32nd Chess Olympiad
# Country Average rating Points Buchholz
11 Indonesia 2178 24 309.5
12 Czech Republic 2258 24 305.5
13 FR Yugoslavia 2395 23½ 335.5
=14 Moldova 2322 23½ 332.5
=14 Germany 2348 23½ 332.5
16 Bulgaria 2335 23½ 331.5
17 Lithuania 2222 23½ 321.5
18 Greece 2252 23½ 321.0
=19 Cuba 2253 23½ 316.5
=19 Armenia 2233 23½ 316.5
21 Estonia 2258 23½ 312.5
22 Uzbekistan 2198 23½ 291.5
23 Slovakia 2250 23 328.0
24 Vietnam 2197 23 321.0
25 India 2152 23 316.0
26 France 2211 23 314.0
27 Mongolia 2115 23 275.5
28 Slovenia 2195 22½ 311.5
29 Armenia B 2138 22½ 310.5
30 Netherlands 2210 22½ 301.5
The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia. Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Alesha Khachatrian of Armenia. The Russian team won their third consecutive title, captained by PCA world champion Kasparov. Once again, due to a dispute with the national federation, FIDE champion Anatoly Karpov was not present. Ukraine, led by Ivanchuk, took the silver, and the United States returned to the medal ranks for the first time since the fall of the Iron Curtain, beating England by half a point on tie break - somewhat ironically, half of the US team were born in Eastern Europe. In addition to the overall medal winners, the teams were divided into seeding groups, with the top finishers in each group receiving special prizes.