The United States wins the gold in the Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad. The last time they won gold was in 1976.
Although both with 20 match points, the US edged Ukraine in tiebreak using the Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger tie-break.
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Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Khanty-Mansiysk)
Tie Break3: points (game-points)
Tie Break4: Sum Matchpoints (2,1,0) without lowest result (Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk)
Congratulations USA and to my chess idol Wesley So. Keep winning your game
Congratulations USA Team!!
japanese, italian, filipino
Congratulations
Grats Team US of A
Wesley So …
how funny team usa wins ths tournament!a team composed of an italian,a japanese and a filipino.all non-americans.
so no real american can play chess.
wala pa yatang “native” american super gm
import meron.hahaha.american citizen.
Funny
Congrats especially to idol Filipino Super GM Wesley So!
Congrats team pirated USA