Unique small Chess Olympiad

A unique Chess Olympiad will take place from 20th to 27th of June, 2009. Ten small European countries will compete on a national level for the “Small Olympics” title.

The tournament is organized by the Andorra Chess Federation and will be played in Andorra la Vella. Top seeded is the host country with GM Oscar de la Riva on board 1, closely followed by Faroe Island led by IM Ziska, and Luxembourg led by IM Berend.

Here are the full teams for the small Chess Olympiad.

1. ANDORRA (RtgAvg:2321)

1 GM DE LA RIVA AGUADO Oscar 2539

2 FM SIMONET Marc 2272

3 FM GARCIA Raul 2237

4 FM GALLEGO Ruben 2235

5 FERNANDEZ LOPEZ Joan 2097

2. FAROE ISLANDS (RtgAvg:2278)

1 IM ZISKA Helgi Dam 2422

2 FM OLSEN Heini 2382

3 IM RODGAARD John 2370

4 NIELSEN Rogvi Egilstoft 1936

5 JOGVANSSON Hjalti Toftum 1778

3. LUXEMBURG (RtgAvg:2247)

1 IM BEREND Fred 2344

2 WGM BEREND Elvira 2316

3 HARTUNG Jerry 2189

4 WAGNER Steven 2139

5 WFM STEIL-ANTONI Fiona 2115

4. JERSEY (RtgAvg:2146)

1 ROSENBEIGER Alan 2160

2 CM TANDY Chris 2222

3 FM HAWES Jonathan 2159

4 MOONEY Graham 2042

5. MONACO (RtgAvg:2137)

1 FM VAN HOOLANDT Patrick 2224

2 GENTILLEAU Jean-Philippe 2152

3 RIBBEGREN Karl Johan 2113

4 ICLICKI Willy 2057

5 WIM LEBEL-ARIAS Julia 1975

6. MALTA (RtgAvg:2079)

1 BORG Andrew 2103

2 CILIA VINCENTI David 2094

3 GAUCI Joseph 2093

4 SAMMUT BRIFFA Peter 2025

7. LIECHTENSTEIN (RtgAvg:2047)

1 FRICK Renato 2103

2 KOBLER Mario 2096

3 CM GULLER Andras 2080

4 MUENDLE Kurt 1910

8. SAN MARINO (RtgAvg:1855)

1 CM GRASSI Enrico 2049

2 CM MACCAPANI Massimiliano 2113

3 CM VOLPINARI Danilo 2056

4 CECCHETTI Roberto 0

9. GUERNSEY (RtgAvg:1843)

1 ROWE Peter 2042

2 CM KIRBY Peter J 2055

3 FM HAMPERL Fred 2075

4 HALE Andrew 0

10. CYPRUS (RtgAvg:1811)

1 PAPATRYFONOS Constantinos 2107

2 CONSTANTINOU Pavlos 2018

3 ARISTOTELOUS Vassilis 1917

4 GEORGIOU Andreas 0

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