Team China wins Chess Olympiad in Batumi
In the 11th and final round of the open section of the 2018 Chess Olympiad, all draw between China and the U.S. left the two teams and Team Russia (who defeats France) at the top of the final ranking with the same score: 8 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws.
So tiebreaks criteria going into the round: China's previous opponents outperformed the U.S's past foes, and the final calculations were China: 372.5, U.S.: 360.5 and Russia 354. Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Then Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei YI, Bu Xiangzhi and Li Chao take the Open Titles for China.
Team USA, Fabiano Caruana (the world title challenger), Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Samuel Shankland and Ray Robson, take the silver medal.
Last place on final podium for Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimir Kramnik, Nikita Vitiugov, Dmitry Jakovenko.
The individual best player of the Olympics was the Peruvian Jorge Cori.
For the board prizes, Ding Liren wins board 1, Nguyen Son (VIE) board 2, Jorge Cori (PER) board 3, Daniel Fridman (GER) board 4, Anton Korobov (UKR) the reserve.
In women’s tournament Team China wins again with Wenjun Wu, Yang Shen, Qian Huang and Tingjle Lei. Silver for Ukrane, the bronze goes to Georgia
