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	ICA Chess Academy in NJ : Chess News
		MOSCOW, Russia -- Chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov has announced he is withdrawing from a world championship to be held this year in Turkey because of frustration with the World Chess Federation FIDE that had led to financial loss and psychological hardship.
		After the second round of the 36th Chess Olympiad that is being staged in Calvia, Spain, two teams lead the men's standings with 8/8.
		GABORONE - South Africa's Chess Academy has invited four Botswana chess players for practice matches so they can hone their skills in preparation for the 36th Chess Olympiad to be held in Calvia, Spain,on 0ctober 14-31.
	www.icanj.net /chess_class_in_nj/chess_news (2359 words)

	::FIJI CHESS FEDERATION:: FIDE Titles
		He has also represented the country at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain (2004) and the 2005 Oceania Zonal Chess Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.
		Fiji Chess Federation General Secretary Jashint Maharaj was awarded his FIDE Arbiter's title by the FIDE Presidential Board at the first quarter meeting in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates (13-14 April 2006).
		Australia-based Keiran Lyons, who played on board two for the Fiji Women's team at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Spain last year, was awarded the Women's FIDE Master title in January 2005.
	www.fijichess.com /default2.asp?active_page_id=113 (280 words)

	Kasparov Chess Foundation - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was considered a chess prodigy and one of the most promising juniors in Asia back in the 70¹s.
		The Foundation promotes the study of chess as a cognitive learning tool in curricular classes and after-school programs for elementary, middle and high schools, both in the public and private school sectors.
		The United States Chess Federation, founded in 1939, serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and is devoted to extending the role of chess in American society.
	www.kasparovchessfoundation.org /Press_Releases/10_06_04.html (429 words)

	Anand, Humpy add strength
		FIDE, the world chess governing body, may say that Garry Kasparov is the No. 1 player in the world, but even the staunchest supporter of the Russian would have a tough time explaining why the Indian maestro isn't in that spot.
		In a disappointing campaign for the Indian men at the Bled Olympiad, especially in the backdrop of their splendid show in Istanbul, he was the silver lining.
		She made it to the Olympiad team in sensational fashion, winning 15 games, and drawing the remaining two, at the National women's `A' championship last year.
	www.hindu.com /tss/tss2742/stories/20041016003104600.htm (2857 words)

	36th Chess Olympiad
		As the highest rated player in the Olympiad he should be the darling for the audience in the Spanish island.
		The difference between Anand of the five Olympiads he played and now is that he was always the baby of the team in the past.
		Koneru Humpy, 17, Elo 2503, is playing her first Olympiad due to the policy of the AICF who expected her to play in the National Women's A before being part of the team.
	www.chess-mate.com /ol01.htm (919 words)

	Association of Chess Professionals \| ACP News
		During the closing ceremony of the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, FIDE Vice-President Zurab Azmaiparashvili was wrestled to the floor and dragged to jail by a group of security agents.
		As the Chess Olympiad Closing ceremony came to an end, a special prize bearing the name of a prominent female Georgian chess player and former World Chess Champion, Nona Gaprindashvili was about to be awarded.
		When the Closing Ceremony of the XXXVI Chess Olympiad was coming to an end, with international, local and regional authorities present on the stage, Mr.
	www.chess-players.org /eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=229 (3139 words)

	JAMAICA AT THE 36TH OLYMPIAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Jamaican men came to the Olympiad with a team missing several of its top players such as FM Warren Elliott, NM Jomo Pitterson and NM Robert Wheeler and are hoping to leave with their heads held high.
		What is generally regarded as the strongest team from Barbados to play in a Chess Olympiad put in another good performance yesterday winning all four of their seven round games against Uganda.
		The Ukrainians played superb chess in yesterday´s third round to establish themselves at the top of the standings with their third consecutive 4-0 win of the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Mallorca.
	jambassadors.freewebsitehosting.com /jamaica_36th_olympiad.htm (8516 words)

	ChessBase Events
		After nine rounds of the Chess Olympiad everything looks like a start-to-finish victory for Ukraine in the men's section and for the Chinese women, who are six points ahead of their nearest rivals.
		At the Chess Olympiad in Calvià, Spain, the US "Dream Team" is poised to take a medal in the Women's section, which would be a great boost for chess in USA.
		The 36th Chess Olympiad is over, the players are departing, some with medals, all with interesting memories and many exciting games.
	www.chessbase.com /eventlist.asp?eventname=Calvia+Chess+Olympiad (1123 words)

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		The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by
		Chess is not included as one of the recognised
		The 2006 Olympiad is due to be held in Turin in Italy, and the 2008 event in Dresden in Germany (which beat the only other bidder, Tallinn).
	pushedpawn.org /chesspedia/Chess_Olympiad.htm (669 words)

