00 | |
| 74 | 80 | Costa Rica | CRC | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 188.5 | 20.5 | 112.00 | |
| 75 | 92 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 184.0 | 22.0 | 106.00 | |
| 76 | 74 | Syria | SYR | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 181.0 | 19.5 | 111.00 | |
| 77 | 69 | Dominican Republic | DOM | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 178.0 | 22.5 | 105.00 | |
| 78 | 89 | Albania | ALB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 175.5 | 20.5 | 107.00 | |
| 79 | 65 | Guatemala | GUA | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 172.0 | 20.0 | 108.00 | |
| 80 | 91 | Ireland | IRL | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 170.0 | 21.0 | 95.00 | |
| 81 | 73 | Egypt | EGY | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 163.5 | 20.0 | 111.00 | |
| 82 | 86 | Wales | WLS | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 156.5 | 21.0 | 104.00 | |
| 83 | 76 | Scotland | SCO | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 149.0 | 19.5 | 106.00 | |
| 84 | 104 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 115.0 | 18.0 | 88.00 | |
| 85 | 56 | ICSC | ICSC | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 223.5 | 24.5 | 121.00 | |
| 86 | 70 | Jordan | JOR | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 187.0 | 20.0 | 114.00 | |
| 87 | 67 | New Zealand | NZL | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 183.0 | 21.5 | 116.00 | |
| 88 | 46 | Sweden | SWE | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 182.0 | 20.5 | 128.00 | |
| 89 | 115 | Nigeria | NGR | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 179.5 | 19.5 | 100.00 | |
| 90 | 71 | IBCA | IBCA | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 175.5 | 19.5 | 112.00 | |
| 91 | 88 | United Arab Emirates | UAE | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 154.0 | 19.5 | 105.00 | |
| 92 | 78 | Uruguay | URU | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 145.5 | 20.0 | 99.00 | |
| 93 | 116 | Thailand | THA | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 142.5 | 19.5 | 91.00 | |
| 94 | 90 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 139.0 | 17.5 | 105.00 | |
| 95 | 102 | Turkey 2023 | TUR23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 137.0 | 17.0 | 99.00 | |
| 96 | 101 | Qatar | QAT | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 125.5 | 17.0 | 95.00 | |
| 97 | 81 | Jamaica | JAM | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 122.5 | 20.5 | 86.00 | |
| 98 | 82 | Zambia | ZAM | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 112.5 | 17.5 | 87.00 | |
| 99 | 103 | Japan | JPN | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 104.5 | 16.5 | 93.00 | |
| 100 | 111 | Nicaragua | NCA | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 99.5 | 14.5 | 98.00 | |
| 101 | 96 | Panama | PAN | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 138.5 | 18.5 | 99.00 | |
| 102 | 100 | South Korea | KOR | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 137.0 | 18.0 | 106.00 | |
| 103 | 99 | Lebanon | LIB | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 132.5 | 16.0 | 102.00 | |
| 104 | 106 | Suriname | SUR | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 128.0 | 18.0 | 93.00 | |
| 105 | 120 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 119.5 | 17.0 | 91.00 | |
| 106 | 97 | Tunisia | TUN | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 119.0 | 18.0 | 87.00 | |
| 107 | 105 | Monaco | MNC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 118.5 | 16.0 | 99.00 | |
| 108 | 126 | Kenya | KEN | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 101.0 | 18.0 | 84.00 | |
| 109 | 113 | Netherlands Antilles | AHO | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 71.0 | 15.5 | 76.00 | |
| 110 | 93 | Iraq | IRQ | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 136.5 | 17.0 | 102.00 | |
| 111 | 119 | Mozambique | MOZ | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 108.5 | 16.0 | 92.00 | |
| 112 | 121 | Pakistan | PAK | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 97.5 | 17.5 | 82.00 | |
| 113 | 95 | Botswana | BOT | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 97.0 | 15.0 | 101.00 | |
| 114 | 109 | Uganda | UGA | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 94.5 | 14.5 | 94.00 | |
| 115 | 114 | Malta | MLT | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 89.5 | 15.0 | 87.00 | |
| 116 | 98 | Yemen | YEM | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 83.5 | 14.0 | 95.00 | |
| 117 | 108 | Barbados | BAR | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 107.5 | 18.0 | 80.00 | |
| 118 | 122 | Palestine | PLE | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 90.5 | 16.5 | 81.00 | |
| 119 | 107 | Trinidad & Tobago | TRI | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 72.5 | 13.0 | 86.00 | |
| 120 | 118 | Fiji | FIJ | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 68.5 | 14.0 | 81.00 | |
| 121 | 112 | Angola | ANG | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 53.5 | 14.0 | 77.00 | |
| 122 | 125 | Ethiopia | ETH | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 114.0 | 15.5 | 92.00 | |
| 123 | 124 | Aruba | ARU | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 84.5 | 14.5 | 77.00 | |
| 124 | 127 | Namibia | NAM | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 57.0 | 13.0 | 78.00 | |
| 125 | 123 | Afghanistan | AFG | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 79.00 | |
| 126 | 110 | Libya | LBA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.00 | |
| 127 | 117 | Honduras | HON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.00 |
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Khanty-Mansiysk)
Tie Break3: points (game-points)
Tie Break4: Sum Matchpoints (2,1,0) without lowest result (Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk)
Tags: Chess Olympiads, Istanbul, russia chess team
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that was way tooooo tough one of the most hard-fought well-earned titles for the Russian girls and chess queen i am sure. best wishes and congratulations