Russia wins U16 Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul

The World Youth Chess Olympiad in Istanbul had a dramatic finish. Russia U16 team managed to get the gold medal in the very final minutes of the Olympiad, edging the team of Iran on second tiebreak. Just 1/2 game point separated the two teams as Russia defeated Armenia 3,5-0,5, while Iran got a 2,5-1,5 victory against Poland. Clear third place went for India.

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Final Ranking
Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	Pts.	BH.	MP	SB.	BH.
1	Russia	10	8	2		29	233½	18	209,50	186½
2	Iran	10	9		1	28½	236	18	207,00	186½
3	India	10	8		2	25½	234	16	176,50	186
4	Georgia	10	6	1	3	24	229½	13	140,50	183
5	Azerbaijan	10	4	3	3	24	224	11	112,25	179
6	Greece	10	5	1	4	24	218½	11	115,00	175½
7	Lithuania	10	5	1	4	23	236	11	118,00	190
8	Australia-Team A	10	4	3	3	23	229½	11	114,00	182½
9	Poland	10	4	2	4	23	226½	10	101,25	181½
10	Kazakhstan	10	4	5	1	23	217	13	135,50	177½
11	Czech Republic	10	4	2	4	22½	213	10	102,75	169½
12	Armenia	10	4	3	3	22	232	11	116,75	186
13	Serbia	10	4	3	3	22	227½	11	114,25	181
14	Peru	10	5	1	4	22	207½	11	104,00	169½
15	South Africa-Team-A	10	6		4	21½	196	12	106,50	156
16	Slovakia-Team B	10	5	1	4	21	183½	11	99,00	147
17	Turkey-Istanbul	10	5	1	4	20½	211	11	108,00	165
18	Slovakia-Team A	10	5	2	3	20½	207½	12	119,50	166½
19	Moldova	10	6		4	20½	189	12	103,50	155
20	Turkey-Turkuaz	10	4	1	5	20	210	9	85,00	169
21	Turkmenistan	10	4	1	5	20	204	9	79,50	164
22	Turkey-Red	10	2	4	4	19½	218½	8	82,75	178
23	Turkey-White	10	5	1	4	19½	185½	11	72,75	148½
24	England	10	4		6	19	203	8	72,50	162½
25	Australia-Team C	10	6	1	3	18½	181	13	89,00	138
26	Singapore	10	2	3	5	18	194	7	58,75	157
27	Denmark	10	2	3	5	17½	180½	7	55,50	147
28	South Africa-Team-B	10	3	3	4	17½	178½	9	74,25	139½
29	Kyrgyzstan	10	5		5	17	186½	10	63,50	151
30	Australia-Team B	10	5		5	17	186	10	66,50	149
31	United Arab Emirates	10	3	1	6	17	176	7	53,75	139
32	Scotland	10	4	2	4	17	167½	10	81,75	132½
33	Turkey-Red Girls	10	5		5	16½	167	10	60,00	136
34	Malaysia	10	4		6	16	194	8	69,50	156
35	Lebanon	10	3	1	6	16	162	7	34,75	130½
36	Sweden	10	2	1	7	15	163	5	19,75	131½
37	Iraq	10	4	1	5	14	172	9	49,50	137½
38	Turkey-White Girls	10	1	3	6	14	160½	5	21,25	127
39	Libya	10	1	3	6	11½	165	5	22,50	130½
40	Bulgaria					0	130	0	0,00	104