40th Chess Olympiad
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FIDE chess tournament for national teams
Key facts
- Host city
- Yeşilköy , Istanbul
- Country
- Turkey
- Nations
- 152 (Open), 122 (Women)
- Teams
- 157 (Open), 127 (Women)
- Athletes
- 1,407
- Dates
- 27 August – 10 September 2012
- Main venue
- Istanbul Expo Center
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sports season
- Country
- Turkey
- Followed by
- 41st Chess Olympiad
- Follows
- 39th Chess Olympiad
- Location
- Istanbul
- Sport
- chess
- Organizer
- FIDE
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- point in time
- 2012-00-00
- Commons category
- Chess Olympiad 2012
- start time
- 2012-08-27
- end time
- 2012-09-10
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 3424
- edition number
- 40
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Encyclopedic overview
The 40th Chess Olympiad (Turkish: 40. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, was an international team chess event that took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 August to 10 September 2012. The city also hosted the event in 2000.
More than 1,700 players and team captains participated, including 157 teams in the open and 127 teams in the women's section. The main competitive events were held at the Istanbul Expo Center. The Chief Arbiter of the event was Greece's International Arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “40th Chess Olympiad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.