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  • On A Fun Note. USA Chess Team Wins Olympiad for first time in 40 years.

    USA won the Baku Olympiad after edging out Ukraine on tiebreak. China also beat Russia and so won the women section convincingly.

    Rating-wise Russia was the top seed, but with three top 10 players in the team, most experts and fans expected the USA to win this Olympiad. They did so scoring 20 match points out of 11 rounds, and without losing a single match.

    Those two records weren't unique though: Greece remained unbeaten as well (four wins and seven times 2-2) and Ukraine scored 20 match points too. In the end, USA won with 9 "Olympic S.B. points" more: the sum match points of each opponent, excluding the opponent who scored the lowest number of match points, multiplied by the number of game points achieved against this opponent. ( From Article )

    Link Below To Article.

    https://www.chess.com/news/view/usa-wins-first-olympic-gold-in-40-years-china-clinches-women-section-6522

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