Tromso 2014 starts Friday 1st August – Thursday 14th August
Click HERE for the schedule. These are some of the open teams that take part in this chess olympiad.
South Africa
Captain: CM Lyndon Bouah
Average Rating: 2327
1. IM Steel Henry Robert – 2399
2. IM Solomon Kenny – 2376
3. IM Kobese Watu – 2341
4. FM Van den Heever Donovan – 2277
5. IM Gluckman David – 2241
Azerbaijan
Captain: GM Alexander Khalifman
Average Rating: 2678
1. GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar – 2743
2. GM Radjabov Teimour – 2724
3. GM Mamedov Rauf – 2659
4. GM Safarli Eltaj – 2649
5. GM Guseinov Gadir – 2613
Norway 1
Captain: Ole Christian Moen
Average Rating: 2639
1. GM Carlsen Magnus – 2881
2. GM Agdestein Simen – 2628
3. GM Hammer Jon Ludvig – 2628
4. GM Johannessen Leif Erlend – 2528
5. GM Lie Kjetil A. – 2528
Netherlands
Captain: GM Vladimir B. Tukmakov
Average Rating: 2668
1. GM Giri Anish – 2752
2. GM Tiviakov Sergei – 2656
3. GM Van Wely Loek – 2654
4. GM L’Ami Erwin – 2647
5. GM Van Kampen Robin – 2631
Israel
Captain: IM Alexander Kaspi
Average Rating: 2670
1. GM Gelfand Boris – 2753
2. GM Rodshtein Maxim – 2672
3. GM Smirin Ilia – 2660
4. GM Postny Evgeny – 2641
5. GM Sutovsky Emil – 2625
England
Captain: GM Peter K Wells
Average Rating: 2673
1. GM Adams Michael – 2743
2. GM Short Nigel D – 2665
3. GM Jones Gawain – 2654
4. GM Sadler Matthew – 2653
5. GM Howell David – 2650
China
Captain: GM Jun Xu
Average Rating: 2679
1. GM Ding Liren – 2714
2. GM Wang Yue – 2713
3. GM Yu Yangyi – 2675
4. GM Ni Hua – 2653
5. GM Wei Yi – 2634
United States of America
Captain: IM John W. Donaldson
Average Rating: 2686
1. GM Nakamura Hikaru – 2775
2. GM Kamsky Gata – 2712
3. GM Onischuk Alexander – 2659
4. GM Akobian Varuzhan – 2653
5. GM Shankland Samuel L – 2632
Hungary
Captain: IM Tamas Horvath
Average Rating: 2693
1. GM Leko Peter – 2737
2. GM Rapport Richard – 2701
3. GM Almasi Zoltan – 2692
4. GM Polgar Judit – 2685
5. GM Balogh Csaba – 2648
France
Captain: GM Sebastien Maze
Average Rating: 2705
1. GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – 2762
2. GM Bacrot Etienne – 2720
3. GM Fressinet Laurent – 2717
4. GM Edouard Romain – 2702
5. GM Tkachiev Vladislav – 2625
Russia
Captain: GM Yury Dokhoian
Average Rating: 2767
1. GM Grischuk Alexander – 2792
2. GM Kramnik Vladimir – 2783
3. GM Karjakin Sergey – 2771
4. GM Svidler Peter – 2753
5. GM Jakovenko Dmitry – 2736
Ukraine
Captain: GM Oleksandr Sulypa
Average Rating: 2714
1. GM Ivanchuk Vassily – 2738
2. GM Eljanov Pavel – 2723
3. GM Ponomariov Ruslan – 2723
4. GM Moiseenko Alexander – 2707
5. GM Korobov Anton – 2680
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Chessalee 
En die vrouens?
hi Gert
Ek het geen vroue spanne op die link gekry nie, dit se net dat dit ‘nog kom’ – ek is besig om te soek vir die vrouens wat deelneem, want ek weet daar gaan wees. Ek het nou eers aan die brief gelees. 🙂
http://www.chessdom.com/im-david-levy-open-letter-to-tromso-olympiad-2014-organizing-committee/
http://chessnewsagency.com/russian-womens-team-not-to-play-in-troms-olympiad/ En hier – Rusland het nie betyds hulle teams ingeskryf nie! Seker te besig om oorlog te maak en vliegtuie neer te skiet
hi Gert – ek het op ‘n ander link die vrouens gekry – op dieselfde hoof site. 🙂 Ek dink hulle was later bygevoeg.
Nikita, I see that most people are confused by the NWO (New World Order) propaganda of the Government of Obama (USA) ~ that Russia is the villian. But just the opposite is true. It is the USA who irritates Russia hoping that Russia will attack so that USA can claim Russia started WW3.
The reason being that USA is the “World King” and all other countries are its “vasal states” eg. USA commanded its vasals NOT to trade with Russia but a French bank in France did. So Washington demanded a $9billion punishment fee from this bank.
Be aware, the NWO is alive and well in the USA with Obama as its kingpin and
taking orders from his masters ~ the bankers, eg. Rothchild & co. etc. NWO members had a meeting recently in Switserland or France (I’m not sure which country) but all the same there it was decided Putin must come aboard as a
member of the NWO ~ of course under NWO rules and regulations.
Naturally Putin just laughed at the idea and refused to commit to the NWO ~ that’s when Obama went “ballistic” and sped up the prapaganda so as to slander Putin and Russia blaming them for all sorts of “misbehaviour”.
The shooting down of the Malaysean aircraft is neither here nor there as nothing has been proved except a so called video boasting of the shooting down of a Russian military aircraft over Ukraine ~ one day before the shooting down happened!
There is a great expectation that the CIA from the USA, under the direction of Obama who received orders from the NWO had instructions to once again create something to lay the blame at Russia’s door. I am not saying Russia can
not be involved in clandestine activities BUT the USA supports acts of war amongst the smaller nations to get involved in fighting against Israel and Russia so that the USA can storm in as the “defender of human rights” and so get its vasal states to support the USA and so claiming a moral victory if nothing else (political propaganda).
If you need more info and I’ll direct you to the websites ~ I’ll have to look them up.
Kind regards
Hi Clive
Sorry, but I have no interest in this. I heard about the NWO when I was a child, I know it exists, but I’m not interested in studying what they do and finding out more about it. You will just ‘kill’ yourself if you really go into what they do and stress yourself out too. What must happen – according to God’s plan – will happen.
Dit was waarskynlik rebelle wat die vliegtuig afgeskiet het omdat hulle gedink het dat dit ‘n militêre vliegtuig was. Soos die Amerikaanse vloot Iran Air vlug 655 afgeskiet het. Baie hartseer.
Ja sekerlik sal God se plan gebeur soos daar in die Bybel geskrywe is ~ maar dit bly nogtans (tot op ‘n punt, moet ek byvoeg) vir my baie interessant hoe die Almagtige Vader mense “toelaat” (sonder dat hulle dit besef) om Sy beloftes te laat gebeur.
Interessante nuus: NATO het al die jare agter ‘n huursoldaar organisasie (wat Russies praat) geskuil om konflik in lande aangrensend aan Rusland, te skep sodat in die hoop dat Rusland kan inmeng en Amerika, Rusland kan aanval.