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Tuesday, 01 November 2011

Venue: Porto Carras, Greece
Format: Swiss tournament, 9 rounds, 4 players and 1 reserve in each team
Date: Nov. 3-12, 2011
Number of teams: 38 (Open section), 28 (women)
Official website

In the Open section the competition will be extremely tough this year. Four teams have an average rating over 2700:

Russia, average rating - 2758
Peter Svidler - 2755
Sergey Karjakin - 2763
Alexander Grischuk - 2752
Alexander Morozevich - 2762
Ian Nepomniatchi - 2730

Ukraine, average rating - 2729
Vassily Ivanchuk - 2775
Ruslan Ponomariov - 2723
Pavel Eljanov - 2691
Zahar Efimenko - 2702
Alexander Moiseenko - 2715

Azerbaidjan, average rating - 2727
Teimour Radjabov - 2781
Vugar Gashimov - 2757
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 2733
Gadir Guseinov - 2636
Safarli Eltaj - 2630

Armenia, average rating - 2716
Levon Aronian - 2802
Sergei Movsesian - 2710
Vladimir Akopian - 2681
Gabriel Sargissian - 2671
Rovert Hovhanissyan - 2586

Hungary, average rating - 2694
Peter Leko - 2720
Zoltan Almasi - 2707
Ferenc Berkes - 2705
Csaba Balogh - 2662
Zoltan Guymesi - 2652

In the women's section Russia is a favorite, but Ukraine and Georgia are also in contention for gold.

Russia, average rating - 2509
Nadezhda Kosintseva - 2546
Tatiana Kosintseva - 2526
Valentina Gunina - 2514
Natalia Pogonina - 2451
Alexandra Kosteniuk - 2439

Ukraine, average rating - 2477
Kateryna Lahno - 2549
Inna Gaponenko - 2435
Mariya Muzychuk - 2460
Natalia Zhukova - 2427
Anna Ushenina - 2463

Georgia, average rating - 2463
Nana Dzagnidze - 2516
Lela Javakhishvili - 2475
Nino Khurtidze - 2440
Nazi Paikidze - 2422
Salome Melia - 2392

Armenia, average rating - 2418
Elina Danielian - 2507
Lilit Mkrtchian - 2469
Lilit Galojan - 2383
Maria Kursova - 2315
Nelly Aginian - 2263

Hungary, average rating - 2392
Thanh Trang Hoanh - 2446
Ildiko Madl - 2399
Anna Rudolf - 2347
Ticia Gara - 2375
Anita Gara - 2340

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