	NOSCHESSDAMUS 36TH OLYMPIAD REPORT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After 5 rounds at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Mallorca, Spain, Jamaica are 116th of 129 nations following their 3½-½ lost to Lybia on Tuesday.
		In the first round of the 36th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Mallorca, Spain, Jamaica, ranked 103rd of the 129 attending nations, drew a strong Macedonia team with 3 Grandmasters (GM) on Boards 1-3 and a FIDE Master (FM) on Board 4.
		The Jamaica team is led by prominent Attorney, Ian Wilkinson, the President of the Jamaica Chess Federation.
	jambassadors.freewebsitehosting.com /noschessdamus_36th_olympiad.htm (830 words)

	Indian men cruise in Chess Olympiad
		The Ukrainians look like men with a mission and in the third round too they continued with their demolition act to score 4-0 victory over the Czech Republic.
		Ganguly who had tremendous success in the previous edition of the Olympiad, at Bled in Slovenia, scored over Grandmaster-in-waiting Mark Paragua in a Sicilian Nazdorf game.
		Silver medallist in last two Olympiads, S Vijayalakshmi, provided the winner for the Indians after both Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika drew their games in the third round of the competition on Sunday.
	in.rediff.com /sports/2004/oct/18chess.htm (870 words)

	The Week in Chess 519
		This year the event has been opened up to any chess players from around the world who are in a military status (active, reserve, retired, national guard, militia, cadet, midshipman, or their national equivalent).
		Military chess players from all nations of the world are cordially invited.
		The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic519.html (5116 words)

	36th Chess Olympiad It Is Ukraine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Along with the Chess Olympiad, there is also the FIDE Congress.
		One of the secret items to be raised out of the agenda is the change of time control for chess to one hour per player per game.
		The idea is to shorten the Olympiad from the present long 15-day format.
	www.chess-mate.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ol03.htm (635 words)

	Olympiad News!
		If the Olympiad gold, silver and bronze medals were being given for "uniform appearance" then Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago would have copped all three colour medals.
		The birthplace of chess has come a long way since an assuming young man won the World Junior in 1987.
		THE Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) will send two teams to the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain from September 14 to October 31.
	www.thechessdrum.net /tournaments/Olympiad2004/news (602 words)

	BCF News - Chess Olympiad 2004
		The 36th Chess Olympiad was held in Calvia, Mallorca, from 14-30 October 2004.
		Despite the fact that an Olympiad can be an overly long, emotionally draining and tiring event, there were virtually no quick draws and often our match was one of the final ones to finish.
		This was Melanie’s debut for England at a Chess Olympiad, and she can be more than happy with her score of 3/5.
	www.bcf.org.uk /national/2004/olympiad-emms_dec04.htm (1262 words)

	The Pushed Pawn Chess for the Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 2004 she became a citizen of Slovenia, and is the strongest Slovenian female chess player.
		In the category of girls up to 20 years old she is ranked 11th in the world (January 2005).
		Her younger sister Maria is also a strong chess player.
	pushedpawn.org /chesspedia/Anna_Muzychuk.htm (161 words)

	Indian men finish sixth in Chess Olympiad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Indian men finished sixth after beating Bulgaria 2.5-1.5 in the 14th and final round of the 36th Chess Olympiad, which concluded in Mallorca on Saturday.
		Ukraine became the worthy winners of the top chess event after they trounced France 3-1 in the final round game and took their overall tally to a very impressive 39.5 that eventually proved three points more than Russia and Armenia.
		This was the second time in the Olympiad that Anand failed to utilise his white pieces effectively.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/oct/30chess.htm (564 words)

	OlimpBase :: 36th Chess Olympiad, Calvia 2004, information
		The 36th Chess Olympiad had primarily been scheduled to be held in Menorca, the smaller of the two Balearic Islands.
		The 36th Chess Olympiad started on 15th October with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Mayor of Calvia, Carlos Delgado, making the first move on board 2 of the Spain-Tunisia match.
		The 36th Chess Olympiad ended with a bang, as th FIDE vice president Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who tried to get the attention of the organisers on the stage, was wrestled to the floor and dragged to jail by a group of security agents.
	www.olimpbase.org /2004/2004in.html (4125 words)

	36th Chess Olympiad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The time control for each game permitted each player 90 minutes to make all of his or her moves, with an additional 30 seconds devolving on each player after each move, beginning with the first.
		The open division was contested by 129 teams representing 125 nations and territories; Spain, as hosts, fielded three teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association and the International Physically Disabled Chess Association each provided one squad.
		The women's division was contested by 87 teams representing 84 nations and territories; Spain, as hosts, fielded two teams, whilst the International Braille Chess Association and the International Physically Disabled Chess Association each entered one squad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/36th_Chess_Olympiad (909 words)

	Who Shafted JR? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is interesting to note that had Joe Ryan not accepted his place on the Olympiad then Mark Heidenfeld who actually works for Eamon Keogh in his company Keogh Software would have been next in line for a place on the team.
		Add this to the fact that if one compares any previous stats on the amount of games players have been given you find that this is a new record for the lowest amount of games for the 6th player.
		Vienna Chess Times There you can find detailed info about all the teams and players, including rating performances and board performances.
	www.dublinchess.com /news/olympfiasco.html (633 words)

