36th Chess Olympiad
# Country Players Average rating Points
1 Ukraine Ivanchuk , Ponomariov , Volokitin , Moiseenko , Eljanov , Karjakin 2680 39½
2 Russia Morozevich , Svidler , Grischuk , Dreev , Khalifman , Zvjaginsev 2718 36½
3 Armenia Akopian , Aronian , Vaganian , Lputian , Sargissian , Minasian 2660 36½
4 United States Onischuk , Shabalov , Goldin , Kaidanov , Novikov , Gulko 2623 35
5 Israel Gelfand , Sutovsky , Smirin , Avrukh , Huzman , Roiz 2670 34½
6 India Viswanathan Anand , Krishnan Sasikiran , Pendyala Harikrishna , Surya Shekhar Ganguly , Abhijit Kunte , Chanda Sandipan 2655 34
7 Cuba Domínguez , Bruzon , Delgado , Nogueiras , Arencibia , Quezada 2596 33½
8 Netherlands Van Wely , Sokolov , Tiviakov , Timman , Van den Doel , Nijboer 2641 33
9 Bulgaria Georgiev , Delchev , Cheparinov , Spasov , Chatalbashev , Radulski 2584 32½
10 Spain Shirov , Vallejo Pons , Illescas Córdoba , Cifuentes Parada , Romero Holmes , Arizmendi Martinez 2643 32½
The 36th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Majorca. There were 129 teams in the open event and 87 in the women's event. In total, 1204 players were registered (some of whom did not play, though). Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Ignatius Leong (Singapore). Teams were paired across the 14 rounds of competition according to the Swiss system. The open division was played over four boards per round, whilst the women's was played over three. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; 2. Match points; 3. The Sonneborn-Berger system; and 4. The Median Buchholz system. The time control for each game permitted each player 90 minutes for all their moves, with an additional 30 seconds increment for each player after each move, beginning with the first.