The 40th FIDE World Chess Olympiad will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, 27 August – 10 September. A record breaking 162 nations have registered for the competition with more than 1700 players and captains.

Here is a list of teams arranged according to the average ELO. The reference is the August rating list, note that these initial ranks will change September 1st, as now FIDE publishes the rating lists monthly.

Still, this initial ranking gives a good idea of the expectations from each participating team in the 40th FIDE World Chess Olympiad.

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40th World Olympiad teams rank

1 RUS Russia 2769
2 UKR Ukraine 2730
3 ARM Armenia 2724
4 AZE Azerbaijan 2719
5 HUN Hungary 2708
6 USA United States of America 2702
7 CHN China 2694
8 FRA France 2684
9 NED Netherlands 2682
10 BUL Bulgaria 2678
11 ENG England 2677
12 ISR Israel 2676
13 IND India 2673
14 GER Germany 2667
15 CUB Cuba 2661
16 POL Poland 2650
17 CZE Czech Republic 2647
18 GEO Georgia 2638
19 ESP Spain 2629
20 CRO Croatia 2617
21 SRB Serbia 2609
22 GRE Greece 2609
23 ITA Italy 2605
24 MDA Moldova 2604
25 BRA Brazil 2604
26 ROU Romania 2600
27 ARG Argentina 2597
28 VIE Vietnam 2589
29 SLO Slovenia 2589
30 LAT Latvia 2579

Full list here: http://www.chessdom.com/team-starting-rank-for-the-40th-world-chess-olympiad/

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar August 26, 2012 General News 1 Comment
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