	Chess blog: 10/01/2004 - 10/31/2004
		Ukraine became the worthy winners of the top chess event after they trounced France 3-1 in the final round game and took their overall tally to an impressive 39.5 that eventually proved three points more than Russia and Armenia.
		Two teams dominate Olympiad: The Ukraine completed an astounding performance at the Majorca Olympiad with a 3-1 demolition of France in round 14, while China did the same in the women's event, beating Slovakia 2-1.
		Rising Indonesian chess star Susanto Megaranto is assured of a Grand Master (GM) title after securing a draw in the 12th round of the chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain, on Wednesday.
	xadrezdiario.blogspot.com /2004_10_01_xadrezdiario_archive.html (7588 words)

	36th Olympiad
		Mallorca (Spain): V Anand has rated India’s performance as good in the 36th Chess Olympiad but at the same time agreed that “it could have been better’’.
		Leading the Indian team after 12 years, the world rapid champion also feels that the Indians are ready to move in the big league after their best-ever fifth-place finish.
		It would be nice if Anand continually went to the Olympiads, and if Russia had Kasparov and Kramnik playing as well, maybe have a Russia A and a Russia B like they had for Spain (though I realize its because Spain were the hosts).
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chess.pl?tid=43302&crosstable=2 (1008 words)

	Corus Chess 2007 - Article - Olympic Gold Or Golden Gloves?
		If you have never been to a chess Olympiad (to me this was a first visit to one) the experience can be quite exciting, even somewhat overwhelming.
		Imagine seeing most of the chess who’s who — players, organizers, politicians, coaches and companions, journalists — literally everyone you’ve seen, met or heard of in years of chess under one roof.
		Missing were the exhausted Kramnik and Leko who were taking a rest from their match, Topalov, and J. Polgar who switched from the chess table to the changing table in favor of her newly born son Oliver.
	www.coruschess.com /article.php?s=a32 (609 words)

	The Daily Dirt Chess Blog: Calvia Olympiad
		Technically, the word Olympiad covers the period of time from one set of games to another, including the games themselves.
		And so technically it is "the games of the 36th Olympiad" not just "the 36th Olympiad" if you mean the games themselves.
		When you qualify for the 36th Olympiad, for example, you are qualifying in that cycle, and will have the opportunity to play in the games that end that olympiad.
	www.chessninja.com /dailydirt/2004/10/calvia_olympiad.htm (832 words)

	Print :: Bangladesh in the 36th Chess Olympiad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Posted on: Sunday, October 31, 2004, 4:50 AM Bangladesh men's team finished 41st in the 36th Chess Olympiad after they beat Lebanon 4-0 in the final round on Friday at Calvia in Spain.
		They finished 36th in the last edition in Slovenia 2002.
		A total of 129 teams from 127 countries took part in the biggest chess competition in the world.
	www.bangla2000.com /bbs/bulletins.pl?b=chess,v=print,m=1099176613,a=2 (372 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Pestaño: 36th Chess Olympiad
		A total of 140 male and 100 female chess teams are expected to participate in this biennial event, the biggest so far in the history of the Olympiad, and the Philippines just might not be part of it.
		The National Chess federation of the Philippines (NCFP) is hopelessly divided now and at this late stage cannot form a team.
		If ever we cannot or will not participate, it will be a shame and a disaster for the Philippines in the international chess community since we have been participating in all Chess Olympiads since 1956.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2004/08/27/sports/pesta.o.36th.chess.olympiad.html (651 words)

	Chess News, Chess Programs, Databases - Play Chess Online
		If you find yourself jumping from diagram to diagram in your antiquated printed chess books and magazines, these exercises are definitely for you.
		Immediately after the FIDE VP was dragged off to the police station, the president of the Turkish chess federation burst into action.
		The 36th Chess Olympiad ended on the 31st of October, and hundreds of players left Mallorca.
	www.chessbase.com /index.asp?offset=1449 (599 words)

	BCF Press Release
		The British Chess Federation’s Centenary Year’s Men’s and Women’s teams to represent England at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Majorca, Spain from the 14th to 31st October are;
		The participation of the team in the Olympiad has been made possible through sponsorship provided by a number of sources.
		The progress of the teams can be watched on the internet on a number of sites, including the tournament’s home page, www.36chessolympiad.com as well as being covered by several leading newspapers.
	www.bcf.org.uk /national/2004/olympiad-pr_sep04.htm (545 words)

	Anand settles for a quick draw at 36th Chess Olympiad : Sports News : IndiaExpress.Com
		Viswanathan Anand was held to a quick draw by former World Junior Champion Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria as India suffered another jolt in their medal quest in the final round of the 36th Chess Olympiad in Mallorca, Spain Friday.
		Needing victory by a very big margin, the Indian men inched to 32 points after the draw while most of the top table games were still in progress.
		This was the second time in the Olympiad that Anand failed to utilise his white pieces perfectly.
	www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/20041030-0.html (219 words)

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