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The 37th Chess Olympiad took place from 20 May to 6 June 2006 in Turin, (Italy). In the Men's Olympiad, there were a record 150 teams; in the Women`s Olympiad 108 teams. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the Main Page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by FIDE since 1927 and takes place every second year. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Türín) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ...

Rules

The tournament was paired by the Swiss system over 13 rounds. A Swiss system tournament is a commonly used type of tournament in chess and other games where players or teams need to be paired to face each other. ...

Results

(man):

1.  Armenia 36,0
2.  People's Republic of China 34,0
3.  United States 33,0

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1.  Ukraine 29,5
2.  Russia 28,0
3.  People's Republic of China 27,5

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Top Performing Players

Men

1. GM Vladimir Kramnik - 2847
2. GM Wang Yue - 2837
3. GM Etienne Bacrot - 2833
4. GM Magnus Carlsen - 2820
5. GM Sergey Karjakin - 2798

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Women

1. WGM Zhao Xue - 2617
2. IM Kosintseva Tatiana - 2598
3. WFM Hou Yifan - 2596
4. GM Stefanova Antoaneta - 2563
5. IM Hoang Thanh Trang - 2539

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Participating countries

Bellow are listed chess federations that participate in tournament. Italy as host has three men teams; Italy A, Italy B and Italy C. There are also three international organizations:

• International Braille Chess Association (IBCA)
• International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA)
• International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC)

1. Afghanistan AFG
2. Albania ALB
3. Algeria ALG
4. Andorra AND
5. Angola ANG
6. Argentina ARG
7. Armenia ARM
8. Aruba ARU
9. Australia AUS
10. Austria AUT
11. Azerbaijan AZE
12. Bahrain BRN
13. Bangladesh BAN
14. Barbados BAR
15. Belarus BLR
16. Belgium BEL
17. Bermuda BER
18. Bolivia BOL
19. Bosnia Herzegovina BIH
20. Botswana BOT
21. Brazil BRA
22. British Virgin Islands IVB
23. Brunei Darussalam BRU
24. Bulgaria BUL
25. Canada CAN
26. Chile CHI
27. China CHN
28. Chinese Taipei TPE
29. Colombia COL
30. Costa Rica CRC
31. Croatia CRO
32. Cuba CUB
33. Cyprus CYP
34. Czech Republic CZE
35. Denmark DEN
36. Dominican Republic DOM
37. Ecuador ECU
38. Egypt EGY
39. El Salvador ESA
40. England ENG
41. Estonia EST
42. Ethiopia ETH
43. Faroe Islands FAI
44. Fiji FIJ
45. Finland FIN
46. France FRA
47. Georgia GEO
48. Germany GER
49. Greece GRE
50. Guatemala GUA
51. Guernsey GCI
52. Haiti HAI
53. Honduras HON
54. Hong Kong HKG
55. Hungary HUN
56. Iceland ISL
57. India IND
58. Indonesia INA
59. Iran IRI
60. Iraq IRQ
61. Ireland IRL
62. Israel ISR
63. Italy ITA
64. Jamaica JAM
65. Japan JPN
66. Jersey JCI
67. Kazakhstan KAZ
68. Kenya KEN
69. Kyrgyzstan KGZ
70. Latvia LAT
71. Lebanon LIB
72. Libya LBA
73. Liechtenstein LIE
74. Lithuania LTU
75. Luxembourg LUX
76. Macao MAC
77. Malawi MAL
78. Malaysia MAS
79. Malta MLT
80. Mauritius MRI
81. Mexico MEX
82. Moldova MDA
83. Monaco MNC
84. Mongolia MGL
85. Morocco MAR
86. Mozambique MOZ
87. Namibia NAM
88. Nepal NEP
89. Netherlands Antilles AHO
90. Netherlands NED
91. New Zealand NZL
92. Nicaragua NCA
93. Nigeria NGR
94. Norway NOR
95. Pakistan PAK
96. Palestine PLE
97. Panama PAN
98. Papua New Guinea PNG
99. Paraguay PAR
100. Peru PER
101. Philippines PHI
102. Poland POL
103. Portugal POR
104. Puerto Rico PUR
105. Qatar QAT
106. Republic of Macedonia MKD
107. Romania ROM
108. Russia RUS
109. Rwanda RWA
110. San Marino SMR
111. Scotland SCO
112. Serbia Montenegro SCG
113. Seychelles SEY
114. Sierra Leone SIL
115. Singapore SIN
116. Slovakia SVK
117. Slovenia SLO
118. Somalia SOM
119. South Africa RSA
120. South Korea KOR
121. Spain ESP
122. Sri Lanka SRI
123. Sudan SUD
124. Surinam SUR
125. Sweden SWE
126. Switzerland SUI
127. Syria SYR
128. Tajikistan TJK
129. Thailand THA
130. Trinidad and Tobago TRI
131. Tunisia TUN
132. Turkey TUR
133. Turkmenistan TKM
134. UAE UAE
135. Uganda UGA
136. Ukraine UKR
137. United States USA
138. Uruguay URU
139. US Virgin Islands ISV
140. Uzbekistan UZB
141. Venezuela VEN
142. Vietnam VIE
143. Wales WLS
144. Yemen YEM
145. Zambia ZAM

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External links

• Official homepage
• http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/
• 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 in Turin on Wiener-Zeitung